Mary Longman

A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o
C o n t e m p o r a r y N a t i v e A r t i s t s i n C a n a d a

M a r y L o n g m a n

b. 1964, Fort Qu'appelle, Saskatchewan
First Nations Affiliation: Saulteaux; Plains Cree

Mary Longman's educational history covers the most cutting-edge institutions in Canada: Emily Carr College of Art and Design (1990-95), Concordia University (1990-91), and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, where she graduated with an M.F.A. in 1993. Currently a doctoral candidate at the University of British Columbia, Longman has worked as an archaeologist and art instructor. Her two- and three-dimensional work uses abstract traditional aboriginal icons to explore various grave and pressing issues such as suicide, adoption, the AIDS crisis, and land claims. She is the recipient of several awards, including the Mungo Martin Award (1989), a Canada Council Award, and a Canadian Native Arts Foundation Award (1992).

R E C E N T E X H I B I T I O N S

1998-99	Reservation X: Eight Native Artists. Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec
1996-97	Topographies: Aspects of Recent British Columbia Art. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1996	Mary Longman: Traces. Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia
1995	Coming Home. Neutral Ground, Regina, Saskatchewan Native Love. Montréal, Québec (travelling)
1993	New Contemporaries. London Regional Gallery, London, Ontario Contemporary Canadian Native Art. Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia Courants Rouges. La Gare Gallery, L'Annonciation, Québec London Life Young Contemporaries. London Regional Art and Historical Museum, London, Ontario
1992-93	Excursions. Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia Contemporary Art in Nova Scotia. Art Gallery, Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia First Ladies. Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, and A Space Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Canada’s First People: A Celebration of Contemporary Native Visual Arts (travelling) New Territories: 350 / 500 Years After. Les Maisons de la Culture, Montréal, Québec
1991	Strengthening the Spirit. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario First Nations Perspectives on Indian Realities. Indian Art Centre, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
1990	Four Days, Four New Directions. 56 Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia Artropolis 90: Lineage & Linkages. A.T. Eight Artropolis Society, Vancouver British Columbia Depoteque. Co-operative Gallery, Montréal, Québec

S E L E C T E D C O L L E C T I O N S

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Kamloops Art Gallery, British Columbia
Native Law Society, Vancouver, British Columbia
United Native Nations, Vancouver, British Columbia

S E L E C T E D B I B L I O G R A P H Y

"Artist uses paintings to show life story." Kahtou 8, no. 1 (22 January 1990): 7, 10.

Contemporary Artists in Nova Scotia: Sally Babie, Rosemary Eaton, Joy Laking, J.J. Lee, Judith J. Leidl, Mary Longman, Rosemary MacAulay, Alexandra Pincock, Janet Pope, Alice Reed. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, 1992.

Dumont, Jean. "Les echos des songes." Le Devoir, 25 January 1992, p. C10.

Longman, Mary. "Mary Longman - artist statement." Matriart: A Canadian Feminist Art Journal 2, no. 1 (1991): 21.

Longman, Mary. Mary Longman: Traces. With essay by Gerald McMaster and foreword by Jann L.M. Bailey. Kamloops, British Columbia: Kamloops Art Gallery, 1996.

Lunn, Dr. John, et al. Canada's First People: A Celebration of Contemporary Native Visual Arts. Fort McMurray, Alberta: Syncrude Canada; Alberta Part Art Publications Society, 1992.

McMaster, Gerald and Arthur Renwick. Reservation X: The Power of Place in Aboriginal Contemporary Art. Hull, Québec: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1998.

Richardson, Letia. "Topographies: The ethnic contribution to BC art." Artfocus 5, no. 1 (Winter 1996-1997): 8-12.

Rosenburg, Ann. "Old myths made new." Vancouver Sun, 21 July 1990, p. D-14, D-15.

Tétrault, Pierre-Léon, Dana Alan Williams, Guy Sioui Durand, Alfred Young Man, et al. New Territories: 350/500 Years After: An Exhibition of Contemporary Aboriginal Art of Canada. Prefaces by Robert Houle, Tom Hill. Montréal, Québec: Ateliers Vision planétaire, 1992.

Vancouver Art Gallery. Topographies: Aspects of Recent British Columbia Art. Vancouver, British Columbia: Douglas & McIntyre, 1996.

Varney, Ed, Ann Rosenberg, and Librado M. Anoneuvo. Artropolis 90: Lineage & Linkages. Vancouver, British Columbia: A.T. Eight Artropolis Society, 1990.

"Women artists make their mark at the Mount." Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 16 July 1992, p. B-2.

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