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E d w a r d N e d B e a r

b. 1954, Fredericton, New Brunswick
First Nations Affiliation: Plains Cree; Maliseet

Sculptor Edward Ned Bear has combined study in Native education with an Honours Diploma from the New Brunswick College of Craft & Design, and art studies at the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. In addition to his extensive experience as an instructor of Native art and culture, Bear has also made contributions to change as a curator (Earth & Sky . . .Spirit of Our Ancestors, With All My Relations, Braided Spirit), guest speaker, and juror. In 1995, Bear served as a member of the board of the Society of Canadian Artists of Native Ancestry (SCANA)and since 1994, of the New Brunswick Arts Board.

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

1998	McCain's Atlantic Exhibition. Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Frederiction, New Brunswick; Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia; St. John's Memorial University Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland; Canadian Embassy, Washington D.C.
1994-1995	With All My Relations. Aitken Bicentennial Centre, Saint John, New Brunswick; New Brunswick Craft Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick
1993-1995	Pe'l A'tukwey: Let Me . . . Tell a Story. Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick; Gesner Gallery, New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1993-1994	Kikawi Matow: Our Mother Cries . . . . Rotunda Gallery, New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick; UNB Art Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick
1993	Progressions. New Brunswick Craft Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick
1991	Kosponay: 500 Years of Struggle & Survival. Gallery Connexion, Fredericton, New Brunswick Recent Works: Roger Simon & Ned Bear. Gallery Connexion, Fredericton, New Brunswick

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

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

Fry, J. "New Brunswick crafts: Creating from tradition." Vie des arts 29, no. 116 (September - November 1984): 42-5, 94-5. [Also in French]

Gray, Viviane, and Moira Dianne O'Neill. Pe'l A'tukwey: Let Me . . . Tell a Story: Recent Work by Mi'kmaq and Maliseet Artists. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1993.

"Kikawi matow (Our mother cries)." ARTSatlantic 13, no.1 (Spring/Summer 1994): 20-21. [Review: UNB Art Centre, Fredericton]

"Kikawi matow (Our mother cries)." C Magazine 42 (Summer 1994): 49-50 [Review: UNB Art Centre, Fredericton]

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