b. 1956, Perth, New Brunswick
First Nations Affiliation: Maliseet

Website: http://www.intergate.bc.ca/business/palmar

Raised primarily in New England, USA, Belanger returned to Canada to study at the Manitou Community College at La Macaza, Québec in 1976, and the University of Regina affiliate, the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College from 1977 to 1978. After working with various Canadian Native political organizations, Belanger committed full-time to his art practice in 1982, and became artist in residence at the Leighton artist colony, Banff School for Fine Arts. Initially a painter, Belanger's concerns for the political relationships between art, science, and the interpretation of artifacts are manifested primarily in acclaimed installation work. He has exhibited internationally since 1989.

R E C E N T   E X H I B I T I O N S

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

Alberta Heritage Corporation, Calgary, Alberta
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
Galerie d'art, University of Moncton, New Brunswick
Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Moncton City Hall Chambers, New Brunswick
Ottawa Art Gallery, Ontario
Piewonnski Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Tranaeker International Sculpture Gardens, Denmark
Trent University, Trent, Ontario
Vik Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

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

Ace, Barry, and July Papatsie. Transitions: Contemporary Canadian Indian and Inuit Art. Ottawa, Ontario: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1997.

Belanger, Lance. Tango / text/ textes. Ottawa, Ontario: Ottawa Art Gallery, 1995.

Belanger, Lance. Reproduction: Tainomemorial (mixed media installation 1989). Art Journal 51 (Fall 1992): 68.

Biennial Native American Fine Arts Invitational. 5th Biennial Native American Fine Arts Invitational: December 7, 1991-August 30, 1992. Phoenix, Arizona: Heard Museum, 1991.

Canadian Museum of Civilization, ed. In the Shadow of the Sun: Perspectives on Contemporary Native Art. Hull, Québec: The Museum, 1993.

Fry, Jacqueline and Brian Maracle. Decelebration. Ottawa, Ontario: Runge Press, 1989.

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.

Hill, Tom. Indian Art '89. Brantford, Ontario: Woodland Cultural Centre, 1989.

Kanbara, Bryce and Alfred Young Man. Visions of Power: Contemporary Art by First Nations, Inuit and Japanese Canadians. Toronto, Ontario: Earth Spirit Festival, 1991.

Kubacki, Marcia. "Dancing in from the margin: Lance Belanger's lithic art & beyond." ARTSatlantic 13, no.4 (Spring/Summer, 1995): 26-29.

"Lance Belanger: Tango." ARTSatlantic 13, no. 4 (Spring/Summer 1995): 7-8. [Review: Ottawa Art Gallery, Ontario]

Lippard, Lucy R. Mixed Blessings: Contemporary Art in a Multicultural America. New York: Pantheon Books, 1990.

McMaster, Gerald. "INDIGENA: A Native curator's perspective." Art Journal 51, no. 3 (Fall 1992): 66+.

McMaster, Gerald, and Lee-Ann Martin, eds. INDIGENA: Contemporary Native Perspectives. Vancouver, British Columbia: Douglas & McIntyre, 1992./ INDIGENA.: Perspectives autochtones contemporaines. Hull, Québec: Musée canadien des civilisations, 1992.

Mizgala, Johanna Kerry. "The Museum in the Work of Lance Belanger and Richard Purdy." M.A thesis, Concordia University, 1996.

Review: Gallery Connexion, Fredericton. ARTSatlantic 12, no. 4 (Winter 1994): 5-6.

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.