George Longfish

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

G e o r g e L o n g f i s h

b. 1942, Oshweken, Ontario
First Nations Affiliation: Seneca, Tuscarora

George Longfish studied painting, sculpture, printmaking, and film at the Art Institute of Chicago, graduating with an M.F.A. in 1972. His practice was exclusively concerned with formal questions until he directed projects for the Graduate Programme in American Indian Art in Montana. As a professor of historical and contemporary Native arts at the University of California at Davis, and director of its C.N. Gorman Museum from 1974-96, Longfish has also been influential as an educator, curator, and writer. Although known for his often- large, vivid paintings (some incorporating stenciled text) he has won several awards for sculpture.

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

1992	INDIGENA. Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec
1990	Our Land / Our Selves: American Indian Contemporary Artists. University Art Gallery, State University of New York, Albany (travelling)
1991	Shared Visions. Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
1990	The Decade Show. New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York Artifacts for the Seventh Generation. American Indian Contemporary Art Gallery, San Francisco, California
1986	Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, New York
1984-85	Indianischer Kunstler. Organized by the Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma (travelling in West Germany)
1984	Loch Haven Art Centre, Orlando, Florida
1982	New Works by a New Generation. Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1981-82	Confluences of Tradition and Change: 24 American Indian Artists. R.L. Nelson Gallery and C.N. Gorman Museum, Davis, California (travelling)
1979	George C. Longfish, Mary O’Neil: Works on Canvas. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California Walter Kelly Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1975-80	Pintura Amerindia Contemporanea/E.U.A. Sponsored by the United States Department of State and International Communications Agency, Washington, D.C. (travelling in Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador)

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

Abbott, Lawrence. I Stand in the Center of Good: Interviews with Contemporary Native American Artists. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1994.

Allen, Lynne D. "Diverse narratives: The Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper." Contemporary Impressions 4, no. 2 (Fall 1996): 26-28.

Durham, Jimmie. "George Longfish." Kunstforum International, no. 113 (May-June 1991): 176.

French, C. "Stating a cross-cultural identity: George Longfish." Artweek 15, no. 26 (14 July 1984): 5. [Review]

George C. Longfish, Mary O'Neal: Works on Canvas. San Francisco, California: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1979.

Goodes, Donald. "Man of flowers." Hour, 4 - 10 March 1993, p. 16.

Gordon, Allan M. "George Longfish and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith at UC Davis." Artweek 28 (April 1997): 21-22.

Henkes, Robert. Native American Painters of the Twentieth Century: The Works of 61 Artists. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland 7 Company, 1995.

Hume, Christopher. "Natives healing spirits with the power of art." Toronto Star, 25 April 1992, p. H-1.

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.

Longfish, George C. and Margaret Archuleta. "In our language: Native American art." Art Papers 17, no. 5 (September-October 1993): 27-32.

Longfish, George. "Made by choice." The Extension of Tradition. Sacramento, California: Crocker Art Museum, 1985.

Penny, D.W. and George C. Longfish. Native American Art. Hong Kong: Hugh Lauter Lavin Associates Inc., 1994.

Rickard, Jolene. "Sovereignty: A line in the sand." Aperture, no. 139 (Spring 1995): 50-59.

Robillard, Yves. "INDIGENA: des questions lancinantes." Le Devoir, 11 May 1992, p. D-11.

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