b. 1948, Browning, Montana
First Nations Affiliation: Chippewa (US); Plains Cree

Alfred Young Man was among the first students to matriculate from the Institute of American Indian Arts at Santa Fe in 1968. From then until 1972, he studied at the Slade School of Fine Arts in London (B.F.A.), and completed his M.A. at the University of Montana’s Northern College in 1973. He also undertook doctoral studies at Rutgers University in 1989. Young Man taught art, media, and educational television before becoming a faculty member at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, where he is presently Associate Professor. Although acclaimed as a painter at the forefront of a generation questioning Eurocentric notions about Native identity and history, Young Man's production has diminished as his activities as a writer, teacher, and curator have increased. In 1992, Young Man contributed essays to the catalogues of two critical exhibitions, INDIGENA, and New Territories: 350/500 Years After.


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

American Indian Studies Department, University of California, Long Beach,      California
Indian Association of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Indian Studies Department, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Museum of the Plains Indian, United States Department of the Interior, Browning, Montana
Northwest Regional Laboratories, Portland, Oregon
Peigan Band Administration, Brocket, Alberta
Rocky Boy Elementary School, Rocky Boy, Montana
Universiade Collection of Native Art, Edmonton, Alberta
University of California, Los Angeles, California
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta

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

Between Views. Banff, Alberta: Walter Phillips Gallery, 1991.

Boyer, Bob. Kiskayetum: Allen Sapp, A Retrospective / Kiskayetum: Allen Sapp, une retrospective. With an essay by Alfred Young Man. Regina, Saskatchewan: MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1994. [exhibition catalogue; text in English, French and Cree]

Brody, J.J. Indian Painters and White Patrons. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 1971.

Cardinal-Schubert, Joane. "In the red." In Borrowed Power: Essays on Cultural Appropriation, eds. Bruce Ziff and Pratima V. Rao, 122-133. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1997.

A Dominican Experience: Three Aboriginal Artists of Canada in the Dominican Republic. Ottawa, Ontario: Omniiak Native Arts Group, 1989.

Hill, Rick. Creativity Is Our Tradition. Sante Fe, New Mexico: Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, 1992.

"Issues and trends in contemporary Native art." Parallelogramme 13, no. 3 (February/March 1988): 24-39.

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

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.

Nemiroff, Diana, Robert Houle, and Charlotte Townsend-Gault. Land, Spirit, Power: First Nations at the National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, Ontario: National Gallery of Canada, 1992.

"On a contemporary ecological anthropology." Native Art Studies Association of Canada Newsletter 4, no. 2 (Summer 1990): 15, 16.

Young Man, Alfred. "An historical overview and perception of Native art, culture, and the role of the Native curator: non-fiction story." In New Territories: 350/500 Years After: An Exhibition of Contemporary Aboriginal Art of Canada, by Pierre-Léon Tétrault, et al, 33-37. Montréal, Québec: Ateliers Vision planétaire, 1992.

Young Man, Alfred. "Native Arts in Canada: The State, Academia, and the Cultural Establishment." In Beyond Québec:Taking Stock of Canada, ed. Kenneth McRoberts, 218-248. Montréal, Québec: McGill-Queen's University Press 1995.

Young Man, Alfred. "The Socialization and Art-Politics of Native Art." Ph. D. diss., Rutgers University, 1997.