Duane Slick (born 1961) is a

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artist and educator of

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descent. He is known for his

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paintings. He has taught fine arts at

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(RISD) since 1995.

Biography

Duane Slick was born 1961 in Waterloo,

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, to a

father and a

mother. He received a BFA degree in painting and a BA degree in Art Education from the

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. Slick completed an MFA degree in 1990 in painting from the

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(UC Davis). While at UC Davis, he was mentored by artist George Longfish. He previously taught at Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe,

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, from 1992 to 1995. Since 1995, Slick has taught printmaking and painting at

(RISD). In 2010, he was a resident at School for Advanced Research (SAR), where he created his work ''Field Mouse Goes to War.'' In 2012, Slick was awarded the Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship, and his work was included in the associated group exhibition, ''We Are Here!'' (2012). Slick's work is included in many public art collections including the

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at the Smithsonian Institution,

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, Chazen Museum of Art, Danforth Art Museum, and the

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, among others. His first solo museum exhibition, ''The Coyote Makes the Sunset Better'', premiered in 2022 at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Slick was also a co-curator of ''Marking Resilience: Indigenous North American Prints'', a 2023 exhibition staged by the

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External links

Duane Slick faculty page
at Rhode Island School of Design
Duane Slick
on Artnet.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Slick, Duane 1961 births Artists from Providence, Rhode Island Institute of American Indian Arts faculty Living people Native American painters Native American printmakers People from Waterloo, Iowa Rhode Island School of Design faculty University of California, Davis alumni University of Northern Iowa alumni 20th-century Native American artists 21st-century Native American artists 20th-century American painters 21st-century American painters Meskwaki people