Dylan Miner is an American artist and assistant professor at Michigan State University.
Art
As an artist, Miner has exhibited widely, including the
Institute of American Indian Arts, the
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,
National Museum of Mexican Art,
Native American Rights Fund, La Galería de la Raza, Nokomis Center and countless alternative and university galleries, community centers, union halls, and anarchist bookstores. His working-class comics are included in ''Studs Terkel’s Working: A Graphic Adaptation'' (New Press, 2009) and ''Wobblies: A Graphic History of the Industrial Workers of the World''. In 2005, as part of the centennial celebrations of the founding of the
IWW, Miner’s two-person exhibition with
Carlos Cortéz Koyokuikatl traveled throughout North America and the world. In 2010, he was awarded an Artist Leadership fellowship from the
National Museum of the American Indian
The National Museum of the American Indian is a museum in the United States devoted to the culture of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. It is part of the Smithsonian Institution group of museums and research centers.
The museum has three ...
. From this award, he created the exhibition ''Anishinaabensag Biimskowebshkigewag (Native Kids Ride Bikes)''. In 2010 and 2011, Miner had nine solo exhibitions, Urban Shaman Gallery, in Winnipeg, Manitoba and various university galleries. In 2015 he exhibited at the Martha Street Studio, in Winnipeg. In 2016 he did a residency in Regina, Saskatchewan in collaboration with the MacKenzie Art Gallery, and the Dunlop Art Gallery.
Miner is a member of
Justseeds
Justseeds Artists' Cooperative is a decentralized, worker-owned cooperative of thirty artists throughout North America. Justseeds members primarily produce handmade prints and publications which are distributed through their website and at confe ...
Radical Artist Collective. He co-founded the Campesina/o Collective.
Controversies
Dr. Chris Andersen (Métis), professor and director of the Rupertsland Centre for Métis Research at the
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford,"A Gentleman of Strathcona – Alexander Cameron Ruth ...
, critiques Miner's use of Metis identity and iconography in his book ''"Métis": Race, Recognition, and the Struggle for Indigenous Peoplehood''. Dr. Andersen criticized Miner's racialization of Métis identity to support arguments for a Metis presence in locales with little Red River–based iconography.
Miner is a former member of the Woodland Métis Tribe of Ontario, which is not affiliated with the
Métis National Council. He is now registered with the
Métis Nation of Ontario.
Selected articles
"Dylan Miner: An Anti-Authoritarian Artist on Bikes Beyond Borders,"by
David P. Ball, ''
Indian Country Today Media Network''
''Métis Artist and Indigenous Activist: Dylan Miner" interview by
America Meredith, ''
First American Art Magazine
The ''First American Art Magazine'' is a quarterly art magazine covering living, historical, and ancestral art of Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Background
''First American Art Magazine'' was established in 2013 "to provide a common platfo ...
'', N° 1, Fall 2013
Notes
References
* Buhle, Paul and Nicole Schulman. ''Wobblies!: A Graphic History of the Industrial Workers of the World.'' Verso, 2005. .
* McPhee, Josh and Erik Reuland. ''Realizing the Impossible: Art Against Authority.'' Oakland: AK Press, 2007. .
External links
Dylan Miner artist's website
Michigan State UniversityMiner's work at Just Seeds
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Michigan State University faculty
Industrial Workers of the World members
Living people
1976 births