Julie Buffalohead

Julie Buffalohead (Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma) is a mixed-media artist who creates visual narratives told by animal characters that have personhood, agency, and individuality. She connects the mythical with the ordinary and the imaginary with the real, offering a space which viewers can bring their own experiences. She connects the mundane with the cosmic coaxing audiences to discover additional layers of meaning—using metaphor, wisdom, and wit.

Buffalohead’s recent solo exhibitions include Julie Buffalohead at Carleton College’s Perlman Teaching Museum in Northfield, Minnesota (2022), Storytelling: Julie Buffalohead at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (2019–2020), and Eyes On: Julie Buffalohead at the Denver Art Museum (2018–2019). Her group exhibitions include Art Speaks at the Minnesota Historical Center in St. Paul (2022), Companion Species at the University of Wisconsin’s Chazen Museum of Art in Madison (2021–2022), and An Opera for Animals, exhibited by Para Site in Hong Kong and Shanghai (2019). Among many other recognitions, Buffalohead was the recipient of the Guggenheim Fine Arts Fellowship (2019), the Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant (2019), and an Artist Initiative Grant through the Minnesota State Arts Board (2018). Her work is in the collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Field Museum, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, and the Walker Art Center, among others. 

Buffalohead lives and works in St. Paul.

www.juliebuffalohead.com

The Guardian, 2020
mixed media on Lokta paper on panel
38.5 x 28.375 x 1.75 inches
private collection
Exile, 2019
ink, graphite, collage on Lokta paper mounted on paper
30.25 x 45.25 inches
private collection
White Savior Complex, 2019
acrylic, graphite and collage on Lokta paper
52 x 124.5 inches (overall)
collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts
The Nourished, 2019
acrylic, graphite and collage on Lokta paper
52 x 136 inches (overall)
private collection
Mother of Deceit, 2019
acrylic, ink, graphite, and collage on Lokta paper mounted on paper
c. 30 x 94  inches
private collection
Mother of Veracity, 2019
acrylic, graphite, and collage on Lokta paper mounted on board
32.5 x 80.5 inches
private collection
Blood and a Single Tree, 2018
oil on canvas
60 x 84 inches
collection Denver Art Museum
A Little Medicine and Magic, 2018
oil on canvas
52 x 72 inches (overall)
collection Denver Art Museum
Why I Hate Bras, 2018
acrylic, graphite, and collage on Lokta paper mounted on board
20 x 60 inches
collection Minnesota Museum of American Art
The Bad Feminist, 2018
acrylic, graphite, and collage on Lokta paper mounted on board
22.75 x 60.5 inches
collection Minnesota Museum of American Art
You are on Indian Land, 2017
acrylic, ink, and pencil on paper
41.5 x 90 inches (overall)
collection Davis Museum at Wellesley College
The Garden, 2017
acrylic, ink, and pencil on Lokta paper
30 x 78.5 inches
private collection
Six Pack Colonialism, 2018
oil on canvas
29.25 x 82 inches (overall)
collection National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States
Straight Legs, 2018
oil on canvas
53 x 128 inches (overall)
collection University of Wyoming Art Museum