Brian Jungen b. 1970, Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada; lives in Treaty 8 Territory, British Columbia, Canada

Brian Jungen is an artist and retired rancher living in the traditional territory of the Dane-Zaa Nation within Treaty 8 in northern British Columbia. He has been exhibiting his artwork internationally since 1998. His work has challenged the definition of what indigenous art can be through his exploration of various methods and themes including: human’s relationship to animals through architecture, hunting, revisiting the formal qualities of modernist sculpture, and the fusion of indigenous and popular culture by repurposing found objects.

Jungen received a BFA from Emily Carr College of Art + Design in 1992. His awards and residencies include the Gershon Iskowitz Prize (2010), Capp Street Project (2004), Sobey Art Award (2002), and Banff Centre for the Arts residency (1998). Jungen has had exhibitions at Hannover Kunstverein, Germany; Bonner Kunstverein, Germany; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada; documenta (13); the 9th Shanghai Biennial; National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC; the 16th Biennale of Sydney; the 9th Lyon Biennial; Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Canada; Tate Modern, London, UK; Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada; New Museum, New York, NY; among others.