Star Wallowing Bull was born in Minneapolis MN in 1973 and currently lives and works in Fargo, ND. He was recently awarded the prestigious 2010 Bush Artist Fellowship and in 2001 he received the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Native Artist Fellowship. Wallowing Bull’s art was included in the exhibition MIGRATION: New Directions in Native American Art, curated by the Tamarind Institute that traveled from 2006 – 2010 to institutions across the country. His art has also been exhibited at the Carl Nelson Gorman Museum, University of California Davis; Plains Art Museum, Fargo ND; Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis MN; and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Washington DC. His work is in several private and public collections including: the Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth MN; Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis MN; Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Washington DC; and the British Museum of Art, London, England.

Image: The Three Bears, 2006 – Colored Pencil on Paper – 30″ x 22″
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Selected Works

  • Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Now I Know Who You Really Are
  • Black Elk’s Little Sandman
  • Little Star #2
  • New Age Fancy Dancer

From the Blog

  • The Lowest Point
    April 29, 2012

    People often asked me why I moved to Fargo, North Dakota. I often hesitate to explain why, or I would make up another excuse because I was ashamed of the reason. My alcoholism actually brought me to a treatment center [...]

  • Self Taught Artist
    March 27, 2011

    I find it interesting for an art instructor to actually give grades for something a student creates. What makes it “A” work?…I’m doing just fine with what I’m doing. Grading art is subjective. I’m sure my techniques to some professors [...]

  • My Nomination for James Rosenquist for the North Dakota Rough Rider Award
    October 23, 2010

    March 30, 2010 Dear Governor Hoeven, I’m writing to support the nomination of artist, James Rosenquist for the Rough Rider Award this year. He is native to North Dakota and has become one of the most prominent American artists of [...]

  • Artist Racial Categorization
    August 29, 2010

    I was recently featured in the Fargo-Moorhead Arts Pulse magazine regarding my 2010 Bush Fellowship Award that included my own personal opinion on being labeled a Native American Indian artist. Since I was a little boy, my grade school friends [...]