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Fellowships and Awards

  • 2010 Bush Artist Fellowship, Bush Foundation, St. Paul
  • 2003 Plains Art Museum, Art on the Plains 6, received Juror Award
  • 2001 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Native Artist Fellowship

Special Projects

  • 2004 Migrations, Tamarind Institute, The University of New Mexico
  • 2003 Detritus of the Light People, mural created in collaboration with Frank Big Bear for the Plains Art Museum, Fargo

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2009 Wind-talker, 2009, Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis
  • 2008 The Art of Star Wallowing Bull, Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis
  • 2006 Beyond Tradition, Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis (November 18 – December 23, 2006)
  • 2005-06 Between Two Cultures: The Art of Star Wallowing Bull, Plains Art Museum, Fargo (September 22 – January 8, 2006)
  • 2001 Ubiquitous Visions, Plains Art Museum, Fargo

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010-11
  • Vantage Point: The Contemporary Native Art Collection, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC (September 25 – August 7, 2011) Transcending Traditions: Contemporary American Indian Artwork, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ (September 10 – Jaunuary 2, 2011)
  • Animal Instinct: Allegory, Allusion, and Anthropomorphism, curated by Leslie Umberger, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI (October 18 – June 5, 2011)
  • Painting and Sculpture: To Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Lehmann Maupin, New York NY (December 9 – January 9, 2011)
2009
  • This is Displacement: Native Artists Consider the Relationship Between Land & Identity, Out North, traveling
2008
  • Carolyn Anderson, Frank Big Bear, Julie Buffalohead, Star Wallowing Bull, Andrea Carlson, Jim Denomie, Carl Gawboy, The Gage Family Art Gallery, Augsburg College, Minneapolis (January 11 – February 15, 2008)
2007
  • Oshki-bawaajige – New Dreaming: Frank Big Bear, Andrea Carlson & Star Wallowing Bull, October Gallery, London, England (September 13 – October 27, 2007)
2006
  • MIGRATIONS: New Directions in Native American Art, organized by University of New Mexico Art Museum, traveling group show, catalogue edited by Marjorie Devon
  • From Manhattan to Menatay, the Art of Janice Toulouse Shingwaak and Star Wallowing Bull, American Indian Community House Gallery, New York (January 20 – February 25, 2006)
2005
  • Impacted Nations, traveling group exhibition organized by Honor the Earth, Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York: Ancient Traders Gallery, Minneapolis; Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe
2004
  • Waasa Inaabidaa, We Look in All Directions, The Minneapolis Foundation, Minneapolis
2003
  • Paper Warriors: the Drawings of Frank Big Bear and Star Wallowing Bull, Carl Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis (September 28 – December 5, 2003)
2002
  • Modern Warriors: Julie Buffalohead, Star Wallowing Bull, Jim Denomie, Texas Women’s University, Denton
  • Jimisawaabandaming (Looking Ahead In A Hopeful Way), curated by Juantia Espinosa, Two Rivers Gallery, Minneapolis American Indian Center, Minneapolis
  • These are the People in my Neighborhood: Mary Esch, Julie Buffalohead, Bruce Bacon, Scott Seekins, Frank Big Bear, Jennifer Nevitt, Star Wallowing Bull, Barbara Kreft, Glen Hanson, Jim Denomie, Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis
2000
  • Contemporary Native Art in Minnesota: Star Wallowing Bull, Julie Buffalohead, and Jim Denomie, curated by Kathie Bennewitz and Jill Boldenow; shown in conjunction with Listening with the Heart: the Work of Frank Big Bear, George Morrison, and Norval Morrisseau, curated by Todd Bockley, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis
1999
  • Open House, Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis

Reviews and Articles

  • Star Wallowing Bull works at the studio of James Rosenquist, Pamela Sund, Artspulse, December 2010 / January 2011
  • Encyclopedia of Native American Artists (Artists of the American Mosaic), Deborah Everett and Elayne Zorn, September 30, 2008, cover image, color photo
  • Breaking the Mold, Mila Koumpilova, In-Forum, Fargo, November 11, 2007
  • Forever Indian, Mary Abbe, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Arts and Entertainment, March 2, 2006
  • Native Ability, Broadening the boundaries of American Indian Art, by Mary Abbe, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Arts and Entertainment, September 17, 2000.
  • A Vital Culture, Mason Riddle, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Express, September 21, 2000.
  • Traditions and contemporary art flower at Two Rivers Gallery, Lydia Howell, Pulse of the Twin Cities, October 25, 2000.
  • New Exhibit at Weisman Museum Features Six Local Indian Artists, Foster Stangel, The Circle, October 2000

Public Collections

  • The British Museum, London
  • Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC
  • Plains Art Museum, Fargo
  • Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis
  • Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth

Private Collections

  • Winona LaDuke, White Earth, MN
  • Juane Quick-to-See Smith, Corrales, NM
  • James Rosenquist, Aripeka, FL