kEVIN mCKENZIE BIOGRAPHY
Kevin McKenzie is Cree/Métis, Saskatchewan artist, based in Brandon, Manitoba. He is a member of the Cowessess First Nation of Saskatchewan, Treaty 4. He holds a BFA and an MFA from the University of Regina. McKenzie has exhibited nationally and internationally at notable galleries such as Museum of Arts and Design, New York, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, and Pataka Art Gallery Museum, New Zealand. McKenzie's artwork is represented in numerous public and corporate collections and has a permanent public sculpture in Whistler B.C. commissioned by VANOC Cultural Olympiad 2010. In 2022 he was commissioned by the President’s Office at Brandon University to produce a public sculpture dedicated to Truth and Reconciliation. Currently, McKenzie is an assistant professor and faculty member in the IWGI Department of Visual Art at Brandon University.
REVIEWS:
Edge of Seventeen: Sask. artist's new exhibit inspired by his brother and dad during his teenage years, The Morning Edition - Sask with Stefani Langenegger, CBC Listen, 2023.
Kevin McKenzie: ayîkisis ᐊᔩᑭᓯᐢ, Galleries West, 2022.
Healing Together: New sculpture at Brandon University dedicated to truth, reconciliation, CBC, 2022.
Artist blends tradition, innovation, The Brandon Sun, 2022.
Kevin Mckenzie's "Seventeen": Graduating M.F.A Exhibition, Fifth Parallel Gallery, 2021.
Winnipeg's Urban Shaman Opens Santa Fe Satellite, Galleries West, 2017.
Kevin McKenzie: Resurrection, Galleries West, 2017.
Interviews:
Pop Culture and the Sacred: An Interview with Kevin McKenzie, National Gallery of Canada, 2020.