Brian Jungen and Duane Linklater

(b.1970, Fort St. John, Canada lives in Vancouver; and b.1976, Omaskêko Cree, lives in North Bay, Ontario)

Brian Jungen, an artist of European and Dane-zaa descent, is based in Vancouver. His work is a dialogue between his First Nations ancestry, Western art history, the global economy and the art object. A graduate of Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Jungen has exhibited extensively in both solo and group exhibitions across Canada, the United States and Europe. His solo exhibitions have included the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton; the National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC; Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam; and Tate Modern, London. Jungen has participated in group exhibitions at the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, and MoMA PS1, New York. His work is represented in the permanent collections of numerous art museums worldwide.

Duane Linklater, an Omaskêko Cree artist based in North Bay, Ontario, produces a range of work that includes film and video installations, performance and sculptural objects. Linklater holds degrees in Native studies (Cree language) and fine arts from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, and the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. He has exhibited widely across Canada, the United States and abroad: including dOCUMENTA (13), Family Business Gallery in New York City, Art Gallery of Ontario, Vancouver Art Gallery and an upcoming exhibition at ICA Philadelphia. Linklater is the recipient of the 2013 Sobey Art Award.