Edgar Heap of Birds

Hock E Aye VI Edgar Heap of Birds was named a USA Ford Fellow in 2012 and designed the cover for the October 2017 issue of Art in America magazine. Heap of Birds has exhibited his works at MOMA; Whitney Museum of America; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Grand Palais, Paris, France; and the Venice Biennale, Italy. His artistic creations and efforts as an advocate for indigenous communities worldwide are focused first upon social justice and then upon the personal freedom to live within the tribal circle as an expressive individual.