Uprising Art By Carlin Bear Don’t Walk
Carlin Bear Don’t Walk is an award winning Apsáalooke (Crow) and Tsitsistas (Northern Cheyenne) Artist from the Northern Cheyenne reservation in Busby, MT. He is an enrolled member of the Apsáalooke nation. The dream to pursue art evolved somewhere between the hills and valleys of the Busby flats and the Kirby high lines. Below the Big Horns and near the land of the Morning Star. Carlin was destined to shine at an early age. Mostly self-taught and inspired by the local native artists before him. Those who strived and prospered to be great but couldn't escape the harsh reality around them. These examples of failure taught him the patience, persistence and most important of all perseverance, to overcome the struggles within the reservation. Many of those that inspired often became victims of their own existence, succumbing to the stereotypes placed upon them. Thru this many lost their love, their lives, their passion to dream and Carlin's art embodies the essence of what they left behind. This is the path and determination that pushes Carlin to greatness, to live this dream for those who never made it. Picking up the pieces of fallen friends and family members. Guided by their spirits and strengths to embark on a journey left unfulfilled. Carlin is putting his whole Northern Cheyenne and Crow nation on his back and chasing this dream for everyone of them and they all know that.....
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2016 - 1st Place 2-Dimensional Art Bitter Pill: Montana Juried Art Exhibition.
2017- 1st Place 2Dimensional Art Crow Native Days, Crow Agency, MT.
2019- Best Of Division 2-Dimensional Native POP, Rapid City SD.
-3rd Place 2-Dimensional Art Northern Plains Indian Art Market, Sioux Falls SD.
2020- Art selected for “Protection” Virtual Exhibit at New Mexico Art Museum, Sante Fe NM.
2021 - 2nd place 2-Dimensional Art Heard Museum Indian Market, Phoenix AZ.
- ‘The Reluctant Storyteller' was named one of Bank Street College of Education's Best Books of 2021.
2022- 1st place and Best of Class for Division ll (2D Art) Heard Museum Indian Market, Phoenix AZ
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2017- Indigenous Art In Time MSU Campus, Bozeman MT.
2018- Art In Autumn Polson, MT.
Outwest Art Show, Great Falls MT.
“Here Until Forever” Solo Show Billings, MT.
2019 - Native POP, Rapid City SD
“Endurance” solo show, Billings MT
Sante Fe Indian Art Market, Sante Fe NM
Northern Plains Indian Art Market, Sioux Falls SD
2020- Indigenous Artist Showcase, Missoula MT.
Big Sky Art Auction, Big Sky, MT.
Art Mobile of Montana,
Sante Fe Indian Art Market Virtual, Sante Fe NM
“Protection” Virtual Exhibit New Mexico Art Museum, Sante Fe NM
2021- Heard Museum Indian Market Virtual, Phoenix AZ
Art Council Of Big Sky Art Auction, Big Sky MT.
Celebration Of Native Plains Artists, Great Falls MT
Osage Art and Ballet Art Auction, Oklahoma
Yellowstone Art Museum SummerFair, Billings MT.
Sante Fe Indian Market, Sante Fe NM
“Our Resilience” exhibit Missoula, MT.
Yellowstone Art Museum Annual Art Auction, Billings MT.
2022 - Heard Museum Indian Market, Phoenix AZ
Big Sky Art Auction, Big Sky MT
Yellowstone Art Museum Summerfair, Billings MT
First Peoples Art Market, Bozeman MT
Sante Fe Indian Market 100, Sante Fe NM