Collection: Red Star, Kevin

Kevin Red Star was born on the Crow Indian Reservation in Lodge Grass, Montana. He attended the newly founded Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and then received a full scholarship to San Francisco Art Institute. In 1997, he received an honorary doctorate from Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana and one from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe in 2010.

In 2018, Red Star received both the James R. Parks Trustee Purchase Award at the Autry Museum’s Masters of the American West in Los Angeles and the Montana Governor’s Award for the Arts in Helena.

In 2022, Red Star was asked to be the first artist to represent the biennial Norman Maclean Literary Festival, held in Missoula, Montana.

“Indian culture has in the past been ignored to a great extent. It is, for me, as well as for many other Indian artists, a rich source of creative expression. An intertwining of my Indian culture with contemporary art expression has given me a greater insight concerning my art. I hope to accomplish something for the American Indian and at the same time achieve personal satisfaction in a creative statement through my art.”

Red Star is proudly represented by Courtney Collins Gallery, Big Sky, Montana; Sorrel Sky Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Durango, Colorado; Dana Gallery, Missoula, Montana; Montana Modern Fine Art, Kalispell, Montana; and Old Main Gallery, Bozeman, Montana.