Kent Monkman is a Cree/English/Irish artist who works with a variety of mediums, including painting, film/video, and installation. His recent work facilitates dialogue about colonial power relations using sexuality as a forum to negotiate power. He has had solo exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the Indian Art Centre, and has participated in group exhibitions in Canada, USA, UK, and Mexico, including: "We come in peace…" Histories of the Americas, at the Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal, and The American West, at Compton Verney.  Monkman has won numerous awards from the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council. His award winning short film and video works have been screened at various national and international festivals. His work is represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, Museum London, the Woodland Cultural Centre, the Indian Art Centre, The Mackenzie Art Gallery, and the Robert McLaughlin Gallery.