Terran J. Last Gun, Saakwaynaamah’kaa (Last Gun), (b. 1989, Browning, MT) is an enrolled Piikani citizen and visual artist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Piikani Nation (Spotted Robes) of Montana, also called the Blackfeet or Amskapi Piikani (Southern), are one of the four nations that comprise the Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy; Siksika, Kainai, Piikani or Apatohsi Piikani (Northern) nations are each located in Alberta, Canada) and are collectively known as the Blackfoot People or Niitsitapi (Real People). Born and raised on the Blackfeet Reservation, Last Gun’s work centers around the process of color exploration and visual documentation of nature, cosmos, cultural narratives, and personal experiences. Often employing geometric aesthetics, he is contributing to an ancient Niitsitapi North American narrative.He has exhibited at venues including the SITE Santa Fe (Santa Fe, NM), IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (Santa Fe, NM), Glacier Art Museum (Kalispell, MT), Missoula Art Museum (Missoula, MT), Bates Museum of Art (Lewiston, ME), Newberry Library (Chicago, IL), Museum of the Plains Indian (Browning, MT), Contemporary at Blue Star (San Antonio, TX), Zimmerli Art Museum (New Brunswick, NJ), and the Anderson Ranch Arts Center (Snowmass Village, CO) among others. Last Gun received his BFA in Museum Studies and AFA in Studio Arts from the Institute of American Indian Arts in 2016. He has received awards from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation 2024 Biennial Award, First Peoples Fund 2020 Artist in Business Leadership Fellowship, and the Santa Fe Art Institute 2018 Story Maps Fellowship. Last Gun was named one of the 2022 12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now in Southwest Contemporary, and most recently was named one of the Art in America 2026 New Talent 20 Artists to Watch.
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