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George Longfish
George Longfish (1942) is a Seneca/Tuscarora artist, writer, and educator and curator born in Ohsweken, Ontario. He is primarily known for his abstract paintings and sculptures that pertain to his native identity. As Ojibwe scholar Molly McGlennen says "Longfish’s paintings complicate the notion of the contemporary Native condition while debunking the myths and stereotypes that have stood for more than 500 years as the colonizer’s agenda of erasure ." He is recognized both nationally and internationally, participating in over 200 exhibitions.

Education
Longfish spent the beginning of his life on the Six Nations reserve in Ontario. He and his younger brother were then dropped off at the Thomas Indian School in upstate New York. Longfish eventually moved to Chicago where he attended Tuley High School and graduated in 1960. He went on to receive his MFA from Art Institute of Chicago in 1972 where he studied painting, sculpture, and film.

Professional Life
Immediately following his graduation, he accepted a position at University of Montana, spearheading the American Indian Arts graduate program. Two years later he moved to Davis, California, where he accepted a professorship in the Native American Studies department at University of California, Davis. He additionally became the director of the CN Gorman Museum. He stayed in Davis as an artist and educator until 2003. He currently lives in South Berwick, Maine with his wife. He continues to create art and tour on speaking engagements.

Exhibits
George Longfish has exhibited his work nationally and internationally in such venues as the Eiteljorg Museum, The Museum of Arts and Design in New York City,

His works reside in permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, C.N. Gorman Museum, Iowa State University Museum, Montana Museum of Art and Culture