Duane Slick facts for kids

Duane Slick, born in 1961, is a talented artist and teacher. He is part of the Meskwaki and Ho-Chunk tribes. Slick is famous for his paintings that use only one color, called monochromatic art. Since 1995, he has taught fine arts at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).

About Duane Slick

Duane Slick was born in 1961 in Waterloo, Iowa. His father was Meskwaki, and his mother was Ho-Chunk.

Education and Teaching

Slick studied art at the University of Northern Iowa. He earned two degrees there: one in painting and one in art education. Later, in 1990, he completed his master's degree in painting. This was at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis). While at UC Davis, he learned from the artist George Longfish.

Before joining RISD, Slick taught at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA). This school is in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He taught there from 1992 to 1995. Since 1995, he has been teaching printmaking and painting at RISD.

Duane Slick, Oval and Deluge, 1993, Acrylic on linen.

Artworks and Exhibitions

In 2010, Duane Slick was an artist-in-residence at the School for Advanced Research (SAR). During this time, he created a special artwork called Field Mouse Goes to War.

In 2012, Slick received the Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship. His art was then shown in a group exhibition called We Are Here! This exhibition took place in 2012.

Slick's art can be found in many public collections. These include the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution. His work is also at the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Des Moines Art Center.

His first solo museum exhibition was called The Coyote Makes the Sunset Better. It opened in 2022 at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.

In 2023, Slick also helped organize an exhibition. It was called Marking Resilience: Indigenous North American Prints. This show was held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.