Born 1940, USA

Early 1960’s, active in theatre, performance, literature in the U.S. Civil Rights Movements. First solo art
exhibit in Austin, Texas in 1965.

Moved to Geneva, Switzerland in 1969, returned to U.S. in 1973.
Political organizer in the American Indian Movement, 1973-1980, Director of the International Indian Treaty
Council and representative at the United Nations.
Director of the Foundation for the Community of Artists (FCA) New York City, 1981-83.
Moved to Mexico in 1987, returned to Europe in 1994.
Poetry published in Harper’s Anthology of 20th Century Native American Poetry, various small magazines.
Books of poems, Columbus Day, published in 1983, West End Press, Minneapolis. Essay and articles
published in Los Angeles Times, Art Form, Black Scolar, and Third Text among others.
Exhibited in Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst in Gent, Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, ICA London,
Documenta in Kassel, Hamburg Kunstverein, FRAC in Reims, Wittgenstein Haus in Vienna, Whitney
Biennal, Kunstverein in Munich, Venice Biennale, among others.

Other Books:
The East London Coelecanth, Bookworks, London, 1992
A Certain Lack of Coherence, Kala Press, London, 1994
Der Verfuhrer und der Steinerne Gast, Springer, Vienna, 1996
Between the Furniture and the Building, Walter Konig, Cologne, 1998
Stoneheart, CCA, Kitakyshyu, 2001
A comprehensive survey, Jimmie Durham, has been published by Phaidon Press, London in 1995.