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Maria Hupfield (b. 1975) is Canadian Native American, Anishnaabe (Ojibway) band member of Wasauksing First Nation, Ontario and currently based in Brooklyn New York. Hupfield holds an MFA in sculpture from York University, Toronto. Her performance “Contain That Force: 7 Solo Acts” was presented by the National Gallery of Canada in response to “Sakahan: International Indigenous Art” at SAW Video and Media Arts, Ottawa Canada. She recently performed “All is Moving” in response to the paintings of Artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith at Accola Griefen Gallery, Chelsea NY and participated in A Conversation on Performance Art: Women Redrawing/Performance, organized by The Feminist Art Project at SOHO20 Chelsea NY. She was a selected artist for (2013) Wave Hill’s Winter Workspace Program, Glyndor Galley, Bronx, NY; and (2012) Artist Leadership Program, National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC. She has performed in Brooklyn NY at Gowanus Ballroom, Panolpy Performance Lap, Grace Gallery, and the (2013) Brooklyn International Performance Festival, (2012) 7a*11d International Performance Festival, Toronto ON, and Bbeyond, Belfast Ireland. Hupfield’s work is currently in the traveling exhibitions Beat Nation and Changing Hands III. This fall she will perform “An Artist Tour Guide” commissioned by the National Museum of the American Indian NY in response to the exhibition “Before and after the Horizon: Anishnaabe Artists of the Great Lakes”.

The Visiting Artists Lecture Series is sponsored by the School of Art, Media, and Technology (AMT) at Parsons The New School for Design. The lecture series invites renowned artists from across the globe to give free public presentations each Wednesday.