Marty Two Bulls Jr.

Marty Two Bulls Jr. is an artist and educator based in Rapid City, South Dakota. Two Bulls is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux tribe and was raised in the high plains of South Dakota. Two Bulls comes from a family of diverse artists. His father, Marty Two Bulls Sr., is an accomplished artist and was Two Bulls’s first art instructor. Two Bulls grew up in his father’s studio, where he learned the fundamentals of sculpture, illustration, graphic design, and, most importantly, how to make a living as a creative person. Two Bulls eventually went on to study printmaking and ceramics at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, where he earned a BFA in 2011. Two Bulls spent several years in Santa Fe developing his art practice and working in contemporary art galleries before accepting a full-time faculty position with Oglala Lakota College (OLC) to teach art in 2017. Jumping at the opportunity to return to his homelands and work with his tribal commu- nity, Two Bulls has since created a graphic arts program at OLC and continues to work as a positive force for the arts in his communities both near and far. Two Bulls recently earned his MFA from Bard College.