Edgar Heap of Birds

Edgar Heap of Birds
Heap of Birds at the 2009 Americans for the Arts convention
Born	Hock E Aye VI (1954-11-22)November 22, 1954 Wichita, Kansas, United States
Nationality	Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
Education	MFA Tyler School of Art, BFA University of Kansas, Royal College of Art
Known for	Painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, installation, conceptual
Notable work	In Our Language, Wheel
Website	http://heapofbirds.ou.edu/

Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne name: Hock E Aye VI) is a multi-disciplinary artist. His art contributions include public art messages, large scale drawings, Neuf Series acrylic paintings, prints, and monumental porcelain enamel on steel outdoor sculpture.

He is Southern Cheyenne and enrolled in the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes.

Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds was born on November 22, 1954 in Wichita, Kansas, where his father worked in the aeronautical industry. He attended East High School in Wichita and graduated in 1972. After graduation, Heap of Birds studied at Haskell Indian School in Lawrence, Kansas.

In 1976 Heap of Birds earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas and in 1979 he received his Master of Fine Arts from Temple University's Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In between his undergraduate and graduate studies, Heap of Birds also classes at the Royal College of Art in London, England from 1976-1977.

In 2008, Heap of Birds was awarded an Honorary Doctors of Fine Arts from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, Massachusetts.

Heap of Birds has taught as Visiting Professor at Yale University, Rhode Island School of Design, and Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa. At the University of Oklahoma, Heap of Birds teaches in Native American Studies and previously taught Fine Arts.