Bryce Manyfingers/Singer BIOGRAPHY

 

Blanket Series: Steadfast, Blanket Me, Sentinel, and Parfleches. 2026.

The idea behind these works was to step out of my comfort zone in terms of not only illustrating native species and animals or illustrating Blackfoot creation stories, but to explore other Blackfoot themes such as diving into the process that surrounds the complex geometric task of designing parfleches. I also wanted to try my hand in portrait work where I received the permission of one my closest friends named Evelyn Mikayla Martin, a Blackfeet artist, whom I look up to and who also focuses a great deal on painting portraits of herself, others, and emphasizing Blackfoot identity and culture. I felt that creating four new artworks would be a great start to explore these themes. I worked on all four works simultaneously while researching parfleches across the continent and reflecting on how portraits of Native Americans have often been done by non-Indigenous artists. The work is meant to reflect Blackfoot representations of respect for land, identity, and sovereignty.

Bryce Manyfingers / Singer is a Niitsitapi mixed media artist and member of the Blood Tribe (Kainai Nation). His graphic style work explores themes centered around land, history, health, issues impacting indigenous peoples, and personal narratives on cultural identity. He has exhibited his work mostly within the traditional territory of treaty seven at various galleries such as the Southern Alberta Art Gallery (SAAG), Tourism Lethbridge and the Galt Museum, Red Crow College, the Stride Gallery, and the Confluence. His graphic style is influenced by Kainai Artist Gerald Tailfeathers (1925-1975). Bryce also takes inspiration from literary works such as The Ways of My Grandmothers by Beverly Hungry Wolf, Blackfoot Ways of Knowing by Betty Bastien, and Invisible Reality: Storytellers, Storytakers, and the Supernatural World of the Blackfeet by Rosalyn LaPier.

blanket me, 2026, mixed media paper, ink, acrylic markers, pencil crayons.