Carlin Bear Don’t Walk
Northern Cheyenne Reservation Busby, MT
Exhibit Year: 2020-2021
About the Artist
Carlin Bear Don’t Walk is a Northern Cheyenne and Crow Artist who grew up on the Northern Cheyenne reservation in Busby, MT. The dream to pursue art evolved somewhere between the hills and valleys of the Busby flats and the Kirby high lines. Below the Big Horns and near the land of the Morning Star. Carlin was destined to shine at an early age. Mostly self-taught and inspired by the local native artists before him. Those who strived and prospered to be great but couldn’t escape the harsh reality around them. These examples of failure taught him the patience, persistence and most important of all perseverance, to overcome the struggles within the reservation. Many of those that inspired often became victims of their own existence, succumbing to the stereotypes placed upon them. Thru this many lost their love, their lives, their passion to dream and Carlin’s art embodies the essence of what they left behind. This is the path and determination that pushes Carlin to greatness, to live this dream for those who never made it. Picking up the pieces of fallen friends and family members. Guided by their spirits and strengths to embark on a journey left unfulfilled. Carlin is putting his whole Northern Cheyenne and Crow nation on his back and chasing this dream for everyone of them and they all know that…..