07/28/2026
Check out this Event at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument News Release
Contact: Eric Grunwald, [email protected], 308-436-9718
Marty Two Bulls, Jr. Scheduled to Present “Winter Counts” at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Harrison, Neb. – Marty Two Bulls Jr. is scheduled to present “Winter Counts” at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument on Saturday, August 29th at 1:00 pm inside the Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Visitor Center. Join Two Bulls as he discusses his career and art practice including his artist residency at the Sanford Underground Research Facility, his service as an artist laureate for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, and the Winter Count that he helped his tribe create.
Marty Two Bulls Jr. is an artist and educator based in Rapid City, SD. 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’ 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, NM where he earned a Bachelors in Fine Arts in 2011. After graduation, Two Bulls spent several years in Santa Fe developing his art practice and working in contemporary art galleries where he worked with a plethora of contemporary artists from around the world. In 2017, Two Bulls returned home to South Dakota to teach art at Oglala Lakota College where he created a successful Graphic Arts program. Two Bulls earned his Master’s in Fine Arts from Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. Two Bulls has exhibited his artwork in galleries and museums nationally and internationally with works in several museum permanent collections. Two Bulls is an artist laureate for the Oglala Sioux Tribe and a United States Artist Fellow.
