Alex Buffalohead

Alexandra Buffalohead is an artist, curator, and musician. She is the Director of Communications and Partnerships at the Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI) located on the American Indian Cultural Corridor in Minneapolis, MN. She previously worked at the American Indian Cancer Foundation and the Indian Land Tenure Foundation. She currently serves on the board of directors for Highpoint Center for Printmakers.

She is a 2019 Emerging Curator Institute Fellow, a 2014 Tiwahe Foundation American Indian Family Powerment recipient, and a 2019 First Peoples Fund Cultural Capital Fellowship Recipient. She has guest curated at the Cedar Cultural Center, Highpoint Center for Printmakers, Artistry’s Inez Greenberg Gallery, Mia’s America’s Gallery 261, and the University of St. Thomas.

Buffalohead earned a Bachelor of Arts from Augsburg University and a Master of Arts from the University of Saint Thomas.