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Jimmie Durham (1940 born in Washington / Arkansas USA) is a Native American of Cherokee descent and he is a visual artist, performer, poet, essayist, and political activist. In 1964 he began to work as a sculptor and was active in the American civil rights movement. In the 1970s, he was chairman of the International Indian Treaty Council at the United Nations. Durham studied performance and sculpture at École des Beaux-Arts in Geneva. In 2019 he participates at the 58. Venice Biennale and receives the Golden Lion for his life's work.