Jim Denomie (Ojibwe) received his BFA degree from the University of Minnesota , MN. He participated in group shows at the Duluth Art Institute, MN; Union Gallery at Iowa State University, IA; Westphalian State Museum of Natural History in Münster, Germany; the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, WI; and the Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN. His art is in the permanent collection of the Frederick Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, MN; the Westphalian State Museum of Natural History in Münster Germany, and in private collections

In his painting Manifold Destiny Jim Denomie plays with an inspired pun. The title makes a joke of the Vanishing Indian Myth and Manifest Destiny. Denomie creates a world where Indian women on horseback hunt VW Buffaloes by painting horns on an old, green VW bug. The women hunt this mechanical beast in a lushly colored landscape where a railroad crossing sign, a buffalo skull, and telephone poles mark a world transformed. He chooses women as hunters to “…acknowledge that in today's society, women have adopted roles of leadership.” But clearly these warriors must deal with a world out of balance.

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