Rory Erler Wakemup (Boise Fort Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work turns the script of cultural appropriation on its head. He has morphed his cultural experiences as a Native American with his studio art practice and has become a conduit between conceptual ideas and the materials at hand. Wakemup is a Master of Fine Arts graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and today dedicates his art practice to community engagement for social justice.