A Navajo Indian, born in a "Hogan" on the Navajo Reservation on December 26. 1946 at White COve, Arizona. At ten he attended Holbrook Bordertown Indian School and graduated in 1966. Traditions and ancient Navajo Legends were learned from his great grandfather along with the "Anasazi" pictographs and petroglyphs. The Navajo reservation influences the excitement of my surroundings. Education: Indian School, Holbrook, Arizona. Institute of American Indian Art. Santa Fe, NM. Commercial Arts College, Los Angeles, California. Awards: First Place - 1968 Institute of American Indian Art, Philbrook,OK First Place - 1970 Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial, Gallup, New Mexico Second Place and Honorable Mention All Indian Invitational Show Scottsdale,AZ Second Place - 1973 State Fair, Albuquerque, New Mexico Shows : 1968 - Institute of American Inidan Art Philbrook, OK 1970- Intertribal Ceremonial, Gallup, NM All Indian Invitational Show, Scottsdale, AZ 1971 - Under contract to paint for Ortega Gallup, NM 1973- State Fair, Albuquerque, NM 1976- All Indial Invitational Show, Scottsdale, AZ 1980 - Red Cloud Invitational Art Show, Pine Ridge, SD 1981- Santa Fe Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM |
