Harry Fonseca

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Harry Fonseca (1946–28 December 2006) was an American artist. He was born in Sacramento, California.

Fonseca was of Nisenan Maidu, Hawaiian, and Portuguese heritage. His earliest pieces drew from his Maidu heritage. He was influenced by basketry designs, dance regalia, and by his participation as a traditional dancer. Further, the creation myth of his people, as recounted by his uncle, Henry Azbill, became the source of a major 1977 work, Creation Story.

His wildly popular Coyote series placed its canine trickster protagonist in decidedly non-traditional American Indian situations.

Fonseca died in Albuquerque, New Mexico, of a brain tumor.

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