List of Native American artists from Oklahoma
"Sacred Rain Arrow," a 1998 bronze sculpture by Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache), at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma
This list indexes notable Native American artists from Oklahoma. Artists listed in this index were born in Oklahoma, at one time lived in Oklahoma or presently live in Oklahoma.
Basket weavers
- Mike Dart (born 1977), Cherokee Nation, basket weaver
- Mavis Doering (1929–2007), Cherokee Nation, basket weaver
Bead artists
Martha Berry, Cherokee Nation bead artist
- Richard Aitson (born 1953), Kiowa-Kiowa Apache
- Martha Berry, Cherokee Nation
- Judy Coser, Kickapoo-Sac and Fox, bead artist
- Vanessa Jennings, Kiowa-Pima, beadwork, traditional clothing and tipi maker
- Lois Bougetah Smoky (1907–1981), Kiowa bead artist and painter (one of the Kiowa Six)
Ceramic artists
- Jeri Redcorn, Caddo-Potawatomi, b. ca. 1940
Dancers
- Yvonne Chouteau (born 1929), Shawnee Tribe, ballerina
- Rosella Hightower (1920–2008), Choctaw ballerina
- Moscelyne Larkin (born 1925), Peoria-Shawnee ballerina
- Maria Tallchief (1925–2013), Osage ballerina
- Marjorie Tallchief (born 1926), Osage ballerina
Diverse traditional artists
- Mildred Cleghorn (1910–1997), Fort Sill Apache Tribe, dollmaker
- Vanessa Jennings, Kiowa-Pima, beadwork, traditional clothing and tipis
- Hastings Shade (1941–2010), Cherokee Nation, marble- and gig-maker
- Tommy Wildcat, Cherokee Nation-Muscogee Creek-Natchez traditional artist
Draftspeople
- Roy Boney, Jr., Cherokee Nation, draftsman, painter, animator
- St. St. David Pendleton Oakerhater, "Making Medicine" (1847–1931), Cheyenne, ledger artist
- Joseph L. Erb, Cherokee Nation, painter, sculptor, animator
Installation artists
- Edgar Heap of Birds (born 1954), Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes installation artist, painter, conceptual artist
- Richard Ray Whitman (born 1949), Yuchi-Muscogee Creek Nation photographer, painter, installation artist
Painters
Benjamin Harjo, Jr., Absentee Shawnee-Seminole painter and printmaker
Virginia Stroud, United Keetoowah Band painter
Ernest Spybuck, Absentee Shawnee painter, ca. 1910
- Spencer Asah (c. 1905 – 1954), Kiowa, painter (one of the Kiowa Six)
- James Auchiah (1906–1975), painter (one of the Kiowa Six)
- Louis W. Ballard (1931–2007) "Honga-no-zhe", Quapaw-Cherokee, painter and composer
- Fred Beaver (1911–1976), Creek-Seminole, painter
- Lee Roy Joshua (died 2001), Muscogee Creek-Seminole, painter, printmaker
- Archie Blackowl (1911–1967), Cheyenne, painter
- Acee Blue Eagle (1907–1959), Creek-Pawnee-Wichita, painter
- Roy Boney, Jr., Cherokee Nation, draftsman, painter, animator
- Blackbear Bosin (1921–1980), Kiowa-Comanche, painter, sculptor
- T.C. Cannon (Pai-doung-u-day), Kiowa-Caddo
- Woody Crumbo (1912–1989), Potawatomi, painter
- Talmadge Davis (1962–2005), Cherokee Nation painter
- Cecil Dick (1915–1992), Cherokee, painter
- Joseph L. Erb, Cherokee Nation, painter, sculptor, animator
- Franklin Gritts (1915–1996), Cherokee, painter
- Enoch Kelly Haney (born 1940), Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma-Muscogee Creek, painter, sculptor
- Albert Harjo (born 1937), Muscogee Creek
- Benjamin Harjo, Jr. (born 1945), Seminole-Absentee Shawnee, painter
- Richard Harjo (born 1952), Muscogee Creek, painter
- Sharron Ahtone Harjo (born 1945), Kiowa, painter, ledger artist
- Edgar Heap of Birds (born 1954), Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes installation artist, painter, conceptual artist
- Joan Hill (born 1930), Muscogee Creek-Cherokee, painter
- Jack Hokeah (1902–1973), Kiowa, painter (one of the Kiowa Six)
- Allan Houser (1914–1994), Chiricahua Apache, sculptor and painter
- Sharon Irla (born 1957), Cherokee Nation painter
- Ruthe Blalock Jones (Chu-Lun-Dit) (born 1939), Eastern Shawnee-Delaware-Peoria
- Barbara McAlister (born 1941), Cherokee Nation painter, opera singer
- America Meredith (1972), Cherokee Nation painter, printmaker
- Stephen Mopope (1898–1974), Kiowa, painter (one of the Kiowa Six)
- Jackson Narcomey (1942–2012), Muscogee Creek, painter and printmaker
- Fernando Padilla, Jr. (born 1958), San Felipe Pueblo/Navajo painter and sculptor
- Harvey Pratt (born 1941), Cheyenne-Arapaho-Sioux painter, sculptor
- Paladine Roye (1946–2001), Ponca painter
- Bert Seabourn (1931- ) Cherokee Nation, painter
- Silver Horn (1860–1940), Kiowa, painter
- Lois Bougetah Smoky (1907–1981), Kiowa painter (one of the Kiowa Six)
- Ernest Spybuck (1883–1949), Absentee Shawnee painter
- Virginia Stroud (born 1951), United Keetoowah Band-Muscogee painter
- Carl Sweezy (1881–1953), Arapaho painter
- Jerome Tiger (1941–1967), Muscogee Creek-Seminole painter
- Johnny Tiger, Jr. (born 1940), Muscogee Creek-Seminole painter and sculptor
- Tony Tiger (born 1965), Sac & Fox-Muscogee Creek-Seminole painter and printmaker
- Monroe Tsatoke (1904–1937), Kiowa, painter (one of the Kiowa Six)
- Kay WalkingStick (born 1935), Cherokee Nation painter
- W. Richard “Dick” West, Sr. (1912–1996), Cheyenne painter
- David E. Williams (1933-1985) Kiowa-Tonkawa-Kiowa Apache painter
- Poteet Victory (born 1947), Cherokee-Choctaw, painter [1]
Photographers
- Sharon Irla (born 1957), Cherokee Nation painter
- Parker McKenzie (1897–1999), Kiowa photographer
- Horace Poolaw (1906–1984), Kiowa photographer
- Richard Ray Whitman (born 1949), Yuchi-Muscogee Creek Nation photographer, painter, installation artist
Printmakers
- T.C. Cannon (Pai-doung-u-day), Kiowa-Caddo-Choctaw
- Benjamin Harjo, Jr. (born 1945), Seminole-Absentee Shawnee, painter
- Ruthe Blalock Jones (Chu-Lun-Dit) (born 1939), Eastern Shawnee-Delaware-Peoria
- Bobby C. Martin (born 1957), Muscogee Creek, painter and printmaker
- America Meredith (1972), Cherokee Nation painter, printmaker
- Jackson Narcomey (born 1942), Muscogee Creek, painter and printmaker
Sculptors
Harvey Pratt, Cheyenne-Arapaho painter and sculptor
- Blackbear Bosin (1921–1980), Kiowa-Comanche, painter, sculptor
- Joseph L. Erb, Cherokee Nation, painter, sculptor, animator
- Enoch Kelly Haney (born 1940), Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma-Muscogee Creek, painter, sculptor
- Allan Houser (1914–1994), Chiricahua Apache, sculptor and painter
- Fernando Padilla, Jr. (born 1958), San Felipe Pueblo/Navajo painter and sculptor
- Harvey Pratt (born 1941), Cheyenne-Arapaho-Sioux painter, sculptor
- Johnny Tiger, Jr. (born 1940), Muscogee Creek-Seminole painter and sculptor
- Willard Stone (1916–1985), unenrolled Cherokee-descent sculptor
- George Wicks (born 1969), Cherokee Nation, Wood Carver,Sculptor,Mask Maker
- Paul Moore (born 1957), Muscogee Nation, Bronze Sculptor[2]
See also
External links
- American Indian Art, Oklahoma Historical Society
- American Indian Cultural Center and Museum, Oklahoma City
- Southeastern Indian Artists Association
References
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