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, Oklahoma Territory, or Indian Territory. Artists listed in this index were born in, at one time lived in, or presently live in what is now Oklahoma.
Basket weavers
- Lena Blackbird, Cherokee Nation, basket weaver
- 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
- Les Berryhill, Yuchi-Creek, bead artist
- Judy Coser, Kickapoo-Sac and Fox, bead artist
- Vanessa Jennings, Kiowa-Kiowa Apache-Pima, beadwork, traditional clothing and tipi maker
- Lois Bougetah Smoky (1907–1981), Kiowa bead artist and painter (one of the Kiowa Six)
Ceramic artists
- Mel Cornshucker, United Keetoowah Band, (born 1952) ceramic artist
- Anita Fields, Osage/Muskogee-Creek, (born 1950) potter
- Jane Osti, Cherokee, potter
- 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
- Ardina Moore, (born 1930) Osage-Quapaw, traditional apparel, beadwork, ribbonwork
- 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. David Pendleton Oakerhater, "Making Medicine" (1847–1931), Cheyenne, ledger artist
- Joseph L. Erb, Cherokee Nation, painter, sculptor, animator
Fashion designers
- Ardina Moore (Quapaw-Osage)
- Lloyd Kiva New (Cherokee Nation), (1916–2002)
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
Jewelers
- Heidi Bigknife, Shawnee Tribe, jeweler, mixed-media artist, sculpture
Painters
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
- Archie Blackowl (1911–1967), Cheyenne, painter
- Acee Blue Eagle (1907–1959), Creek-Pawnee-Wichita, painter
- Roy Boney, Jr., Cherokee Nation, draftsman, painter, animator
- Parker Boyiddle, Jr. (born 1947) Kiowa-Wichita/Delaware-Chicksaw, painter
- Blackbear Bosin (1921–1980), Kiowa-Comanche, painter, sculptor
- T.C. Cannon (Pai-doung-u-day), Kiowa-Caddo
- Sherman Chaddlesone (1947–2013), Kiowa, painter
- Mirac Creepingbear, (born 1947), Kiowa/Pawnee-Arapaho, painter
- 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
- Tom Farris, Otoe-Missouria/Cherokee, painter
- 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
- 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
- Norma Howard (born 1960?), Choctaw Nation, painter
- Sharon Irla (born 1957), Cherokee Nation painter
- Ruthe Blalock Jones (Chu-Lun-Dit) (born 1939), Eastern Shawnee-Delaware-Peoria
- Merlin Little Thunder, Southern Cheyenne, painter
- 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
- 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
- Dana Tiger (born 1961), Muscogee Creek-Seminole/Cherokee painter
- Jerome Tiger (1941–1967), Muscogee Creek-Seminole painter
- Johnny Tiger, Jr. (1940–2015), Muscogee Creek-Seminole painter and sculptor
- 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
Photographers
- Jennie Ross Cobb (1881–1959), Cherokee photographer
- 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
- Benjamin Harjo, Jr. (born 1945), Seminole-Absentee Shawnee, painter
- Ruthe Blalock Jones (Chu-Lun-Dit) (born 1939), Eastern Shawnee-Delaware-Peoria
- America Meredith (born 1972), Cherokee Nation painter, printmaker
- Jackson Narcomey (born 1942), Muscogee Creek, painter, 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
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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