List of Native American artists from 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
- Tahnee Ahtoneharjo-Growingthunder, Kiowa/Muscogee/Seminole[1]
- 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 Smoky Kaulaity (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
- Anna Mitchell, Cherokee Nation (1926-2012), revived the art of Cherokee pottery for the Western Cherokee
- Jane Osti, Cherokee, potter
- Jeri Redcorn, Caddo/Potawatomi (born ca. 1940)
Dancers
- Yvonne Chouteau (1929–2016), 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, customary clothing and tipis
- Alice Littleman (1910-2000), Kiowa, beadwork and traditional clothing
- Ardina Moore, (born 1930) Osage/Quapaw, dance regalia, beadwork, fashion design, ribbonwork
- Josephine Myers-Wapp, (1912–2014) Comanche, fingerweaver, beader, textile artist
- Georgeann Robinson, (1917–1985) Osage, traditional apparel, ribbonwork
- Hastings Shade (1941–2010), Cherokee Nation, marble- and gig-maker
- Tommy Wildcat, Cherokee Nation/Muscogee Creek/Natchez, flute maker
- Sandy Fife Wilson (born 1950) Muscogee Creek, basket maker, fingerweaver, shell carver, textile artist, fashion designer
Draftspeople
- Roy Boney Jr., Cherokee Nation, draftsman, painter, animator
- St. David Pendleton Oakerhater, "Making Medicine" (1847–1931), Southern Cheyenne, ledger artist
- Joseph L. Erb, Cherokee Nation, painter, sculptor, animator
Fashion designers
- Ardina Moore (Quapaw/Osage)
- Lloyd Kiva New (Cherokee Nation), (1916–2002), educator, fashion designer, painter, textile designer
- Wendy Ponca, Osage, (born 1960), fashion designer, textile designer
- Margaret Roach Wheeler, (Chickasaw/Choctaw) (born 1943), weaver
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, actor, photographer, painter, installation artist
Jewelers
- Heidi Bigknife, Shawnee Tribe, jeweler, mixed-media artist, sculptor
Painters
Virginia Stroud, United Keetoowah Band painter
Ernest Spybuck, Absentee Shawnee painter, ca. 1910
- Mary Adair (born 1936) Cherokee Nation painter
- Spencer Asah (c. 1905–1954), Kiowa, painter (one of the Kiowa Six)
- James Auchiah (1906–1975), painter (one of the Kiowa Six)
- Jean Bales (1946–2003), Iowa painter
- Louis W. Ballard (1931–2007) Honga-no-zhe, Quapaw/Cherokee, painter and composer
- Fred Beaver (1911–1976), Muscogee Creek/Seminole, painter
- Archie Blackowl (1911–1967), Cheyenne, painter
- Acee Blue Eagle (1907–1959), Muscogee Creek, painter
- Roy Boney, Jr., Cherokee Nation, draftsman, painter, animator
- Parker Boyiddle (1947–2007) Kiowa/Wichita/Delaware, 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 (1947–1990), Kiowa/Pawnee/Arapaho, painter
- Woody Crumbo (1912–1989), Citizen Potawatomi, painter
- Talmadge Davis (1962–2005), Cherokee Nation painter
- Cecil Dick (1915–1992), Cherokee, painter
- Joseph L. Erb, Cherokee Nation, painter, sculptor, animator
- Gina Gray, (1954–2014) Osage painter, mixed-media designer
- Franklin Gritts (1915–1996), Cherokee, painter
- Enoch Kelly Haney (born 1940), Seminole/Muscogee Creek, painter, sculptor
- Albert Harjo (1937–2019), 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
- Valjean McCarty Hessing (1934-2006) Choctaw, painter
- 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 1958), Choctaw Nation/Chickasaw/Mississippi Choctaw, painter
- Sharon Irla (born 1957), Cherokee Nation painter
- Ruthe Blalock Jones (Chu-Lun-Dit) (born 1939), Eastern Shawnee/Peoria
- Merlin Little Thunder, Southern Cheyenne, painter
- Jane McCarty Mauldin (1936-1997) Choctaw, painter
- Barbara McAlister (born 1941), Cherokee Nation painter, opera singer
- America Meredith (born 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 painter, sculptor
- Robert Redbird (1939-2016), Kiowa painter
- Paladine Roye (1946–2001), Ponca painter
- Silver Horn (1860–1940), Kiowa, painter
- Lois Smoky Kaulaity (1907–1981), Kiowa painter (one of the Kiowa Six)
- Ernest Spybuck (1883–1949), Absentee Shawnee painter
- Jimmie Carole Fife Stewart (born 1940) Muscogee Creek "Master Artist" painter and fashion designer
- 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)
- 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
- Shan Goshorn (1957–2018), Eastern Band Cherokee
- Sharon Irla (born 1957), Cherokee Nation
- Parker McKenzie (1897–1999), Kiowa
- Horace Poolaw (1906–1984), Kiowa
- 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
- Sara Bates (born 1944), Cherokee, mixed media artist, 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 painter, sculptor
- Johnny Tiger, Jr. (born 1940), Muscogee Creek/Seminole painter and sculptor
See also
- Native American art
- List of Native American artists
- Timeline of Native American art history
- List of indigenous artists of the Americas
- Native Americans in the United States
- Native American women in the arts
- List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas
- Native American basketry
- Native American pottery
- Bacone school
- List of Native American tribes in Oklahoma
External links
- American Indian Art, Oklahoma Historical Society
- American Indian Cultural Center and Museum, Oklahoma City
- Southeastern Indian Artists Association
References
- Ahtoneharjo-Growingthunder, Tahnee (Fall 2017). "Seven Directions". First American Art Magazine (16): 16–17. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
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