List of Native American artists from Oklahoma

This list indexes notable

Basket makers

• Lena Blackbird, Cherokee Nation, basket weaver
• Mike Dart (born 1977), Cherokee Nation, basket weaver
• Mavis Doering (1929–2007), Cherokee Nation, basket weaver

Beadwork artists

• Tahnee Ahtone, Kiowa/Muscogee/Seminole^[1]
• Kiowa Apache
• Martha Berry, Cherokee Nation
• Les Berryhill, Yuchi/Creek, bead artist
• Pima
  , beadwork artist, regalia maker, and tipi maker
• Lois Smoky Kaulaity (1907–1981), Kiowa beadwork artist and painter (one of the Kiowa Six)

Ceramic artists

• Mel Cornshucker, Keetoowah Band Cherokee, (born 1952)
• Anita Fields, Osage/Muscogee, (born 1950)
• Bill Glass Jr., Cherokee Nation
• Anna Mitchell, Cherokee Nation (1926–2012), revived the art of Cherokee pottery for the Western Cherokee
• Jane Osti, Cherokee Nation
• Citizen Potawatomi
  (born ca. 1940)

Dancers

• Yvonne Chouteau (1929–2016), Shawnee Tribe, ballerina
• Rosella Hightower (1920–2008), Choctaw ballerina
• Peoria/Shawnee
  ballerina
• Maria Tallchief (1925–2013), Osage ballerina
• Marjorie Tallchief (born 1926), Osage ballerina

Diverse cultural artists

• Mildred Cleghorn (1910–1997), Fort Sill Apache Tribe, dollmaker
• Pima
  , beadwork, customary clothing and tipis
• Alice Littleman (1910–2000), Kiowa, beadwork and regalia maker
• Ardina Moore, Quapaw/Osage, 1930–2022), fashion designer, language instructor, regalia maker, textile artist
• Josephine Myers-Wapp, (1912–2014) Comanche, finger weaver, 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/Natchez, flute maker
• Sandy Fife Wilson (born 1950) Muscogee, basket maker, fingerweaver, shell carver, textile artist, fashion designer

Draftspeople

• Roy Boney Jr., Cherokee Nation, draftsman, painter, animator
• Southern Cheyenne
  , ledger artist
• Joseph L. Erb, Cherokee Nation, painter, sculptor, animator

Fashion designers

• Ardina Moore, Quapaw/Osage, 1930–2022), fashion designer, language instructor, regalia maker, textile artist
• 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

• Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes
  installation artist, painter, conceptual artist
• Muscogee Creek Nation
  , actor, photographer, painter, installation artist
• Holly Wilson (Delaware Nation/Cherokee, born 1968), sculptor, installation artist

Jewelers

• Heidi Bigknife, Shawnee Tribe
  , jeweler, mixed-media artist, sculptor

• 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
• Muscogee Creek/Seminole
  , painter
• Cheyenne
  , painter
• Muscogee Creek
  , painter
• Roy Boney, Jr., Cherokee Nation
  , draftsman, painter, animator
• Blackbear Bosin (1921–1980), Kiowa/Comanche, painter, sculptor
• Pai-doung-u-day), Kiowa/Caddo
• Sherman Chaddlesone (1947–2013), Kiowa, painter
• Adele Collins (Chickasaw, 1908–1996), painter
• Mirac Creepingbear (1947–1990), Kiowa/Pawnee/Arapaho, painter
• Citizen Potawatomi
  , painter
• Talmadge Davis (1962–2005), Cherokee Nation painter
• Cecil Dick (1915–1992), Cherokee Nation, painter
• Joseph L. Erb, Cherokee Nation, painter, sculptor, animator
• Gina Gray, (1954–2014) Osage painter, mixed-media designer
• Keetowah Cherokee
  , painter
• Enoch Kelly Haney (born 1940), Seminole/Muscogee, painter, sculptor
• Muscogee Creek
• Seminole Nation
  , draftsperson, painter, printmaker
• Sharron Ahtone Harjo (born 1945), Kiowa, painter, ledger artist
• Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes
  installation artist, painter, conceptual artist
• Valjean McCarty Hessing (1934–2006) Choctaw, painter
• Muscogee Creek/Cherokee
  , painter
• Jack Hokeah (1902–1973), Kiowa, painter (one of the Kiowa Six)
• Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache, 1914–1994), sculptor, painter
• Mississippi Choctaw
  , painter
• Sharon Irla (born 1957), Cherokee Nation painter
• Eastern Shawnee/Peoria
• 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)
• Muscogee Creek
  , painter and printmaker
• Comanche Nation
  , 1932–1996), Flatstyle painter and Native American flautist
• Navajo
  painter and sculptor
• 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)
• Absentee Shawnee
  painter
• Muscogee Creek
  "Master Artist" painter and fashion designer
• Muscogee
  painter
• Carl Sweezy (1881–1953), Arapaho painter
• Muscogee Creek/Seminole/Cherokee
  painter
• Muscogee Creek/Seminole
  painter
• 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
• Kiowa Apache
  painter

• Jennie Ross Cobb (1881–1959), Cherokee
• Eastern Band Cherokee
• Sharon Irla (born 1957), Cherokee Nation
• Parker McKenzie (1897–1999), Kiowa
• Horace Poolaw (1906–1984), Kiowa
• Muscogee Creek Nation
  photographer, painter, installation artist

Printmakers

• T.C. Cannon (Pai-doung-u-day), Kiowa/Caddo
• Seminole Nation
  , draftsperson, painter, printmaker
• Peoria
• America Meredith (born 1972), Cherokee Nation painter, printmaker
• Muscogee Creek
  , painter, printmaker

Sculptors

• Sara Bates (born 1944), Cherokee Nation, mixed media artist, sculptor
• Blackbear Bosin (1921–1980), Kiowa/Comanche, painter, sculptor
• Joseph L. Erb, Cherokee Nation, painter, sculptor, animator
• Bill Glass Jr., Cherokee Nation
• Seminole/Muscogee
  , painter, sculptor
• Allan Houser (1914–1994), Chiricahua Apache, sculptor and painter
• Navajo
  painter and sculptor
• Cheyenne-Arapaho
  painter, sculptor
• Johnny Tiger, Jr. (born 1940), Muscogee/Seminole
  painter and sculptor
• Holly Wilson (Delaware Nation/Cherokee, born 1968), sculptor, installation artist

See also

External links

• American Indian Art, Oklahoma Historical Society
• American Indian Cultural Center and Museum, Oklahoma City
• Southeastern Indian Artists Association

References