Exhibitions: Ramona Sakiestewa

Redefining the Canvas: Edda Renouf, Ramona Sakiestewa & Marie Watt
July 24th 2009 – August 30th 2009

The three artists in this exhibition each use media and techniques associated with textiles but conceptualize their work in a way that blurs and redefines traditional understandings of the 'canvas.'

Ramona Sakiestewa: Vortex of Color
August 15th 2008 – September 21st 2008

Ramona Sakiestewa’s exquisite tapestries and works on paper have long been celebrated for their seamless synthesis of abstraction with ritual imagery and traditional techniques. Sakiestewa is noted for layering and blending color, giving her weavings a painterly quality.

A central figure in the Native American arts community, Sakiestewa has won numerous
awards, including multiple first-place prizes at the Santa Fe Indian Market. She has also consulted on numerous public design projects, including the National Mall facility of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. The artist’s work is in numerous public collections, including those of the Smithsonian Institution, the Heard Museum, the Denver Art Museum and the New Mexico Museum of Art.

East Meets West: Ramona Sakiestewa & G. Peter Jemison
August 17th 2007 – September 16th 2007

Featuring works by Ramona Sakiestewa and G. Peter Jemison, two of the United States' most celebrated Native American artists, this exhibition specifically confronts issues of cross-cultural communications and interdisciplinary practice.

Artists' Reception on August 17, 5:30 - 7:30 pm