Dan Namingha
"Shalako Mana"
acrylic on canvas
80" x 60"
"Shalako Mana" (detail)
acrylic on canvas
80" x 60"
"Shalako Mana" (detail)
acrylic on canvas
80" x 60"
About the Artist
Dan Namingha (b. 1950) was born in Keams Canyon, Arizona, and is a member of the Hopi-Tewa tribe. He studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Sante Fe, NM and the American Academy of Art in Chicago, IL where he was influenced by the work of Jackson Pollack, Adolph Gottlieb, Michelangelo, Vincent Van Gogh, and Norman Rockwell.
Namingha has been a painter and a sculptor for over 40 years, and is one of the most acclaimed Native American artists working today. He paints and sculpts images of his homeland and the Hopi people. His works command unwavering respect for the earth and spirit of his ancestry, the beautiful heritage that is the heart of his creativity. His work allows us a guarded glimpse of his sacred traditions such as the spirit messengers or kachinas, which represent blessings, ancestors and cloud people. Namingha constantly challenges himself to try new styles, representation, abstraction, and minimalism.
