Artist Directory
This Artist Directory is always growing. There are tons more artists to be added to the GBNA Archive Project with special thanks to the Nevada Museum of Art and their ongoing support. Please check back often.
Thank you so much to Judith Lowry (Maidu/Pit River/Washoe) artist, for her extensive contribution to the GBNA/NMA archive.
Mario Nick Klimiades, Library and Archives Director, Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ;
IAIA Research Fellowship, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM; America Meredith, First American Art Magazine, Norman, OK; Stewart Indian School Cultural Center and Museum, Carson City, NV, Ann M. Wolfe, Nevada Museum of Art
and the Nevada Museum of Art, Peter S. Poole Research Fellowship, 2018 - 2020.
(Just a few) Great Basin and California Indigenous Artists:
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Tiffany Adams (Chemehuevi/Konkow/Nisenan), jeweler, painter, regalia maker, link
Dugan Aguilar (Maidu/Northern Paiute/Achomawi, 1947-2018), photographer, link
Linda Aguilar (Chumash), basket maker, link
Ben Aleck (Pyramid Lake Paiute), draftsperson, painter, illustrator, link
Alme Allen (Karuk), painter, link
Elsie Allen (Cloverdale Pomo, 1899-1990), basket weaver, link
Harriet Allen (Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe), oral historian, link
Joey Allen (Fallon Paiute), diverse arts, sculptor, link
Weshoyot Alvitre (Tongva), comic book artist, writer, illustrator, link
Kenny Anderson (Southern Paiute), rattle maker, link
Raymond Andrews (Mono Lake Paiute), basket weaver, link
Arlene Austin (Northern Paiute), beadwork artist, link
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Robert Baker Jr. (Paiute, 1960 - 2003), basket weaver, link
Natalie Ball (Klamath/Modoc), multidisciplinary installation artist, link
Dean Barlese (Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe), beadwork artist, link
Rick Bartow (enrolled member of Mad River Band of Wiyot Indians, 1946-2016), visual artist,
printmaker, sculptor, musician, link
Donavon Begay (Diné/Northern Paiute), feather painter, link
Mary Knight Benson (Pomo, 1877-1930), basket weaver, link
Robert “Bob” Benson (Tsnungwe Hupa), educator, painter, sculptor, link
William Benson (Eastern Pomo, 1862-1937), basket maker, link
Gemma Benton (Menomonee/Filipino), visual artist, singer, storyteller, link
Chelsea Bighorn (Lakota/Dakota/Shoshone-Paiute), multidisciplanary artist, link
Carrie Bethel (Mono Lake Paiute, 1898-1974), basket maker, link
Susan Billy (Pomo), basket weaver, link
Susie Santiago Billy (Pomo, 1885-1968), basket weaver, link
George Blake (Hupa/Yurok), craftsperson, regalia maker, link
Elizabeth Brady (Shoshone), folk artist, link
Leah Brady (Western Shoshone), basket weaver, link
Brittany Britton (Hoopa), multidisciplinary artist, link
Derek No Sun Brown (Shoshone-Bannock/Klamath/Anishinabe), visual artist, designer, musician, link
Melvin J. Brown (Paiute-Shoshone), visual artist, link
Phil Buckheart (enrolled member of Absentee Shawnee), sculptor, visual artist, link
Loretta Burden (Fallon Paiute), basket weaver, educator, sculptor, link
Wayne Allen Burke (Pyramid Lake Paiute, 1974-2012), visual artist, link
Charlie Burns (Yurok), painter, dancer, photographer, diverse arts, link
Larena Burns (Washoe/Paiute), basket weaver, link
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Trisha Calabaza (Paiute/Shoshone/Miwok), beadwork artist, link
Roland Cantsee (Ute), Illustrator, link
Winter Carrera (Walker River Paiute Tribe), producer, link
Aspen Carrillo (Washoe/Yerington Tribe), visual artist, link
Dalbert Castro (Nisenan Maidu 1934 – 2020), painter, link
Tina Charley (Mono Lake Paiute, 1869-1962), basket weaver, link
Myrtle McKay Chavez (Dry Creek Pomo, 1939-2004), basket maker, link
Gerald Clarke Jr. (Cahuilla), visual, installation, and performance artist, link
Sue Colman (Washoe), basket weaver, link
Lynnaya Comas (Washo/Northern Paiute/Wintu), beadwork, link
Florine Conway (Washoe), basket weaver, link
Brandon S. Copley (Maidu), visual artist, link
Ehney Cornbread (Washoe), basket weaver, link
Mariah Cuch (Ute), beadwork artist, sculptor, link
Farrell Cunningham (Mountain Maidu, 1976-2014), painter
Kyle Curtis (Fort Bidwell Paiute/Washoe), painter
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Cassandra Darrough (Pyramid Lake Paiute), painting, link
Norma Darrough (Shoshone), basket weaver, link
Denise Davis (Mountain Maidu), basket weaver, visual artist
Frank Day (Konkow Maidu, 1902-1976), painter, link
Gregg Deal (Pyramid Lake Paiute), multidisciplinary artist, link
Bernadine “Bernie” Delorme (Western Shoshone), basket weaver, beadwork artist
Celia Delorme (Paiute/Shoshone/Washoe), basket weaver, beadwork artist, link
Lewis deSoto (Cahuilla), multidisciplinary artist, link
Rosemary DeSoto (Paiute), basket weaver, beadwork, link
Natalie Diaz (Akimel O’ooham/Mojave), poet, writer, link
Jenny Dick (Paiute/Shoshone), basket maker, beadwork artist, link
Wesley Dick (Northern Paiute), craftsperson, link
Sarah Biscara Dilley (Northern Chumash), multidisciplinary artist, writer, curator, link
Deanna Domingo (Southern Paiute), link
Fawn Douglas (Las Vegas Paiute Tribe), multidisciplinary artist, link
Ryan Dunn (Northern Paiute/Western Shoshone), link
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Black Eagle (Shoshone/Yokut), diverse arts, link
Rebecca Eagle (Washoe/Paiute/Shoshone), basket weaver, link
Sandra Eagle (Washoe/Paiute/Shoshone), basket weaver, link
Linda Eben-Jones (Reno-Sparks Indian Colony), beadwork artist, doll maker, link
Orrin Eben (Reno-Sparks Indian Colony), illustrator, painter
Billy Hawk Enos (Washoe/Nisenan), painter, link
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Ka’ila Farrell-Smith (Klamath-Modoc), visual artist, writer, link
Jackie Fawn (Washoe/Yurok), visual Artist, link
Donna Featherstone (Chukchansi), painter, visual artist, link
Harry Fonseca (Nisenan Maidu/Hawaiian/Portuguese, 1946-2006), visual artist, link
Adam Fortunate Eagle (Chippewa), stone worker, pipe maker, link
L. Frank (Tongva/Ajachemen), visual artist, cartoonist, writer, link
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Noelle Garcia (Klamath/Paiute), painter, illustrator, beadwork artist, sculptor, link
Louinda Garity (Washoe/Shoshone/Northern Paiute), visual artist, link
River Garza (Tongva/Mexican), painter, muralist, link
Dwight George (Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe), playwright, theater actor, link
Everett Ray George (Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe), playwright, theater actor, link
Gordon Gibson (Northern Paiute/Western Shoshone), painter, link
Lorena Gorbet (Mountain Maidu), weaver, link
Clinton Greene (Pyramid Lake Paiute), visual artist, illustrator, link
Flora Greene (Pyramid Lake Paiute, 1917 - 2018), doll maker, craftsperson, link
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Mary Carol Hanna (Paiute/Blackfeet), dollmaker, craftsperson
Bucky Harjo (Paiute/Dine), photographer, link
Karma Henry (Fort Independence Paiute), painter, link
Donald “Ike” Hicks (Paiute/Shoshone), leather worker, link
Shannon Hooper (Fallon Paiute-Shoshone), visual artist
Nicolette Hume (Western Shoshone), photographer, link
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Jim Jackson (Klamath/Modoc), sculptor, link
Theresa Smokey Jackson (Washoe), basket weaver, link
Damian Jim (Diné), visual artist, painter, link
Gordon Lee Johnson (Cahuilla/Cupeño), writer, link
Mack Nez Johnson (Shoshone/Diné), visual artist, painter, link
Linda Johnson-Comas (Paiute), basket maker, beadwork artist, link
Kevin Jones (Washoe), painter
Seth Jones (Western Shoshone), craftsperson, link
Topaz Jones (Western Shoshone/Lummi), multidisciplinary artist, link
Micqaela Jones-Crouch (Western Shoshone), painter, link
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Burch Kochamp (Paiute/Ute), painter
Julie Kothman (Yurok/Paiute), painter, visual artist
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Jean LaMarr (Paiute/Pit River), visual artist, printmaker, link
Rebecca Eagle (Paiute/Shoshone), basket weaver, beadwork artist
Julian Lang (Káruk), storyteller, poet, link
Lyn Risling Lang (Karuk/Yurok/Hupa), painter, link
Frank LaPena (Nomtipom Wintu, 1937-2019), visual artist, link
Adrian C. Lewis (Lovelock Paiute Tribe, 1946-2018), author, link
Judith Lowry (Maidu/Pit River/Washoe), painter, link
James Luna (Luiseño/Puyukitchum/Ipai/Mexican, 1950-2018), performance artist, link
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Jack Malotte (Western Shoshone/Washoe), visual artist, link
Meyo Marrufo (Eastern Pomo), digital artist, beadwork artist, link
Leah Mata-Fragua (Northern Chumash), jeweler, visual artist, link
Brandy McDaniels (Pit River), visual artist/printmaking,
Jacob Meders (Mechoopda/Maidu), printmaker, multidisciplinary visual artist, link
Cloud Medicine Crow (Washoe), painter, link
Melissa Melero-Moose (Northern Paiute), visual artist, writer, curator, link
Steve Mike (Western Shoshone), drum maker, link
Ramon Murillo (Shoshone-Bannock), multimedia visual artist
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Gilbert Natches (Pyrmaid Lake Paiute, 1887 – 1942), painter, cultural historian, link
Dorothy Nez (Paiute/Dine), illustrator
Steve Nighthawk (Shoshone/Washoe/Paiute), visual artist, link
Karen Noble (Chimariko/Karuk), painter, link
Bobbie Nordwall (Western Shoshone), painter, craftsperson, link
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Orlando Oh (Purepecha), visual artist, tattoo artist, poet, link
Jamie Okuma (Luiseno/Shoshone-Bannock), fashion designer, beadwork art, link
Sandra Okuma (Luiseno/Shoshone-Bannock), painter, beadwork artist, link
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Stan Padilla (Yaqui), mixed-media artist, muralist, link
Julia Parker (Pomo/ Miwok), basket weaver, educator, link
Lucy Parker (Pomo/Miwok/Mono Lake Paiute), basket weaver, link
Shanti Parks (Maidu/Miwok), painter, multidisciplinary artist, link
Ken Paul (Northern Paiute), regalia maker, link
Shiwaya Peck (Maidu), basket weaver, link
Burton Pete (Northern Paiute, 1941-2008), multidisciplinary artist, beadwork artist, link
Everett Pikyavit (Moapa Southern Paiute, 1968 - 2025), basket weaver, link
Lucky Preston (Maidu), printmaker, ceramics
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Angie McGarva Quintana (Western Shoshone), beadwork artist, link
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Debra Reed (Shoshone/Northern Paiute/Ute),regalia, link
Jacqueline Rickard (Walker Lake Paiute), basketry/beadwork, link
Cara Romero (Chemehuevi), photographer, link
Myrton Runningwolf (Blackfeet/Wasco), actor, director, producer
John Rupert (Washoe/Paiute), craftsperson, dancer, link
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Roger Salas (Mono Lake Paiute), illustrator, link
Clayton Sampson (Paiute/Washoe?), commercial artist, link
Lilly Sanchez (Western Shoshone), basket maker, link
Mauricio Sandavol (Washoe?), painter, muralist, link
Fritz Scholder (enrolled Luiseno Tribe), painter, link
Maureen Self (Mountain Maidu), draftsperson, link
Melissa Shaginoff (Ahtna/Pyramid Lake Paiute), visual artist, curator, link
Nila Northsun (Shoshone/Chipewa), poet, basket weaver, link
Gabe Lopez Shaw (Pyramid Lake Paiute), filmmaker, link
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (enrolled Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes/
Shoshone, 1940 - 2025), visual artist, curator, link
Kathleen Smith (member of Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria/Bodega Miwok/
Goat Rock Pomo/Dry Creek Pomo/Portuguese), visual artist, author, link
Amy Smoker (Yurok, 1897-1989), basket maker, link
Elaine Smokey (Paiute), basket maker, link
Melanie Smokey (Shoshone/Washoe), basket weaver, link
Mary Snyder (Chemehuevi, 1880-1930), basket maker, link
Monique Sonoquie (Chumash/Tongva/Yaqui), basket maker, filmmaker, educator, link
Topah Spoonhunter (Northern Arapaho Tribe/Paiute), visual artist, designer, link
Tsanavi Spoonhunter (Northern Arapaho/Northern Paiute), director, producer, link
L’eaux “Lo” Stewart (Big Pine Paiute), designer, link
Richard Stewart (Paiute/Pima), artist, educator, link
Jimmy Gerald Stone (Seminole/Cherokee), painter, link
Paul Stone (Paiute/Washoe), flutist, draftsperson, multimedia artist, link
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Lucy Parker Telles (Miwok/Mono Lake Paiute, 1870-1956), basket maker, link
Christina Thomas (Paiute/Shoshone/Hopi), dancer, singer, link
Marlin Thompson (Paiute), singer, drummer, artist, link
Hillma Tobey (Northern Paiute), pipemaker, link
Francine Tohannie (Te-Moak Shoshone Tribe), painter, link
Brian Tripp (Karuk, b - d), dancer, singer, visual artist, sculptor, poet, link
Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie (Seminole/Muscogee/Diné), photographer, multimedia artist, curator, link
Theo Tso (enrolled Las Vegas Paiute Tribe/Diné), comic book artist, link
Frank Tuttle (Yuki/Wailaki/Konkow Maidu), painter, link
Scott Tyzbir (Cherokee/Sioux, 1965 - 2017), draftsperson, link
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Ray Valdez (member of Texas Band of Yaqui Indians/Nahua), painter, muralist, link
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Eric Wilder (Kashia Band of Pomo Indians), graphic designer, illustrator, link
Chenoa Williams (Afro-Indigenous/Pyramid Lake Paiute), beadwork artist, link
Mike Williams (Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe), craftsperson, link
Amber Wilson (Fort Mcdermitt Paiute-Shoshone), musician, link
Darryl Babe Wilson (Pit River, 1939-2014), poet, writer, storyteller, link
Tanaya Winder (Southern Ute/Pyramid Lake Paiute/Diné/Duckwater Shoshone),
author, singer-songwriter, poet, motivational speaker, artist educator, coach, link
Asa Wright (Klamath Tribes/Modoc/Yahooskin), multimedia artist, designer, link
Lena Tseabbe Wright (Yurok/Paiute), multimedia artist, link
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Chad Yellowjohn (Shoshone-Bannock/Spokane), visual artist, link
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Norman T. Zuniga (Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah), poet, link