R C Gorman
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Rudolph Carl Gorman (1931 - 2005) was born in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona and raised in a hogan on the Navajo Reservation. R.C. Gorman became one of the Southwest's best known late 20th-century artists. His signature works were Navajo women in a variety of poses. Many persons have been fascinated by the fact that he, an Indian artist, became famous in the white man's world with some calling him the "Picasso of Indian artists". |
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Résumé
In 1958, he received a scholarship from the Navajo Tribal Council to study art at Mexico City College, where he was said to have been influenced by Diego Rivera. He also later studied art at San Francisco State University and worked as a model.
Gorman moved from California to New Mexico, opening his Navajo Gallery in Taos in 1968. It was the first Native American-owned art gallery.
In 1973, he was the only living artist participating in the “Masterworks of the American Indian" show held at Metropolitan Museum in New York. One of his pieces was selected for the cover of the exhibit's catalog.
Awards
All American Indian Days Arts Exhibition, Sheridan, Wyoming,
First Award American Indian Artists,
First Annual Exhibition, Kaiser Center, Oakland, California,
Grand Award Center of Arts for Indian America, Washington, D.C.,
Honorable Mention Heard Museum Indian Arts and Crafts Show, Phoenix, Arizona,
First Award and Honorable Mention National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
First, Second and Third Awards New Mexico Fiesta Biennial, Santa Fe, New Mexico,
Honorable Mention Philbrook Indian Art Exhibition, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma,
First, Second and Third Awards Scottsdale National Indian Arts Exhibition, Scottsdale, Arizona,
First, Second and Third Awards Tanner’s All Indian Invitational Potter and Painting Show,
First Prize in Drawing (1974)
First Award American Indian Artists,
First Annual Exhibition, Kaiser Center, Oakland, California,
Grand Award Center of Arts for Indian America, Washington, D.C.,
Honorable Mention Heard Museum Indian Arts and Crafts Show, Phoenix, Arizona,
First Award and Honorable Mention National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
First, Second and Third Awards New Mexico Fiesta Biennial, Santa Fe, New Mexico,
Honorable Mention Philbrook Indian Art Exhibition, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma,
First, Second and Third Awards Scottsdale National Indian Arts Exhibition, Scottsdale, Arizona,
First, Second and Third Awards Tanner’s All Indian Invitational Potter and Painting Show,
First Prize in Drawing (1974)
Museums (selected)
Museum of Indian Arts, San Francisco, California (1966)
Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona (1969)
Gorman/Scholder Exhibit, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1973)
Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1975)
Navajo Nation Museum, Window Rock, Arizona (1975)
Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1975, 1979)
Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, Arizona (1977)
Fuller Art Museum, Los Alamos, New Mexico (1978)
Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, New Mexico, (1978, 1983, 1988)
Musee Municipal St. Paul de Vence, France (1979)
Old Jail Foundation, Albany, Texas (1982)
Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona (1969)
Gorman/Scholder Exhibit, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1973)
Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1975)
Navajo Nation Museum, Window Rock, Arizona (1975)
Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1975, 1979)
Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, Arizona (1977)
Fuller Art Museum, Los Alamos, New Mexico (1978)
Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, New Mexico, (1978, 1983, 1988)
Musee Municipal St. Paul de Vence, France (1979)
Old Jail Foundation, Albany, Texas (1982)