Award winning Zia Pueblo artist Rafael Medina was known for his exceptionally fine and skillfully illustrated paintings depicting ceremonial scenes from his native nation. He was educated at Zia Day... Read full biography
Award winning Zia Pueblo artist Rafael Medina was known for his exceptionally fine and skillfully illustrated paintings depicting ceremonial scenes from his native nation. He was educated at Zia Day School, Zia Pueblo; Albuquerque Indian School and Santa Fe Indian School, where he studied under... Read full biography
Award winning Zia Pueblo artist Rafael Medina was known for his exceptionally fine and skillfully illustrated paintings depicting ceremonial scenes from his native nation. He was educated at Zia Day School, Zia Pueblo; Albuquerque Indian School and Santa Fe Indian School, where he studied under Velino Shije Herrera, Jose Rey Toledo and Geronima Montoya. Rafael Medina (1929-1998) Teeyacheena was born at Zia Pueblo and lived in Gallup, New Mexico. According to Medina's son, Marcellus Medina, his... Read full biography
Award winning Zia Pueblo artist Rafael Medina was known for his exceptionally fine and skillfully illustrated paintings depicting ceremonial scenes from his native nation. He was educated at Zia Day School, Zia Pueblo; Albuquerque Indian School and Santa Fe Indian School, where he studied under Velino Shije Herrera, Jose Rey Toledo and Geronima Montoya. Rafael Medina (1929-1998) Teeyacheena was born at Zia Pueblo and lived in Gallup, New Mexico. According to Medina's son, Marcellus Medina, his father's painting style was mostly the flat traditional style first encouraged by Dorothy Dunn, the influential teacher at the Santa Fe Indian School. Marcellus described other influences on his father's work in a 1995 interview:. "And again, a lot... Read full biography
Award winning Zia Pueblo artist Rafael Medina was known for his exceptionally fine and skillfully illustrated paintings depicting ceremonial scenes from his native nation. He was educated at Zia Day School, Zia Pueblo; Albuquerque Indian School and Santa Fe Indian School, where he studied under Velino Shije Herrera, Jose Rey Toledo and Geronima Montoya. Rafael Medina (1929-1998) Teeyacheena was born at Zia Pueblo and lived in Gallup, New Mexico. According to Medina's son, Marcellus Medina, his father's painting style was mostly the flat traditional style first encouraged by Dorothy Dunn, the influential teacher at the Santa Fe Indian School. Marcellus described other influences on his father's work in a 1995 interview:. "And again, a lot of [painting styles] are brought here and there from other pueblos. And a lot of influences came from the Apaches and the N... Read full biography
Rafael Medina - Artist Info
About Rafael Medina: Books
Books & Publications (5)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Native American Artists
1995
Reno, Dawn E.
230 pages
Southwest Indian Painting: A Changing Art
1980
Tanner, Clara Lee
477 pages (color)
Indian Painters and White Patrons
1971
Brody, J J
238 pages (color)
American Indian Painters: A Biographical Directory