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Born 1928 Tewa, Hopi Reservation, Arizona. Known for: Hopi-Tewa pottery and painting, teaching.
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Dextra Quotskuyva Nampeyo (b. 1928). Dextra Quotskuyva, daughter of Annie Nampeyo's daughter Rachel, is an unsurpassed pottery artist. Throughout the 30-plus years of her artistic career, Dextra has... Read full biography
Dextra Quotskuyva Nampeyo (b. 1928). Dextra Quotskuyva, daughter of Annie Nampeyo's daughter Rachel, is an unsurpassed pottery artist. Throughout the 30-plus years of her artistic career, Dextra has participated in major museum and gallery exhibitions across the United States and has received... Read full biography
Dextra Quotskuyva Nampeyo (b. 1928). Dextra Quotskuyva, daughter of Annie Nampeyo's daughter Rachel, is an unsurpassed pottery artist. Throughout the 30-plus years of her artistic career, Dextra has participated in major museum and gallery exhibitions across the United States and has received numerous honors, including a 1995 Arizona Living Treasures award and a 1998 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Arizona State Museum in Tucson. Dextra turned to pottery only in her mid-30s. At first,... Read full biography
Dextra Quotskuyva Nampeyo (b. 1928). Dextra Quotskuyva, daughter of Annie Nampeyo's daughter Rachel, is an unsurpassed pottery artist. Throughout the 30-plus years of her artistic career, Dextra has participated in major museum and gallery exhibitions across the United States and has received numerous honors, including a 1995 Arizona Living Treasures award and a 1998 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Arizona State Museum in Tucson. Dextra turned to pottery only in her mid-30s. At first, following the advice of her mother to stay true to the old styles, Dextra's design repertoire was limited to traditional Nampeyo migration and bird designs. But after her mother passed away in 1985, Dextra felt at greater liberty to express her personal... Read full biography
Dextra Quotskuyva Nampeyo (b. 1928). Dextra Quotskuyva, daughter of Annie Nampeyo's daughter Rachel, is an unsurpassed pottery artist. Throughout the 30-plus years of her artistic career, Dextra has participated in major museum and gallery exhibitions across the United States and has received numerous honors, including a 1995 Arizona Living Treasures award and a 1998 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Arizona State Museum in Tucson. Dextra turned to pottery only in her mid-30s. At first, following the advice of her mother to stay true to the old styles, Dextra's design repertoire was limited to traditional Nampeyo migration and bird designs. But after her mother passed away in 1985, Dextra felt at greater liberty to express her personal creativity. She recently noted, "As individuals we can do whatever is inside us. It is expressing yourself, and we all have different ways... Read full biography
Dextra Quotskuyva Nampeyo - Artist Info
About Dextra Quotskuyva Nampeyo: Keywords
Keywords (13)
Art Method
- •Painting, Fine Art
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Art Pottery
- •Ceramics
- •Clay, Earthenware Vessels
Art Subject
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Hand-Crafted Objects
- •Symbolism, Iconography, Ceremonial
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Hopi Reservation, Arizona
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Artist Has Artist Family Members
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Indian, Native American
- •Tewa Indian on Hopi Reservation