Chatkú Arts Center
100 Mission Drive
Pine Ridge, SD 57770
Pine Ridge, SD 57770
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Museums page for Percy Tsisete Sandy ((1918 - 1974)), known for Figure, animal. Showing 4 museum collections and exhibitions.
Percy Tsisete Sandy MUSEUMS
1918 Zuni Puebl, New Mexico - 1974 Taos Pueblo. Known for: Figure, animal.
Born at the Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico, his Indian name is "Kai Sa," meaning Red Moon. He is also known as Percy Sandy Tsisete. He married Peggy Mirabel of the Taos Pueblo, and they lived in Taos. As... Read full biography
Born at the Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico, his Indian name is "Kai Sa," meaning Red Moon. He is also known as Percy Sandy Tsisete. He married Peggy Mirabel of the Taos Pueblo, and they lived in Taos. As a child at the Zuni Day School, he was told to paint and discovered he loved the activity. At age... Read full biography
Born at the Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico, his Indian name is "Kai Sa," meaning Red Moon. He is also known as Percy Sandy Tsisete. He married Peggy Mirabel of the Taos Pueblo, and they lived in Taos. As a child at the Zuni Day School, he was told to paint and discovered he loved the activity. At age 18, he took formal art instruction at Albuquerque and also studied at the Sherman Institute in Santa Fe. His goal as an artist became "depicting authentically the customs of my people. This, I hope,... Read full biography
Born at the Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico, his Indian name is "Kai Sa," meaning Red Moon. He is also known as Percy Sandy Tsisete. He married Peggy Mirabel of the Taos Pueblo, and they lived in Taos. As a child at the Zuni Day School, he was told to paint and discovered he loved the activity. At age 18, he took formal art instruction at Albuquerque and also studied at the Sherman Institute in Santa Fe. His goal as an artist became "depicting authentically the customs of my people. This, I hope, will be my small contribution to a great race," he said in 1940 (Snodgrass American Indian Painters). In 1959, he was severely injured in an automobile accident and was basically unable to paint from then on. He died on may 15, 1974. Mural commissions... Read full biography
Born at the Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico, his Indian name is "Kai Sa," meaning Red Moon. He is also known as Percy Sandy Tsisete. He married Peggy Mirabel of the Taos Pueblo, and they lived in Taos. As a child at the Zuni Day School, he was told to paint and discovered he loved the activity. At age 18, he took formal art instruction at Albuquerque and also studied at the Sherman Institute in Santa Fe. His goal as an artist became "depicting authentically the customs of my people. This, I hope, will be my small contribution to a great race," he said in 1940 (Snodgrass American Indian Painters). In 1959, he was severely injured in an automobile accident and was basically unable to paint from then on. He died on may 15, 1974. Mural commissions by him are at the La Fonda Hotel in Taos, New Mexico, and the Black Rock Schoo... Read full biography
Percy Tsisete Sandy - Artist Info
About Percy Tsisete Sandy: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (4)
All MuseumsHeard Museum
2301 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004Helmerich Cntr. for American Research, Gilcrease Museum,Univ. of Tulsa
1400 N. Gilcrease Museum Road
Tulsa, OK 74127-2100The Philbrook Museum of Art
2727 South Rockford Road
P.O. Box 52510
Tulsa, OK 74152-0510