Heard Museum
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Born 1965 Gallup, New Mexico. Known for: Abstract Indian figure-motifs.
Growing up in Gallup, New Mexico, Tony Abeyta is a Navajo Indian who knew from the time he was young that he wanted to be an artist. Abeyta graduated from the Institute of American Indian Arts in... Read full biography
Growing up in Gallup, New Mexico, Tony Abeyta is a Navajo Indian who knew from the time he was young that he wanted to be an artist. Abeyta graduated from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and has studied art at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and abroad in France... Read full biography
Growing up in Gallup, New Mexico, Tony Abeyta is a Navajo Indian who knew from the time he was young that he wanted to be an artist. Abeyta graduated from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and has studied art at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and abroad in France and Italy. The artist also studied at the Chicago Art Institute as a Ford Foundation Scholar. In 2002, he was enrolled in a master of arts degree from New York University, having earned an associate... Read full biography
Growing up in Gallup, New Mexico, Tony Abeyta is a Navajo Indian who knew from the time he was young that he wanted to be an artist. Abeyta graduated from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and has studied art at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and abroad in France and Italy. The artist also studied at the Chicago Art Institute as a Ford Foundation Scholar. In 2002, he was enrolled in a master of arts degree from New York University, having earned an associate degree in fine arts at the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe. In most of his abstract, mixed media works of Indian symbolism, he works with an experimental technique of sand, encaustic wax and layers of oil paint, something he refers to as... Read full biography
Growing up in Gallup, New Mexico, Tony Abeyta is a Navajo Indian who knew from the time he was young that he wanted to be an artist. Abeyta graduated from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and has studied art at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and abroad in France and Italy. The artist also studied at the Chicago Art Institute as a Ford Foundation Scholar. In 2002, he was enrolled in a master of arts degree from New York University, having earned an associate degree in fine arts at the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe. In most of his abstract, mixed media works of Indian symbolism, he works with an experimental technique of sand, encaustic wax and layers of oil paint, something he refers to as very tactile and physical. He also works with wood, earth pigments, iron, bronze, and copper and treats... Read full biography
Tony Abeyta - Artist Info
About Tony Abeyta: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (4)
All MuseumsNational Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
4th Street & Independence Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20560The Harwood Museum of Art, University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico Foundation
238 Ledoux Street
Taos, NM 87571-6004Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian
704 Camino Lejo
Po Box 5153
Santa Fe, NM 87502