This list indexes notable Native American artists from Oklahoma, Oklahoma Territory, or Indian Territory. Artists listed in this index were born in, at one time lived in, or presently live in what is now Oklahoma.
Basket makers Lena Blackbird, Cherokee Nation, basket weaver Mike Dart (born 1977), Cherokee Nation, basket weaver Mavis Doering (1929–2007), Cherokee Nation, basket weaver
Beadwork artists
Tahnee Ahtone, Kiowa/Muscogee/Seminole Richard Aitson (1953–2022), Kiowa/Kiowa Apache Martha Berry, Cherokee Nation Les Berryhill, Yuchi/Creek, bead artist Vanessa Jennings, Kiowa/Kiowa Apache/Pima, beadwork artist, regalia maker, and tipi maker Lois Smoky Kaulaity (1907–1981), Kiowa beadwork artist and painter (one of the Kiowa Six)
Ceramic artists Mel Cornshucker (born 1952), Keetoowah Band Cherokee Anita Fields (born 1950), Osage/Muscogee Bill Glass Jr., Cherokee Nation Anna Mitchell, Cherokee Nation (1926–2012), revived the art of Cherokee pottery for the Western Cherokee Jane Osti, Cherokee Nation Jeri Redcorn, Caddo/Citizen Potawatomi (born ca. 1940)
Dancers Yvonne Chouteau (1929–2016), Shawnee Tribe, ballerina Rosella Hightower (1920–2008), Choctaw ballerina Moscelyne Larkin (1925–2012), Peoria/Shawnee ballerina Maria Tallchief (1925–2013), Osage ballerina Marjorie Tallchief (born 1926), Osage ballerina
Diverse cultural artists
Mildred Cleghorn (1910–1997), Fort Sill Apache Tribe, dollmaker Vanessa Jennings, Kiowa/Pima, beadwork, customary clothing and tipis Alice Littleman (1910–2000), Kiowa, beadwork and regalia maker Ardina Moore, Quapaw/Osage, 1930–2022), fashion designer, language instructor, regalia maker, textile artist Josephine Myers-Wapp (1912–2014), Comanche, finger weaver, beader, textile artist Georgeann Robinson (1917–1985), Osage, traditional apparel, ribbonwork Hastings Shade (1941–2010), Cherokee Nation, marble- and gig-maker Tommy Wildcat, Cherokee Nation/Muscogee/Natchez, flute maker Sandy Fife Wilson (born 1950), Muscogee, basket maker, fingerweaver, shell carver, textile artist, fashion designer
Draftspeople Roy Boney Jr., Cherokee Nation, draftsman, painter, animator Joseph L. Erb, Cherokee Nation, painter, sculptor, animator St. David Pendleton Oakerhater, "Making Medicine" (1847–1931), Southern Cheyenne, ledger artist
Fashion designers Ardina Moore, Quapaw/Osage, 1930–2022), fashion designer, language instructor, regalia maker, textile artist Lloyd Kiva New (Cherokee Nation, 1916–2002), educator, fashion designer, painter, textile designer Wendy Ponca, Osage (born 1960), fashion designer, textile designer Margaret Roach Wheeler (Chickasaw/Choctaw, born 1943), weaver
Installation artists Edgar Heap of Birds (born 1954), Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes installation artist, painter, conceptual artist Richard Ray Whitman (born 1949), Yuchi/Muscogee Creek Nation, actor, photographer, painter, installation artist Holly Wilson (Delaware Nation/Cherokee, born 1968), sculptor, installation artist
Jewelers Heidi Bigknife, Shawnee Tribe, jeweler, mixed-media artist, sculptor
Painters
Mary Adair (born 1936), Cherokee Nation painter Spencer Asah (c. 1905–1954), Kiowa, painter (one of the Kiowa Six) James Auchiah (1906–1975), painter (one of the Kiowa Six) Jean Bales (1946–2003), Iowa painter Louis W. Ballard (1931–2007), Honga-no-zhe, Quapaw/Cherokee, painter and composer Fred Beaver (1911–1976), Muscogee Creek/Seminole, painter Archie Blackowl (1911–1967), Cheyenne, painter Acee Blue Eagle (1907–1959), Muscogee Creek, painter Roy Boney, Jr., Cherokee Nation, draftsman, painter, animator Blackbear Bosin (1921–1980), Kiowa/Comanche, painter, sculptor Gibson Byrd (1923–2002), Shawnee Tribe, painter T.C. Cannon (Pai-doung-u-day), Kiowa/Caddo Sherman Chaddlesone (1947–2013), Kiowa, painter Adele Collins (Chickasaw, 1908–1996), painter Mirac Creepingbear (1947–1990), Kiowa/Pawnee/Arapaho, painter Woody Crumbo (1912–1989), Citizen Potawatomi, painter Talmadge Davis (1962–2005), Cherokee Nation painter Cecil Dick (1915–1992), Cherokee Nation, painter Joseph L. Erb, Cherokee Nation, painter, sculptor, animator Gina Gray (1954–2014), Osage painter, mixed-media designer Franklin Gritts (1915–1996), Keetowah Cherokee, painter Enoch Kelly Haney (born 1940), Seminole/Muscogee, painter, sculptor Albert Harjo (1937–2019), Muscogee Creek Benjamin Harjo Jr. (1945–2923), Absentee Shawnee/Seminole Nation, draftsperson, painter, printmaker Sharron Ahtone Harjo (born 1945), Kiowa, painter, ledger artist Edgar Heap of Birds (born 1954), Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes installation artist, painter, conceptual artist Valjean McCarty Hessing (1934–2006), Choctaw, painter Joan Hill (1930–2020), Muscogee Creek/Cherokee, painter Jack Hokeah (1902–1973), Kiowa, painter (one of the Kiowa Six) Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache, 1914–1994), sculptor, painter Norma Howard (born 1958), Choctaw Nation/Chickasaw/Mississippi Choctaw, painter Sharon Irla (born 1957), Cherokee Nation painter Ruthe Blalock Jones (Chu-Lun-Dit, born 1939), Eastern Shawnee/Peoria Merlin Little Thunder, Southern Cheyenne, painter Jane McCarty Mauldin (1936–1997), Choctaw, painter Barbara McAlister (born 1941), Cherokee Nation painter, opera singer America Meredith (born 1972), Cherokee Nation painter, printmaker Stephen Mopope (1898–1974), Kiowa, painter (one of the Kiowa Six) Jackson Narcomey (1942–2012), Muscogee Creek, painter and printmaker Doc Tate Nevaquaya (Comanche Nation, 1932–1996), Flatstyle painter and Native American flautist Fernando Padilla, Jr. (born 1958), San Felipe Pueblo/Navajo painter and sculptor Harvey Pratt (1941–2025), Cheyenne-Arapaho painter, sculptor Robert Redbird (1939–2016), Kiowa painter Paladine Roye (1946–2001), Ponca painter Silver Horn (1860–1940), Kiowa, painter Lois Smoky Kaulaity (1907–1981), Kiowa painter (one of the Kiowa Six) Ernest Spybuck (1883–1949), Absentee Shawnee painter Jimmie Carole Fife Stewart (born 1940), Muscogee Creek "Master Artist" painter and fashion designer Virginia Stroud (born 1951), United Keetoowah Band-Muscogee painter Carl Sweezy (1881–1953), Arapaho painter Dana Tiger (born 1961), Muscogee Creek/Seminole/Cherokee painter Jerome Tiger (1941–1967), Muscogee Creek/Seminole painter Johnny Tiger, Jr. (1940–2015), Muscogee Creek/Seminole painter and sculptor Monroe Tsatoke (1904–1937), Kiowa, painter (one of the Kiowa Six) W. Richard “Dick” West, Sr. (1912–1996), Cheyenne painter David E. Williams (1933–1985), Kiowa/Tonkawa/Kiowa Apache painter
Photographers Jennie Ross Cobb (1881–1959), Cherokee Shan Goshorn (1957–2018), Eastern Band Cherokee Sharon Irla (born 1957), Cherokee Nation Parker McKenzie (1897–1999), Kiowa Horace Poolaw (1906–1984), Kiowa Richard Ray Whitman (born 1949), Yuchi/Muscogee Creek Nation photographer, painter, installation artist
Printmakers T.C. Cannon (Pai-doung-u-day), Kiowa/Caddo Benjamin Harjo Jr. (1945–2923), Absentee Shawnee/Seminole Nation, draftsperson, painter, printmaker Ruthe Blalock Jones (Chu-Lun-Dit, born 1939), Eastern Shawnee/Delaware/Peoria America Meredith (born 1972), Cherokee Nation painter, printmaker Jackson Narcomey (born 1942), Muscogee Creek, painter, printmaker
Sculptors
Sara Bates (born 1944), Cherokee Nation, mixed media artist, sculptor Blackbear Bosin (1921–1980), Kiowa/Comanche, painter, sculptor Joseph L. Erb, Cherokee Nation, painter, sculptor, animator Bill Glass Jr., Cherokee Nation Enoch Kelly Haney (1940–2022), Seminole/Muscogee, painter, sculptor Allan Houser (1914–1994), Chiricahua Apache, sculptor and painter Fernando Padilla, Jr. (born 1958), San Felipe Pueblo/Navajo painter and sculptor Harvey Pratt (born 1941), Cheyenne-Arapaho painter, sculptor Johnny Tiger, Jr. (born 1940), Muscogee/Seminole painter and sculptor Holly Wilson (born 1968), Delaware Nation/Cherokee, sculptor, installation artist
See also
Native American art List of Native American artists Timeline of Native American art history List of indigenous artists of the Americas Native Americans in the United States Native American women in the arts List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas Native American basketry Native American pottery Bacone school List of Native American tribes in Oklahoma
External links American Indian Art , Oklahoma Historical Society American Indian Cultural Center and Museum, Oklahoma City Southeastern Indian Artists Association
References