This is a list of visual artists who are Indigenous peoples of the Americas, categorized by primary media. Mestizo and Métis artists whose Indigenous descent is integral to their art are included, as are Siberian Yup'ik artists due to their cultural commonalities with Alaskan Yup'ik people. This list includes notable visual artists who are Inuit, Alaskan Natives, Siberian Yup'ik, American Indians, First Nations, Métis, Mestizos, and Indigenous peoples of Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
Indigenous identity is a complex and contested issue and differs from country to country in the Americas. Inclusion to this list is based on legal membership to an Indigenous community, when applicable, or recognition by the relevant Indigenous community/communities of the individual as a member of that community.
Basket makers
Elsie Allen, Cloverdale Pomo, 1899–1990 Annie Antone, Tohono O'odham Carrie Bethel, Mono Lake Paiute, 1898–1974 Mary Holiday Black, Navajo, c. 1934–2022 Loren Bommelyn, Smith River Tolowa Nellie Charlie, Mono Lake Paiute, 1867–1965 Kelly Church, Potawatomi/Odawa-Ojibwe Delores Churchill, Haida Mike Dart, Cherokee Nation, born 1977 Florence Davidson, Haida, Canada, 1896–1993 Mavis Doering, Cherokee Nation, 1929–2007 Joe Feddersen, Colville, born 1953 Jeremy Frey, Penobscot (born 1978) Iva Honyestewa, Hopi/Navajo Terrol Dew Johnson, Tohono O'odham Yvonne Walker Keshick, Anishinaabe born 1946 Louisa Keyser (Datsolalee), Washoe, c. 1829/1850–1925 Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline), Lushootseed, c. 1820–1896 Julia Marden, Aquinnah Wampanoag Mabel McKay, Pomo/Patwin, 1907–1993 Geo Soctomah Neptune, Passamaquoddy Essie Parrish, Kashaya Pomo, 1902–1979 Christine Navarro Paul, Chitimacha, 1874–1946 Boeda Strand, Snohomish Lucy Telles, Mono Lake Paiute/Yosemite Miwok, c. 1885–1955 Dawn Nichols Walden, Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians, born 1949
Beadwork and quillwork artists
Tahnee Ahtone, Kiowa/Muscogee/Seminole Richard Aitson, Kiowa/Plains Apache, 1953–2022 Marcus Amerman, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Imogene Goodshot Arquero, beadwork artist Martha Berry, Cherokee Nation Chipeta, Plains Apache, c. 1843–1924 Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty, Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux, born 1969 Teri Greeves, Kiowa, born 1970 Carla Hemlock, Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Rhonda Holy Bear, Cheyenne River Lakota, sculptor, beadworker, dollmaker, born 1959 Vanessa Paukeigope Jennings, Kiowa/Kiowa Apache/Gila River Pima, born 1952 Maude Kegg, Mille Lacs Ojibwe, 1904–1986 Yvonne Walker Keshick, Grand Traverse Ottawa-Ojibwe, born 1946 Katrina Mitten, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma beadwork artist Melissa Peter-Paul, Mi'kmaw quill worker from Abegweit First Nation, Epekwitk/Prince Edward Island Emily Waheneka, Warm Springs/Wasco/Northern Paiute, 1919–2008
Ceramic artists
Aguilar Family, Santo Domingo Pueblo Mrs. Ramos Aguilar, Santo Domingo Pueblo Tammie Allen, Jicarilla Apache Asuncion Aguilar Cate, Santo Domingo Pueblo Betty Gaedtke, Quapaw Crucita Gonzales Calabaza (Blue Corn), San Ildefonso Pueblo Marie Chino, Acoma Vera Chino, Acoma Deborah Clashin, Hopi-Tewa, born 1928 Helen Quintana Cordero, Cochiti Pueblo, 1915–1994 Arthur and Hilda Coriz, Santo Domingo Pueblo Juanita Suazo Dubray, Taos Pueblo Anthony Durand, Picuris Pueblo Felipita Aguilar Garcia, Santo Domingo Pueblo Tammy Garcia, Santa Clara Pueblo, born 1969 Bill Glass Jr., Cherokee Nation Rose Gonzales, Ohkay Owingeh Margaret and Luther Gutierrez, Santa Clara Pueblo Michael Kanteena, Laguna Pueblo Lucy M. Lewis, Acoma Pueblo Joseph Lonewolf, Santa Clara Pueblo Julian Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo Maria Montoya Martinez (Poveka), San Ildefonso Pueblo Helen Naha, Hopi Tyra Naha, Hopi, granddaughter of Helen Naha Nampeyo, Hopi-Tewa, c. 1859–1942 Elva Nampeyo, Hopi Fannie Nampeyo, Hopi Dextra Nampeyo Quotskuyva, Hopi-Tewa Nora Naranjo-Morse, Santa Clara Pueblo Dominga Neculmán, Mapuche Garnet Pavatea, Hopi-Tewa, 1915–1981 Al Qöyawayma, Hopi Jeri Redcorn, Caddo/Potawatomi, born c. 1940 Diego Romero, Cochiti Pueblo Linda Sisneros, Santa Clara Pueblo Merton Sisneros, Santa Clara Pueblo Anita Suazo, Santa Clara Pueblo Roxanne Swentzell, Santa Clara Pueblo Margaret Tafoya, Santa Clara Pueblo, 1904–2001 Leonidas Tapia, Ohkay Owingeh Faye Tso, Navajo, 1933–2004 Nathan Youngblood, Santa Clara Pueblo
Diverse cultural artists
David Moses Bridges (Passamaquoddy, 1962–2017), birchbark artist, canoe maker William Commanda, Anishinaabe, Canada, born 1913, canoe maker Nora Thompson Dean (Touching Leaves Woman), Delaware Tribe of Indians, 1907–1984 Ishi, Yahi (ca. 1860-1916), bowmaker and flintknapper Vanessa Paukeigope Jennings, Kiowa/Apache/Pima, born 1952 Tomah Joseph (Passamaquoddy, 1837–1914), birchbark artist, canoe maker Charles Littleleaf, Blackfoot/Warm Springs, flute maker Tom Mauchahty-Ware, Kiowa/Comanche, 1946–2015, flute maker Angelique Merasty, Woodland Cree, 1924–1996, birchbark biter Scarface Charley, Modoc, c. 1851–1896 Hastings Shade, Cherokee Nation, 1941–2010, antler carver, marble- and gig-maker Tommy Wildcat, Cherokee Nation/Natchez, flute and rattle maker, born 1967
Draftspeople
Artists who primarily work in drawing, including pastels.
Kenojuak Ashevak, Inuk, born 1927 Pitseolak Ashoona, Inuk, 1904/1907–1983 Roy Boney, Jr., Cherokee Nation, born 1978 Chafil Cheucarama, Wounaan, Panama Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Quechua, c. 1535–after 1616 Aka Høegh, Greenlandic Inuk, born 1947 Tivi Etok, Inuk, born 1929 Alootook Ipellie, Inuk, 1951–2007 Helen Kalvak, Copper Inuit, 1901–1983 Siassie Kenneally, Inuk, 1969–2018 Daphne Odjig, Odawa-Potawatomi, born 1919 Ulayu Pingwartok, Inuk, 1904–1978 Tim Pitsiulak, Inuk, 1967–2016 Annie Pootoogook, Inuk, born 1969 Napachie Pootoogook, Inuk, 1938–2002 Mary Pudlat, Inuk, 1923–2001 Pudlo Pudlat, Inuk, 1916–1992 Moses Stranger Horse, Brulé Lakota, 1890–1941 Pablo Tac, Luiseño, 1822–1841 Irene Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq, Inuk, born 1941 Francisco Toledo, Zapotec, Mexico, born 1940 Kakulu Saggiaktok, Inuk, 1940–2020 Nicotye Samayualie, Inuk, born 1983 Shanawdithit, Beothuk, Canada, c. 1801–1829 Angotigolu Teevee, Inuk, 1910–1967 Ningiukulu Teevee, Inuk, born 1963 Simon Tookoome, Inuk, 1934–2010 Elizabeth Woody, Navajo-Tenino (Warm Springs)-Wasco-Yakama, born 1959 Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Haida, Canada, born 1954
Glass artists Marcus Amerman, Choctaw, born 1959 Joe Feddersen, Colville, born 1953 Marianne Nicolson, PhD, Dzawada’enuxw, born 1969 Preston Singletary, Tlingit, born 1963
Installation artists
Natalie Ball, Klamath/Modoc, born 1980 Rebecca Belmore, Ojibway, Canada, born 1960 Raven Chacon, Navajo Nation, born 1977 Corky Clairmont, Salish-Kootenai, born 1946 Gerald Clarke, Cahuilla, born 1967 Lorenzo Clayton, Navajo, born 1950 Bonnie Devine, Serpent River First Nation Greg A. Hill, Kanyen'kehaka Mohawk, Canada Brian Jungen, Danezaa, Canada, born 1970 Truman Lowe, Ho-Chunk, 1940–2019 Cannupa Hanska Luger, Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara/Lakota, born 1979 James Luna, Luiseño, 1950–2018 Nora Naranjo Morse, Santa Clara Pueblo, born 1953 Marianne Nicolson, Dzawada’enuxw, Canada, born 1969 Charlene Teters, Spokane, born 1952 Marie Watt, Seneca Nation, born 1967 Richard Ray Whitman, Yuchi/Muscogee, born 1949 Holly Wilson (Delaware Nation/Cherokee, born 1968)
Metalsmiths and jewelers
Atsidi Sani, "Old Smith", Navajo, c. 1828–1918 Kenneth Begay, Navajo, 1913–1977 Klee Benally, Navajo, born October 1975 Gail Bird, Kewa Pueblo-Laguna Pueblo Gomeo Bobelu, Zuni, 1964–2022 Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Cheyenne, born 1933 Charles Edenshaw, Haida, Canada, 1839–1920 Michael Horse, Yaqui-Mescalero Apache-Zuni-descent, born 1951 Yazzie Johnson, Navajo Michael Kabotie, Hopi, 1942–2009 Charles Loloma, Hopi, 1921–1991 Bill Reid, Haida, Canada, 1920–1998 Emory Sekaquaptewa, Hopi, 1928–2007 Phillip Sekaquaptewa, Hopi, born 1956 Sequoyah, Cherokee, c. 1767–1843 Jay Simeon, Haida, Canada, born 1976 Tommy Singer, Navajo, born 1940 Orville Tsinnie, Diné, 1943–2017
New media artists
Natalie Ball, Klamath/Modoc, born 1980 Nicholas Galanin, Tlingit/Unangax̂, born 1979 Rosemary Georgeson, Coast Salish/Sahtu multimedia artist Skawennati, Mohawk multimedia and digital artist
Mixed-media artists Melissa Melero-Moose (Northern Paiute/Modoc), mixed-media artist, curator Brian D. Tripp (Karuk Tribe, 1945–2022)
Painters
Canada and Greenland
Aron of Kangeq, Kalaallit, Greenland, 1822–1869 Carl Beam, M'Chigeeng First Nation Ojibwe 1943–2005 Jackson Beardy, Ayisini, 1944–1984 Robert Boyer, Métis-Cree, 1948–2004 Benjamin Chee Chee, Ojibwe, 1944–1977 Thue Christiansen, Greenlandic Inuk, Greenland, born 1940 George Clutesi, Tseshaht First Nation, 1905–1988 Eddy Cobiness, Ojibwe, 1933–1996 Joseph Tehawehron David, Mohawk, 1957–2004 Delree Dumont, Onion Lake Cree Nation Robert Houle, Saulteaux, born 1947 Tom Hogan, Ojibwe, 1955–2014 Alex Janvier, Dene Suline-Saulteaux, born 1935 Abe Kakepetum, Sandy Lake First Nation Henrik Lund, Greenlandic Inuk, Greenland, 1875–1948 Gerald McMaster, Plains Cree-Siksika First Nation, born 1953 Kent Monkman, Cree, born 1965 Norval Morrisseau, Ojibwa, 1932–2007 David Neel, Kwakwaka'wakw, born 1960 Maxine Noel, Santee-Oglala Lakota, born 1946 Daphne Odjig, Odawa/Potawatomi, born 1919 Carl Ray, Sandy Lake First Nation, 1943–1978 Rick Rivet, Sahtu/Métis, born 1949 Allen Sapp, Cree, 1928–2015 Alan Syliboy, Millbrook Mi'kmaw (born 1952) painter, mixed-media artist David B. Williams, Ojibway, died 2009 Alfred Young Man, Plains Cree
United States
Arthur Amiotte, Oglala Lakota (born 1942) Spencer Asah, Kiowa, one of the Kiowa Six (c. 1905–1954) James Auchiah, Kiowa, one of the Kiowa Six (1906–1974) Alexandra Backford, Aleut (1942–2010) Amos Bad Heart Bull, Oglala Lakota (1869–1913) Louis Ballard (Honga-no-zhe), Quapaw/Cherokee Rick Bartow, Mad River Wiyot (born 1946) Fred Beaver (Eka La Nee), Muscogee Creek/Seminole (1911–1980) Harrison Begay (Haskay Yahne Yah), Navajo (1914–2012) Archie Blackowl (Mistamootova), Southern Cheyenne (1911–1992) Acee Blue Eagle (Alexander C. McIntosh), Muscogee Creek (ca. 1909–1959) Gibson Byrd, Shawnee Tribe, (1923–2002) T.C. Cannon (Pai-doung-u-day), Kiowa/Caddo (1946–1978) Pop Chalee (Merina Lujan), Taos Pueblo (1908–1993) Adele Collins, Chickasaw painter (1908–1996) Jesse Cornplanter, Seneca Nation (1889–1957) Woody Crumbo, Citizen Potawatomi (1912–1989) David Cusick, Tuscarora (c. 1786–1831) Dennis Cusick, Tuscarora (c. 1800–1824) Talmadge Davis, Cherokee Nation (1962–2005) Gregg Deal, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (born 1975) Angel De Cora (Hinook-Mahiwi-Kilinaka), Winnebago (1871–1919) Patrick DesJarlait, Red Lake Ojibwe (1923–1973) Cecil Dick, Cherokee Nation (1915–1992) Bunky Echo–Hawk, Yakama/Pawnee (born 1975) Joseph Erb, Cherokee Nation (born 1974) Harry Fonseca, Maidu (1946–2006) Jeffrey Gibson, Mississippi Choctaw/Cherokee (born 1972) R.C. Gorman, Navajo (1932–2005) Enoch Kelly Haney, Seminole/Muscogee (born 1940) Helen Hardin (Tsa-Sah-Wee-Eh), Santa Clara Pueblo (1943–1984) Albert Harjo, Muscogee Creek (1937–2019) Benjamin Harjo, Jr., Absentee Shawnee/Seminole (1945–2023) Sharron Ahtone Harjo, Kiowa (born 1945) Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds, Southern Cheyenne (born 1954) Sarah Ortegon HighWalking, Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Joan Hill, Muscogee (Creek) Nation/Cherokee (1930–2020) Jack Hokeah, Kiowa, one of the Kiowa Six (1902–1969) Norma Howard, Choctaw Nation/Mississippi Choctaw/Chickasaw Oscar Howe (Mazuha Hokshina), Yanktonai (1915–1983) Howling Wolf, Southern Cheyenne (1849–1927) Sharon Irla, Cherokee Nation (born 1957) David Johns (Navajo Nation) (born 1948) Ruthe Blalock Jones (Shawnee/Peoria) (born 1939) Fred Kabotie (Naqavoy'ma), Hopi (1900–1986) Michael Kabotie, Hopi