Birthplace

Albuquerque, NM

Education

**** ** ****** ** ****** Arts, New York, NY

**** ***** ** *********** ******, Santa Fe, NM

****-** ***** ****** ******, Sedona, AZ

Selected Commissions

Kenneth Noland Tapestry Series: A series of Noland designs commissioned by Gloria F. Ross Tapestries,

New York, NY

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Taliesin West, AZ: A series of thirteen tapestries from the designs of

Frank Lloyd Wright

Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY: A tapestry of painter Paul Brach s work

Neutrogena Corporation, Los Angeles, CA: A series of tapestries for corporate offices worldwide

Mobil Corporation, Dallas, TX

Sundance, Provo, UT: A series of tapestries

Avalon Trust, Santa Fe, NM: a series of tapestries

Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

Numerous private clients

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Selected Projects

2008 Present Kurdistan Regional Government, Statistics Office, Erbil, Iraq: Design cultural theming, consultant to

Bayberry International, Easton, MD

2006 2007 Gila River Health Care Corporation, Tucson, Arizona: Design and cultural values consultant to Johnson,

Smitthipong and Rosamond Architects, Tucson, AZ for new hospital

2005 2007 National Indian Monument and Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma: Member of the core master planning team

for a new cultural center. With Andrew Merriell & Associates, Interpretive Planning & Design, Santa Fe,

NM and Johnson, Smitthipong and Rosamond Architects, Tucson, AZ

2005 2007 Marriott Residence Inn, Sacramento, CA: Design consultant to developer (Christopher Corporation,

Three Fires, and Marriott) and interior designer (Johnson Braund Design Group) for design themes and

artwork for planned business hotel

2002 2007 Tempe Center for the Performing Arts, Tempe, Arizona: Public Art project; one of three artists

designing artwork integrated with the architectural fabric of the building. With Barton Myers,

Architect, Los Angeles, CA

2002 2005 Marriott Residence Inn, Washington, DC: Design consultant to developer (Donohoe Corporation) and

interior designer (BBGM) for design themes and artwork for planned business hotel

2002 2004 Chickasaw Cultural Center, Sulphur, Oklahoma: Member of the core master planning team for a new

cultural center for the Chickasaw Nation. With Andrew Merriell & Associates, Interpretive Planning &

Design, Santa Fe, NM and Overland Partners, Architects, San Antonio, TX

2002 American West Heritage Center, Wellsville, Utah: Member of the core master planning team for a new

museum and cultural center for the Northwest Band of Shoshone Indians. With Hilferty & Associates,

Interpretive Planners, and Jensen Haslem, Architects, Wellsville, UT

2001 2002 Trail of Painted Ponies, New Mexico: One of several artists painting fiberglass horses for a statewide

public art project, Santa Fe, NM

1998 Santa Fe Wine and Chile Fiesta: Chicahuac Chac theme art piece. Limited edition lithograph printed at

Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM; reproduced as poster, program cover, wine label, and invitation

cards

1997 1998 LodeStar Project: Design consultant to the architect for Enchanted Skies Park, observatory and

astronomy center sponsored by the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

1994 1998 Sakiestewa Textiles, LLC.: Design and issue of the Ancient Blanket Series, six limited edition blankets

under private label, Santa Fe, NM

1993 2004 National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC: Design consultant

for the National Mall Museum building; with architects GBQC, Philadelphia; Polshek & Associates, New

York; SmithGroup, Washington, DC; landscape architect EDAW, Washington, DC

Master planning, content and design consultant for The Native Universe permanent exhibition

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1990 present Dewey Trading Co.: Design of the Southwest Trails Series, six limited edition blankets manufactured

by Pendleton Woolen Mills, Portland, OR. Currently issued in open editions

1987-1992 Smithsonian Institution Mail Order Catalog: Several scarves, shawl, tie, and fabric for apparel

Solo Exhibitions

2008 Vortex of Color, 8 Modern, Santa Fe, NM

2006 Nicole Fiacco Gallery, Hudson, NY

2002 Cultural Colors: Fiber Art and Drawings by Ramona Sakiestewa, Heard Museum North, Carefree, AZ

1997 Ramona Sakiestewa/Recent Acquisitions, Heard Museum, Phoenix AZ

1995 Patterns of the Southwest, Tapestries by Ramona Sakiestewa, The Perspective Series, John Michael

Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

1993 Between the Four Sacred Mountains: Contemporary Weavings of Ramona Sakiestewa, Museum of

the Southwest, Pasadena, CA

1991 Ramona Sakiestewa/Frank Lloyd Wright, Themes and Variations, The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ.

Tapestries by Ramona Sakiestewa Ltd. for the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Taliesin West, AZ

1989 Ramona Sakiestewa/Patterned Dreams, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007 East Meets West, 8 Modern, Santa Fe, NM

Nebula: The Reflection Series, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2006 Breaking the Mold, opening exhibition, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

2004 NDN Art, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM

2002 Changing Hands, American Craft Museum, New York, NY

1997 98 Colors, Contrasts, Cultures, Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT

O Keeffe s New Mexico, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM

Native Abstractions: Modern Forms, Ancient Ideas, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe,

NM

1996 97 Native American Traditions/Contemporary Responses, Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh,

PA

1995 Celebrating Helen Heninger, Curator for Gump s Contemporary Art Gallery, Gump s Department

Store, San Francisco, CA

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1994 98 Native America: Reflecting Contemporary Realities, traveling exhibition, American Indian

Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA

1994 Homeland Use and Desire, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1992 Colorado University Art Gallery, Boulder, CO

1992 present American Encounters 1992, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution,

Washington, DC

1991 Contemporary Concepts, Los Colores Museum, Albuquerque, NM

1990 Beyond Traditions, Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, OK

1990 Southwest 90, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM

1989 90 The Alcove Show, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM

1989 Six From Santa Fe, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC

1986 In the Spirit of the Tradition, Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ

1985 Women of Sweetgrass, Cedar, and Sage, traveling exhibit of contemporary Indian women s art

1984 Five Directions, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ

Selected Collections purchased work

Friends of Art and Preservation in Embassies, Washington, DC

(artwork placed in the American embassy in Uganda)

The Mint Museum of Craft & Design, Charlotte, NC

The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ

The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ

Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Museum of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM

The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM

St. Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis, MO

National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

The Kennedy Museum of American Art, Athens, OH

Mobil Corporations, Dallas, TX

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Neutrogena Collection, Los Angeles, CA

Sundance Collection, Provo, UT

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Numerous Private Collections

Selected Articles, Publications, and Media

2007 Jill Heppenheimer, Giving Voice to Creativity Fiberarts Magazine, Loveland, CO

2006 Lynn Cline, What artwork would you buy if you had $1,000, $10,000, an unlimited budget? Santa

Fean Magazine, Santa Fe, NM

2005 Harlan McKosato, Ten Power People in the Arts: Ramona Sakiestewa, Weaving old into new, The

New Mexico Business Weekly Magazine, Albuquerque, NM

Dana Newman and Jack Parsons, New Mexico Artists at Work, Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa

Fe, NM

Paul Wiedeman, Ramona Sakiestewa: Weaving Space and Spirit, The New Mexican, Santa Fe, NM

Susan Heard, Looming Greatness, Santa Fean Magazine, Santa Fe, NM

Ramona Sakiestewa, Canyon Lake Tie-Dyed Blanket, Native American Voices on Identity, Art, and

Culture: Objects of Everlasting Esteem (L. Williams, W. Wierzbowski, and R. Preucel, ed.), University of

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2004 Ramona Sakiestewa, Making Our World Understandable, Spirit of a Native Place (Duane Blue

Spruce, ed.), Smithsonian with National Geographic, Washington, DC

2003 Suzanne Deats and Charlene Touchette, NDN ART, Contemporary Native American Art, Fresco Fine Art

Publications, LLC, Albuquerque, NM

2002 Ann Marshall, Ph.D., Cultural Colors, Heard Museum Journal, Phoenix, AZ

Dottie Indyke, Ramona Sakiestewa, Southwest Art Magazine, TX

David Revere McFadden, Ellen Napiurr Taubman, and Holly Hotcher, Changing Hands: Art Without

Reservation, Contemporary Native American Art from the Southwest, Merrell Publishers Ltd., London,

UK

2000 Pat Kirkham, Ed., Women Designers in the USA, 1900-2000: Diversity and Difference, Yale University

Press

1998 Jerry Caramillo Dunn, Creative Domain, Westways Magazine, Los Angeles, CA

Jane Sadlof, God of the Grape, Santa Fean Magazine, Santa Fe, NM

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1997 Carol K. Russell, What is American Tapestry? Clues from Southwestern Looms, Fiberarts Magazine,

Asheville, NC

1996 Shelly Williams, Filmmaker, The Desert is No Lady, documentary film. Teachers guide by Judith Temple,

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Native American Traditions, Contemporary Responses, exhibition catalogue, The Society for

Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA

Frank Gonzales, Dreaming Up Blankets, Albuquerque Tribune, NM

Peter Eichstaedt, Ramona Sakiestewa, Weaver of Uncommon Threads, Phoenix Home and Garden

Magazine, Phoenix, AZ

1993 Ramona Sakiestewa, Weaving for Dance, Partial Recall (Lucy Lippard, ed.), New Press, New York, NY

1992 Patricia J. O Connor, Warm Regards, Southwest Airlines Spirit Magazine, New York, NY

M. S. Mason, Weaving Old Into New, Home Forum/Out of the West, The Christian Science Monitor,

Denver, CO

1991 Michael Haederle, Blanket Statement, Los Angeles Times Magazine, CA

Hiroko Sakomura, Ramona Sakiestewa, Artist Profile, Marie Claire Magazine, Japanese edition

Betty Freudenheim, Focus-Ramona Sakiestewa, American Craft, New York, NY

1990 Christine Mather and Jack Parsons, Native America: Arts, Traditions, and Celebrations, Clarkson Potter,

New York, NY

Henry T. Hopkins, Southwest 90, A Fine Arts Competition, exhibition catalog, Museum of New

Mexico, Santa Fe, NM

Bill Kraus, Contemporary Crafts for the Home, Kraus Sikes, Inc., New York, NY

Patricia Harris and David Lyon, Patterned Dreams Tapestries of Ramona Sakiestewa, Fiberarts

Magazine, Asheville, NC

Roberta Bender, Ramona Sakiestewa/Beyond Limits, Native Peoples Magazine, Phoenix, AZ

Suzanne Baizerman, Ph.D., The Patterned Dreams of Ramona Sakiestewa, ArtSpace Magazine,

Albuquerque, NM

1988 Jerry and Lois Jacka, Beyond Tradition: Contemporary Indian Art and its Evolution, Northland

Publishing, Flagstaff, AZ

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Selected Awards and Fellowships

2007 Originals 2007 Honored Artist, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

2006 Governor s Award for Excellence in the Arts, Santa Fe, NM

Governor s Outstanding New Mexico Woman s Award, Santa Fe, NM

Inductee, New Mexico Women s Hall of Fame, Albuquerque, NM

2003 Women of Distinction, Sangre de Cristo Girl Scout Council, Santa Fe, NM

1995 Mayor s Recognition Award for Excellence in the Arts, Santa Fe, NM

1992 Distinguished Artist Award, Rotary Club, Santa Fe, NM

Metropolitan Home Award Top 500 Designs, for design of Pendleton Limited Edition Blankets, New

York, NY

1991 One-month lecture tour of Japan, United States Information Agency

Purchase Award, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM

1982 91 First Place, Contemporary Weaving, Indian Market, Southwestern Association on Indian Affairs, Santa

Fe, NM

1988 Smithsonian Research Fellowship, Washington, DC

Past Public Service

Board Chair, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM

Chair, New Mexico State Arts Commission

Director, Southwestern Association on Indian Affairs, Santa Fe, NM

Trustee, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM

National Endowment for the Arts Expansion Arts Panel, Washington, DC

Trustee, International Folk Arts Foundation, Santa Fe, NM

Santa Fe 400, PR and Marketing Committee for the City of Santa Fe s 400th anniversary

Board Member, New Mexico Coin Commission, Santa Fe, NM. Gubernatorial appointment

Lay Member, New Mexico State Bar Arbitration Committee

Current Public Service

Member, National Park Service Concessions Management Advisory Board, Washington, DC. Secretary

of the Interior Appointment.

Trustee, Gloria F. Ross Center for Tapestry Studies

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