Tammy Garcia (born August 27, 1969, in Los Angeles, California) is a

Santa Clara Pueblo Santa Clara Pueblo (in Tewa: Khaʼpʼoe Ówîngeh ɑ̀ʔp’òː ʔówîŋgè ″Singing Water Village″, also known as ″Village of Wild Roses″ is a census-designated place (CDP) in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States and a federa ...

sculptor and Ceramic artist. Garcia translates Pueblo pottery forms and iconography into sculptures in bronze and other media.

Background

Tammy Garcia is a member of the

. She currently lives in

Taos, New Mexico Taos is a town in Taos County in the north-central region of New Mexico in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Initially founded in 1615, it was intermittently occupied until its formal establishment in 1795 by Nuevo México Governor Fernando Ch ...

with family.Bernstein 16 Tammy Garcia comes from a long line of Santa Clara Pueblo artists. Her great-great-great-grandmother

Sara Fina Tafoya Sara Fina Gutiérrez Tafoya (1863-1949) (sometimes spelled Serafina Tafoya) was a Tewa matriarch potter from Kha'po Owingeh (in Tewa: ɑ̀ʔp’òː ʔówîŋgè, New Mexico. Tafoya is known for her minimally-adorned blackware and black-on- ...

was a potter. Her great-great aunt, Margaret Tafoya, was a noted potter of the early 20th century, along with her sister Christina Naranjo. Subsequent generations of potters in the family included Mary Cain, and Linda Cain, Tammy Garcia's mother. At the age of 21, she was awarded first prize at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, the first of many awards she has received. Starting in 1999, Garcia branched out into bronze, and now creates both ceramics and bronze sculptures.

Selected exhibitions

* 1987-88 Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, Gallup, NM * 1990 O'Odham Tash, Casa Grande, AZ * 1990 Andrews Pueblo Pottery, Albuquerque, NM * 1991 Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts & Crafts, Ohkay Owingeh, NM * 1991–98 Gallery 10, Group Show, Scottsdale, AZ and Santa Fe, NM * 1992 O'Odham Tash, Casa Grande, AZ * 1992 Gallery 10, Group Show, Beverly Hills, CA and Santa Fe, NM * 1993–98

Santa Fe Indian Market The Santa Fe Indian Market is an annual art market held in Santa Fe, New Mexico on the weekend following the third Thursday in August. The event draws an estimated 150,000 people to the city from around the world. The Southwestern Association for ...

, Santa Fe, NM * 1994–1998 Gallery 10, group shows, Scottsdale, AZ * 1995 Inter-Tribal Ceremonial, Gallup, NM * 1998 Blue Rain Gallery, The Harris Collection Show, Taos, NM * 1999–2003 Blue Rain Gallery, annual Indian Market show, Taos, NM * 1999–2002, 2004, 2006 Blue Rain Gallery, annual ''Show on the Road'', various locations * 2001

Peabody Essex Museum The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts, US, is a successor to the East India Marine Society, established in 1799. It combines the collections of the former Peabody Museum of Salem (which acquired the Society's collection) and th ...

, Salem, MA * 2001

Heard Museum The Heard Museum is a private, not-for-profit museum in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, dedicated to the advancement of American Indian art. It presents the stories of American Indian people from a first-person perspective, as well as exhibitio ...

, Phoenix, AZ * 2002 ''Changing Hands: Art without Reservations I'',

American Craft Museum The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), based in Manhattan, New York City, collects, displays, and interprets objects that document contemporary and historic innovation in craft, art, and design. In its exhibitions and educational programs, the mus ...

, New York, NY * 2003 ''From the States Exhibit'',

National Museum for Women in the Arts The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since openin ...

, Washington, D.C. * 2003 Blue Rain Gallery, 10th Anniversary Celebration, Taos, NM * 2004–08 Blue Rain Gallery, annual Indian Market show, Santa Fe, NM * 2005 Blue Rain Gallery, ''Visions in Glass'' with Preston Singletary, Santa Fe, NM * 2005 "Tammy Garcia Retrospective", Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN * 2007 Blue Rain Gallery, 15th Anniversary Celebration, Taos, NM * 2007 "New Visions: Inspired by Tradition" with Evelyn Fredericks,

Museum of Indian Arts and Culture The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is a museum of Native American art and culture located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is one of eight museums in the state operated by the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs and is accredited by the Amer ...

, Santa Fe, NM * 2007 SOFA Chicago (Sculptural Objects and Functional Art), Blue Rain Gallery, Chicago, IL * 2008 "Beyond Tradition: The Pueblo Pottery of Tammy Garcia",

National Museum of Women in the Arts The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since openin ...

, Washington, DC * 2008 Heart of the West Art Exhibition,

National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is located in Fort Worth, Texas, US. Established in 1975, it is dedicated to honoring women of the American West who have displayed extraordinary courage and pioneering fortitude. The museum is an edu ...

, Fort Worth, TX * 2008 Blue Rain Gallery, "Visions in Glass II" with Preston Singletary, Santa Fe, NM * 2008 SOFA New York (Sculptural Objects and Functional Art), Blue Rain Gallery, New York, NY * 2008 SOFA Chicago (Sculptural Objects and Functional Art), Blue Rain Gallery, Chicago, IL * 2009 LA Art Show, Blue Rain Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

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External links

Indian Market: New Directions in Southwest Native American Pottery
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