painter... potter... jeweler...
Allen Aragon, an acclaimed Navajo artist, creates miniature pottery and jewelry that is highly celebrated by collectors of Native American art throughout the United States and beyond.
He is a skillful artist who has taken traditional Navajo and Pueblo themes and used them in a fresh and innovative approach.
Allen's miniature pots are created in the traditional ways, but he has developed his own style, combining ideas from Navajo, Hopi, and Acoma art.
To see Allen's work in person, come visit Allen Aragon Gallery in Old Town Albuquerque, check out the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, or take a look at his upcoming shows on the home page.
He is a skillful artist who has taken traditional Navajo and Pueblo themes and used them in a fresh and innovative approach.
Allen's miniature pots are created in the traditional ways, but he has developed his own style, combining ideas from Navajo, Hopi, and Acoma art.
To see Allen's work in person, come visit Allen Aragon Gallery in Old Town Albuquerque, check out the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, or take a look at his upcoming shows on the home page.
To create his unique jewelry, Allen paints intricate abstract and animal images on pieces of pottery. He then fires them and sets each one in sterling silver to create beautiful pendants, earrings, rings, bolo ties and concho belts. Each piece of jewelry is truly one of a kind.
Bio
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Born in Ganado, Arizona, Allen was raised on a ranch near Chaco Canyon. He would go each month to weaving auctions in with his mother, an accomplished weaver. Surrounded by art, he became fascinated with the pottery that the Acoma women were bringing to sell.
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Awards
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1998 -Fellowship Award, Southwestern Association for Indian Arts 2006 -Best of Show Pottery and Jewelry, University of San Diego 2007 -Best of Division, Museum of Man, San Diego, CA 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015 -Best of Show Jewelry, New Mexico State Fair 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008 -Best of Show Pottery, New Mexico State Fair 2012 -Native Peoples Magazine Creativity Award, Santa Fe Indian Market 2013 -Judge's Choice Award, The :Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2014 -2nd Place/Concho Belt, The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2015 -2nd Place/Miniature Seed Pot, The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2015 -2nd Place/Concho Belt, The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2015 -Excellence Award in Jewelry, Southwest Indian Art Fair, AZ State Museum 2015 -1st Place/Miniature Seed Pot, Santa Fe Indian Market 2015 - Best of Preview/Miniature Seed Pot, Native Treasures, Santa Fe, NM 2015 -Best in Show/Concho Belt, New Mexico State Fair 2015 -Museum Staff Award, Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio, TX 2016 -2nd Place Pottery " Scared Dragonfly seed pot " The Heard Museum, Phoenix Az. 2016 -1st Place Pottery "Mother Earth" Miniature Seed Pot, The Tesoro Cultural Center Indian Art Market and Powwow. 2016-1st Place, Concho Belt, Prescott Indian Art Market, Prescott Az. 2016-Special Award/ Kenneth Begay Memorial Award, Gallup Inter -Tribal Indian Ceremonial, Gallup NM. 2016- Best of Division,1st Place/ SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market Santa Fe, New Mexico. Miniature dragonfly seed pot. 2017- SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market Santa Fe, New Mexico. Best Of Division, 1st Place. Miniture dragonfly seed pot. 2018- The Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market. 2nd Place Miniature Pottery 2018-SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market 2nd Place Miniature Pottery 2019-The Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market 1st Place Miniature Pottery Innovation Award Pottery |