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Shonto Begay Read Shonto Begay's Native Peoples Article Read Shonto Begay's Western Art Collector article Read Shonto Begay's Edge of the Rez article Read Shonto Begay's At the Crossroads article Read Shonto Begay's Flagstaff Live article January 2009 Read Shonto Begay's Flagstaff Live article February 2009 Read Shonto Begay's Flagstaff Live article September 2009 Read Shonto Begay's Flagstaff Live article October 2009
Shonto Begay, Navajo painter Biography Shonto BegayA professional artist since 1983, Shonto Begay spends his time painting and speaking to audiences of all ages. His art has been shown in more than 50 shows in galleries and museums including The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe, the American Indian Contemporary Arts' museum in San Francisco and Phoenix Art Museum.
Shonto Begay attended Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding schools all over the Navajo Reservation and high school in Kayenta. He received an Associates of Fine Art degree at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from California College of Arts and Crafts.
Shonto Begay with painting On the Edge of Ceremony, Acrylic on Canvas, 36" x 24" Shonto Begay worked as a National Park Service ranger for ten years at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming and Navajo National Monument in Arizona.
Shonto Begay speaks to audiences of all ages. He presents his personal history as a Navajo who happens to draw upon his culture in its modern context. He illustrates his talks with slides and prints and gives short art lessons to students.
Shonto Begay, Navajo Painter "I have always had a love for art. From a very young age, I found excitement in the experience of drawing. To recreate facets of my universe in varying degrees has always been my life's adventure.
I was born in a hogan in Shonto, Arizona. My parents are traditional Navajo people. My father is a medicine man, and my mother weaves rugs and herds sheep.
Shonto Begay, Mystery Canyon Passage, Acrylic on Canvas, 52"x 80" My message is simple. Build bridges through the arts and stories of your culture, validate and share these visions and voices. Celebrate your personal identity through the arts. In my talks, I am as much a student as I am a teacher," says Shonto Begay. Books
The Magic of Spiderwoman, 1996 Navajo: Visions and Voices Across the Mesa, 1995 Scholastic: Multicultural Books, 1994-1995 Mali and Cousin Horned Toad, 1991 The Mud Pony, Owl award for Illustration in Japan, 1988 Visual Chant: The Paintings of Shonto Begay, San Juan College Art Gallery Publications Canyon Road Arts, 2007 - present Live!, Flagstaff, AZ, 1997 - present Western Art Collector, Premiere Issue 2007, 2008, 2009 XFuns, Interview, Japan, 2007 Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra, Cover painting, 2003-2007 Native Peoples, “Creative Journeys,” 2004 Arts and Living, Mural , Sierra Club, Arizona Ethnobotanical Research Association and the Black Mesa Trust, 2004 Warrior’s Voice, Interview, 2002 IAIA Museum Exhibition, Cover painting, 2002 Memo, Japan, 2001 Arizona Daily Sun, 2001 Arizona Highways, Cover painting and Illustrations for “Sacred Gift” 2001 Jackson Hole News, 2000 The Sunday Journal, 2001 Navajo Hopi Observer, 1999 The Daily Times, 1997 Indian Artist, “Talking with Shonto Begay,” 1997 Time Machine, 1996 Instructor: The Whole Teacher’s Handbook, 1995 West University Sun, 1995 Phoenix Home and Garden, January 1994 Book Links, 1992 Plateau Journal Time Machine
Exhibitions
2006-2009 - Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM 2009 - Farmington, NM 2009 - 1st Annual Rock the Canyon Community Celebration, Headliner, Shonto, AZ 2009 - Geronimo Remembered: A Retrospective 100 Years After His Death, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2007 - Arizona: A Millennium of Arizona Art, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2002 - IAIA Museum Walk the Line, Santa Fe Indian Market The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM American Indian Contemporary Arts' Museum, San Francisco, CA Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona Teaching / Public Speaking 2011 - Innocence Project International, Speaker along with Nelson Mandela, Image and Logo Designer, Cincinnati, OH 2009 - Endowment for the Arts, Speaker, Miami FL 2000 - Colorado Plateau Workshop, Flagstaff, Arizona Film Featured art, "Skinwalker" Robert Redford adapted from Tony Hillerman's book "The Skinwalker" Cultural Consultant, line producer, actor and artist in upcoming film "Vacuuming the Cat" starring Barbara Hershey and Ron Perlman Return to Shonto Begay's Paintings
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