Ralph Aragon (born 1944) is a San Felipe Pueblo painter and ceramic artist.[1]
Ralph Aragon | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1944 (age 79–80) |
| Nationality | San Felipe Pueblo, American |
| Alma mater | Institute of American Indian Arts |
| Style | ceramic painting |
| Spouse | Joan Gachupin |
Aragon married into and lives at Zia Pueblo.[2] He is particularly known for his painted coil-built pottery, with combines soft and bold colors paired with Pueblo customary pottery symbols and textured imagery from petroglyphs.[3][4][2]
Early life and education edit
Aragon was born at San Felipe Pueblo and later married into the Zia Pueblo.[3] He was educated at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[1]
Art career edit
Aragon has found success as an easel painter, a muralist, and later as a painter of pottery and gourds.[3][5]
Aragon's work has been exhibited at the United States Department of the Interior's Second Annual Invitational Exhibition of American Indian Paintings (1965) and in the "Young American Indian Artists" exhibition (1965–66) at Riverside Museum, New York, New York.[1]
Aragon painted a mural of two buckskin horses — one white and the other yellow — on the facade of the Nuestra Señora de la Asunción church in Zia Pueblo.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c King, Jeanne Snodgrass (1968). American Indian painters; a biographical directory. Smithsonian Libraries. New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.
- ^ a b Hayes, Allan; Blom, John; Hayes, Carol (2015-08-03). Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni. Taylor Trade Publishing. ISBN 978-1-58979-862-5.
- ^ a b c "Ralph Aragon - Artist - Adobe Gallery, Santa Fe". www.adobegallery.com. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- ^ "Ralph Aragon (San Felipe b. 1944) Pottery Jar, From the Collection of William H. Saunders, M.D. and Putzi Saunders, Ohio". www.cowanauctions.com. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- ^ Gibson, Daniel (2001). Pueblos of the Rio Grande : a visitor's guide. Internet Archive. Tucson, Ariz. : Rio Nuevo Publishers. ISBN 978-1-887896-26-9.
- ^ Lux, Annie (2007). Historic New Mexico Churches. Gibbs Smith. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-1-4236-0169-2.