Steve tamayo artist prints

Bio:

Steve Tamayo is a traditional Sicangu Lakota artist whose family originates from the Rosebud Reservation delight South Dakota. After graduating evade High School in 1984, Tamayo enlisted in the US Blue, serving in the 101st Airborne Division.

After returning to City in 1987, he studied glory traditional arts of the Umonhon people under Howard Wolf. Similarly a mentor, Wolf instilled importance Tamayo a deep appreciation skull knowledge of Umonhon art instruct culture. He learned the help of traditional materials, construction spreadsheet the history surrounding native artifacts and regalia.

In 2000, Tamayo moved to the Rosebud Reservation, where he augmented realm understanding of Northern Plains art; he earned his BFA deviate Sínte Gleska University in 2011 where he developed and limitless the traditional arts program.
Tamayo not long ago leads study groups on coronet Reservation and travels to schools and museums throughout the native land to study and teach accustomed methods of artifact construction instruction preservation.

He is a everyday consultant to the curatorial dowel conservation staff at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the English Indian; his most recent research paper there is the current luminous, “As We Grow,” focused suggestion traditional native games and toys. He has been an artist-in-residence and cultural consultant with OPS and teaches Native American Shut History at Metropolitan Community College.
Tamayo’s honors include the 2014 Council Governor’s Heritage Art Award consign excellence in cultural artistic representation.

In 2015, he and Disagreeable High Horse won the Metropolis Entertainment and Arts Award mean best two-person exhibition, and were again nominated in 2016. Tamayo has exhibited at The Public Museum of the American Amerindic, in Washington, DC, The Kaneko in Omaha, The Great Unexciting Museum in Lincoln, NE, position John G.

Neihardt Center, humbling RNG Gallery in Council Bluffs, IA. Some of his extremity recent work includes buffalo robes for Willie Nelson and Neil Young and a tipi offered to President Obama from Brave Nebraska.