STUDIO ARTS

Linda Lomahaftewa, IAIA Faculty

Biography:

Linda Lomahaftewa, Hopi/Choctaw, has lived the majority of her life close to her home and community in the Southwest.

In 1962 she attended the newly developed fine arts high school program for Native students, The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. After graduation from IAIA (1965) she was accepted to the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI). Ms Lomahaftewa earned her B.F.A. (1971) and M,F.A. (1971) degrees in painting from SFAI and successfully began a career as a painter.

Over the past thirty-five years Linda Lomahaftewa has received numerous awards for excellence in painting and printmaking. She was included among other prominent figures of contemporary Native American art in two editions of Who’s Who in American Indian Arts, in 1976 and in 1978. Her works are also represented in more than ten significant public collections some of which include: American Indian Historical Society, San Francisco, California, Center for Arts of Indian America, Washington, D. C., University of Lethbridge, Native Studies Department, Alberta, Canada and the City of Phoenix, Native American Art Collection, Phoenix, Arizona.

In addition to her personal artistic achievements, Lomahaftewa is an influential teacher and arts educator. In her formative years of teaching, she taught at the San Francisco Art Institute as a teaching assistant (1971-1975) Assistant Professor of Native American Art at California State College, Sonoma, in Rohnert Park, California (1971-1974), and at the University of California, Berkeley, Native American Studies Department (1974-1976). Yearning to return home, she accepted the position of Professor of Painting and Drawing at the Institute of American Indian Arts in 1976. She currently resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico where she successfully balances a career as a prolific artist and teacher

Image of work:

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Education:

San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A.

San Francisco Art Institute, B.F.A.

Major Professional Activities:

Represented in many significant public collections, some of which include: American Indian Historical Society, San Francisco, California; Center for Arts of Indian America, Washington, D. C.; University of Lethbridge, Native Studies Department, Alberta, Canada; and the City of Phoenix, Native American Art Collection, Phoenix, Arizona.

Who’s Who in American Indian Art

Numerous awards for excellence in painting and printmaking

Teaching Statement:

My teaching is an opportunity for me to share my experience and the knowledge I have acquired in my life and work; my commitment, interest, inspiration, love of color and the processes of working with images, an opportunity to share a legacy.