contact us<\/a>, we would be happy to hear from you.<\/p>\nARTISTS BIO:<\/p>\n
Dalton Buddy James is a self-taught artist that has been drawing since childhood and was inspired at a young age initially by the Kachinas: A Hopi Artist\u2019s Documentary book with Clifford Bahnimptewa\u2019s paintings and later on by Fred Kabotie and the artists that formed the organization, Artists Hopid (ie. Neil David Sr., Milland Lomakema, Micheal Kabotie, etc.). He draws inspiration for his artwork from his Hopi culture and is always willing to share his culture with anyone interested in it.<\/p>\n
Dalton\u2019s work has been featured in various forms from conference logos (Hopi Women\u2019s Conference) to published magazine articles (Museum of Northern Arizona \u2013Plateau Magazine). Dalton was the artist chosen to assist in bringing the Hopi Word Dictionary written by the late Emory Sekaquaptewa to life with Hopi art and Hopi words in collaboration with the University of Arizona. Dalton\u2019s work has been chosen for the poster art for Hopi art shows and museum presentations.<\/p>\n
ARTIST’S STATEMENT \u2013 \u201cFootprints\u201d<\/p>\n
I see my art as footprints showing my travels on my artistic journey, same as our ancestors were told to leave footprints as proof of their migration travels, I leave my art as my footprints to illustrate my personal art migration.<\/p>\n
As a self-taught artist my footprints travel paths into various mediums from acrylics and gouache, watercolor and colored pencil to the simple pen and ink. While I draw inspiration from all the various forms of indigenous art. I mainly draw inspiration from the migration footprints of the \u201cHisat\u2019sinom\u201d, left behind by the \u201cPeople from Long Ago\u201d, as petroglyphs, pictograph rock art, designs on pottery and textiles, murals on ancient kiva walls and other artifacts.<\/p>\n
For those who see, appreciate and collect my art, have joined my artistic journey and walk with me as I weave a path of inspiration, creativity and creation through the generations of past, present and future artists who continue to inspire in today\u2019s modern world.<\/p>\n
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:<\/p>\n
JURIED SHOWS:<\/p>\n
2004 \u2013 Pueblo Grande (Phoenix)<\/p>\n
2004 \u2013 SWAIA-Santa Fe Indian Market (Santa Fe, NM)<\/p>\n
2005 \u2013 SWAIA \u2013 Santa Fe Indian Market (Santa Fe, NM)<\/p>\n
2005 \u2013 Tuhisma Hopi Show (Kykotsmovi, AZ)<\/p>\n
2010 \u2013 2017 \u2013 Hopi Arts & Crafts Festival (Flagstaff, AZ)<\/p>\n
2012, 2018-2019 \u2013 Totah Festival (Farmington, NM)<\/p>\n
2013 \u2013 Hopi Festival \u2013 Museum of Northern Arizona (Flagstaff, AZ)<\/p>\n
2015 \u2013 2019 \u2013 American Indian Arts Marketplace \u2013 Autry Museum (Los Angeles, CA)<\/p>\n
2017 \u2013 Prescott Indian Art Market – Sharlot Hall Museum (Prescott, AZ)<\/p>\n
2019 \u2013 SWAIA \u2013 Santa Fe Indian Market \u2013 Santa Fe, NM<\/p>\n
POSTER WINS, PUBLISHED ARTICLES AND NOTEWORTHY ITEMS:<\/p>\n
2005 \u2013 Tuhisma Poster Art Winner<\/p>\n
2014 \u2013 Hopi Arts & Crafts Festival Poster Winner<\/p>\n
2004 \u2013 Plateau Magazine, Museum of Northern Arizona<\/p>\n
-Illustrator, Hopi Word Dictionary, Hopi Language Project, University of Arizona<\/p>\n
-Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, CO – \u201cPlanting 1\u201d \u2013 Artwork chosen for the Pueblo Farming Project permanent display<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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