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Marcellus Medina

born 1954 Zia Pueblo, New Mexico; lives Zia Pueblo, New Mexico

BiographyMarcellus Medina was born on Zia Pueblo in 1954. His mother, Sofia Medina, and grandmother Juanita Toribio Pino, were potters and his father, Rafael Medina, was a painter. Marcellus Medina began learning how to paint from his father in the mid-1970s and was also influenced by his uncle, José D. Medina. He paints both watercolors and on pottery. For the pottery, he collaborates with his wife, Elizabeth Toya Medina. Elizabeth will make the pots while he paints the design, using acrylics and some traditional Zia mineral and vegetal paints.

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Elizabeth Toya Medina

born 1956 Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico; lives Zia Pueblo, New Mexico

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Sofia Pino Medina

1932 Zia Pueblo, New Mexico - 2010

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1929 Zia Pueblo, New Mexico - 1998

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1933 Tohatchi, New Mexico - 1998 Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Pablita Velarde

Pablita Velarde

1918 Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico - 2006 Albuquerque, New Mexico

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James King Woolenshirt (Biee'Di'cloo')

born 1951 Shiprock, New Mexico - 2019

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lives Albuquerque, New Mexico

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born 1951 Shiprock, New Mexico; lives New Mexico