Press Coverage

Sheyenne Sky 10/8/14 Sheyenne Sky 10/8/14

Museum of Indian Arts and Culture

Interview with Navajo painter Tony Abeyta

Sheyenne Sky 11/6/13 Sheyenne Sky 11/6/13

PBS Native Report

Tony Abeyta explores his sense of the world around him through art that incorporates bold colors, rich textures and representations of Navajo dieties.

Sheyenne Sky 10/7/13 Sheyenne Sky 10/7/13

New Mexico Magazine

Breaking Out

In years to come, perhaps that’s how this early-21st-century moment in Native art will be known. There’s a growing awareness that Naranjo and peers such as painter Tony Abeyta, and especially the emerging millennials coming up behind them, are shaping history right now by working hard in a fast moving present shaped by communications technology and globalization. This dissolution of borders means an enhanced sense of freedom and ambition. Conversations about identity, oppression, and creation that were formerly located in New Mexico—the epicenter of the world of North American Native art in the 20th century—are merging into a global indigenous discussion. The artists are connecting with new sources of inspiration, and new audiences with few preconceived notions of what Native art should be.

Sheyenne Sky 6/14/13 Sheyenne Sky 6/14/13

Tribal College Journal

Tony Abeyta receives honorary doctorate at IAIA

At its May 10 commencement ceremony, the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA, Santa Fe, NM) granted an honorary doctorate to artist and alumnus Tony Abeyta. Abeyta studied at IAIA and graduated with an Associate of Fine Arts degree in 1986. He went on to attend various art schools in France and Italy, eventually receiving a bachelor’s degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art. In 2002, he earned a Master of Fine Arts from New York University.

Sheyenne Sky 6/1/13 Sheyenne Sky 6/1/13

Cowboys and Indians Magazine

From turquoise blue panoramic skies to deep red rock canyons to celadon green sagebrush, artist Tony Abeyta is inspired by the high-desert landscape of his home.

Navajo Contemporary Artist Tony Abeyta

From turquoise blue panoramic skies to deep red rock canyons to celadon green sagebrush, the artist is inspired by the high-desert landscape of his home.

Sheyenne Sky 5/20/12 Sheyenne Sky 5/20/12

Arizona Daily Star

Santa Fe Indian arts festival to honor the spiritual Tony Abeyta

The artist as a 'living treasure': Santa Fe Indian arts festival to honor the spiritual Tony Abeyta

Artist Tony Abeyta just can't help himself. Pushing up his sleeves and letting his fingers make one more run through his deliberately tousled hair, he reaches for a bit of charcoal on his studio table and goes at the three finished canvases again.

New York Times

ART/ARCHITECTURE; Where Indian Art Goes Up and Down With the Market

Ar a time when the world's cultural borders are becoming increasingly fluid, artists are finding they no longer have to depend on a single market for reputations and livelihoods. Filmmakers can seek distribution at festivals in Cannes, Venice and Berlin. Contemporary artists can waltz through the global biennial circuit. But for American Indian art, there is only Indian Market.