Valentine’s Day!

Heart Box, Pink Alabaster, 5.5'' x 5.25'' x 2'', 2007

This Valentine's Day, share your love with a romantic gift from the Berlin Gallery. Heart Box by Doug Hyde (Nez Perce/Assiniboine/Chippewa) was lovingly sculpted from pink alabaster. This gorgeous pink alabaster’s color field ranges from a soft milky white to a delicate pale pink, which gives this box a translucent feeling. Please stop by the gallery or give us a call and we can help you find the perfect Valentine’s Day gift!

Sharing by Roxanne Swentzell!

Sharing, Bronze Ed 3/35, 8.75" x 9” x 9", 2010

Roxanne Swentzell (Santa Clara Pueblo) sent us a new bronze delightfully titled, Sharing. Roxanne explains, “My grandchildren are learning how to share with each other. I created this piece to help them remember that there are others in the world besides themselves. I thought we could all use a little reminder of how to share the world with each other.” Please stop by the gallery to see Sharing and more of Roxanne’s beautiful sculptures!

Will Wilson Recives the Mitchell Award

Congrats to Berlin Gallery artist Will Wilson

Auto Immune Response #1, black and white archival photograph ed. of 10

Artist Will Wilson Receives Prestigious Mitchell Award

Santa Fe, NM – The Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, a center of the Institute of American Indian Arts, is pleased to announce that Will Wilson, the Museum’s Vision Project manager, is a recipient of a 2009 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors grant. Wilson was one of 25 artists in the country to receive this prestigious award.

Wilson said, “It’s an honor to receive the Mitchell Award. Looking at its history and the remarkable artists it has supported verifies that Joan Mitchell was a true visionary and it’s amazing to be included in this group. For me, the award reinforces that I am an artist who is creating sensory experience through sensual spaces.”

The Joan Mitchell Foundation was established in April 1993 as a not-for-profit corporation following the death of Joan Mitchell in October 1992. The Foundation strives to fulfill the ambitions of Joan Mitchell to assist the needs of contemporary artists and to demonstrate that painting and sculpture are significant cultural necessities. The Painters and Sculptors Grant Program was established by the foundation in 1993 to assist individual artists. The grants are given to acknowledge painters and sculptors creating work of exceptional quality. Grant nominators and jurors include prominent visual artists, curators, and art educators.

Wilson began as the Vision Project Manager in October of 2009. The Vision Project is part of the Ford Foundation’s grant initiative “Advancing the Dialogue on Native American Arts in Society” that seeks to “provide national and international leadership in determining the role of Native American arts and culture while advancing education about contemporary Indigenous art in the twenty-first century.” Wilson holds a master of fine arts degree in photography from the University of New Mexico . As an artist he has produced large scale multi-media installations that incorporate photography and sculpture, monumental public artworks and intimate photo essays. His “Auto Immune Response” series garnered him the prestigious 2007 Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art.

Elegant vessels by Nathan Hart!

We currently have an assortment of exquisite vessels by Cheyenne artist Nathan Hart. Nathan’s hollow form turnings gracefully combine hand formed shapes with different species of wood. Each vessel embodies the classic ideals of purity, beautifully grained patterns and thin taut walls. Then Nathan skillfully finishes each vessel to bring out the natural luster of the wood.

Cocobolo Vessel, Mexican wood, 4 ½” x 4 ¾”, 2009

Cocobolo Vessel is a rich brown wood originating from Mexico and stands 4 ½” high by 4 ¾” in diameter.

Masur Birch Vessel, Finnish wood, 5 ¾” x 5 ¼”, 2009

Masur Birch Vessel is a warm taupe and cream wood from Finland and stands 5 ¾” tall and 5 ¼” in diameter.

Each of Nathan’s vessels is able to be displayed independently or as a grouping. Please stop by the gallery to view more of Nathan’s hollow form turnings!

Telling Stories with Julie Buffalohead and Steve Yazzie!

Julie Buffalohead, Sour Cherries, Mixed Media on Paper, 24” x 33 1/2”, 2009

Steve Yazzie, Thalo Cacti, Oil on Canvas, 18” x 16”, 2010 SOLD

Julie Buffalohead (Ponca Nation of Oklahoma) and Steve Yazzie (Navajo/Laguna Pueblo) sent us several stunning works of art for their joint highlight; Telling Stories. Julie’s drawing Sour Cherries and Steve’s painting Thalo Cacti are just two examples of the dynamic selection of work now available in the gallery. Please stop by the gallery to view more work by Julie and Steve!

New art work by G. Peter Jemison!

Raptor, Ink on Paper, 39” x 31 ½”, 2002

Raptor by G. Peter Jemison (Seneca) just arrived! Peter used a deep black ink on stark white paper to distance the Raptor perched a top a limb from the barren winter landscape. The attention to detail in the Raptor’s stoic poise, feathers and talons fill this drawing with movement and elegance. Please stop by the gallery to see more of G. Peter Jemison’s wonderful art work!

Art Post Sedona Saguaro!

Tony Jojola/ Rosemary Lonewolf, Art Post Sedona Saguaro, Clay and Glass, 81", 2009 SOLD

The Berlin Gallery just received a new extraordinary Art Post, Sedona Saguaro. This sculpture is the collaborative work of sculptor Rosemary Lonewolf (Santa Clara Pueblo) and glass artist Tony Jojola (Isleta Pueblo). Tony used a lovely caramel colored glass as the base color then further detailed each organic shape with small green, yellow and white highlights. Rosemary’s clay pieces are a mixture of warm terra cotta colored clay and fine black textured lines which define the saguaro’s ribs. Sedona Saguaro truly embodies Sedona’s gorgeous red rock landscape. Please stop by the gallery to view this glorious sculpture!