Dawavendewa - Matted Prints

Gerald grew up in the Hopi village of Munqapi and the Cherokee woods of Oklahoma. Gerald's interest in art led to a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art from the University of Arizona in Tucson. After completing his degree, Gerald worked with the Arizona State Museum as an exhibit specialist and interned with the National Museum of American Indian, Smithsonian Institute. His internship led to a children's book entitled "The Butterfly Dance", in which Gerald is Author and Illustrator. His work includes a Hopi mural that is part of the permanent collection at the Arizona State Museum, which also accepted a design that is now the official logo for this 124-year-old-plus institution. In 1994, he created artwork depicting the cosmos sent aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor. For the U of A's new Student Union Complex, Gerald created a series of panels containing native imagery forming the main staircase. Recent work includes his new book entitled "Codex Taawa" which is available through Native Seeds/SEARCH.