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Virgil Nez Shaking Yei 8x10 Print Navajo Native American Art Signed
Virgil Nez Shaking Yei 8x10 Print Navajo Native American Art Signed

Virgil Nez Shaking Yei 8x10 Print Navajo Native American Art Signed

$ 5.28

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Modified Item: Yes
  • Condition: New
  • Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Tribal Affiliation: Navajo

    Description

    Virgil Nez - Shaking Yei - 8x10 Print purchased from Virgil at one of our in store art shows. Virgil can be found on the internet and Facebook if you are interested in his work. Exhibits at art shows in Arizona. His bio follows below. Shipped first class or priority mail. Selling other prints and will combine shipping. Originals available as well on images not shown here. Please inquire if interested and I will list.
    Virgil Julis Nez was born in Pinon, Arizona, on the Navajo Reservation.  He has received many awards for his drawings and paintings, which depict beautiful landscapes, Native American figures, and ceremonial imagery.
    63 Born in Pinon on the Navajo Reservation in Northern Arizona
    1983-1985 Studies in Architecture and Fine Arts at Mesa Community College
    1991 Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree in Illustration and Painting, Northern Arizona University
    1991 First place in painting category at Navajo Nation Fair.
    1992 Best of Division in Painting at the Navajo Show, Museum of Northern Arizona, with "Ye'noloo'shi" ("TheShapeshifter"), 4'x8' oil on stretched canvas
    First place at annual poster exhibition, Pueblo Grande Museum Indian Market in Phoenix, Arizona
    1993 First place in oil painting, first place in watercolor painting, and first place in pastel drawing at The Navajo Show in Flagstaff, Arizona
    1994 First place at annual poster exhibition, Pueblo Grande Museum Indian Market in Phoenix, with "The Scent Of The Coming Rain"
    Appeared in Arizona Highways Magazine, November edition, with "Three Generational Yei's", 4'x8' oil on stretched canvas
    Featured in the book "Enduring Traditions" by Lois and Jerry Jacka
    1995 Best of Division, painting category, at the Navajo Show in Flagstaff
    1996 First place in oil painting at Santa Fe Indian Market
    2001 First and second place in watercolor painting at the Navajo Show in Flagstaff, Museum of Northern Arizona
    Merit Award in oil painting for "Shapeshifter". The University of Kansas Museum of Anthropology, Lawrence, Kansas
    2002 Honorable mentioning at Heard Museum Indian Market
    Exhibition and presentation at Galerie Kokopelli in Moenchengladbach, Germany
    Publication of bi-lingual calendar in Navajo and English
    2003 First place at Santa Fe Indian Market in pastel medium, 2003.
    2004 Second place award in pastel drawing at Eiteljorg Musuem at Indianapolis, Indiania (June 2004)
    First Place in mixed-medium award at World Arts Festival at Prescott, Arizona (2004).
    Featured artist for Litchfield Park, Arizona Art Festival and appeared in Arizona Republic newspaper (2004).
    2005 Featured artist at American Indian Artist of America Indian Market at Scottsdale, AZ. February 2005.
    Award of Excellence at South West Indian Art Fair, Arizona State Musuem, Annual Tucson Indian Market, March 2005.
    Honorable Mentioning at Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market, June 2005.
    First Place in all drawing category at Santa Fe Indian Market, August 2005