Anthony Chee Emerson
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Anthony Chee Emerson, (b. May 1, 1963, California) (Navajo) graduated from Rehoboth High School, 1980, attended Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA and the University of New Mexico. He graduated with an Associates of Arts degree from San Juan College in 2004. Emerson is the illustrator of four children’s books; in 2002 he illustrated Native American Health Studies for Teenage Depression Series for John Hopkins's University. He has been commissioned to illustrate the posters for the New Mexico State Libraries, the 2000 Totah Festival, the 1996 Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials 75th Diamond Anniversary, the 1995 Artist and Artistry, the 82nd Navajo Nation Fair and the Rehoboth Christian School centennial event posters.
He has participated in the Santa Fe Indian Market and Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials since 1982 and the Heard Museum Indian Market since 1995. His work is included in the collections of the Heard Museum, the Wheelwright Museum, and the Museum of Indian Art and Culture among others.
Emerson resides in Kirtland, New Mexico.
Awards
- 1996 - First Collograph, Santa Fe Indian Market
- 1996 - First Abstract Acrylic, Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial
- 1997 - First Traditional; Third Contemporary Oil, Santa Fe Indian Market
- 1997 - First & Best in Division Etching, Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial
- 1997 - First Contemporary Oil & Abstract Acrylic, Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial
- 1997 - Best of Division, Works on Paper, Heard Museum Indian Market
- 1998 - First Contemporary Oil & Etching, Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial
- 1998 - Best of Division, Works on Paper, Heard Museum Indian Market
- 1999 - First Traditional, Water based opaque, & Pen and ink, Santa Fe Indian Market
- 2000 - First Traditional, Water based opaque, Third Pen and ink, Santa Fe Indian Market
- 2000 - SWAIA Fellowship Award
- 2001 - Second Traditional & Water based opaque, Santa Fe Indian Market
- 2001 - Best in Division Painting, Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial
- 2002 - Second Traditional & Water based opaque, Santa Fe Indian Market
- 2003 - Honorable Mention Works on Paper, Heard Museum Indian Market
- 2004 - Second Traditional & Water based opaque, Santa Fe Indian Market
- 2005 - First Water based opaque, Second Traditional, Santa Fe Indian Market
Books Illustrated
How the Rattlesnake Got its Rattle, Jeffrey Stoodt, Raintree Steck-Vaughn Pub., 1998.
Songs of Shiprock Fair, Luci Tapahonso, Kiva Publishing, 1999.
First Fire, Marijo Moore, Rigby, 2002.
My Horse, Karen Hjemboe, Lee & Low Books, 2002.
See Also
- The Emerson Gallery in Farmington, New Mexico
