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Matthew Bearden

Matthew Bearden

Matthew Bearden is a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. When he was a senior in high school, the school asked him to draw the school mascot for the cover of the yearbook. The mascot for Hominy, Oklahoma High School is the Osage Brave. Bearden has stated that drawing the mascot “is what essentially got me into Native American subject matter.” Bearden lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. Bearden is a graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Pawnee

Pawnee is based upon an old black and white photograph. Matthew Bearden lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. Matthew is a graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico....

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Pawhuska II

Pawhuska II was an Osage Chief in the early 1800s. Matthew Bearden took an old black and white photograph of the chief and created a starkly realistic image of the Osage chief. Matthew lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. Matthew is a graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico....

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Osage Man

Matthew Bearden lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. Matthew is a graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, Oklahoma....

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Untitled (Indian Portrait)

Matthew Bearden lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. Matthew is a graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, Oklahoma....

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Rebirth

Matthew Bearden contemplates new beginnings in this bold piece. Matthew lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. Matthew is a graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico....

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Fine Lands in the West

In this piece, Matthew Bearden crafts his artistic interpretation of Oklahoma history. This painting is based upon a 1911 Department of Interior poster which promoted the sale of Indian land. Matthew lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. Matthew is a graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico....

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Shades of the Past

Matthew Bearden's Shades of the Past combines a bleak landscape with a contemplative subject wearing "Skins" shades. Matthew lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. Matthew is a graduate of the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico....

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