Quanah Parker Burgess is from the Quahada (Antelopes or Antelope Eaters) and Penateka (Wasps) Band of Comanches. He is named after his great- great grandfather Quanah Parker, the last war chief of the Comanches. Burgess was born in Oklahoma, but has lived on several different Indian reservations, including the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona and the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana. He graduated from the Santa Fe Indian School in 1993 and also attended the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. Burgess’s art is characterized by bold colors and characters. His work is included in the permanent collection of the Comanche National Museum in Lawton, Oklahoma.