Shonto Begay: New Works 2022 | Navajo Artist Insights

Shonto Begay: New Works
Opens: February 18, 2022
Listen to artist Shonto Begay discuss his newest body of work now on display at Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery in Tucson, AZ
00:00 - Red Rock Pastoral: Reading the Ravens
01:22 - Skylight Valley
02:17 - Ancestor Prayer
03:16 - Desert Bouquet
04:17 - The Night Forum
05:20 - Blue Winter Majesty
05:57 - Our Mystery, Their Knowledge
07:21 - Mountain Blessing: Gifts of the Mountain
07:58 - The Witness
08:26 - Saturday Night Taunts #2
09:26 - Premonition
10:30 - Frost Awaken
11:07 - Midnight Vigilance
12:31 - Eastern Glow
A professional painter since 1983, Navajo artist Shonto Begay spends his time painting and speaking to audiences of all ages. His artwork has been shown in more than 50 shows in galleries and museums including The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe, the American Indian Contemporary Arts' museum in San Francisco, the Heard Museum, the Booth Museum and the Phoenix Art Museum. Shonto is known for his paintings depicting the Navajo lifestyle, landscape, and spiritual world. Shonto continues to live part-time in a traditional lifestyle at his family hogan in Shonto Arizona.