John Nieto

JOHN NIETO

AMERICAN MASTER July 1-13th Thursday: July 3rd 5:00-7:00 PM

ALTAMIRA FINE ART JACKSON

172 Center Street | Jackson, Wyoming | 307.739.4700 7038 E. Main Street | Scottsdale, Arizona | 480. 949.1256 www.altamiraart.com

Fancy Dancer, Acrylic on Canvas, 40 x 30 inches

JOHN NIETO John Nieto is widely regarded as one of America’s most accomplished, dynamic and exciting contemporary artists. Nieto’s distinctive style, combination of subject matter, expressionist technique, and use of strong color is instantly recognizable and collectors throughout the United States and abroad prize his work. He has produced bronze sculptures, etchings, lithographs and silk- screen prints, in addition to drawings in pastel crayons and charcoal.

The past several years, however, have been devoted almost exclusively to painting. Recent work features his bold use of bright color to evoke and illuminate the essence of the animals and human subjects he chooses. Nieto’s brushwork has become freer and looser in recent years, and he has commented that he is doing some of the truest work of his career. In 2011, at the age of 74, he told Cowboys & Indians Magazine, “At this stage in my life, I’m flooded with ideas for my art.”

In 1981, Nieto participated by invitation in the “Salon d’Autumn” at the Grand Palais, Paris, France, and in 1989 he mounted a one-man show at the Axis Gallery in Tokyo, Japan. Nieto received the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Achievement in the Arts in 1994, and has served on the Advisory Boards for both the Wheelwright Museum and the Native American Preparatory School. He is represented in the New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe, and calls New Mexico his ancestral home.

John Nieto’s work is in the permanent collection of the numerous museums, including the Buffalo Bill Museum/Whitney Gallery of Western Art, National Museum of Wildlife Art, the Booth Western Art Museum, The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin, the New Mexico Museum of Fine For More images from John’ show please visit: Arts, Denver Art Museum, and The Heard Museum. http://www.altamiraart.com/exhibitions/83/works

Coyote Stealth, Acrylic on Canvas, 36 x 36 inches

High Bear, Acrylic on Canvas, 16 x 20 inches

Blackfoot Medicine Man, Acrylic on Canvas, 20 x 16 inches

Apache, Acrylic on Canvas, 20 x 16 inches

George Armstrong Custer, Acrylic on Canvas, 20 x 16 inches

Two Hatchet Kiowa, Acrylic on Canvas, 20 x 16 inches

Buffalo Walking, Acrylic on Canvas, 24 x 20 inches

Birds of a Feather, Acrylic on Canvas, 16 x 20 inches

Medicine Arrow, Acrylic on Canvas, 30 x 40 inches

Plenty Holes, Acrylic on Canvas, 24 x 30 inches

Drama on the Beach, Acrylic on Canvas, 24 x 36 inches

For more information please contact Dean Munn at dean@altamiraart.com or Katherine Harrington at katherine@altamiraart.com or call 307.739.4700 www.altamiraart.com