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Name

Oqwa Pi

Alternate name:

Stick Of Masked Dancer

Heritage

San Ildefonso

Tewa

Gender

male

Dates

Lifespan

1899-1971

Date Note

birth date August 1, circa 1899-1902; Montclair Art Museum gives dates as: 1900-1971 as does Wheelwright Museum. Philbrook and Lester gives 1899-1971; death date March 21, 1971

Birthplace

San Ildefonso

New Mexico

Specialty / Medium

painting

watercolor painting

mural

External Remarks

Artist's file in Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, Heard Museum.

Artist represented in the Native American Artists Collection (RC62) of the Heard Museum Archives.

Artist’s physical folder is filed alphabetically in the Native American Artists Resource Collection under the following name:

Oqwa Pi

Artist's work is represented in the object collection of the Heard Museum

Exhibits

A Century of Pueblo Painters: San Ildefonso Pueblo 1900-1999. Adobe Gallery. Santa Fe, New Mexico. March 3, 2017 - April 30, 2017. Group show and sale with the following artists: José Angela Aguilar, Gilbert Atencio, Popovi Da, Tony Da, Luis Gonzales,, Julián Martinez, Richard Martinez, Santana Roybal Martinez, José Encarnacion Peña, Tonita Vigil Peña, Tony Pena, Alfonso Roybal, José Disiderio Roybal, Tonita Roybal, Abel Sanchez, Romando Vigil, and Tomacito Vigil.
Beautiful Resistance II. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. December 2005 - June 2006.
Beautiful Resistance. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. May 22, 2005 - December 2005.
Pueblo Indian Watercolors from the National Museum of Art. National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C. 1994.
A Museum in Action. Newark Museum. Newark, New Jersey. October 31, 1944 - January 31, 1945. Note: organized by the Newark Museum with the assistance of Holger Cahill; Native artists include Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal), O. Howe, Fred Kabotie, Ma-Pe-Wi (Velino Shije), Richard Martinez, Oqwa Pi (Abel Sanchez), Quah Ah (Tonita Pena), Juan Cruz Roybal, Tse-Ye-Mu (Romando Vigil), and Sybil Yazzie.

Fairs and Markets

1937 American Indian Exposition and Congress. American Indian Exposition. Tulsa, Oklahoma. October 21-23, 1937. Note: second annual.

Publications

Found 13 record(s)

Citation	Pages	Publication Date	Artist Citation Notes
Adobe Gallery. A Century of Pueblo Painters: San Ildefonso Pueblo 1900-1999. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Adobe Gallery. 2017.		2017	Catalog of an exhibition and sale show organized by Alexander E. Anthony Jr., Adobe Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Painters include José Angela Aguilar (1898-1965); Gilbert Atencio (1930-1995) Wah-Peen; Popovi Da (1922-1971); Tony Da (1940-2008); Luis Gonzales (1907-1990) Wo-Peen; Julián Martinez (1885-1943) Pocano; Richard Martinez (1904-1987) Opa Mu Nu; Santana Roybal Martinez (c.1891-2002); José Encarnacion Peña (1902-1979) Soqween; Tonita Vigil Peña (1893-1949) Quah Ah; Tony Pena; Alfonso Roybal (1898-1955) Awa Tsireh; José Disiderio (J.D.) Roybal (1922-1978) Oquwa; Tonita Roybal (c.1950-); Abel Sanchez (1899-1971) Oqwa Pi; Romando Vigil (1902-1978) Tse Ye Mu; and Tomacito Vigil (c.1923-?) Po-qui-Tsireh.
American Indian Exposition. American Indian Exposition and Congress, October 21, 22, 23, 1937, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tulsa, Oklahoma: American Indian Exposition. 1937.	9	1937	Catalog of an exhibition and congress organized by American Indian Exposition. Sources and artists represented: Shawnee Agency: Ernest Spybuck, Bennie Jefferson; Marcellus Duncan; Herman Franklin; Osage Agency: Louis Haskell, Marian Revard, Russell Wagoshe, Mary Tall Chief; Kiowa artists: James Auchiah, Stephen Mopope, Spencer Asa; Agency of the Five Civilized Tribes: Cecil Dick, Tony Tonkilla; Navajo Service, Window Rock, Arizona: Andrew Tsinaijginnie; United States Indian School, Santa Fe: Allan Busheyhead, Oscar Howe, Mary Ellen, Ha-so-de, Helena Lo-Mo-Yes-Va, Tony Chapito, Clarence Guiterrez, Louis Naranjo, Juan B. Gutierrez, Jose D. Pecos, Otelateya, Santiago Romero, Joe H. Herrera, Thomas Thompson, Ca-Wa-Stu-Ma, Juan G. Swazo, Pete Vigil, Ultimio Vigil, Ka-Tside, Carlos Garcia, Eva Mirabel, Tonita Lujan, Eloisa Bernal, Pop-Chalee, James Tsoodle, Lorenzo Beard; Bacone College, Bacone: Richard West, Solomon McComb, Alfred Kodaseet, Juan Martinez, Willard Stone, Acee Blue Eagle, Wo
Dini, Jane (editor). Dance: American Art, 1830-1960. Detroit, Michigan: Detroit Institute of Arts. 2016.	73-76	2016	Catalog was published in conjunction with the exhibition The Art of American Dance, Detroit Institute of Arts, March 20, 2016 - June 12, 2016; Denver Art Museum, July 10, 2016 - October 22, 2016; and Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, October 22, 201 - January 16, 2017. Native American artists cited in index include Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal), Walter Bone Shirt, Dolores Purdy Corcoran, Harry Fonseca, Oscar Howe, Oqwa Pi (Abel Sanchez), Quah Ah (Tonita Peña), and Maria Tallchief.
Fawcett, David M. and Lee A. Callander. ~Native American Painting: Selections from the Museum of the American Indian. New York, New York: Museum of the American Indian. 1982.		1982	Catalog of an exhibition.
Hawley, Elizabeth S. "Tonita Peña and the Politics of Pueblo Art". American Art, vol. 35, no. 1 (spring 2021). 2021.	74, 78	2021
Jacobson, O. B. and Jeanne d'Ucel. Les Peintres Indiens d'Amérique. Nice, France: Edition d'art C. Szwedzicki. 1950.		1950	Issued in two volumes with 77 color plates. Includes the following artists: Acee Blue Eagle -- Fred Beaver -- Solomon McCombs -- Cecil Dick -- Franklin Gritts -- Cecil Murdock -- Earle Poodry -- Chief T. Saul -- American Horse -- Spencer Asah -- James Auchiah -- Archie Black Owl -- Woody Bigbow -- Blackbear Bosin -- Allan Bushyhead -- Jesse Davis -- Paul Goodbear -- Jack Hokeah -- Oscar Howe -- George C. Keahbone -- Alfred Kodaseet -- Calvin Larvie -- Stephen Mopope -- Victor Pepion -- Leonard Riddles -- Larry Saupity -- Lois Smoky -- Carl Sweezy -- Marian Terasaz -- Herman Toppah -- Monroe Tsa-To-Ke -- W. Richard West -- Benjamin Gilbert Atencio -- Dempsey Chapita -- Louis Gonzales -- Joe Herrera -- Velino Shije Herrera -- James Humetewa -- Mariana Lujan -- Fred Kabotie -- Julian Martinez -- Eva Mirabal -- Vincente Mirabal -- Geronima Cruz-Montoya -- Walter Mootzka -- Ignacio Moquino -- Adolph Naranjo -- Tonita Pena -- Otis Polelonema -- Ben Quintano -- Alphonso Roybal -- Abel Sanche
Lester, Patrick D. ~The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters. Tulsa, Oklahoma: SIR Publications. 1995.	407	1995	Includes tribal index and bibliographical references.
Matuz, Roger (editor). ~St. James Guide to Native North American Artists. Detroit, Michigan: St. James Press. 1997.	429-431	1997
Newark Museum and Holger Cahill (writer of introduction). A Museum in Action: Presenting the Museum's Activities: Catalogue of an Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture from the Museum's Collections. Newark, New Jersey: Newark Museum. 1944.	56, 149, 182	1944	Catalogue of the exhibition, "A Museum in Action" organized by the Newark Museum with the assistance of Holger Cahill, held the Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, October 31, 1944-January 31, 1945. Cover title: American Paintings and Sculpture. Native artists included, with biography, include Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal), O. Howe, Fred Kabotie, Ma-Pe-Wi (Velino Shije), Richard Martinez, Oqwa Pi (Abel Sanchez), Quah Ah (Tonita Pena), Juan Cruz Roybal, Tse-Ye-Mu (Romando Vigil), and Sybil Yazzie.
Pardue, Diana F. and Norman L. Sandfield. Awa Tsireh, Pueblo Painter and Metalsmith. Phoenix, Arizona: Heard Museum. 2017.	54, 57-60, 62, 64, 66	2017	Publication accompanying an exhibition with the same title and held at the Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, November 4, 2017-July 1, 2018; includes bibliographical references and index.
Rushing, W. Jackson, III. Generations in Modern Pueblo Painting: the Art of Tonita Peña and Joe Herrera. Norman, Oklahoma: Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. 2018.	3	2018	Catalog of the exhibition "Generations in Modern Pueblo Painting" at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, Oklahoma, January 26, 2018 - April 8, 2018. Includes bibliographical references.
Snodgrass, Jeanne O. (compiler). ~American Indian Painters: a Biographical Directory. New York, New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. 1968.	135-136	1968	Issued as vol. 21, part 1 in the series, Contributions from the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
Tanner, Clara Lee. ~Southwest Indian Painting: a Changing Art. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press. 1973.	74, 101-105, 107	1973	Second edition. Includes indexed list of illustrations by artist, bibliographical references, and general index.

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