Benjamin Harjo, Jr. | Absentee Shawnee & Seminole

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Caption: Benjamin Harjo, Jr.

Benjamin Harjo, Jr., is one of the nation's preeminent American Indian artists, often referred toas the "Picasso of Native American art." He studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts and Oklahoma State University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1974. Harjo has received dozens of prestigious honors and awards during a career that has spanned more than 40 years. Museums and private collectors alike treasure his work, which can be viewed in public collections at the Fred E. Brown Collection at the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Red Earth Art Center, Gilcrease Museum, Wheelright Museum, and the National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian Institute. He is Seminole and Absentee Shawnee.

Life is a Puzzle Gouache on Paper, 26" x 24" Framed, 1999