Blessing's Way

Exhibitions, Awards & Bibliography

One-Man Exhibitions (selected)

  • Coffee Gallery, San Francisco, California (1963)
  • Manchester Gallery, Taos, New Mexico (1965, 1966, 1967)
  • University of California, Berkeley (1966)
  • Art Wagon Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona (1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978)
  • Navajo Community College, Many Farms, Arizona (1970)
  • Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona (1971)
  • Gallery of Modern Art, Scottsdale, Arizona (1971)
  • Julian Garcia, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1972, 1973, 1978)
  • Western Art Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1973)
  • Mary Livingston Gallery, Santa Ana, California (1973)
  • Aspen Gallery of Art, Aspen, Colorado (1973, 1974)
  • Stables Gallery, Taos, New Mexico (1973, 1975, 1977)
  • Jamison Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1972, 1973)
  • Women of Taos Portraits, Navajo Gallery, Taos New Mexico (1973)
  • Baylor University, Waco, Texas (1974)
  • Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa (1974)
  • Heritage West, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1975, 1977)
  • Van Straaten Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (1976)
  • Ron Phillips Gallery, San Antonio, Texas (1976)
  • Walton-Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, California (1976, 1977, 1978, 1981)
  • Gallery of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1976)
  • Freeman-Anacker Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana (1976)
  • White Buffalo Gallery, Wichita, Kansas (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983)
  • Marjorie Kaufman Gallery, Houston, Texas (1977, 1980, 1981)
  • Clay Gallery, New York, New York (1977)
  • Santa Fe East, Austin, Texas (1977)
  • Tigua Indian Reservation, El Paso, Texas (1977)
  • Clarke-Benton Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1978)
  • Mary Martin Gallery, Aspen, Colorado (1978)
  • Arizona Arts Commission, Prescott, Arizona (1978)
  • Muirhead Gallery, Costa Mesa, California (1978)
  • Kansas State University; Manhattan, Kansas (1978)
  • Governor’s Exhibit Hall, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1978, 1988)
  • Suzanne Brown Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona (1978, 1979, 1981)
  • Many Horses Gallery, Los Angeles, California (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983)
  • Southwest Art Center, Dallas, Texas (1978)
  • Rosequist Gallery, Tucson, Arizona (1978)
  • Gallery Mack, Seattle, Washington (1978, 1979, 1980, 1985)
  • Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation, New York, New York (1979)
  • Bayard Gallery, New York, New York (1979)
  • Navajo Turquoise Gallery, Paris, France (1980)
  • Southwest II Gallery, Dallas, Texas (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
  • Quail Hollow Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1980, 1983)
  • Hobar Gallery, Santa Barbara, California (1980, 1981, 1982)
  • Enthios Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
  • Impressions II Gallery, Tucson, Arizona (1981, 1983)
  • Squash Blossom Gallery, Highland Park, Illinois (1981)
  • Four Winds Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1981)
  • Westwood Gallery, Portland, Oregon (1981)
  • Ken Phillips Gallery, Denver, Colorado (1981)
  • Now and Then Gallery, East Meadow, New York (1981, 1983)
  • Gallery Hawaii, Maui, Hawaii (1982)
  • Gorman in Deutschland, Galerie Pueblo, Karlsruhe, West Germany (1982)
  • Artistic Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona (1983, 1985, 1988)
  • Gallery Mack, New York, New York (1983)
  • American West Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (1983, 1984, 1985)
  • Adagio Galleries, Palm Springs, California (1983, 1985, 1987)
  • The Art Collector, San Diego, California (1983)
  • Galerie Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, California (1983, 1987)
  • Dagen Bela Gallery, San Antonio, Texas (1983)
  • Galerie Calumet, Heidelberg, Germany (1986, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996)
  • Grycner Gallery, Maui, Hawaii (1987, 1988)
  • Many Horses Gallery, Los Angeles, California (1988)
  • Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, New Mexico (1988)
  • Governor’s Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1988)
  • Steve Stein Gallery, Sherman Oaks, California (1988)
  • Studio 53, New York, New York (1988, 1989, 1991, 1993)
  • Galerie Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, California (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993)
  • Navajo Gallery Old Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico (yearly 1988-1996)
  • Rio Grande Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico (yearly 1988-1996)
  • Navajo Gallery, Taos, New Mexico (yearly since 1968)
  • Avanti Gallery, San Francisco, California (1988, 1990)
  • Joan Cawley Gallery, Wichita, Kansas (1988, 1992)
  • Sunbird Gallery, Los Altos, California (1988, 1993)
  • Artistic Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona (1988, 1991, 1993)
  • Grycner Gallery, Lahaina, Hawaii, (1989)
  • Kaufman Gallery, Houston, Texas (1989)
  • Adagio Gallery, Palm Springs, California (1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)
  • Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1990)
  • Gilbert Ortega Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona (1990, 1991)
  • Sunset Gallery, Lahaina, Hawaii (1990, 1991, 1992)
  • American West, Chicago, Illinois (1991, 1993)
  • Gallery Mack, Seattle, Washington (1991, 1993, 1994)
  • Gomes Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri (1992, 1994)
  • Stables Gallery: R.C. Gorman—The Early Years, Taos, New Mexico (1993)
  • Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona (1993)
  • Adobe East, Summit, New Jersey (1993)
  • Rio Grande West, Scottsdale, Arizona (1993)
  • El Taller Gallery, Austin, Texas (1994)
  • Studio W, El Paso, Texas (1994)
  • Patla’s American West, Chicago, Illinois (1994)
  • Joan Cawley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona (1996)
  • Nizhoni Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1997)
  • East West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii (1998)
  • Four Winds Gallery, Sydney, Australia (1998)

Museum Exhibitions (selected)

  • Museum of Indian Arts, San Francisco, California (1966)
  • Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona (1969)
  • Gorman/Scholder Exhibit, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1973)
  • Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1975)
  • Navajo Nation Museum, Window Rock, Arizona (1975)
  • Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1975, 1979)
  • Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, Arizona (1977)
  • Fuller Art Museum, Los Alamos, New Mexico (1978)
  • Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, New Mexico, (1978, 1983, 1988)
  • Musee Municipal St. Paul de Vence, France (1979)
  • Old Jail Foundation, Albany, Texas (1982)

Awards

  • All American Indian Days Arts Exhibition, Sheridan, Wyoming, First Award
  • American Indian Artists, First Annual Exhibition, Kaiser Center, Oakland, California, Grand Award
  • Center of Arts for Indian America, Washington, D.C., Honorable Mention
  • Center of Arts for Indian America, Washington, D.C., Honorable Mention
  • Heard Museum Indian Arts and Crafts Show, Phoenix, Arizona, First Award and Honorable Mention
  • National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, First, Second and Third Awards
  • New Mexico Fiesta Biennial, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Honorable Mention
  • Philbrook Indian Art Exhibition, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, First, Second and Third Awards
  • Scottsdale National Indian Arts Exhibition, Scottsdale, Arizona, First, Second and Third Awards
  • Tanner’s All Indian Invitational Potter and Painting Show, First Prize in Drawing (1974)

Honors

  • Key to the City of El Paso, Texas
  • Key to the city of San Antonio, Texas
  • Key to the City of Houston, Texas
  • Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, College of Ganado, Ganado, Arizona (1978)
  • R.C. Gorman Day, State of New Mexico (January 8, 1979)
  • Doctorate of Humane Letters, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico (1980)
  • R.C. Gorman Day, San Francisco, California (March 18, 1986)
  • Humanitarian Award in Fine Art, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (May 1986)
  • Key to the City of Scottsdale, Arizona (1988)
  • New Mexico’s Governor’s Award of Excellence (1988)
  • Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona (1995)
  • Alumnae of the Year Award, National Association of Colleges and Universities (November 1993)
  • Honorary United Nations 50-year Chairman for New Mexico (1995)
  • Camino Real Award, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1995)
  • Los Amigos del Turismo Cultural Award, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1996)

Appointments

  • Board Member: Pacific Northwest Indian Center, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington
  • Board Member: Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Fellow: Kellogg Fellowship Screening Committee, Navajo Health Authority, Window Rock, Arizona
  • Member: Four Corners States Art Conference
  • Standards Committee: Juror, New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Board Member: Taos Festival of Music, Taos, New Mexico
  • Board Member: Music at Angel Fire, Angel Fire, New Mexico
  • Board Member, College of Ganado, Ganado, Arizona

Bibliography

Books

  • Ben Q. Adams/Richard Newlin: R.C. Gorman—The Complete Graphics. Taos Editions, Ltd., 1988.
  • Dooley, Virginia: Nudes & Foods, Gorman Goes Gourmet. Flagstaff, Northland Press. 1981.
  • Dooley, Virginia: Nudes & Foods, Volume II. Navajo Gallery, 1989.
  • Dooley, Virginia: Nudes & Foods, In Good Taste. Clear Light, 1994.
  • Gorman, R.C.: The Radiance of My People. Santa Fe Fine Arts, 1992.
  • Green, Mary Beth: The Drawings. Flagstaff, Northland Press, 1982.
  • Chuck Henningsen/Stephen Parks: R.C. Gorman—A Portrait. Boston Little, Brown & Co., A New York Graphic Society Book, 1983.
  • Herman, Spring: R.C. Gorman: Navajo Artist. Enslow Publishers, 1995.
  • Hurst, Tricia: The Posters. Flagstaff, Northland Press, 1980.
  • Monthan, Doris: R.C. Gorman—The Lithographs. Flagstaff, Northland Press, 1978.
  • Monthan, Doris: R.C. Gorman: A Retrospective. Flagstaff, Northland Press, 1990.
  • Ligidakis, Nikos: The Power of His Brush. Inkwell Books, 2017

Inclusions (Books)

  • Bahti, Tom: Southwestern Indian Arts and Crafts. Flagstaff, K.C. Publications, 1966.
  • Brody, J.J.: Indian Painters and White Patrons. Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 1971.
  • Counter, Constance and Tani, Karl: Palette in the Kitchen. Santa Fe, Sunstone Press, 1974.
  • Findley, Rowa: Great American Deserts. Washington, D.C. National Geographic Society, 1972.
  • Gridley, Marion E., ed. and comp.: Indians of Today. 4th edition, revised, Chicago, I.C.F.P., Inc., 1971.
  • Highwater, Jamake: Song from the Earth: American Indian Painting. Boston, New York Graphic Society, 1976.
  • Klein, Bernard and Icolari, Daniel, eds.: Encyclopedia of the American Indian. New York, K.B. Klein & Co., 1967.
  • Masterworks from the Museum of the American Indian. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1973. Front and back covers feature Gorman art.
  • Milton, John R., ed.: The American Indian Speaks. Vermillion, S.D., Dakota Press, University of South Dakota, 1969.
  • Monthan, Guy and Doris: Art and Indian Individualists: The Art of Seventeen Contemporary Southwestern Artists and Craftsmen. Flagstaff, Northland Press, 1975.
  • Morrill, Claire: A Taos Mosaic. Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 1973.
  • 100 Years of Native American Painting. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Museum of Art, 1978.
  • Rosen, Kenneth, ed.: The Man to Send Rain Clouds: Contemporary Stories by American Indians. Viking Press, 1974. Illustrated by R.C. Gorman and Aaron Yava. Short story by Gorman.
  • Snodgrass, Jeanne O.: American Indian Painters: A Biographical Directory. New York, Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1968.
  • Tanner, Clara Lee: Southwest Indian Painting: A Changing Art. 2nd ed. rev., Tucson, University of Arizona Press, 1973.
  • Who’s Who in America. Chicago, Marquis Who’s Who, Inc., 1976-77.
  • Who’s Who in American Art. New York and London: Jacques Cattell Press, R. Bowker Co., 1973, 1976.
  • Who’s Who in the World. Chicago, Marquis Who’s Who, Inc., 1976-77.
  • Who’s Who in the West. Chicago, Marquis Who’s Who, Inc., 1976-77.
  • Wold, Miriam Ross: How to Feed a Starving Artist Cookbook. Montana Press Publishing Co., 1983.
  • Greenberg, Henry and Georgia: Carl Gorman’s World. Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 1984. Reprinted by Clear Light, 1986.