Charles Supplee, Hopi Pueblo Artist

Charles Supplee (1959- ) is a Hopi Pueblo artist.  Supplee is primarily known as a jeweler, but he also creates bronze sculpture, photography, and paintings.  Supplee was born in Arizona in 1959 to a Hopi Mother and a French father.  He grew up on the Navajo reservation, where his father was a teacher.  After high school, Supplee worked as a silversmith at Arizona Turquoise and Silver Company, and then apprenticed for two years under French jeweler Pierre Touraine.  His unique and beautiful works have won many notable awards.

TAGS: Western Sculpture: Bronze, Hopi Pueblo, Southwest Indian Jewelry