Marcus Amerman, Choctaw Nation Artist
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Marcus Amerman is a Choctaw Nation bead artist, glass artist, painter, fashion designer, and performance artist. He is known for creating highly realistic beadwork portraits. Amerman's exploration of so many different genres of art overlap each other. His beadwork is integrated into clothing design. His outfits are featured in his performance art. His paintings and glasswork use a vivid palette that is found in his beadwork.
He was born in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1959, but grew up in the Pacific Northwest and is living in Idaho State. At the age of 10, his aunt taught him the techniques for Native American beadwork.
He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. He also studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, and at the Anthropology Film Center on Upper Canyon Road in Santa Fe, New Mexico
TAGS: Choctaw Tribe, Jewelry