Michael M. Chiago (b.1946 - )
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Michael M. Chiago (b.1946 - ) Tohono O’odham (Papago)/Maricopa/ Pima
Michael Chiago has quite a list of awards and honors to his credit. He was commissioned to paint murals for the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Terminal, Sacaton (AZ) Memorial Hospital, public schools throughout Arizona, Heard Museum, and for the poster for the inauguration of the Arizona Governor in 1991. He illustrated books for Ruth Underhill and Tom Bahti. Exhibits of his art and collections of his art are too many to list here.
His past life included attending St. John’s Indian School in Arizona in 1964 and Maricopa Community College in 1972. He was in the U. S. Marine Corps and served in Vietnam. He is a commercial artist, dancer and full-time painter since 1970.