biography of Patrick Swazo Hinds SWAZO (1929-1974)

Birth place: Tesuque Pueblo, NM

Addresses: Santa Fe, NM

Profession: Painter, lecturer

Studied: Calif. College Arts & Crafts (B.A.); Mexico City College; AIC

Exhibited: CPLH, 1963; SFMA, 1966; Heard Mus., Phoenix, 1968; Philbrook AC, Tulsa, OK, 1969; Mus. New Mexico Southwest Biennial, Santa Fe, 1970. Awards: first award, Scottsdale Nat. Indian Art Exhib., 1966, 1967, 1970 & 1971; first award, Center Indian Art, Wash., DC, 1968; first award, Heard Mus., Phoenix, 1970.

Work: Oakland (CA) Art Mus.; Am. Indian Hist. Soc., San Fran.; Bureau Indian Affairs, Wash., DC; Heard Mus., Phoenix, AZ; Mus. Northern Arizona, Flagstaff.

Comments: Preferred medium: oils. Publications: illus., The Indian Historian," Dec., 1967. Teaching: instructor in oil painting & sketch class, Arts & Crafts Coop, Inc., Berkeley, CA, 1968-69; lecturer on Indian art, Navajo College, AZ, 1972; lecturer on Indian art, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, 1972.

Sources: WW73; Clara Lee Tanner, The Bialse Collection of Southwest Indian Painting; Dorothy Dunn, American Indian Painting; J.O. Snodgrass, American Indian Painters.