Janice Albro (Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe)
Sculptor Janice Albro is an enrolled member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe in Sisseton, South Dakota, and is celebrating her 21st year as a juried artist in the Cherokee Art Market. Albro’s work focuses on Northern Plains traditions and customs. She has competed in professional shows for many years and won awards at the Santa Fe Indian Market, Heard Museum Indian Fair & Market, Eiteljorg Indian Market & Festival and the Cherokee Art Market. She strives to bring honor and pride to her people through her work.
Visions of Eyahotanka » (918) 261-0895 » janicealbro1127@netzero.net »  Booth No. 146 and 147

 

Courtney Biggs (Cherokee/Anishinaabe)
Courtney Biggs refers to her work as the “Voice in the Wood.” She continues, “The wooden bowl is, intentionally, my canvas of choice. The round shape evokes the sacredness of the circle and balance found within life’s cycles. The concave is a womb, an intimate space where creativity and ideas are conceived, born and nurtured. The wood grain acts as the DNA, connecting each piece to land, memory and a living ancestral presence. Each layer of paint is applied with inspiration and I often use a wood burner to reveal the layers of depth and discovery.”
www.voiceinthewood.com »  Booth No. 211

 

Cheyenne Custer (Navajo (Diné))
Jeweler Cheyenne Custer has created stunning new work for Cherokee Art Market, including her Spider Women Bolo, a piece made with Newlander turquoise, 18k gold and sterling silver. “With silver thread, spider women bind the constellations into a new universe,” she says. For a new ring, the artist refers to the shape of the piece, saying it brings “harmony and balance to the Earth, bridging historical methods with contemporary art.”
@cheyenne_custer  »  Booth 113

 

Marcus Frejo (Pawnee/Seminole)
“Two years ago I had a vision—I saw myself beading,” artist Marcus Frejo says. “I opened my eyes and said, ‘I can bead.’ It felt like I’ve been beading my whole life. The ancestors want me to bead. Beading has been healing in a way I’ve never known. The bead, the needle and even the thread can tell you things…It’s a trip. After all these years I can finally have something nice. My inspiration is the ancestors—Turahe, Mvto. I have found it to be very therapeutic and healing. I had a vision and in it beading came to me. I’m super thankful for this gift.”
Queseimc@gmail.com »  Booth No. 206

 

Doris John (Navajo (Diné))
What started as a summer class 30 years ago, “Intro to Pottery,” has developed into an incredible career that includes colorful and intricate etching (sgraffito) of Native designs, motifs and wildlife. As a Colorado resident raised on the Navajo reservation in Arizona, Doris John has incorporated wildlife and traditional designs to create a contemporary style of pottery. Her newest work is titled The Element Vase, in which each animal represents an element.
@dorisjohnart  »  doriskjohn@yahoo.com »  Booth No. 172

 

Jay Laxton (Chickasaw)
Artist Jay Laxton creates art using fused glass, which he turns into vessels and other art objects. “Most of my artwork is inspired my places I’ve lived,” he says. “Be it the sands of West Texas, the Rio Grande Valley, the Texas Coast or the Arbuckle Mountains area of Oklahoma. This particular piece, Blues, is inspired by the Arbuckle Anticline between Davis and Ardmore, Oklahoma, where the sedimentary lines are anything but flat and level.”
@laxton_corner »  Booth No. 179

 

Carrie Moran McCleary (Little Shell Chippewa)
In 2016, artist Carrie Moran McCleary founded Plains Soul to share her unique artistry, including  upcycling and Indigenizing everyday items. McCleary learned to bead and sew from her mothers, discovering at a young age how to customize thrift-store finds and hand-me-downs, transforming them into works of art and expressions of her identity.
www.plainssoul.com  »   @plainssoul »  Booth No.  133

 

Ronda Moss (Cherokee)
Family is key for basket maker Ronda Moss. “I am a mother of three beautiful children and grandmother to nine. My newest work, Mother, was inspired by having my family surrounding each other and being close as we all change and grow,” she says. “We are always close and have each other for support. As a family we are natural like the pine needles and held together by God like the sinew holds the needles.”
cherokeeartbyronda@gmail.com  »  /cherokeebasketry  »  Booth No. 107

 

Traci Rabbit (Cherokee)
This year’s market will feature new works from Traci Rabbit, including two of her newest works, She Holds the Universe and Winds of Wisdom. In Winds of Wisdom, Rabbit paints a woman in an ethereal setting. “Her calm expression suggests a quiet confidence, as if she is listening to something beyond what can be seen,” the artist says. “The flowing forms around her represent the lessons, experiences, and wisdom we gather as we move through life—reminding us to trust our path and allow ourselves to be carried forward.”
@tracirabbit »  Booth No. 136 & 157

 

Karen Sixkiller (Cherokee)
“My art fills a void in me. Growing up…thousands of miles from the reservation, I knew almost nothing about my mother’s side of my family,” artist Karen Sixkiller says. “Learning about authentic Cherokee culture inspires and drives my art; each new morsel of information transforms into physical form. Small, woven bead ‘Cancer Sticks’ started my artistic journey; then ceramic figures, and now large welded or cast-metal public art. Ancient Cherokee stories and artifacts continue to be the touchstones for my work.”
www.karensixkiller.com »  Booth No. 140

 

Gregg Standridge (Choctaw/Cherokee)
Choctaw/Cherokee artist Gregg Standridge has been creating art since 1979. A polymath who has made more than 4,000 wood art pieces, 14 original music albums, written/produced a full-length musical and a novel, Standridge is constantly finding new ways to create. His current technique of hand-cut wood marquetry is influenced by his love of the old Japanese woodblock masters such as Katsushika Hokusai. Standridge was a 2023 Thrive Grant recipient through the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition and the Andy Warhol Foundation.
www.greggstandridgeart.com  »   @greggstandridge »  Booth No. 166

 

Bryon Test (Cherokee)
“I am driven,” painter Bryon Test says. “As a painter, inspiration is not something that I wait on. I am constantly looking for it. Whether it comes in the form of texture, color, a place, a person or an animal—seeking it out is what happens to create the next painting. It is always something that challenges me to become better. I have been fortunate to spend my entire adult life as an artist. First as a wildlife artist, then 27 years as an art professor at a university, and now exploring my roots as a Native American artist while still staying true to my wildlife art background.”
j.bryontestart@gmail.com  »  Booth No. 148

 

Keetahni Tyler (Navajo (Diné))
For her newest piece, Legend • Legacy, Keetahni Tyler focused on her materials. “When selecting stones, sometimes they speak of what they wish to become. In this case, I felt a connection between this piece of natural agate and Shiprock rock. More specifically, a picture could be observed when one sees Shiprock from the northern face of the formation, most notably the agate provided an autumn scenery that helped me with the overall design,” she says. “…Shiprock Rock isn’t noticed right away. I believe one must look closely to notice the hidden features in my work.”
twinwarriorscanvas@yahoo.com  »   @todikozh_jewelry  »   Booth No. 167