Carolyn Concho
Acoma
All My Relations
2 3/4"
H x 5 1/2" D
Carolyn Concho was born in
1963 into the Acoma Pueblo. She was inspired and encouraged to
participate in continuing the long lived tradition of working
with clay by several family members. However, Carolyn credits
her older sister, Marilyn Ray-Lewis, with her decision to become
an artist who only uses natural materials to construct her art
work.
Carolyn specializes in hand
coiled pottery using ancient traditional methods. She gathers
her clay from within the Acoma Pueblo. She soaks the clay, cleans,
mixes, hand coils, sands, paints her designs and fires her pottery
outdoors.
The colors used to paint her
pottery are all derived from natural pigments and minerals also
found within the Acoma Pueblo. Carolyn paints mimbres designs
and animals on her pottery.
She signs her pottery as:
Carolyn Concho, Acoma.
Carolyn is related to the
following artists: Judy Lewis, Diane Lewis (sisters), Kathleen
Lewis (mother), Bernard Lewis (brother), and Sharon Lewis (sisterin-law).
Publications:
-Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000
Artist Biographies
-Southwestern Pottery Anasazi to Zuni
-Southwestern Pottery 1999 Edition
-Beyond Tradition
Awards:
-Heard Museum Art Show 1st
Place
-Santa Fe Indian Market 2nd Place
-Eighth Northern Pueblos Exhibit
-New Mexico State Fair 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Place various years
