The Dictionary of American Studio Ceramics, 1946 Onward
The Dictionary of American Studio Ceramics, 1946 Onward
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1956Born Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
—Studio Potter
Sherry Tafoya is known for deeply incised black and redware pottery. She comes from a long line of Tafoya potters working at Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico. She is a great-granddaughter of Serafina Tafoya, a granddaughter of Christina Naranjo, and is the daughter of Mida Tafoya.
Public Collections
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Bibliography
Dillingham, Rick. Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1994.
Peaster, Lillian and Guy Berger. Pueblo Pottery Families. Schiffer P, 2008.
Schaaf, Gregory. Pueblo Indian Pottery: 750 Artist Biographies. Santa Fe, NM: Center for Indigenous Arts and Culture Press, 2000.
Citation: Clark, Donald. "The Marks Project." Last modified April 28, 2019. http://www.themarksproject.org/marks/tafoya