Marcus Amerman Art
Native American, b. 1959
Marcus Amerman is a Choctaw bead artist, painter, fashion designer, and performance artist. He was born in 1959 in Phoenix, Arizona.
At the age of ten, his aunt taught him the techniques of Native American beadwork and he is now renown for his highly realistic beadwork portraits. Amerman has portrayed many historical heroes in his beadwork, such Chief Joseph, pop icons such as Janet Jackson, and imagery inspired by comic superheroes.
He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. He also studied the Institute of American Indian Arts and the Anthropology Film Center.
Amerman's work is in the collections of the George Gustav Heye Center, the National Museum of the American Indian, the American Museum of Natural History, the Heard Museum, the Portland Art Museum, the Sequoyah National Research Center, and the Museum of Arts and Design.
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Kills Enemy, 1988
By Marcus Amerman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marcus Amerman (1959- )
Kills Enemy
1988
Cut Glass Beads
10 inches H. x 10 inches W.
26 inches H. x 26 inches W. x 9 inches D. in frame of structural steel.
Kills Enemy is a unique ...
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"The Delegation Returns, " Acrylic on Canvas Painting by Marcus Amerman, 1987
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