SANTA FE INDIAN MARKET 2024 OFFICIAL ARTIST DIRECTORY

SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO

Peter Ray James

Navajo Nation
Name
Peter James
Booth
PAL N 258
Website
Description

I am a Navajo artist and a Creator of the Navajo Spiritual Fabric Art.I am a 1994 Honors Graduate of IAIA & attended Parsons School of Design in NYC. I debuted my art to the world in 2000.I've sold over 3000 masks & 900 canvases. My art is on album covers, prominent artshow posters, newspaper & magazine covers. Celebrity collectors include Ahmad\Phylicia Rashad, Ted Danson, John Bon Jovi and Wynonna & Naomi Judd.I truly believe my destiny is to be a Storyteller and I am Honored to represent my Navajo Family Name in my Homeland and Abroad through my art. My ideas spawn from a spiritual well that originated my life, my family, my clan, and my religion. My Great Grandparents were in a transitional movement, as I am in this society. In Navajo, the word “linaah,” means Path of Life.It is a journey that braids generations into one symbol and thought.We receive our symbols through prayers and giving. My Navajo name is “NAHATA TITH YIL WOOD.” this translates to “One Who delivers the Message".