Marcus Amerman is a Choctaw bead artist, glass artist, painter, fashion designer, and performance artist, living in Idaho.
12 Facts About Marcus Amerman
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Marcus Amerman is known for his highly realistic beadwork portraits.
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Marcus Amerman was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1959 but grew up in the Pacific Northwest.
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Marcus Amerman earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.
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Marcus Amerman studied the Institute of American Indian Arts and the Anthropology Film Center.
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Marcus Amerman has even create giant beads out of glass.
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Marcus Amerman has portrayed many historical heroes in his beadwork, such as Lloyd Kiva New; as well a pop icons, such as Janet Jackson, and imagery inspired by comic superheroes is a current running throughout his work.
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Marcus Amerman's paintings are expressive and often reflect his Choctaw roots, with Mississippian imagery.
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Marcus Amerman's work is in such public collections as 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 in Little Rock, Arkansas, and the Museum of Arts and Design.
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Marcus Amerman is the only artist to have his beadwork featured in Playboy magazine.
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In 2008, Marcus Amerman was a Hauberg Fellow at the Pilchuck Glass School and artist-of-residence there in 2008.
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Marcus Amerman's brother, Roger Marcus Amerman, is an award-winning beadworker, inspired by Southeastern Woodland designs.