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R.C. Gorman

R.C. Gorman was born in Chinle, Arizona in 1931.  His father was Carl Gorman, a noted Navajo painter and teacher who later became a Code Talked in World War II.

Gorman grew up in a traditional Navajo Hogan and began drawing at the age of three.  His grandmother helped raise him, recounting Navajo legends and telling him of his genealogy of artist ancestors.  This was the start of his desire to become an artist.  While tending sheep in Canyon de Chelly with his aunts, he used to draw on rocks, sand and mud.  His earliest clay sculptures were of Mickey Mouse and Shirley Temple.  After high school, Gorman served in the Navy and then entered Northern Arizona University where he majored in literature and minored in art.

In 1958, he received the first scholarship from the Navajo Tribal Council to study outside the U.S. And enrolled in the art program at Mexico City College, where he learned and was influenced by the work of Diego Rivera.

Gorman moved to Taos, New Mexico in 1968 where he lived until his death in 2005.

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