Charles Sequevya Loloma (January 7, 1921 — June 9, 1991) was a Hopi Native American artist known for his jewelry. He also worked in pottery, painting and ceramics. A highly influential Native American jeweler during the 20th century, [1] Loloma popularized use of gold and gemstones not previously used in Hopi jewelry.

Charles Loloma (1921-1991) I remember the time before I met Charles Loloma. Lovena would often visit our family in Chicago wearing his stunning jewelry, and I was always captivated by their beauty. In 1981, at 21 years old, I moved to Arizona to work at Lovena’s Gallery in Scottsdale.

Charles Loloma is best known for his innovative compositions, atypical jewelry techniques, the incorporation of unusual stones, and the tremendous impact he had on the generations of artists that followed him. He was born near Hotevilla, Hopi …

Loloma, Charles (1921-1991) Biography. Loloma was a leader in modern Native jewelry design whose innovations made him the most famous and widely collected Indian jeweler of all time. He was born near Hotevilla on Hopi’s Third Mesa and attended Hopi High School where Fred Kabotie led the art program.

Charles Loloma was born near the little village of Hotevilla on Third Mesa of the Hopi Reservation, on January 7, 1921, the son of Rex and Rachael Loloma. He had his early schooling at the Hotevilla Day School. Later he lived with an aunt in Moencopi while attending the Hopi High School in Oraibi.

Hopi Pueblo artist Charles Loloma's impact on Indian jewelry design is unmistakable. He inspired a generation of young artists to express themselves in new and innovative ways. His own creations far exceeded anything being done by any other …

Charles Loloma (Hopi, 1921-1991) was arguably the most influential Native American jeweler of the twentieth century. An artist of astonishing creative energy, he found fame as a jeweler, ceramist, painter, and poet. He traveled extensively and …

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Acknowledged as a pioneer among American Indian artists, Charles Loloma was a man of irrepressible creative energy. His answer to the seeming disparity between the Hopi way of life and the sophisticated world in which he moved was this: "We are a very serious people and have tried hard to elevate ourselves, but in order to create valid art, you ...

Charles Loloma, a Hopi from Hotevilla, is considered a master contemporary Native American artist and is best known for his tufacast and mosaic inlay jewelry. His early bold styles and nontraditional use of materials created a bridge between …