Timothy Bedah
Timothy Bedah (October 4, 1945 – June 18, 2017) was a Navajo American painter and goldsmith born in Tohatchi, New Mexico. He exhibited his work across the United States. Bedah is known for his silver and gold jewelry, including rings, bracelets, and buckles, for which he won a number of awards.
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Timothy Bedah
- Name
- Timothy Bedah
- Born
- 4 October 1945
- Birthplace
- Tohatchi, New Mexico, US
- Died
- 18 June 2017
- Place of death
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
- Occupation
- painter, goldsmith
- Nationality
- United States
- Education
- Gallup High School
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Timothy Bedah (October 4, 1945 – June 18, 2017) was a Navajo American painter and goldsmith born in Tohatchi, New Mexico. He exhibited his work across the United States. Bedah is known for his silver and gold jewelry, including rings, bracelets, and buckles, for which he won a number of awards.
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He was a promising art student as a child, excelling in painting and music. After graduating from Gallup High School in 1965, he was a guitarist and drummer in a country music band. He worked for a time at Carson's Trading Post in Gallup, New Mexico, where he learned how to silversmith. In the mid-1970s he began working with gold. Bedah died in 2017 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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• Name — Timothy Bedah • Born — 4 October 1945 • Birthplace — Tohatchi, New Mexico, US • Died — 18 June 2017 • Place of death — Albuquerque, New Mexico, US • Burial Place — Tohatchi Cemetery, Tohatchi, New Mexico • Citizenship — Navajo Nation, American • Occupation — painter, goldsmith
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- 1.King, Jeanne Snodgrass. American Indian painters; a biographical directory. New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. 16. 1968.
- 2.Tim Bedah--Navajo. www.sacredbearjewelry.com.
- 3.State Fair Results. Albuquerque Journal. 54. 1985-09-18.
- 4.Lester, Patrick D. (Patrick David). The biographical directory of Native American painters. Tulsa, OK : SIR Publications; Norman, OK : Distributed by University of Oklahoma Press. 1995. 978-0-8061-9936-8.
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