Jody Folwell-Turipa (born 1942, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico) is a Puebloan potter and artist.
One of nine children in the Naranjo family of Santa Clara potters and other artists, Folwell is one of the best-known avant-garde Pueblo potters. Lee Cohen, the late owner of Gallery 10 in Santa Fe and Scottsdale, referred to Folwell as the "first impressionist potter" for her "innovative, off-round, uneven-lipped, asymmetrical polished pots". Folwell is known for her use of social commentary and satire in her pots.[1]
In 1984, she collaborated with Chiricahua Apache sculptor Bob Haozous to create a pot that received the Best of Show award at Santa Fe Indian Market.[2] Fowler's pots are in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian.
Folwell has two daughters, Susan Folwell[3] and Polly Rose Folwell, who are both accomplished potters. In 2009 and 2010 the Heard Museum featured works by all three women in their Mothers & Daughters: Stories in Clay exhibition.[4] Folwell's mother, Rose Naranjo,[5] was also a respected Santa Clara potter.[2]
Of her work, Folwell has said, "I think of each piece as an artwork that has something to say on its own, a statement about life. I think of myself as being a contemporary potter and a traditionalist at the same time. Combining the two is very emotional and exciting to me."[1]
Selected exhibitions
edit- Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists, (2019), Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.[6]
- O' Powa O' Meng: The Art and Legacy of Jodi Folwell, Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA), Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.[7]
See also
edit- Jody Naranjo, Jody Folwell's niece[8]
References
edit- ^ a b Jody Folwell at Pottery by American Indian Women, by Susan Peterson (1998).
- ^ a b Jody Folwell Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine at Heard Museum
- ^ Susan Folwell at American Indian magazine
- ^ Mothers & Daughters: Stories in Clay Archived 2013-01-09 at the Wayback Machine at Heard Museum
- ^ Rose Naranjo at Santa Fe Living Treasures.
- ^ Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists. Seattle : University of Washington Press. 2019.
- ^ "O' Powa O' Meng: The Art and Legacy of Jody Folwell". Minneapolis Institute of Art home. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Jody Naranjo profile at New Mexico Magazine, August 2013
External links
edit| External images | |
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 Jody Folwell at Indian Market, 2009 | |
| Sgraffito birds and spirit birds | |
| Lizards and Wolf | |
| Rabbit Dancer by Susan Folwell (scroll down) |
- Jody Folwell's Personal Gallery
- Jody Folwell, biography and essay by Susan Peterson, 1997
- Jody, Susan and Polly Rose Folwell, "Clay Speaks" at Arizona State Museum
- Avanyu in Color, by Jody Folwell. Judge's Choice Award, 2011, Arizona State Museum