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John Coleman biography:

A native Southern Californian, John Coleman has become a well-known Southwest sculptor of Indian figure work.  In October, 2001, he was elected to the Cowboy Artists of America, an organization dedicated to stylistic realism and western themes in the tradition of Charles Russell and Frederick Remington.  In 2009, John Coleman was elected President of the CAA.

In CAA exhibitions, he has won numerous awards including in 2009, the Kieckhefer Award for Best of Show and Artists’ Choice.  In 2002, 2004, 2005, and 2007, he received the Sculpture Award, and in 2006, the Ray Swanson Memorial Award.  He has been part of the Cowboy Artists of America mentoring program for aspiring western artists established by the Joe Beeler CA Foundation.  This project includes a workshop teaching program at the Scottsdale Artists School.

John Coleman’s entries in the 2009 Cowboy Artists of America exhibition at the Phoenix Art Museum included a bronze depiction of a Mandan Indian figure involved in The Game of Arrows.  It was based on a theme that painter George Catlin had explored in the early 1830s, and referred to archery competitions among distinguished Mandan archers.

Coleman grew up “against the background of the surfing culture” but was much more interested in art and history, and had a special fascination for western movies.  He began making money at age fifteen by doing illustration and construction, and at age twenty, moved to Prescott, Arizona where he found source material for his fascination with the cowboy mentality of early Arizona and with Indian culture.

In Coleman’s later twentieth-century pieces, he has done many nude classical figures combined with Indian mythology themes.  His working method is to envision the completed piece before starting, and generally to focus on one sculpture at a time.  In 1994, he took several pieces of sculpture to the Celebration of the Arts exhibition venue in Scottsdale, where he was successful, and since then, each year he has done over one-hundred pieces, most of them with Indian motifs.

In June, 2009, Coleman, who is a member of the National Sculpture Society, celebrated his fifth year as a participant in the Prix de West exhibition at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.  He also won the James Earle Fraser Sculpture Award and the Nona Joan Hulsey Buyers’ Choice Award.

In April 2010, the Gilcrease Museum is hosting a retrospective exhibition of Coleman’s work.

Sculpture:

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John Coleman Walks Like A Living Prayer Native American woman girl female portrait feminine courting western bronze sculpture

“Walks Like A Living Prayer”
John Coleman
bronze  #7/35
29″ H x 21″ W x 11″ D
$8,200

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John Coleman Stella By Starlight nude naked woman figure figurative bronze sculpture side

“Stella By Starlight”
John Coleman
Bronze  #17/35
10″ H x 29″ W x 17″ D
$4,500

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John Coleman Little Medicine Girl Native American Indian female figure figurative western bronze sculpture sold

“Little Medicine Girl”
John Coleman
bronze – 15 1/2″ H x 12″ W x 6″ D
edition of 35
SOLD

 

John Coleman The Greeter Black Moccasin Hidatsa Chief Native American Indian male warrior pipe western bronze sculpture sold

“The Greeter – Black Moccasin Hidatsa Chief”
John Coleman
bronze – 24″ H x 18 1/2″ W x 10″ D
edition of 35
SOLD

 

John Coleman Little Hopi Clowns Native American Indian girl doll western bronze sculpture sold

“Little Hopi Clowns”
John Coleman
bronze – 21″ H x 10″ W x 7″ D
edition of 35
SOLD

 

John Coleman Four Bears Native American Indian bust hatchet axe warrior buffalo robe leader elder western bronze scultpure side sold

“Four Bears”
John Coleman
bronze – 15 1/2″ H x 7 1/2″ W x 5 1/2″ D
edition of 50
SOLD

 

John Coleman Calling The Fathers Native American Indian mystical dream vision figure figurative western bronze sculpture sold

“Calling The Fathers”
John Coleman
Bronze  edition of 25
41 1/2″ H x 14 1/2″ W x 12 1/2″ D
SOLD

 

“Silver Buttons”
John Coleman
bronze – 16″ H x 9″ W x 6″ D
edition of 50
SOLD

 

John Coleman Big Soldier Native American Indian western bronze sculpture

“Big Soldier”
John Coleman
bronze – 20″ H x 13″ W x 11″ D
edition of 35
SOLD

 

John Doelman Little Pow Wow Girl Native American Indian girl young woman western bronze sculpture sold

“Little Pow Wow Girl”
John Coleman
bronze  edition of 75
14″ H x 5″ W x 4″ D
SOLD

 

John Coleman "Into The Unknown" Native American bronze sculpture

“Into The Unknown”
John Coleman
bronze – 16″ H x 11″ W x 8″ D
edition of 35
SOLD

 

John Coleman Little Hopi Clowns bronze Native American girl sculpture

“Little Hopi Clowns”
John Coleman
bronze – 21 1/2″ H x 9″ x 8″
edition of 35
SOLD

 

John Coleman Distant Thunder bronze sculpture Native American

“Distant Thunder”
John Coleman
bronze – 14″ H x 7″ W x 5″ D
edition of 75
SOLD

 

John Coleman Summer Blossom Joe Native American sculpture

“Summer Blossom Joe”
John Coleman
bronze – 14″ H x 6″ W x 5″ D
edition of 25
SOLD

 

John Coleman The Wedding Couple Native American Indian man woman warrior squaw western bronze sculpture front sold

“The Wedding Couple”
John Coleman
bronze – 27″ H x 12″ W x 11″ D
edition of 35
SOLD

 

John Coleman Flute's Proposal Native American man woman engagement relationship love ceremony western bronze sculpture sold

“Flute’s Proposal”
John Coleman
bronze  #11/35
16″ H x 9″ W x 13″ D
SOLD

 

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Biography courtesy of AskART.com

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