Alfred Aguilar
Sa Wa Pin
Born1933 (age 90–91)
San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico

Alfred Aguilar (born 1933),[1] also called Sa Wa Pin, is a Pueblo-American potter, ceramicist, and painter from the San Ildefonso Pueblo tribe.[2] He is known for his coil-built pottery that is carved or painted, his buffalo figurines, and his clay nacimientos.[3][4] He has sold his work under the Aguilar Indian Arts moniker in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[5] He has been a teacher's aide and classroom instructor at the San Ildefonso pueblo and operates a store on the pueblo.


Aguilar is the son of artists José Angela Aguilar and Rosalie Simbola, both potters. His brother José Vicente Aguilar was a painter as well.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research)". www.getty.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  2. ↑ King, Jeanne Snodgrass (1968). American Indian painters; a biographical directory. Smithsonian Libraries. New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.
  3. ↑ "Alfred Aguilar". Adobe Gallery. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  4. ↑ "Alfred Aguilar - King Galleries - Scottsdale & Santa Fe". Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  5. ↑ Horn, Barbara (1985). Indian, Eskimo, Aleut Owned and Operated Arts and Crafts Businesses: Source Directory. U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board.
  6. ↑ Schaaf, Gregory (2000). Pueblo Indian Pottery: 750 Artist Biographies, C. 1800-present : with Value/price Guide Featuring Over 20 Years of Auction Records. CIAC Press. ISBN 978-0-9666948-1-9.
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