AWARD WINNER! RHONDA HOLY BEAR "LAKOTA HONOR" DOLL

AWARD WINNER! Rhonda Holy Bear (Born 1959) "Lakota Honor" Doll. Rhonda Holy Bear (Cheyenne River Lakota, b. 1959) is a renowned Native American artist celebrated for her exceptionally detailed sculptural figures and contemporary interpretations of traditional Plains dollmaking. Drawing upon Lakota history, family stories, and cultural traditions, Holy Bear creates intricate works incorporating carved wood, hide, hair, feathers, porcupine quillwork, and painstaking glass micro-beading. Influenced by her grandmother, Angeline Holy Bear, the artist views her figures as visual storytellers and a means of preserving Indigenous history and cultural knowledge. Her historically informed clothing and regalia demonstrate extraordinary technical skill, with individual materials and decorative elements carrying cultural and narrative significance. Holy Bear's work has been exhibited and collected by major institutions, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, the Denver Art Museum, and Chicago's Field Museum. Over a career spanning more than four decades, she has received numerous honors and is recognized as an important contemporary Native American artist whose work bridges traditional Lakota dollmaking, fine art sculpture, and cultural storytelling. Ref: BD1558

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