KELLY HANEY Tribal Affiliation: Sac & Fox, Wichita & Tonkawa Contact Exhibit C Native Gallery & Gifts for pricing
Kelly Haney is an internationally recognized artist who has exhibited throughout the United States, England, Austria and Asia. He works primarily in both small and monumental scale, commission-based sculpture. His art has received many awards and recognition. Haney has received the title of Master Artist of the Five Civilized Tribes. In addition to decades of success as a painter, Kelly became the highly esteemed creator of the 22-foot, bronze sculpture entitled The Guardian that was chosen to top the Oklahoma State Capitol dome. Kelly has seven, seven-foot replicas of The Guardian at various businesses and college campuses throughout the State of Oklahoma.
Haney was commissioned to create the Chickasaw Warrior at the Chickasaw Nation Headquarters in Ada, OK and the Standing His Ground sculpture in the Enoch Kelly Haney Center foyer at Seminole State College in Seminole, OK. Kelly has also created roundels for the Chickasaw Nation Cultural Center and the State House of Representatives and State Senate Chambers at the Oklahoma Sate Capitol. His latest monumental sculpture is a 12-foot bronze of the Chickasaw Horse and Warrior. It was installed during spring of 2013 at Remington Park in Oklahoma City, OK. These pieces form an extraordinary repertoire of sculptures from an artist who was never formally trained in sculpting and started at the age of six using the red clay from his front yard to create a bust of Abraham Lincoln.
Haney was professionally trained in painting by Dr. Dick West at Bacone College in Muskogee, OK. Kelly was the recipient of a Rockefeller Scholarship to the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ, and graduated with a minor in religion from Oklahoma City University in Oklahoma City, OK, with a degree in fine arts.
1. “The Guardian” / Bronze Sculpture / 23H x 9W 2. “Standing His Ground” / Bronze Sculpture / 37.5H x 20.5W 3. “Mark of the Knife” / Bronze Sculpture / 17.75H x 27.75W 3
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