Abeita, Jim
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Born in Crownpoint, New Mexico, Jim Abeita started drawing on grocery sacks at the age of 3. He went to high school in Gallup, New Mexico and Salt Lake City. After high school, attended the American Academy of Art in Chicago, a two year course that he completed in nine months. He lived in Chicago for several years, and in the late 1970s went back to the Navajo Reservation in Arizona where he began painting full time. Abeita has won numerous awards nationwide.
There, encouraged by his wife, he began selling his paintings and won awards in major art shows.
