Harry Fonseca

Public Collections

Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Augustana College Art Museum, Rock Island, IL
Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA
Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
California State Parks Collection, Sacramento, CA
Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Casino Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN
Eskenazi Museum of Art - Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN
Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK
Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
Gorman Museum of Native American Art, UC Davis, Davis, CA
Heard Museum, Phoenix AZ
Herbert Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell 
University, Ithaca, NM
Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI
Hood Museum, Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
Horseman Foundation, St. Louis, MO
Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, UC Davis, Davis, CA
Linden Museum, Berlin
Maidu Museum, Roseville, CA
Mashantucket Pequot Museum, Ledyard, CT
Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI
Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Musee d’ ethnographie de Genève, Geneva
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
Philbrook Museum of Art, Salem, MA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Exhibitions and Collections Center, Sacramento, CA
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin
State Indian Museum, Sacramento, CA
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ
University Museum, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
University of Arizona College of Fine Arts Museum, Tucson, AZ 
University of Lethbridge Museum, Lethbridge, CA
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Washington States Arts Commission, Olympia, WA
Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Yosemite Natural History Association, Yosemite

Solo Exhibitions

2025 "Harry Fonseca: Olé Ham Nees: We Call Him Coyote Exhibition Subtitle Harry Fonseca Works from the Shingle Springs Band Collection," Gorman Museum of Native American Art, UC Davis, Davis, CA
2024 "Harry Fonseca: Transformations," Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2023 “Harry Fonseca: Coyote Is,” Babst Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 "Celebrating the Life and Work of Harry Fonseca," Arthur F. Turner Community Library, Sacramento, CA
2021-2023 "Harry Fonseca: Stone Poem #4," Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, CA
2019 “Harry Fonseca: When Coyote Leaves the Res,” Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles
2018-2019 “Harry Fonseca: the Art of Living.” Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. Indianapolis, IN.
2010 “Harry Fonseca: In the Silence of the Dusk.” Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Santa Fe, NM
2009 "Harry Fonseca: An Artist's Journey," Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2006 “Fonseca's Coyote: Living With the Trickster,” Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO.
2004 "California Stories" Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
2004 “Fonseca.” Institute of American Indian Arts Museum. Santa Fe, NM
2003 "New Paintings," Smithsonian, The National Museum of the American Indian, New York City, NY 
2000 “Harry Fonseca,” LewAllen Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 
1999 "Stone Poems," Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest, CA 
1999 "Stone Poems and Other Works," Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, CA 
1998 "The Discovery of Gold in California," Oakland Museum of CA 
1998 “Indian Humor”. George Gustave Heye Center, National Museum of the American Indian. New York, NY
1996 "Earth, Wind and Fire," Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, NM 
1996 “Harry Fonseca,” Cline Lew Allen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM 
1996 “The Fonseca Studio Presents a Special Showing of Paintings Depicting Flute Players Taken from Petroglyphs in the Santa Fe Area.” Fonseca Gallery. Santa Fe, NM
1995 “Harry Fonseca: the Utah ‘Rock Art’ Sketchbooks and Special Video by George Wessler. “ Fonseca Studio/Gallery. Santa Fe, NM
1994-95 "New Work," Fonseca Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 
1993 “Harry Fonseca,” East Hawaii Cultural Center Gallery, Hilo, HI 
1993 "Paintings and Works on Paper," The Fonseca Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 
1992 "Ceremonial Dance Figures of North Central California," California State Indian Museum, Sacramento,CA
1992 "The Discovery of Gold and Souls in California," Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA 
1992 “Harry Fonseca,” Galerie Calumet, Heidelberg, Germany 
1992 "Fonseca 92," American Indian Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA 
1992 "A Gift from California: the Maidu Creation Story," Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA 
1991 "Stone Poems," American Indian Community House Gallery, New York, NY 
1991 "Rock-Art-Felsenkunst," Galerie Calumet, Heidelberg, Germany
1991 “Harry Fonseca, Painter,” Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. San Francisco, CA.
1990 "Harry Fonseca," Quail Plume Studios, Santa Fe, NM
1990 "Harry Fonseca: New Paintings," Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990 “Stone Poems: New Paintings by Harry Fonseca,” Southwest Museum. Los Angeles, CA. 
1990 "Coyote Steps Out," Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA 
1990 " Stone Poems and Magic Boxes," Quail Plume Studio, Sacramento, CA 
1989 “Stone Poems,” Galerie Calumet. St.-Anna-Gasse. Heidelberg, Germany
1990 "Coyote Steps Out: Works by Harry Fonseca," Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA
1990 "Stone Poems," Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV 
1990 "New Paintings, Ancient Sources," Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA 
1990 "Harry Fonseca: An Installation," La Raza\Galeria Posada, Sacramento, CA 
1990 "Harry Fonseca," Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH
1989 "Stone Poems," Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, CA 
1989 "Steingedichte und Coyoten," Galerie Calumet, Heidelberg, Germany 
1989 “Through Coyotes Eyes,” Sierra Nevada Museum of Art. Reno, NV.
1989 “Harry Fonseca (Maidu Artist),” The Gallery, Port Washington Public Library. Port Washington, NY.
1989 "Coyote: A Myth in the Making," Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL 
1989 "Recent Works: Paper and Canvas," Prairie Lee Gallery, Chicago, IL 
1989 "Painting and Graphics," The Gallery, Port Washington Public Library, Port Washington, NY 
1989 “Harry Fonseca Paintings, “Elaine Horwitch Galleries. Scottsdale, AZ
1989 "Harry Fonseca," October Art, New York, NY 
1988 “Harry Fonseca,” October Art Ltd., New York, NY. 
1988 “Harry Fonseca,” American Indian Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA 
1988 “Harry Fonseca,” Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 
1988 “Harry Fonseca,” Quail Plume Studio. Albuquerque, NM.
1987 "Recent Works," Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID 
1987 "Coyote's Wild and Woolly West," Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 
1987 “Fonseca’s Coyote,” Oakland Museum. Oakland, CA.
1986-1989 "Coyote: A Myth in the Making," Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. traveled to the The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, the Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM, Lewis and Virginia Eaton, Richard and Barbara Peters and Pet. P Peters Galleries, Fresno, CA, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NB, Taylor Museum, Colorado Springs, CO, the  National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 
1986 "Coyote Comes to Market Street," American Indian Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA 
1986 "New Works," Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 
1984 "Swan Lake," October Art, New York, NY, Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 
1984 “Harry Fonseca,” Hobar Gallery, Montecito, CA 
1984 “Harry Fonseca,” American West Gallery , Chicago, IL 
1983 "In Search of Coyote: The Paintings and Works on Paper by Harry Fonseca," Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM 
1983 "Coyote: Variations on a Theme," American West Galleries, Chicago, IL 
1983 “Harry Fonseca,” Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 
1982 “Harry Fonseca,” Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 
1981 "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Coyote," Pacific Western Traders, Folsom, CA
1981 “Harry Fonseca (Maidu),” Sacred Circle Gallery of American Indian Art. Seattle, WA
1981 “Harry Fonseca,” Los Llanos Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 
1980 "Harry Fonseca," Quail Plume Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1980 "Serigraphs," Pacific Western Traders, Folsom, NM
1980 “Harry Fonseca,” Los Llanos Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 
1979 "Hotter Then a Dog Face," the Quail Plume Studio, Sacramento, CA 
1979 “Fonseca,” Heard Museum. Phoenix, AZ.
1978 "The Maidu Creation Story," C.N. Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis, CA 
1977 "So That's the Beginning," The Quail Plume Studio, Sacramento, CA 
1976 "Paintings by Harry Fonseca," Museum of the Plains Indian, Browning, MT 
1976 "Paintings by Harry Fonseca," U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board. Plains Indian Museum. Browning, MT
1975 Pacific Western Traders, Folsom, CA
1975 "Harry Fonseca: Paintings and Drawings," Pacific Western Traders, Folsom, CA 
1975 C.N Gorman Museum, University of California in Davis, Davis, CA

Group Exhibitions
2025 "$3 Bill: Evidence of Queer Lives," Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2025 "The Lowry and Croul Collection of Contemporary Native Art," Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
2025 "Echoes: Selections from the Permanent Collection," Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM
2024 "Momím Wené: Medicine Water," Harris Center, Folsom Lake College, Folsom, CA
2023-2024 "The House Edge," The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, The Eighth Floor, New York, NY
2023-2024 "50th Anniversary Contemporary California Native Art," Gorman Museum of Native American Art, Davis, CA
2023 "California Stars: Huivaniūs Pütsiv," Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM
2022 "The Spirit of Pacific Western Traders: California Contemoporary Native Artists Now and Then," The Museum of Northern California Art, Chico, CA
2021-2023 “Remembering the Future: 100 Years of Inspiring Art,” Heard Museum. Phoenix, AZ
2021-2022 "New Waves: Signals for Change," Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
2021 “physical/digital: representations of the body from the permanent collection,” Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2021 "Companion Species," Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI; traveled to Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, AR
2020 "Southwest Rising: Contemporary Art and the Legacy of Elaine Horwitch," Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2020 "A Pace for Dialogue," Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH
2020 "Metaphor, Myth and Politics: Art from Native Printmakers," Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiyah, CA
2019-2022 "Stretching the Canvas: Eight Decades of Native Painting," National Museum of the Ameican Indian, New York, NY
2019-2021 "Laughter and Resilience: Humor in Native American Art," Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM
2019 "Portrait of the Artist as an Indian/ Portrait of the Indian as an Artist," Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH
2018 "Art & Activism: Selections from the Harjo Family Collection," Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2018 "Jeffrey Gibson: Like a Hammer," Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
2017 "Coyotes in Motion," Maidu Museum, Roseville, CO
2016 "Stampede: Animals in Art," Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
2016 "Into the Future: Culture Power in Native American Art," Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, NM
2016 "When I Remember, I See Red," San Francisco State University Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 "The Art of American Dance," Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, AR; traveled to The Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
2016 "Why We Dance: American Indian Art in Motion," Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
2015-2017 "Strong Statements," Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
2014 “That's the Way I Like It,” Heard Museum. Phoenix, AZ
2014 "Sinful Saints & Saintly Sinners," Fowler Museum, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2013-2014 "All that Remains: Material Remembrances in Love and Loss," Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2012-2014 "A Legacy of Change: Native American Art," Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
2012 "Native American Modernism from North America," Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2012 "Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native American Art," Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
2011-2012 “Something Old, Something New, Nothing Borrowed: New Acquisitions from the Heard Museum Collection,” Heard Museum. Phoenix, AZ2011 “California Dreamin': Reflections on Land and Culture.” Heard Museum, Scottsdale, AZ
2011 "Sing Me Your Story, Dance Me Home: Art and Poetry from Native California," Native American Arts Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
2011 "California Dreamin': Reflections on Land and Culture," Heard Museum, Scottsdale, AZ
2010-2011 "Engaging with Nature: American and Native American Artists," Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
2010 "Coyote, Deer and Gold," Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
2009 “Beyond Face Value,” Heard Museum North. Scottsdale, AZ
2009 "Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH
2007 "No Laughing Matter: Visual Humor in Ideas of Race, Nationality, and Ethnicity,” Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH
2007 “Walk in Beauty: Discovering American Indian Art,” Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University. Ithaca, NY
2007 "Native American Modern: 1960 to the Present," Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM
2006-2007 "Indigenous Motivations: Recent Acquisitions from the National Museum of the American Indian," Smithsonian, The National Museum of the American Indian, New York, NY
2006 "Intersections: Native American Art in a New Light," Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
2005-2006 "Art of Engagement: Visual Politics in California and Beyond,” San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA; Traveled to Katzen Arts Center, Washington, D.C.
2005-2006 “75 Years at the Heard Museum,” Heard Museum North. Scottsdale, AZ
2005 "Nana'b'oozoo in Progress ,” Helen Christou Gallery, The University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
2004 "California Stories" Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
2004 “Native Views: Influences of Modern Culture, Art Train, Various Locations, USA
2003-2005 "Continuum: 12 Artists," Smithsonian, The National Museum of the American Indian, New York, NY
2002-2003 “Common Ground: Contemporary Native American Art from the Permanent Collection and Private Collections,” Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block. Tucson, AZ.
2002-2003 “So Fine! Masterworks of Fine art from the Heard Museum,” Heard Museum. Phoenix, AZ. 
2002 "Biophilia," The State Capitol of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM 
2002 "Western Visions Pop, Perspective & Politics Warhol, Fonseca, Quick-To- See Smith, Whitehorse," The Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO 
2002 "Pathways," Institute of American Indian Art Museum, Santa Fe, NM 
2001 "Na Maka Hou: New Visions," Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI 
2001 "Monothon 15," Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM 
2000 "The Powwow: An Art History," MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 
2000 LewAllen Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 
1999 XLVIII Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, "Ceremonial," Contemporary Native American Artists, Venice Biennale, Schola Del Tiraoro E Battloro, Venice, Italy 
1998-2000 “Gold Fever!” City for Sacramento History, Sacramento, CA
1998 "Glimpses of the Sacred," The Ink People Center for the Arts, Eureka, CA 
1998 "Wounded Mother: Indian Artists Respond to the Gold Rush," American Indian Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA 
1998 "Leading the West," Medicine Man Gallery, Tuscon, AZ 
1998 "Memory and Imagination," National Museum of the American Indian, Phoenix, AZ, Museum of Indian  Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, NM, Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ 
1998 "Crossing Cultures," LewAllen Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 
1997-98 "We are Many, We are One," University of Wisconcin, La Crosse, WI 
1997 "Memory and Imagination," Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA 
1997 "Of This Time, From This Place," Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1996 "Gifts of the Spirit: Works by 19th Century & Contemporary Native American Artists," Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA 
1996 Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA 
1996 “Remembering the Way, Art of the Native Northwest,” American Contemporary Arts. San Francisco
1996 “38th Heard Guild Indian Arts and Crafts Show,” Heard Museum. Phoenix, AZ
1996 “Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the Twentieth Century,” Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganni, New Zealand; Traveled to the Wailato Museum of Art and History. Hamilton, New Zealand, Robert McDougall Art Gallery. Christchurch, New Zealand, Auckland City Art Gallery. Auckland, New Zealand, Museum of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand
1995 “Kurt Fishback, Tom Ferguson, Harry Fonseca,” Solomon Dubnick Gallery. Sacramento, CA
1995-1996 "Gifts of the Spirit," Peabody Essex Museum, Salem MA; Traveled to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara CA; Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1995 "Cultural Connections," Austral Gallery, St. Louis MO 
1994 "Chaw'se Native American Invitational Art Show," Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park Museum, Sutter Creek, CA 
1994-98 "Indian Humor," Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO. Traveled to the Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA, Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA, Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA, Fullerton Museum Center, Fullerton, CA, Anasazi Heritage Center, Dolores, CO, The Museum at Warm Springs, Warm Springs, OR, Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles, CA, American Indian Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA, American Indian Contemporary Arts. San Francisco, CA.
1994 “International Rock Art Exhibition ’94,” Old Main Building, Richard Beasley Art Museum and Gallery. Northern Arizona University. Flagstaff, AZ
1994 "We, the Human Beings," Gibson Gallery, State University of New York-Potsdam, NY 
1994 "Earth, Fire & Water," Centrum Gallery, Oregon School of Arts & Crafts, Portland, OR
1993-1994 “For the Love of It/ The Albion & Lynne Fenderson Collection,”Heard Museum. Phoenix, AZ.
1993 "Paintings & Works on Paper by Harry Fonseca," Second Street Studios. Santa Fe, New Mexico
1993 "The Spirit of Native America," American Indian Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA 
1993 "We, the Human Beings," Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL. Traveled to the Museums at Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY, Eiteljorg Museum,    Indianapolis, IN, The Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH 
1993 Quintana Galleries, Portland, Oregon 
1993 "Grenzaganger Zwischen Zwei Kulturen," Stadtmuseum, Ratingen, Germany 
1993 "Our land/Ourselves: American Indian Contemporary Artists," Roland Gibson Gallery, Potsdam College, Potsdam, NY. Traveled to the Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT 
1993 "Visions and Voices: Contemporary Native American Artist," Museums at Blackhawk, University of California Berkeley Museum, Danville, CA 
1992 "Our land/Ourselves: American Indian Contemporary Artists," Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Traveled to the Tyler Fine Arts Gallery, SUNY at Oswego, NY, University Art Museum, University of NM, Albuquerque, NM, Meyers Fine Art Gallery, SUNY at Plattsburgh, NY, University Art Gallery, SUNY at Binghamton, NY 
1992 "Objects of Myth and Memory: American Indian Art at the Brooklyn Museum," Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
1992 "Holiday Show," Quintana Galleries, Portland, OR 
1992 "The Discovery of Gold and Souls in California," Museum of American Indian Art and Culture, Santa Fe, NM 
1992 "A Collection of Contemporary American Indian Paintings," Amerika Haus Frankfurt, Germany 
1992 "Decolonizing the Mind: End of a 500 Year Era," Center for Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA 
1992 "We the Human Beings," The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH 
1992 "The Spiritual World of the Native American," Oguni Exhibition Hall, Oguni, Japan 
1992 "Photographs of Edward S. Curtis and Five Contemporary Native American Artists," Shizuoka City Gallery, Shizuoka, Japan 
1992 "The Alcove Show", Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM 
1992 "Portfolio III, Group Two", American Indian Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA 
1992 “Indigenous Contemporary Native Perspectives,” Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hyll, Quebec
1991 “Northwest Tales: Contemporary Narrative Painting,” Anchorage Museum of History and Art,, Anchorage, AK. (Shared Visions Exhibit-renamed)
1991 "In Lak' Esh: A Collection of Vision and Voice," Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA 
1991 "Sacred Spaces, Spirit Places," Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of CA, Davis, CA 
1991-1994 "Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the 20th Century," the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indian and Western Art, Indianapolis, IN. Traveled to The Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, The Thomas Gilcrease Institute of the American History and Art. Tulsa, OK, The Eiteljorg, Museum of American Art. Indianapolis, IN., the Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC., the Minnesota Museum of Art. St. Paul, MN., the Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the Heard Museum. Phoenix, AZ., the Oregon Art Institute, Portland, OR
1991 "Our land/Ourselves: American Indian Contemporary Artists," College Art Gallery, SUNY at New Paltz, NY 
1991 - 1993 "Our land/Ourselves: American Indian Contemporary Artists," Art Museum, The Museums at Stony Brook, NY. Traveled to the University Art Gallery, SUNY at Albany, NY, Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, The College at New Paltz, SUNY, New Paltz, NY, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, University Art Museum, SUNY, Binghamton, NY, Plattsburgh Art Museum, Plattsburgh, Tyler Art Gallery, Oswego, NY, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester, NY
1991 "From the Source," The Ink People Gallery, Eureka, CA 
1991 "Rock Art Images," Pacific Western Traders, Folsom, CA 
1991 "Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the 20th Century," The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ 
1991 "Hilo International Exhibition: Works on Paper," University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI 
1991 “Works on Paper, Metals,” Northern Arizona University Art Museum and Galleries. Flagstaff, AZ.
1990 "Tapestry of Native America," Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
1990 "Artifacts for the Seventh Generation: Multi-Tribal, Multi-Media Visions," American Indian Contemporary Arts and Festival 2000, San Francisco, CA 
1990 "Fourth Annual Native American INvitational Art Show," Chaw Se Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park, Pine Grove, CA
1990 “A Symposium on Contemporary American Indian Art,” Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC
1990 “Group Show. International Invitational Exhibit,” Hamburg, Germany 
1990 "Tradition and Spirit: Contemporary Native America Art," Maryhill Museum of Art, Spokane, WA 
1990 "California Indian Shamanism," C.E. Smith Museum, California State University, Hayward, CA 
1990 "The Power of Process," American Indian Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA 
1990 "Artist in Residence," Yosemite Renaissance V, Yosemite, CA 
1990 "20th Century American Drawings and Prints: Works from the Collection," Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA 
1990 "Art Hamburg, International Invitational Exhibition," Hamburg, Germany
1990 "Southwest Holiday '90," Hobar Gallery, Montecito, CA
1990 “The Power of Process,” American Indian Contemporary Arts. San Francisco, CA
1989-90 "New Acquisitions: Metropolitan Life Foundation Purchase," Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
1989 “New Works/New Artists,” Prairie Lee Gallery. Chicago, IL.
1989 "Paint Forum," Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA 
1989 "Cats, Coyotes and Other Critters," Barnsdall Art Park Junior Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
1989 "Stone Poems," Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, California. 
1989 "An Exhibition of Contemporary Native American Art," Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 
1989 "The Creation of the World," Lakota Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 
1989 "Through Coyote's Eyes," Nevada Museum of Art and Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV 
1989 "Harry Fonseca and Jean LaMarr," Galeria Exquina de la Libertad, San Francisco, CA 
1988 "Beyond Boundaries on Land and Water," American Indian Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA 
1988 "The I-40 Connection: Contemporary Art of the Southwest," Oklahoma Arts Center, Oklahoma City, 
1988 "The New Old West," Gensler and Associates/Architects, Denver, CO 
1988 "Art of the New West," National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center, Oklahoma City,
1988 “The third Biennial Native American Fine Arts Invitational,” Heard Museum. Phoenix, AZ.
1988 “Beyond Boundaries of Land and Water,” American Indian Contemporary Arts. San Francisco, CA
1988 “Progressions of Impressions,” Heard Museum. Phoenix, AZ.
1988 "Cowboys and Indians," Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
1988 "Continuity and Change: Trends in Contemporary Native American Art," Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH
1988 “Group Show,” American Indian Contemporary Arts. San Francisco, CA
1988 "Chaw'Se native American Invitational," Indian Grinding Rock Park, Pine Grove, CA
1988 "Summergarden: A Different Perspective," Anne Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
1987 “The Modern Mask,” Elaine Horwitch Galleries. Scottsdale, AZ.
1987 “The Soaring Spirit; Contemporary Native American Arts,” Morris Museum. Morristown, NJ.
1987 “Group Show,” Artists Space. New York, NY.
1987 “Group Show,” Reed Stremmel Gallery. San Antonio, TX 
1987 "We the People," Artists Space, New York, NY 
1987 "The Artist and the Myth," Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, CA 
1987 "Contemporary Visions," Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV 
1987 "Double Take," Fine Arts Gallery, The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Missouri 
1987 "Animals," Main Art Gallery, Calfornia State University, Fullerton 
1987 “Reflections of a Changing Earth,” Vacaiville Museum. Vacaville, CA
1987 "Signals of Native American Artists," Swiss Banking Society, Pavillon Werd, Zurich, Switzerland 
1987 “Dal Castro, Harry Fonseca,” Fonseca's Quail Plume Studio. Albuquerque, NM
1987 “Recent Generations: Native American Art 1950 – 1987,” Heard Museum. Phoenix, AZ.
1986 Cadme Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 
1986 “Eight Artists,” Southwest Museum. Los Angeles, CA
1986 “Voices of Today: Cultural Expressions of Native People of North America.” The Nippon Club. New York, NY
1986 “Indian Art Market and Art Sales,” Pacific Western Traders. Folsom, CA.
1986 "Native American Art, Our Contemporary Visions," Stremmel Galleries, Reno, NV 
1986 "Drawings, Paintings and Sculptures," City Gallery, Sacramento, CA 
1986 "Signals of Native American Artists," Anthropological Museum, Vienna, Austria, America House, Munich, Germany 
1986 “Our Contemporary Visions,” Bally Hotel. Reno, NV.
1986 "Eight Artists", Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, CA 
1986 "The Extension of Tradition: Comtemporary Northern CA Native American Art in Cultural  Perspective", Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA 
1985 “Beyond Blue Mountains,” Seattle Center House. Seattle, WA.
1985 “Abstracts of the 5th National Native American Art Studies Association Conference,” Ann Arbor, MI
1985 “Group Show,” Loch Haven Art Center. Orlando, FL.
1985 “Group Show,” Boca Raton Museum of Art. Boca Raton, FL
1985 “Native American Group Exhibition,” Elaine Horwitch Galleries. Santa Fe, NM
1985 “Summer Rains/ Winter Winds: Native American Paintings from a Private New Jersey Collection,” Montclair Art Museum. Montclair, NJ
1985 "Signals of Native American Artists", SIGNALE Versicherungen in Germany at Dortmund. Traveled to  German-American Institute, Nuremberg, German-American Institute, Tübingen, Gallery of the City of Burscheid, German Leathermuseum, Offenbach, Gallery of the City of Osnabrück, America House, Hamburg, and America House, Cologne, in U.S. at Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 
1985 "Celebrate!" Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, CA 
1985 “Celebrate the Spirit,” Mathes Cultural Center
1985 "The Extension of Tradition: Contemporary Northern CA Native American Art in Cultural Perspective," Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA 
1985 "Jewels of the Desert," Gallery A La Maison, Philadelphia, PA 
1985 "Cowboys and Indians: Common Ground," Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL, Loch Haven Art Center, Orlando, FL 
1984 “Artists of the Sun,” Plaza Activity tip of the Iceberg. Santa Fe, NM.
1984 "Signals of Native American Artists," America House, Heidelberg, Germany, America House, Stuttgart, Germany, America House, Hannover, Germany 
1984 "Arts New Mexico," Santuario de Guadalupe, Santa Fe, NM 
1984 "Contemporary Native American Art," University Art Gallery, CSU, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA 
1984 “Contemporary Native American Art,” Montana State University. Bozeman. MT.
1983 “David P. Bradley, Harry Fonseca, Glen La Fontaine,” Elaine Horwitch Galleries. Scottsdale, AZ
1983 “Contemporary Native American Art,” Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
1983 “Visions of the Dance, Images of California Indian Tradition,” Long Beach Gallery. Long Beach, CA
1983 "A Southwest Holiday," Hobar Gallery, Montecito, CA 
1983 "New Work," American West, Chicago, IL 
1983 "Grey Canyon and Friends," Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 
1983 "Contemporary Native American Art," Gardiner Art Gallery, Stillwater, OK 
1983 The Mel Pfaelzer Collection, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 
1983 The Long Beach Gallery, Long Beach, CA 
1983 “Rock Art of the West,” Pacific Western Traders. Folsom, CA
1983 “Expressions of the Spirit: Contemporary American Indian Art,” Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM.
1982 "Coyote, Flicker & Bear," Pacific Western Traders, Folsom, CA
1982 “Joe Baker, David P. Bradley, Harry Fonseca, R. Lee White,” Elaine Horwitch Galleries. Scottsdale, AZ
1982 “Visions from the Present: Contemporary Native American Art from Heard Museum Collection,”Heard Museum. Phoenix, AZ
1982 “Night of the First Americans,” John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts. Washington. DC
1982 "Contemporary North American Indian Art: Visions of the Dance, Images of California Indian Tradition," Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. 
1982 "Night of the First Americans," John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC 
1982 "Joe Baker, David P. Bradley, Harry Fonseca and R Lee White," Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 
1982 "Many Ways of Seeing," Institute of American Indian Art, Santa Fe, NM
1982 “New Works by a New Generation,” Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery. Regina, Sask, Canada.
1981-1982 “Confluences of Tradition and Change: 24 American Indian Artists,” Richard L. Nelson Gallery. Traveled to the C.N. Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis, CA, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX, American Indian Community House, New York, NY, Brunnier Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
1981 "John Axton, Katalin Ehling, Harry Fonseca, Doug Hyde, Glen La Fontaine, Amado Pena, Jr. and Veloy Vigil," El Taller Gallery, Austin, TX
1981 "Art of the Contemporary American Indian," Kipps Gallery, Indian University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA; traveled to the Huber Art Center at Shippensburg State College, Shippensberg, PA
1981 "Group Contemporary Indian Art Exhibition," Los Llanos, Santa Fe, NM
1981 "Indian Art Show," at the Fifth Santa Fe Festival, Armory for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1981 Art Company, Tucson, NM
1981 “Moccasins and Boots,” Suzanne Brown Gallery. Scottsdale, AZ
1981 “Changing Myths: The Evolution of Tradition,” Sacred Circle Gallery of American Indian Art. Seattle, WA.
1981 "Moccasins and Boots: Part I," Suzanne Brown Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 
1981 "Confluences of Tradition and Change," Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of CA, Davis, CA 
1981 “Native American Arts ’81,” Philbrook Art Center. Tulsa, OK.
1981 “Group show,” American Indian Community House, New York, NY
1981 "First Anniversary Exhibition," Westwood Galleries, Portland, OR
1980 "Screen Prints," Cottonwood Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1980 "Harry Fonseca and David Bradley," Whitney Gallery, Taos, NM
1980 "Spirit of the Earth," Buscaglia-Castellani Art Gallery, Niagara University, Niagara Falls, NY 
1980 "Two Views of California: Frank Day and Harry Fonseca," The Heard Museum, Phoeniz, AZ 
1980 Contemporary North American Indian Painting for Five South American Countries: Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Columbia and Ecuador 
1979 "Christmas Show," Pacific Western Traders, Folsom, CA
1979 New Mexico State Fair Indian Art Show, Albuquerque, NM
1979 “Contemporary North, American Indian Painting for Five South American Countries.” 
1979 "Indian Art Now,"  Santa Fe, NM.
1979 "New Mexico State Fair Indian Art Show," New Mexico State Fair, Albuquerque, NM 
1979 “Day, Castro, La Pena, Fonseca,” Quail Plume Studio. Albuquerque, NM.
1978 “Messengers of the Earth,” California State University. Sacramento, CA.
1978 “The Maidu Story of Creation,” C.N. Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis. Davis, CA.
1978 "American Indian Art Now," The Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, NM 
1978 “American Indian Art Show,” Registry Resort. Scottsdale, AZ.
1978 "American Indian Graphics and Prints," curated by Frank LaPena, California Statue University Sacramento Galleries, Sacramento, CA
1978 Moonchild Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1978 Artists Embassy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1977 "Nine Native American Artists: Circle of Tradition and Vision," Artist Embassy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1976 "New Horizons In American Indian Art," Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, CA 
1976 “Spirit Singer Praising,”California State University. Sacramento
1976 “Indian Images,”  University of North Dakota. Grand Fork, ND.
1976 Pacific Western Traders, Chico, CA
1976 Southwestern Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
1976 Vacaville Art League, Vacaville, CA
1975 "Spirit Singer Praising," Native American Indian Artists, CSU, Sacramento, CA
1975 “I Am These People,” Native American Art Exhibit
1975 "Heard Museum Guild Arts and Crafts Exhibit," Heard Museum, Phoenix CA
1975 California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
1975 "Bear Dance," Mankins Ranch, Arroyo Grande, CA
1975 "Maidu Cultural Exhibition, featuring the work of Harry Fonseca and Lizzie Enos," Pacific Western Traders, Folsom, CA
 

Biography

Harry Fonseca (Nisenan / Portuguese/ Hawaiian, 1946-2006) was born and raised in Sacramento and was an enrolled citizen of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians.  He was influenced by the origin stories told to him by Mechoopda Elder Henry Azbill. In 1990, he moved to Santa Fe, where he lived until his death in 2006. He exhibited widely and had a number of exhibitions at LewAllen Galleries and Elaine Horwitch Galleries.   

He was included in We the People, an exhibition curated by Jimmie Durham and critic Jean Fisher in 1987 at Artists Space in New York. His retrospective Harry Fonseca: Coyote, A Myth in the Making, curated by Margaret Archuleta, traveled across the United States (1988-1989) including the Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles, Smithsonian Institution,  Washington, D.C, Joslyn Art Museum, and Oakland Museum of California, amongst others. In 1999 he was a featured artist in Ceremonial , an oicial collateral exhibition of the 48th Venice Biennale organized by the Native American Arts Alliance, curated by Nancy Marie Mithlo, along with Jaune Quick-To-See Smith and Kay WalkingStick.

He has had solo exhibitions at the Museum of the Plains Indian (1976), The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian (1983 & 1996), Southwest Museum (1989), Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (1990), The Crocker Museum (1992), The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian (1996), The Oakland Museum of California (1998), The National Museum of the American Indian (2003), The Institute of American Indian Arts Museum (2004), The Emmanuel Gallery (2006), The Eiteljorg Museum (2018), amongst others. Most recently, his work was a part of the exhibition When Coyote Leaves the Res  at the Autry Museum of the American West (2019).