NEIL RANDALL DAVID

- NEIL RANDALL DAVID -

Hopi, 1944—

Neil Randall David Sr. is the only Tewa in the Artist Hopid. His paternal ancestors, seeking refuge from the Spanish reprisal following the great Pueblo Revolt of 1680, settled among the Hopis. He lives in the Tewa-speaking community of Hano on First Mesa and is a member of the influential Kachina Clan. Neil was born in Hano in 1941 of Hopi and Tewa parents.

David attended Polacca Day School and Hopi High School, where he studied art with Fred Kabotie.  In 1959 he transferred to the Phoenix Indian School.  Today he is recognized as a kachina carver as well as a painter.  Following graduation from the Phoenix Indian School, David entered the armed forces and served in Germany.  Since 1968 he has devoted his full energy to painting.  In 1973 he became one of the founders of the Artist Hopid.”  (Hopi Painting The World of the Hopis by Patricia Broder (1978))