Fred Begay Jr. is an accomplished sculptor and artist; knowing his heritage is essential when seeing his sculpture.

Fred is of Navajo/Ute decent, his father Fred Sr. Navajo/Ute and his mother Helen, Navajo. Fred was born in 1953 in Shiprock NM, the home of his mother. He was raised and educated in Albuquerque. Drafted during the Vietnam war, he served in the Coast Guard from 1971-1975.

Fred began his art career in 1989 as a self-taught sculptor using alabaster, limestone, marble and bronze casting. From 1999 -2002, he was a fine arts technician for the Institute of American Indian Arts.  

Navajo Heritage

Fred believes his artistic values evolved from both the Navajo and the people of the South West. 

Of Navajo Heritage with influence by a multi-cultural lifestyle living among the Pueblo (Santa Fe), he was inspired by their art Designs. His father was a renowned physicist; Fred Jr. was raised to recognize the added artistic inspiration of how our worlds evolved.

His work is shown, sold and collected throughout the United States.