Swan, Navada

Navada Swan has lived in New Mexico for the past 16 years. She is Northern Paiute and was born in Winnemucca, Nevada. 
Navada started designing and creating jewelry from a young age. Her artistry includes, silversmithing, bead work, as well as drawing and painting.  She experiments with textures and highlights her contemporary jewelry designs with unique cabochon stones, such as agates, jaspers and New Mexico Lepidolite, just to name a few.  
She attended Otis Parsons School of Design, Howard University and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting from the State University of New York at Purchase (SUNY).