Mary Gay Osceola

Mary Gay Osceola (born March 16, 1939)^[1] is an American Seminole painter and printmaker known for her vibrant paintings, a number of which depict the lives of the Florida Seminole people.^[2][3] Osceola was born in Florida and educated in Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding schools.^[2] She studied at the Santa Fe Indian School from 1960 to 1961, followed by time at the Institute of American Indian Arts until 1965.^[1] Her work has been exhibited across the United States^[4] and is in the permanent collection of museums including the Gilcrease Museum^[5] and the National Museum of the American Indian.^[6]