Credited as the first Native American ceramic artist to make conceptual installations, Fields' themes are universal: memories of her Osage childhood in Oklahoma, the strength and warmth of women, and the tenancity of Native American people. The total human experience, as translated in her abstract and semi-abstract imagery, is a complex blend of wisdom, sensation and inspiration.

The appeal and accessibility of her work stems from her use of everyday objects. With lightness and humor, Fields elevates these items--whether bundles or plates or pieces of fruit--to things of perfect beauty that embody the innate earthiness and supple texture of the clay from which they are crafted.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Carl Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis
Kirkpatrick Center, Oklahoma City, OK
National Museum of the American Inidan, Smithsonian Institution
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
American Indian Contempoary Arts, San Francisco, CA
Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Museum at Warm Springs, Warm Springs, OR
Holter Museum, Helena, MT
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

PERMANENT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
U.S. Department of the Interior, Southern Plains Museum, Anadarko, OK
Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ

Currently represented exclusively in Arizona by Figarelli Fine Art.