Peynetsa, Anderson Jamie

Anderson Jamie Peynetsa is the son of Anderson and Avelia Peynetsa, nephew of aunts Agnes Peynetsa and Priscilla Peynetsa. He was born at Zuni Pueblo in 1997.

Jamie’s been making pottery since he was 11 years old, learning from his brother, his father and at Zuni High School. He participated in his first show in 2008, the Santa Fe Indian Market, and earned a First Place ribbon in the Junior Pottery Division. In 2018 he earned a First Place ribbon at the Heard Museum Guild Indian Art Fair & Market for a large traditional Zuni jar with a traditional geometric design.

Jamie’s favorite shapes are either contemporary (he sometimes makes duck pots) or traditional Hawikuh-Revival styles. His favorite designs are a mix of modern fine line and traditional Zuni designs.

He says he gets his inspiration from his father and his goal is to learn all he can from his dad and produce pots at least as good as his. For the last several years Jamie has been working more with his mother, Avelia. She makes some of the pots that he paints.

Avelia is the great-granddaughter of Catalia Zunie, the woman who recruited Daisy Hooee to teach traditional pottery-making classes at Zuni High School in the 1960s.