Chino, Gilbert

Born into Acoma Pueblo in 1946, Gilbert Chino is the son of Marie Z. Chino. Like all of Marie’s children, he learned how to make pottery through watching and working with her as he grew up. Gilbert made traditional polychrome and black-on-white fine line jars and bowls. His favorite designs were fine line and optical geometric designs. He also liked to add kokopelli figures.

Gilbert often participated at the Santa Fe Indian Market with his mother. 1983, the year after she passed on, was his last year there. Sometime after that, Gilbert started collaborating with Becky Chino in making his pottery.