Born in 1943, Peña is both
Mestizo Mexican and Pascua Yaqui Indian (a tribe in Arizona). Amado Peña completed
studies in art and art education at Texas A & M University in 1964 (BA) and
in 1971 (MA).
His paintings have been exhibited at the National Collection of
Fine Arts at the Smithsonian in Washington. D.C. He has had in excess of thirty
solo exhibitions in private galleries.
A resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Peña is cited in Who's
Who in American Art as well as in the Biographical Directory
of Native American Painters by Patrick Lester.
To see and hear Peña, a 58 second video offers that opportunity on
this YouTube link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPEbHDrm9ms