Nathan Begaye [SEP] date of birth
Nathan Begaye
Nathan Begaye (1969–2010) was a Native American ceramics artist of Navajo and Hopi descent.
Background.
Nathan Begaye was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1969 to a Navajo father and a Hopi mother. He was raised by his maternal grandparents in the Third Mesa and Tuba City, Arizona. His aunt was noted Hopi potter Otellie Loloma. His upbringing in the Navajo/Hopi communities was steeped in tribal traditions, and he was schooled in the lore, history, religion, symbolism, and customs of
One of his collaborators in pottery was Navajo - Hopi ceramicist Nathan Begaye (1958 - 2010). 
After art school in California, Romero attended the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe. After one year at IAIA, he enrolled at Otis Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles, where he earned his BFA degree. He studied next at University of California, Los Angeles, where he received his MFA in 1993.
Romero's pots marry Cochiti Pueblo ceramics with his love of comic books,