Work and recognition

Nieto presented his painting “Delegate to the White House” to President Reagan in the Oval Office of the White House. which hung during the President’s term in office and later included in the presidential library.  

In 2002 his painting Buffalo Dancer was installed in the Albuquerque International Sunport’s Great Hall.

In 1994 Nieto received the New Mexico Governor's Award for Achievement in the Arts. He served on the Advisory Boards for both the Wheelwright Museum and the Native American Preparatory School.

Nieto is represented in the New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe.

Public collections

• New Mexico Museum of Fine Art Santa Fe, NM

• Permanent collection, Marine Corp Museum Washington, DC

• Heard Museum Phoenix, AZ

• Capital Art Foundation Santa Fe, NM