Bob Haozous

Born in 1943 in Los Angeles, Bob Haozous is known for working in a range of media, from drawing, painting, and printmaking to jewelry, but his primary focus is on sculpture, especially monumental public works. He sculpts in steel, stone, wood, and aluminum. His work is often humorous and extremely politically charged.  He creates work about his Apache heritage, the environment–especially climate change–and institutional racism. His parents, Anna Marie Gallegos, a Navajo-Mestiza textile artist, and the late Allan Houser (1914–1994), a famous Apache sculptor, instilled a passion for the arts. His parents both taught at Intermountain Indian School, in Brigham City, Utah. Haozous studied at Utah State University before enlisting in the US Navy, where he served for four years on board of the USS Frank Knox during the Vietnam War. After the war, Haozous attended the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California, where he earned his BFA degree in sculpture in 1971.