Artist Demonstration: Featuring Duhon James

Saturday, October 12, 2024, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Located in the Sawmill District at Hotel Chaco in Albuquerque, New Mexico

This Balloon Fiesta season, follow along as Gallery Hózhó’s artist Duhon James demonstrates different printing techniques, including monotypes, monoprints, and block printing. Join Duhon at Gallery Hózhó on Saturday October 12, 2024 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Drinks and light refreshments will be served.

Artist Statement:

“This visual I have about how the sun, land, and clouds create colors as they engage life and for a stopping moment, you realize how their colors play. Creating these linoleum block prints, is a way of me to create a life form and evolving cycles with water, stars, corn, and mountains. Also, having a textile expression of it representing our elders, who have created different rugs throughout their lives. Keeping it simple does play a role in my community of the Ganado Red rug and interrupting and approaching it differently with stars, a mountain, and a hogan. My artworks visualize the Navajo lifestyle and include a rotating cast of stars, corn, water, textile, Hogan, and universe. I would like to acknowledge every elder who has brough every one of us into this world. They are still teaching us, of what it means to be here, and to understand what they are passing onto us.”

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POP UP! Chelsea Benally and Kelsey Norris

October 5, 2024, 1pm to 4pm

Located at Sawmill District at Hotel Chaco in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Join us at Gallery Hózhó during Balloon Fiesta weekend as we continue the festivities with a small Pop Up featuring Diné artist, Chelsea Benally and Global Apothecary’s founder, Kelsey Norris, on Saturday October 5, 2024 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Follow along as Benally demonstrates her skillset with a paintbrush in hand while Kelsey walks you through her premium skincare line made locally with natural ingredients. Norris will have some specially priced gifts as well as some free samples available. We hope to see you there! If you have any questions please inquire at info@galleryhozho.com
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Terran Last Gun and David Naranjo

Opening reception: October 4, 2024, 5pm to 7pm

Located at Sawmill District at Hotel Chaco in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Let’s kick start this balloon season with a show opening for two of our artists! Join us for an evening celebrating new works by Terran Last Gun and David Naranjo for first Friday ARTScrawl October 4th from 5-7pm.

Alongside the gallery, Crafted New Mexico Tasting Room , will also feature artists, Marina Hartwig and Mikey Mayes.

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At the Horizon: New Works by Native American Artists

Open Reception: Friday, August 2, 2024 5pm-7pm

Gallery Hózhó invites you to the opening reception of At the Horizon: New Works by Native American Artists, August 2, 2024 from 5pm to 7pm. Stop by the gallery to view the new works by Kelly C. Frye, Duhon James, Margaret Jacobs, Margarita Paz Pedro, and Mateo Romero, we are excited to see you there!

Along side the opening, Crafted New Mexico Tasting Room, will also be featuring an Artist in Residence, Mikey Mayes. Stop in at Crafted to meet their featured artist, as he is introduced to the art community with his vibrant combinations of pop, street and mixed media art! Mayes will have a booth set up in Crafted that will feature his one of kind, hand painted jean jackets, framed art, prints, originals, and clothing apparels that center around his unique artistic vision.

To go with the evening, enjoy a glass of Crafted's very own house-made watermelon basil sangria fit for summer! ($10 a glass)

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Partnering with the fifteenth convention of the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS), Gallery Hózhó opens New Mexico Chromatics: Contemporary Pastels, an exhibition of new pastel drawings by artists from New Mexico on Friday, June 7th, 2024, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The IAPS conference, which will be at Hotel Albuquerque from June 11-16, 2024, will include the finest pastel artists from across the globe. The curatorial team for IAPS and Gallery Hózhó’s director Suzanne Fricke have invited pastel artists from across the Southwest to submit works and the chosen pieces will be featured in New Mexico Chromatics.

Sarah Blumenschein makes her home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with her family. Many are surprised to find out that even though creating art was her first passion and first choice of a degree, she ended up earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering. As a result, she spent 14 years working in industry as an engineer before “retiring” to raise children and start working on her art again using pastels as a medium. Initially, Sarah thought she wanted to paint landscapes, but eventually found herself more interested and excited about painting still-life due to the variety of colors, shapes, textures, and reflective surfaces possible. She enjoys painting both and often experiments with mixing a still-life with a landscape. The pastel medium is appealing to Sarah because of the immediacy of the color, and the ability to build layers of colors. Her selection of subjects is often based on a desire to find and replicate the way light bounces around a scene or setup. For that reason, glass, china, and other reflective surfaces are often featured in her still life paintings. Flowers are also a favorite subject, whether as part of a still life or as found in nature. Sarah enjoys the challenge of capturing a strong sense of light and creating the illusion of 3 dimensions on a 2 dimensional surface. Sarah entered her first Art exhibition in 2003 and was honored to be awarded 2 nd place. Since that time she has won many local, national and international art competitions, including 1 st place in the Still Life Category of The Artist Magazine 2009 Annual Art competition, The Grand Prize in the Pastel Journal’s 2010 Pastel 100 annual competition, “Best of Show” in the 2014 New Mexico Masterworks competition and the 2015 Pastel Society of New Mexico National Exhibition, “The Pat and Bob Suggs Award for Still Life and Floral” in the 2021 Pastel Society of America “Enduring Brilliance” Exhibition, and 1 st Place in the Open Division of the 2021 International Association of Pastel Societies Web Show. In addition to awards, Sarah has also earned Signature status in the Pastel Society of America, Distinguished Pastelist status in the Pastel Society of New Mexico and Pastel Society of the West Coast, and Master Circle Status in the International Association of Pastel Societies. Her artwork has also been featured in magazine articles in both the Artist’s Magazine and the Pastel Journal. With each painting, Sarah hopes to inspire an emotional reaction in the viewer of joy or happiness. “I found I could say things with colors and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no word for.” – Georgia O’Keefe

Lorenzo Chavez. My Art reflects my deep and spiritual passion for the Landscape of the American West. My hope is that the qualities represented in the art traditions of American painters such as the Taos Society of Artists, Maynard Dixon, Edgar Payne, Ned Jacob and the Native American Indians and Hispanic cultures are also echoed in my work. I was born and raised in the southernmost point of the Rockies in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Through the years, while searching for subject matter, I have realized there are many similarities throughout the Rockies. I love the deep blue of the vaulting sky, clouds that float and dance, rabbit brush, Chamisa, pinon, pine and juniper, the willows that line the stream banks, the granite in the mountain ranges, aspens and the endless seas of grasses are all subjects for my ever-exploring eyes. I strive to represent landscapes that have a timeless appeal to them. I want the emotion I feel to come through in the surface textures of the art. The colors, textures and light of the western landscape inspire and guide my work. It is the simple glimpses into nature that move me to create. Wallace Stegner said it in brevity of words, "A few cottonwoods, the gurgle of water in a creek or ditch, can have as profound effect on me as the grandest view."

Lorenzo was born and raised in New Mexico. His first inspirations and foundation as a young artist were formed by the landscape and the art history in New Mexico. Lorenzo now makes his home in Parker, Colorado and uses this location as a base to travel and paint the American West and Southwest. Lorenzo enjoys painting in both pastel and oil. He participates in several national invitational and international group exhibitions and has won major awards including the Pastel Society of America in New York; His work has been chosen to represent PSA in the Butler Art Museum, Ohio. Pastel Society of Spain, Pastel Society of France, Artists of America Show in Denver, Rims to Ruins Exhibition, Plein Air Painters of America, Buffalo Bill Center for the West, Albuquerque Art Museum, Maynard Dixon Country, 100 Gold Medal Exhibition at The Pasadena Art Museum, The Brinton Museum, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, The Brinton Museum, Coors Show in Denver, Butler Art Museum, Laguna Art Museum, Gilcrease Museum, Steamboat Art Museum. Legacy Gallery, Cape Cod Art Museum, Blue Rain Gallery Santa Fe, Helena Fox Fine Art Settlers West Gallery, Howard Manville Gallery, Gallery of the Southwest, Trailside Galleries. He was featured in a successful one-man show at the C.M. Russell Museum and has participated successfully in several C.M. Russell Art Auctions. Feature articles have appeared in Southwest Art, Art of the West, American Artist Magazine, Plein Air Magazine, Artists Magazine, Western Art Review, American Art Review, Pastel Journal, and Denver Post. Nine new books feature his art: Les Mitres de Art France, Painted Sky, Art Journey America Landscapes, Colorado Landscapes, and Pure Color: The Best of Pastel 1 &2 and Plein Air New Mexico and Beautiful Landscape paintings outdoors. Lorenzo is a nationally known Fine Art instructor who has taught numerous workshops across the United States since 1993. Lorenzo is represented by many major fine art galleries and many private and corporate collections both nationally and internationally. Lorenzo is Past member of the, Plein Air Painters of America. Member of the Western Rendezvous of Art, California Art Club-Signature Member, Pastel Society of America, Past member of the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico, Master Signature Member of the Plein Air Painters of Colorado, Pastel Society of Spain, and the American Impressionist Society- Signature Member.

Brian Cobble

Christine Debrosky. It is likely that you have come across many artists whose source of inspiration is nature in all its’ glory. For me, however, it is the sense of wonder itself that is the driving force behind my work. Every day I take great joy in the discovery of a beautiful shape, an unexpected combination of color, or a simple object transformed by a shaft of sun. It is not about finding beauty, but beauty finding me…sometimes in unusual subjects; the overlooked corners . As a landscape painter, it is necessary for me to paint en plein air, as well as in the studio. When I go out, I feel a deep connection with our surroundings, whether in rugged canyons, or in carefully cultivated gardens. Sometimes simply stepping outside and gazing upwards at an impossibly blue sky, or losing myself in a carpet of stars is enough to forge a bond. As a pastel painter, I am excited whenever I open my “ box of crayons”. The sticks of dry pure pigment are perfect for capturing the nuances of the Southwest. As time has gone by and I have become more adept in my work, the focus has shifted from the rendering of a specific place to the quality of light as it dances across the landscape. Dappled, dazzling full brilliance, subtle and moody, glorious and glowing, and night’s inky mystery …all moods catch my eye. This gets me excited and engaged every time! It is my life’s work to share that sense of wonder and joy with others. “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden” Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden.

A decade and a half ago, Christine Debrosky relocated to northern Arizona to paint the abundant sunlight. She grew up in NY State’s Hudson Valley, with easy access to Manhattan’s world class museums and galleries, and close proximity to the historic art colony of Woodstock, which inspired her to pursue a career in art. Early on, her work was commended by Lowry Sims, a curator of paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Encouraged, she started exhibiting and painting en plein air in all seasons, learning about color, light, and pigments. She then took a workshop in pastel, which marked a change in her work, to a looser, more impressionist bent and started to earn rainbows of ribbons and numerous exhibition opportunities. Gallery representation, as well as invitations to show with such groups as American Women Artists, and L”Art du Pastel en France echoed her growing career. She has earned signature status with numerous groups, such as the American Impressionist Society, American Women Artists, was inducted in to Master Circle with the International Association of Pastel Societies, and is an artist member of the prestigious California Art Club. Her work has been included in numerous national and international magazines such as American Artist, the Pastel Journal, Pratique des Artes, Southwest Art, and PleinAir magazine, as well as on the set of “Nights in Rodanthe” a Hollywood movie .She has been listed in Who’s Who of American Art , is published world- wide by Winn Devon, and is in the collections of numerous universities and corporations , such as Standard & Poor’s, and Pfizer Chemical, to name two. She was one of a few American artists invited to exhibit with Societe des Pastellistes de France, an organization which boasted Edgar Degas as one of the original members. She was further honored by the group to have one of her paintings selected for the invitations, posters, and billboards advertising the show. In the spring of 2022, she was again invited to exhibit in France as one of a group of ten women, in “Pastels of the World”, in Montlucon . With the life changing move to Arizona, her work reflects an understanding of earth forms, forces and color, and the continued love of capturing natural light. Wanting to share her accumulated experience, she has taught for over 30 years, in numerous locations across America, as well as in Venice and Tuscany Italy, and Burgundy France. She is always happy to return to her North Arizona home, where she lives with husband Wayne, replete with a custom dream studio. There, overlooking the red rock glow of Sedona, the abundant sunlight, jewel toned shadows and nuanced greys of the high desert inspire continued learning and sharing.

Marilyn Drake. Named "Local Treasure, 2014" by the Albuquerque Art Business Association. Among the many reasons I moved from New York City to New Mexico was the dramatic landscape the vistas, the light, the unusual geologic formations and native plants. That fascination awakened my desire to be a fine artist, after years spent operating my own graphic design business. Eventually my earlier figurative training prompted me to begin painting figures and portraits. Now, concentrating on painting people and places, I strive to capture a likeness, evoke a mood, and create visual harmony... Part of my development as an artist has included study with a number of prominent local and nationally-known artists. Their classes and workshops provided valuable information and contributed greatly to my continuing growth as a painter. Involvement with art organizations, such as the Pastel Society of New Mexico, Plein Air Painters of New Mexico, and the New Mexico chapter of the Portrait Society of America has also enhanced my experience, knowledge and fulfillment, both artistically and personally.

Bethany Fields, (PSA, IAPS-MC, AWA) I was born in Canyon, Texas near Palo Duro Canyon State Park and it has informed so many chapters of my life. Growing up in the shadows of its cliffs, I would come home covered in red clay soil. Now, I paint the same colors with my fingers and my hands are the ones that are covered! My goal with this pastel painting was to rejoice in the shimmer of the colors as the heat bears down. It is intense and heavy, but beautiful and wild.

Katherine Irish, (IAPS-MC, PSA-MP, PSNM/DP, APAA/DP, SPS- MP, PSWC, PSSW) When I returned to New Mexico, I made a conscious decision to contribute beauty to the world through art. The infinite variety of color and abstract patterns found in New Mexico skies offer a limitless source of inspiration. Cloud composition and colors are ephemeral. However, what is constant is that the beginning and end of each day is marked by the rising and setting of the sun. The sky fills with vibrations of color that catapults observers to consciousness. This regularity is assuring and encourages us to make sense of our world and fills us with hope, despite the unpredictability of life. The beauty found in the skies inspires us. Throughout history, philosophers, scientists and artists have looked to the skies to gain a sense of order and meaning. My paintings are an effort to bring focused attention on our shared connection with the natural order.

Albert Handell

Natasha Isenhour, (AWA, PSA, PSNM-DP, PAPNM) Contemporary American Realist Natasha Isenhour expresses her emotional response to unpopulated spaces with an edgy lonesome starkness that defines the very essence of her work in oil and pastel. Isenhour exhibits throughout the southwest and teaches 4-6 workshops/year. Ludwig Pastels introduced “Isenhour, Essential Alchemy” set of 60 pastels spring 2023. She has received two awards with Oil Painter’s of America over the last year.

Vasili Katakis. My goal is to transport the viewer to another place using imaginative realism. I combine classical painting techniques with traditional narrative subjects transforming them into what might be seen, what might be real, and what sometimes might be the impossible. Much of what I paint is organic because it captivates me like nothing else; it's as if there is a living presence providing an intimate and sensual landscape for me to paint. My medium of choice are pastels because of their luscious texture and vibrant hues. I blend colors together to form a deep, rich, continuous pattern where soft gradations move the eye throughout the scene. I choose earthly natural tones to melt light and shade together. The result has been described by others as romantic, mysterious and ethereal. Vasili Katakis Biography Vasili "Vas" is a first generation Greek American who grew up surrounded by his culture's classical design and aesthetic. Vas studied at Ox Bow School of Arts, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the American Academy of Art. He studied under Irving Shapiro, Bill Parks and Ed Paschke. His work is influenced by Raymond Johnson, Agnes Pelton, and Georgia O'Keefe. Vasili's teaching experience includes 6 years at Chicago's Columbia College, and 15 years at the New Mexico Art League. He is a Signature member in both the Pastel Society of New Mexico, the Pastel Society of America, and a member of the Rio Grande Art Association.

Julia Lambright. Painter Julia Lambright was born and raised in Russia. She earned a BFA and MFA with Distinction from the University of New Mexico. Working in oil in the past, her prime medium of choice is egg-tempera, knowledge she acquired from masters in Russia and the United States. While searching for a personal spiritual experience, Julia began exploring iconographic canons, formulas, and techniques of 17th century icon painting. Her works document the silent and persistent dialogue between past and present and served as a voice to address memory, vision, and childhood experiences.

​Through the years, Lambright has allowed her artwork to evolve and shift. Her continuous fascination with materials led to an exploration with soft pastels that offer a new visual perspective. Searching for a more immediate expression and greater experimental capabilities, she challenges the traditional approach with materials with the desire to express sensation that evokes her inner world. In this visual dialogue, Lambright invites the viewer to have their own subjective experience and interpretation. She lives and works in Albuquerque.

Mike Mahon’s (PSNM, PSA, PPNM) style is impressionistic realism. His portraiture and landscape seem to intensify and exaggerate the story he wants to tell in them. Ordinary people and places are suddenly transformed when Mike focuses on the heart and soul of his subjects. As Hunter Ingalls, art educator and art critic, stated in a newspaper interview, " Mike Mahon is an artist with a clear command of both the oil and pastel media... (his) works reveal an ability to single out simple, unassuming details for special emphasis, elevating the imagery into radiant, dream-like originality. "Taos Rooftops" pictures the not too distant town as seen from the broad fields on the outskirts of El Prado. Early Autumn's golden foliage contrasting against the soft blues of the mountains is what drew me to the scene. A soft violet hue emanating from the Taos rooftops accentuates the aerial perspective and unifies the scene.

Lee McVey (PAPNM-Master, PSA, IAPS-Master Circle, PSNM Distinguished Pastelist, PAAC). Lee McVey’s first trip to New Mexico occurred in 1992 while she was living in central New York state. The main purpose of the trip was to see where Georgia O’Keeffe had painted. Lee visited Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Taos, Bandelier National Monument, Abiquiu and Ghost Ranch. Something surprising happened she returned home. She felt homesick for New Mexico even though the geology, weather, and culture are vastly different than central New York. After retirement from teaching art in the public schools, Lee moved to Albuquerque and immediately felt she was at home. The Abiquiu area is one of Lee’s favorite places to paint. The Neopolitan colored cliffs of the area, as well as the sage, chamisa and beautiful skies, continually inspire Lee to paint, either en plein air or in studio with either pastel or oil. Compositions that place the cliffs close-up and more panoramic vistas both inspire her. Lee a Master Signature member of Plein Air Painters of New Mexico and a Master Circle member of International Association of Pastel Societies, a Distinguished Pastelist in Pastel Society of New Mexico and a Signature member of Plein Air Artists Colorado and Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod.

Paul Murray has been making art since he was 19, working as an illustrator and designer during college for a printer in Santa Fe. He was self-employed as a Graphic Designer and Illustrator in Albuquerque for 35 years, winning several local and national awards and features in national and international magazines. His clients included Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Public Service Company of NM, and Mountain Bell (now Century Link). He has a degree in fine art with honors from the University of New Mexico. In the mid-90s he transitioned from Graphic Art to Fine Art. He’s been represented by several galleries over the years. Paul continued to win awards including the Prix ‘d Pastel at the 2001 International Association of Pastel Societies and the Prix ‘d Pastel in the Pastel Journal Top 100 in 2006. "I'm a curious person. My paintings are not so much statements as they are a series of questions." Albert Einstein said, “The mysterious is the most wonderful thing we can experience. It is the source of all Science and Art." As long as I can see things and wonder why they are the way they are, I'll continue to grow as a painter. And isn't that one of the great goals in life – to continue over time to get better at what you do?”

Join us Saturday, May 18th, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm for a glass blowing demonstration by Russell Frye and Ira Lujan

Watch as Gallery Hózhó glass artists Russell Frye and Ira Lujan turn molten glass into birds, vases, antlers, and other forms in front of the gallery. We are partnering with our neighbor Crafted Tasting Room, which will offer a wine tasting from Milagro Winery at 4:00 pm after the demonstration. For anyone interested in trying their hands at glass blowing, Ira and Russell are offering private mini class where you can make your own bowl or paperweight for $95. Email info@galleryhozho.com to reserve your spot.

Featuring Glass Artists: Ira Lujan, Russell Frye, and Adrian Wall

Opening Reception: Friday February 2, 2024, 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Located at Sawmill District at Hotel Chaco in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Our featured glass artists use hand-blown and fused glass to create pieces inspired by historic examples from Southwest pottery, petroglyphs, and ancient Egyptian wares. Stop by for complementary wine, drinks, and snacks and to meet the artists.

Russell Frye graduated of the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) 2015 and is currently working at Prairie Dog Glass Studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He grew up south of Gallup, NM, on the Ramah-Navajo reservation. His mother is a traditional potter from Tesuque Pueblo and his father is an artist from Ft. Collins, Colorado. He studied at the University of New Mexico branch in Taos, as well as Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Frye joined the IAIA in fall 2011, where he began an internship with the New Mexico Experimental Glass Workshop. It was during this time that he discovered his passion for working with glass as a medium. He believes that glass is an amazing material that captivates and can be used in many ways. His own work utilizes glass blowing, glass fusing, and embossing, along with other techniques. He is also known for his metal work, especially his bronze pieces, which explore the shapes and designs from pottery in the Southwest in new materials.

Ira Lujan (Taos/Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo) learned glass blowing in Taos, New Mexico while apprenticing with glass artist Tony Jojola (Isleta Pueblo) in 2000. He also studied with noted glass artist Preston Singletary (Tlingit) at the Pilchuck Glass School in Snohomish County, Washington. He learned that it is possible to incorporate Native American subjects and influences with ancient techniques of glass blowing.

Adrian Wall

Holiday Cheer

Opening Reception: Friday December 1, 2023, 5pm - 7pm

Located at Sawmill District at Hotel Chaco in Albuquerque, New Mexico

As 2023 closes, Gallery Hózhó celebrates this winter season with our Holiday Cheer show featuring paintings, prints, and sculptures by a number of artists in the gallery. Toast the artists at the opening reception on Friday, December 1, 2023, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Holiday Cheer features the work of Chelsea A. Benally, Avis Charley, Bryson Goodrunner, Bob Haozous, Duhon James, Kurt Lomawaima, David A. Naranjo, Darby Raymond-Overstreet, A. Thompson, Vicente Telles, and Peterson Yazzie.

Chelsea Benally Born in 1992 in Crystal, New Mexico, Chelsea Benally earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with an emphasis in photography and painting. Their studio is in Albuquerque, New Mexico, continuing to explore the roles of women in contemporary culture. Benally serves as assistant director at Gallery Hózhó in Hotel Chaco.

Avis Charley (Spirit Lake Dakota/ Diné) is a visual artist born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She earned her BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico (2018). She is a ledger artist and painter who creates figurative drawings and paintings exploring the evolving Native American identity from pre-reservation period to the present day, from ancestral homelands to city life.

Bryson Meyers comes from a small reservation in northcentral Montana called Rocky Boy. He moved in with his grandfather and began learning his ways of pow wow and ceremonial life living with his grandfather taught him the ways, language and symbols of the Cree.

Bryson focused on his education and became more independent. He developed a strong focus on pow wow and learning the knowledge of tribes further to the north. He is expanding his knowledge of digital art and printmaking, learning more of what he can do with his art Bryson recently got his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design the IAIA (Institute of American Indian Art)

Bob Haozous (Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache) tackles ideas about Native identity, cultural appropriation, and the responsibility of artists to address uncomfortable truths about contemporary life in his monumental sculpture, prints, illustrations, and paintings. He received his BFA at the California College of Arts and Crafts, where he learned to work in many media. Bob has major works in front of many southwestern public institutions, including the Institute of American Indian Arts, the Albuquerque Museum, the Heard, the Roundhouse in Santa Fe, and the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.

Duhon James, I am Water’s Edgeclan, born for the Bitter Water Clan, from Ganado, AZ. In Spring 2014, I graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts from the Institute of American Indian Arts.

Kurt Lomawaima Currently residing on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona, Kurt has been honing his skills as an artist in various mediums for several years. His time attending the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe has encouraged Kurt’s confidence of applying his natural talents to whichever art form embraces his ideas.Having grown up in the village of Mishungnovi on Second Mesa, Kurt’s art reflects his Hopi upbringing with specks of Western abstract mannerisms. Utilizing acrylic and airbrush techniques, he enjoys a contrast of bright and natural colors to explore the depths of Hopi lifeways and beliefs.

David Naranjo from the Pueblos of Santa Clara, San Juan, and Cochiti reinterprets historic pottery in two dimensions, expressing cultural symbolism through hardline abstraction. Since receiving his BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts, he incorporates elements from Tewa patterns and designs as paintings and scarves, often executed in tactile materials such as silk and micaceous paint. For Naranjo, “Symbols and iconography depicted on pottery and embroidery are not only for ornate decorative purposes, but carry great symbolic significance and serve as visual representations of the landscape, natural world, and, if used properly, for prayer.”

Darby Raymond-Overstreet is an award winning digital artist and printmaker. Born in Tuba City Arizona, and raised in Flagstaff Arizona, she is a proud member of the Navajo Nation. She received her B.A. in Psychology and Studio Art and graduated with Honors from Dartmouth College in 2016. She currently resides in Chimayó, NM and through her work she studies, works with and creates Navajo/Diné pattern designs that materialize through portraits, landscapes, and abstract forms. Her work is heavily inspired by and derived from Traditional Diné/Navajo textiles, with particular interestin pieces woven in the late1800's-1950's

Noted santero and retablo carver Vicente Telles (he/him) offers a contemporary approach to traditional Hispanic arts. Using the natural pigments created from clays and minerals on homemade gesso on boards he shapes himself, the artist brings a historic practice into the present day. His interpretations of Catholic and cultural iconography show his social commentary about issues such as immigration and the border.

A. Thompson (ATA) lives and works in Lukachukai, Arizona. Born and raised on the Navajo Nation, the youngest of four siblings, Thompson left the reservation at the age of 17. Her degree is in Health Care Administration but she discovered painting in 2010. Since then, Thompson has studied abstract art on her own, favoring work by Picasso, Kandinsky, Banksy, Matisse, and Voka. She says, “I am just an individual with a sponge, a bucket of water, a syringe, a spoon, a spray bottle, with bad eyesight. . . . I choose to show what is on my mind and in my heart.”

Peterson Yazzie is a Contemporary Navajo artist, illustrator, and educator from Greasewood Springs, Arizona.

The Navajo culture and personal experiences are the foundation of Yazzie’s work. Yazzie’s painting literally starts with a splash of paint sparked by an idea, the rest is completed with intuition and experimentation. Yazzie also carves what he has coined as “Yei wall sculptures”. The wall sculptures are carved from wood, painted, and adorned with natural exotic (legal) feathers.

Yazzie has won numerous awards from prestigious art shows such as Heard Museum, Santa Fe Indian Market, Arizona State Museum, Museum of Northern Arizona, and The Autry Museum of the American West among others. Yazzie also illustrated the children’s book titled “The Hogan that great grandfather built” with Salina Bookshelf of Flagstaff, AZ. Yazzie has been awarded art fellowships from Vermont Studio Center, SWAIA, Wheelwright Museum (Goodman Fellowship), and the Heard Museum.

Peterson received an Associate of Fine Arts (2002) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (2004) from the Institute of American Indian Arts, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Peterson furthered his education by earning a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2008. Peterson is currently a full-time art faculty at Northland Pioneer College in Holbrook, Arizona since Fall 2011.

Fryes & Friends

Opening Reception: Friday August 4th, 2023, 5pm - 7pm

Located at Sawmill District in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Jacob Thomas Frye is a fourth-generation potter and painter from Tesuque Pueblo. Frye’s passion for art and learning beginning at five years old when he worked alongside his parents, both of whom are artists. He learned traditional Tesque ceramics from mother and other media from his father, an artist from Ft. Collins, Colorado. Frye’s work reflects his inspirations, including Sikyatki-style by the Hopi potter Nampeyo, Matte black-on-polished black by Maria Martinez from San Ildefonso Pueblo, and painting by his great-grandfather Thomas Vigil “Pan Yo Pin,” who used in watercolor.

Kelly Frye’s paintings and sculptures explore themes of healing from trauma. “The soul and spirit of my work springs from my curious nature. This curiosity has led me to many adventures throughout my life. Self-discovery through the arts allows me to express a contemporary voice of my Indigenous world. I find limitless possibilities of expression in a combination of historical and personal narratives. These experiences have allowed me to explore different mediums, culminating in a passion for sculpture with casting metals, welded steel, and clay.

Russell Frye is alumni from the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) 2015, currently working at Prarie Dog Glass Studio in Santa Fe, N.M. He believes that, glass is an amazing material. It captivates you, draws you in, and can be used for a boundless number of applications. Light, color, and form come together to create a symphony for the eyes. Its awesome!

Russell grew up south of Gallup, NM, on the Ramah-Navajo reservation. His mother is a traditional potter from Tesuque Pueblo and his father is an artist from Ft. Collins, Colorado. He studied at the University of New Mexico branch in Taos, as well as Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Frye joined the IAIA in fall 2011.

 While at IAIA in 2012, he began an internship with the New Mexico Experimental Glass Workshop. It was during this time that he discovered his passion for working with glass as a medium.

Currently residing on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona, Kurt Lomawaima been honing his skills as an artist in various mediums for several years. His time attending the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe has encouraged Kurt’s confidence of applying his natural talents to whichever art form embraces his ideas.

Having grown up in the village of Mishungnovi on Second Mesa, Kurt’s art reflects his Hopi upbringing with specks of Western abstract mannerisms. Utilizing acrylic and airbrush techniques, he enjoys a contrast of bright and natural colors to explore the depths of Hopi lifeways and beliefs.

Duhon James is from Water’s Edge clan, born for the Bitter Water Clan, and was born in Ganado, Arizona. He graduated from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in studio art.

Book Party: Boderra Joe, Poet and Photographer

Saturday, July 15, 2023, 5pm - 7pm

Located in Sawmill District in Albuquerque, New Meixco

Gallery Hozho is happy to be hosting a book party for Boderra Joe in the gallery at Hotel Chaco. Join us and help Boderra Joe celebrate her newly published poetry book, Desert Teeth (Abalone Mountain Press, 2022). This collection of poems gives the insight of a Dine’ person’s point of view of recognizing grief, family, identity and love all the while finding the beauty in it.

Boderra Joe is a Diné poet, journalist, and photographer. She is the author of Desert Teeth (Abalone Mountain Press, 2022). She is the recipient of fellowships from Willapa Bay AiR, the Indigenous Nations Poets (In-Na-Po), and the Bosque Redondo Memorial. She holds an MFA and BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts. She is Bit’ahnii (Folded Arms Clan), born for Tabááha (Water’s Edge Clan) and is from Bááhazł’ah (Twin Lakes), New Mexico, on the Navajo Nation.

Join Gallery Hozho for a charity event on Saturday, May 6, from 4 pm - 7 pm for the KBR Foundation, a non-profit providing funds for extracurricular activities for kids in the foster care system. There will be wine and appetizers and sweets, plus music courtesy of our DJ, Russell Frye. The silent auction includes goods and services from Hotel Chaco, the Sawmill Market, Howdy Cakes, Betty's Bath and Day Spa, and others.

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For more information contact Suzanne Newman Fricke: suzanne@galleryhozho.com

Julia Lambright

Opening reception: Friday, April 7th, 2023, 5pm - 8pm

Located at Sawmill District in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Join us at Gallery Hózhó as we welcome back Julia Lambright! The opening reception will be on Friday, April 7th, 2023 from 5pm to 8pm. Stop by and meet the artist, in the gallery, as she showcases and discusses her new body of works. Lambright is known for her unique style of painting with egg tempera combined with her knowledge of iconographic canons, formulas, and techniques of 17th century icon painting. She is influenced by the icon’s visual aesthetics and its technical construction, Lambright integrates and transforms its principles into a contemporary form of art making.

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For more information contact Suzanne Newman Fricke: suzanne@galleryhozho.com

Jacob T. Frye & David Naranjo

Opening Reception: Friday, February 3, 2023, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Located in Sawmill District in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Gallery Hozho at Hotel Chaco invites you to an opening for new works by Jacob T. Frye (Tesuque Pueblo) and David Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo) at Gallery Hózhó Friday, February 3, 2023, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Join us to meet the artists and celebrate. We look forward to seeing you there!

Born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Jacob Thomas Frye is a fourth-generation potter and painter. He learned ceramics from mother, a traditional pottery from Tesuque Pueblo, and painting from his father, an artist from Ft. Collins, Colorado. Frye’s work reflects his inspirations, including Sikyatki-style by the Hopi potter Nampeyo, Matte black-on-polished black pottery by Maria Martinez from San Ildefonso Pueblo. His great-grandfather Thomas Vigil (Pan Yo Pin) painted in watercolor paintings in the 1900s.

David Naranjo from Santa Clara, San Juan, and Cochiti Pueblos received his BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In his paintings, he reinterprets historic Tewa pottery in two dimensions, expressing cultural symbolism through hardline abstraction. For Naranjo, “Symbols and iconography depicted on pottery and embroidery are not only for ornate decorative purposes, but carry great symbolic significance and serve as visual representations of the landscape, natural world, and, if used properly, for prayer.”

For more information contact Suzanne Fricke: suzanne@galleryhozho.com

VIBRANT!

Chelsea A. Benally, Omar Ganzo, Deborah Sipple, Adrian Standing Elk Pinnecoose, and Vicente Telles

Opening reception: Friday, December 2, 2022 from 5pm - 8pm

Located at Sawmill District in Albuquerque, New Mexico

It may be grey and dark outside but Gallery Hózhó will be bright! To end the year, Gallery Hózhó at Hotel Chaco will end 2022 with VIBRANT!, featuring the works of Chelsea A. Benally, Omar Ganzo, Deborah Sipple, Adrian Standing Elk Pinnecoose, and Vicente Telles. Join the artists in the gallery for their opening reception on December 2nd, 2023, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Vibrant! will be in the gallery through January 29th, 2023

Taking Flight: Terran Last Gun, Ira Lujan, and Bryce Risley

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 1, 2022, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Near Old Town in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Join Gallery Hózhó for the opening of Taking Flight, Saturday, October 1, 2022, from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Meet the artist, Terran Last Gunn, Ira Lujan, and Brice Risley!

Ira Lujan will give a glass-blowing demonstration outside of Gallery Hozho.

Landings: All About Place

Opening Reception, Friday, August 5th, 2022, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Near Old Town in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Gallery Hózhó at Hotel Chaco will feature works by Jacob Frye, Linda Lomahaftewa, David Naranjo, Margarita Paz-Pedro, and Alex Peña. Join the artists in the gallery on Friday, August 5, 2022, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. The show considered the importance of land in New Mexico as a force to shape culture in the Southwest. With our large vistas and dramatic skyline, the landscape is a constant source of inspiration to artists in the state. Combining painting, prints, and ceramics, the works in this show reflect the long history of the area.

Duet: Jason Garcia and Vicente Telles

Opening Reception, Saturday, December 11, 2021, from 4:00 to 6:00pm

Near Old Town in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Join Gallery Hózhó at Hotel Chaco for the opening of Jason Garcia and Vicente Telles’ show from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on Saturday, December 11, 2021. Help us welcome Jason Garcia and the return of Vicente Telles!

Working together, noted Santero artist Vicente Telles and graphic novel artist Jay Garcia from Santa Clara Pueblo meld their unique aesthetics and ideas in this new series of work.

Hotel Chaco’s very own in house wine bar Crafted, New Mexico Tasting Room, will have a winter mulled wine drink served in a cozy mug next door.