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