Lynnette Haozous is an enrolled member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe (Chiricahua Apache), and is part Diné, and Taos Pueblo. Haozous is a multi-medium artist, currently based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She grew up living on all three of  her tribal nations, learning a unique blend of Indigenous perspectives, intersectionalities, traditions, and experiences. She works in paintings, murals, installations, digital illustrations, screen-printing, and community art workshops.

Haozous received her Bachelors degree in Social Work from New Mexico Highlands University in 2016.  She has received artist residencies through  SWAIA, Nativo Lodge, Ute Mountain Studios, Santa Fe Art Institute, Bears Ears’ Artist Residency, The Harwood Arts Center's Arts and Social Justice Residency, and an apprenticeship through the Native Arts and Culture Foundation in 2020-2021.

Haozous has exhibited at The Harwood Art Museum, IAIA MOCNA, Denver History Museum, the

Harwood Arts Center, the Portland Art Museum, Millicent Rodgers Museum, and Gallery Hozho, at Hotel Chaco.

Haozous has worked as an Artist Educator, with such programs as Working Classroom Inc., OFFCenter Community Arts Project, and The Identity Project, working and mentoring youth.

Notably, Haozous is most recognized by her mural work in the public art field. Her murals often have bold and vibrant color palettes, meshed with contemporary Apache, Dine', and Pueblo designs, with imagery depicting Indigenous matriarchy and sovereignty.

In 2023, Haozous was selected as one of Southwest Contemporary's "12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now", and as Harwood Museum of Art in Taos' "Centennial Call to Artist Winner" for it's Centennial exhibition.

Haozous was featured in a Square, Inc., video series, called "Only In: Albuquerque", highlighting her art business, Lynnette Haozous Arts. Haozous was commissioned by Google, to create an official Goodle Doodle honoring artist, Allan Houser Haozous, which was launched in November of 2023 online.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I create large scale paintings, murals, and installations, and public art works, to inspire thoughts of empowerment in communities and youth. My designs are inspired from my traditional tribal designs, pottery, basketry, and stories that create intricate forms, meshed with vibrant color schemes. The context of my work often revolves around honoring Indigenous women, the restoration of Indigenous matriarchy, and empowerment through large scale paintings and murals that represent Indigenous resilience and sovereignty, of past and present.

I work to create large scale public pieces to empower, and be able to show positive messages of Indigenous people that are accessible to all communities. In my mural works, I like to create work collaboratively with the community in which I am invited into working, to create awareness and further dialogue of pressing issues involving Indigenous sovereignty in that respected community.