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==Art career==
==Art career==
Raised in Berkeley, California, Diego Romero is a third generation Cochiti Pueblo artist who specializes in pottery (he also does printmaking).<ref>{{cite book|title=Manifestations: New Native Art Criticism|date=2011|publisher=Museum of Contemporary Native Arts|location=Santa Fe, New Mexico|isbn=978-0-615-48904-9|pages=154–155|url=http://www.iaia.edu/museum/vision-project/}}</ref> One of his collaborators in pottery was [[Navajo people|Navajo]] - [[Hopi]] ceramicist [[Nathan Begaye]] (1958 - 2010).<ref name="free"/> After art school in California, he attended the [[Institute of American Indian Arts]] (IAIA) in [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]]. After one year at IAIA, he enrolled at [[Otis College of Art and Design|Otis Parsons School of Design]] in Los Angeles, where he earned his BFA degree. He moved on to [[University of California, Los Angeles]] where he received his [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] in 1993.<ref name="free"/>
Raised in Berkeley, California, Diego Romero is a third generation Cochiti Pueblo artist who specializes in pottery (he also does printmaking) <ref>{{cite book|title=Manifestations: New Native Art Criticism|date=2011|publisher=Museum of Contemporary Native Arts|location=Santa Fe, New Mexico|isbn=978-0-615-48904-9|pages=154-155|url=www.iaia.edu/museum/vision-project/}}</ref>. One of his collaborators in pottery was [[Navajo people|Navajo]] - [[Hopi]] ceramicist [[Nathan Begaye]] (1958 - 2010).<ref name="free"/> After art school in California, he attended the [[Institute of American Indian Arts]] (IAIA) in [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]]. After one year at IAIA, he enrolled at [[Otis College of Art and Design|Otis Parsons School of Design]] in Los Angeles, where he earned his BFA degree. He moved on to [[University of California, Los Angeles]] where he received his [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] in 1993.<ref name="free"/>


Romero's pots marry Cochiti Pueblo ceramics with his love of comic books, superheroes, mythology, and [[Popular culture|pop culture]]. He honors his Cochiti worldview and his ancestors' method of coiling clay but expands the tradition with imagery and painting treatments. He is a self-proclaimed "chronologist on the absurdity of human nature"<ref>{{cite web|title=Artisode 2.6 Diego Romero|url=http://www.ovguide.com/diego-romero-9202a8c04000641f80000000047195a3|accessdate=July 25, 2012}}</ref> who draws on prehistoric [[Anasazi]] and [[Mimbres]] ceramics, Greek vessels, and pop culture. Romero's narratives combine humor and often-biting social commentary that communicate messages about contemporary Native American life, including difficult issues surrounding Native politics, history, identity, war, and alcoholism.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kropa|first=Madeleine|title=Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native American Art|date=2012|publisher=Peabody Essex Museum in collaboration with Yale University Press|location=Salem, MA|isbn=978-0-87577-223-3|pages=182–183}}</ref>
Romero's pots marry Cochiti Pueblo ceramics with his love of comic books, superheroes, mythology, and [[Popular culture|pop culture]]. He honors his Cochiti worldview and his ancestors' method of coiling clay but expands the tradition with imagery and painting treatments. He is a self-proclaimed "chronologist on the absurdity of human nature"<ref>{{cite web|title=Artisode 2.6 Diego Romero|url=www.ovguide.com/diego-romero-9202a8c04000641f80000000047195a3|accessdate=July 25, 2012}}</ref> who draws on prehistoric [[Anasazi]] and [[Mimbres]] ceramics, Greek vessels, and pop culture. Romero's narratives combine humor and often-biting social commentary that communicate messages about contemporary Native American life, including difficult issues surrounding Native politics, history, identity, war, and alcoholism<ref>{{cite book|last=Kropa|first=Madeleine|title=Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native American Art|date=2012|publisher=Peabody Essex Museum in collaboration with Yale University Press|location=Salem, MA|isbn=978-0-87577-223-3|page=182-183|pages=248}}</ref> .



In the 1990s, he catapulted to notoriety in the American Southwest ceramics world with his "Chongo Brothers" polychromed earthenware series. A ''chongo'' is a Southwest Native man who wears his hair in a traditional bun.<ref name="free"/> Some of the characters figured in his work reflect a Greek painting style, and portray idealized, muscular bodies. Romero's work explores gender politics, [[Human sexuality|sexuality]], and multifaceted identities of Native people, and all the while, relates the contemporary to the ancient.
In the 1990s, he catapulted to notoriety in the American Southwest ceramics world with his "Chongo Brothers" polychromed earthenware series. A ''chongo'' is a Southwest Native man who wears his hair in a traditional bun.<ref name="free"/> Some of the characters figured in his work reflect a Greek painting style, and portray idealized, muscular bodies. Romero's work explores gender politics, [[Human sexuality|sexuality]], and multifaceted identities of Native people, and all the while, relates the contemporary to the ancient.


A collection of his work toured Europe in 2006. He is represented by galleries in New York and Santa Fe, including [[Robert Nichols Gallery]].
A collection of his work toured Europe in 2006. He is represented by galleries in New York and Santa Fe, including [[Robert Nichols Gallery]].
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*''She-Wana's Dream,'' 2008, [[National Museum of the American Indian]], Washington, D.C.<ref name=NMAI1>{{cite web|title=She-Wana's Dream|url=http://www.americanindian.si.edu/searchcollections/item.aspx?irn=392238|work=Collections Search|publisher=National Museum of the American Indian|accessdate=16 January 2013}}</ref>
*''She-Wana's Dream,'' 2008, [[National Museum of the American Indian]], Washington, D.C.<ref name=NMAI1>{{cite web|title=She-Wana's Dream|url=http://www.americanindian.si.edu/searchcollections/item.aspx?irn=392238|work=Collections Search|publisher=National Museum of the American Indian|accessdate=16 January 2013}}</ref>
*[http://sam.nmartmuseum.org/view/objects/asimages/People$00402352?t:state:flow=5be33247-82d1-4b1e-b0ba-810a0ba7e089 Diego Romero works at New Mexico Museum of Art]
*[http://sam.nmartmuseum.org/view/objects/asimages/People$00402352?t:state:flow=5be33247-82d1-4b1e-b0ba-810a0ba7e089 Diego Romero works at New Mexico Museum of Art]
*[http://explore-art.pem.org/search/316df802d3dedddee02dc29ae4cce706] Diego Romero works at Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.


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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Mateo Romero (artist)]], Diego's brother
*[[Mateo Romero (artist)]], Diego's brother

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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.britesites.com/native_artist_interviews/dromero.htm Interview with Diego Romero by Larry Abbott]
*[http://www.britesites.com/native_artist_interviews/dromero.htm Interview with Diego Romero by Larry Abbott]
*[http://www.robertnicholsgallery.com/Robert_Nichols_Gallery/Artists/Pages/DIEGO_ROMERO_1.html Images of his work] at Robert Nichols Gallery
*[http://www.robertnicholsgallery.com/Robert_Nichols_Gallery/Artists/Pages/DIEGO_ROMERO_1.html Images of his work] at Robert Nichols Gallery
*[http://www.iaia.edu/museum/vision-project/artists/diego-romero/ Diego Romero], Vision Project, by [[Dylan A. T. Miner]]
*[http://www.iaia.edu/museum/vision-project/artists/diego-romero/], Vision Project, by [[Dylan A. T. Miner]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vWPWoKmqYY&noredirect=1], Artisode 2.6 Diego Romero, New Mexico PBS, Aired 2/15/2009.
*[http://explore-art.pem.org/object/native-american-art/E301811/detail], Iwo Jima pot (from the "Never Forget" series), Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
*[http://explore-art.pem.org/object/native-american-art/E303926/detail], Corn Maiden pot, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
*[http://www.artandantiquesmag.com/2010/07/traditions-and-transgressions/], Traditions and Trangressions, Aline Brandauer, July 2010.


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Diego Romero
Born1964
Berkeley, California
NationalityCochiti Pueblo
EducationMFA University of California, Los Angeles, BFA Otis College of Art and Design, Institute of American Indian Arts
Known forceramics, printmaking, painting
MovementPueblo art, Native pop art
External images
image icon Diego Romero portrait
image icon When Titans Collide
image icon Double Take, Chongo Brothers, 2002

Diego Romero (born 1964) is a Cochiti Pueblo artist living in New Mexico.

Background

Diego Romero was born in Berkeley, California in 1964. His father is Santiago Romero, a Cochiti Pueblo Indian, and his mother is Nellie Guth, a European-American.[1] Diego, like his mother, was born and raised in Berkeley, California,[2] but spent his childhood summers at Cochiti, New Mexico.[1] Romero's father was a traditional painter, despite losing one of his hands in the Korean War.[1] Although, in his youth, Romero related to his tribe only with great difficulty, as a young man the Cochiti council honored him by granting him the right to occupy his grandfather's property.[1]

Art career

Raised in Berkeley, California, Diego Romero is a third generation Cochiti Pueblo artist who specializes in pottery (he also does printmaking) [3]. One of his collaborators in pottery was Navajo - Hopi ceramicist Nathan Begaye (1958 - 2010).[1] After art school in California, he attended the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe. After one year at IAIA, he enrolled at Otis Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles, where he earned his BFA degree. He moved on to University of California, Los Angeles where he received his MFA in 1993.[1]

Romero's pots marry Cochiti Pueblo ceramics with his love of comic books, superheroes, mythology, and pop culture. He honors his Cochiti worldview and his ancestors' method of coiling clay but expands the tradition with imagery and painting treatments. He is a self-proclaimed "chronologist on the absurdity of human nature"[4] who draws on prehistoric Anasazi and Mimbres ceramics, Greek vessels, and pop culture. Romero's narratives combine humor and often-biting social commentary that communicate messages about contemporary Native American life, including difficult issues surrounding Native politics, history, identity, war, and alcoholism[5] .


In the 1990s, he catapulted to notoriety in the American Southwest ceramics world with his "Chongo Brothers" polychromed earthenware series. A chongo is a Southwest Native man who wears his hair in a traditional bun.[1] Some of the characters figured in his work reflect a Greek painting style, and portray idealized, muscular bodies. Romero's work explores gender politics, sexuality, and multifaceted identities of Native people, and all the while, relates the contemporary to the ancient.

A collection of his work toured Europe in 2006. He is represented by galleries in New York and Santa Fe, including Robert Nichols Gallery.

Notable collections

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Clark, Garth. Free Spirit: The New Native American Potter. Hertogenbosch, Netherlands: Stedelijik Museum's, 2006: 102-123.
  2. ^ Clark, Garth. (Mar/Apr 2007). "Bridging two worlds." Ceramic Review v 224, p. 48-51.
  3. ^ [www.iaia.edu/museum/vision-project/ Manifestations: New Native Art Criticism]. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Museum of Contemporary Native Arts. 2011. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-0-615-48904-9. {{cite book}}: Check |url= value (help)
  4. ^ [www.ovguide.com/diego-romero-9202a8c04000641f80000000047195a3 "Artisode 2.6 Diego Romero"]. Retrieved July 25, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  5. ^ Kropa, Madeleine (2012). Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native American Art. Salem, MA: Peabody Essex Museum in collaboration with Yale University Press. p. 182-183. ISBN 978-0-87577-223-3. {{cite book}}: More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)
  6. ^ "She-Wana's Dream". Collections Search. National Museum of the American Indian. Retrieved 16 January 2013.

See also

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