Bob Haozous
Bob Haozous | |
|---|---|
| Born | Robert Haozous April 1, 1943 Los Angeles, California |
| Citizenship | Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, United States |
| Education | BFA, California College of Arts and Crafts |
| Known for | sculpture, jewelry, painting, printmaking |
| Notable work | Cultural Crossroads,[1] Apache Holocaust Memorial |
| Movement | Apache art |
| Website | http://www.bobhaozous.com/ |
Bob Haozous is a Chiricahua Apache sculptor from Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is enrolled in the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma.
Background
[edit]Bob Haozous was born on 1 April 1943 in Los Angeles, California.[2] His parents are Anna Marie Gallegos, a Navajo-Mestiza textile artist, and the late Allan Houser (1914–1994), a famous 20th-century Apache sculptor. As a child, Haozous spent time in Apache, Oklahoma, his tribe's headquarters.[2] His parents both taught at Intermountain Indian School, in Brigham City, Utah.[3]
Education and military service
[edit]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 (DD-742) 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.[2]
Artwork
[edit]Haozous works 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.[2]
His work is often humorous and extremely politically charged.[citation needed] He creates work about his Apache heritage, the environment–especially climate change–and institutional racism.
Art career
[edit]As an emerging artist, Haozous exhibited at the annual SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market, from 1971 until 1991.[2] He moved on to a world stage and has participated in the Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy, in both 1999 and 2001.[2]
Notable exhibitions
[edit]- 2018–19: Old Man Looking Backward: Bob Haozous, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM[4]
- 2006: Relations: Indigenous Dialogue, IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, with catalogue[5]
- 2001 Umbilicus, Venice Biennale, Italy
- 2000 Who Stole the Tee Pee, Curated by Atlatl, George Gustav Heye Center, New York City, New York[6]
- 1999 Ceremonial, Venice Biennale, Italy
- 1971–1991 SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market, New Mexico.[2]
Notable collections
[edit]- British Museum[7]
- Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
- Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
- Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, New Mexico
- Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, New Mexico
- Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, NM
- National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC[8]
- Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico
- Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, California
- Westphalian Museum of Natural History, Munster, Germany
- Dresdner Bank Collection, Stuttgart, Germany
- Museum der Weltkulturen, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Norsk Sjøfartsmuseum, Trondheim, Norway
- Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico[2]
- Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Brown University, Providence, RI [9]
- Daybreak Star Cultural Center, Seattle, Washington
He has also created public art for the cities of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; San Diego, California; Seattle, Washington; and Tulsa, Oklahoma, as well as for the Seattle Seahawks Stadium.[2]
Personal
[edit]Bob Haozous lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has three children and four brothers. His brother Philip Haozous is also a respected sculptor.
References
[edit]- ^ "(Barbed) Wired for Controversy." Indigenous People. Accessed 2 April 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Ceremonial Space by Bob Haozous." Archived April 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine City of Tampa, Florida: Art Programs. Accessed 2 April 2011.
- ^ "Bob Haozous (1943- ): Biography." AskArt. Accessed 2 April 2011.
- ^ "Old Man Looking Backward: Bob Haozous". Wheelwright Museum. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Relations : indigenous dialogue / Joseph M. Sanchez & John R. Grimes, editors". Collections. National Museum of American History. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Who Stole the Tee Pee: Bob Haozous." Archived 2008-05-29 at the Wayback Machine National Museum of the American Indian. Accessed 2 April 2011.
- ^ "Bob Haozous, Apache Necklace." British Museum. Accessed 2 April 2011.
- ^ "Collections Search: Bolo Tie." National Museum of the American Indian. Accessed 2 April 2011.
- ^ "Haffenreffer | Brown University".
External links
[edit]- Bob Haozous, official website
- Interview with Bob Haozous, by Larry Abbot
- "Indian Art as Dialogue: The Tricky Transgressions of Bob Haozous." Dissertation abstract by Traci L. Morris-Carlsten, University of Arizona, 2005
- Bob Haozous Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine, Vision Project, by Leanne L.Hirondelle
- 1943 births
- Living people
- American people of Mestizo descent
- Artists from Santa Fe, New Mexico
- California College of the Arts alumni
- American contemporary sculptors
- Mestizo artists
- Native American curators
- American curators
- Native American sculptors
- United States Navy sailors
- Utah State University alumni
- Sculptors from New Mexico
- 20th-century American sculptors
- 21st-century American sculptors
- Fort Sill Apache Tribe people
- Native American people from New Mexico