Bob Haozous | |
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| Born | Robert Haozous April 1, 1943 Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache Tribe |
| 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.
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]
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 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]
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.
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]
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]
Bob Haozous lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has three children and four brothers. His brother Philip Haozous is also a respected sculptor.
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