Joseph M. Sanchez (born ca. 1948) is an artist and museum curator.
Joseph M. Sanchez (born ca. 1948) is an artist and museum curator.
Sanchez was born in Trinidad, Colorado. [1] He has roots in the White Mountain Apache Reservation and Taos Pueblo communities. [2] [3]
Sanchez has been a leader in Indigenous and Chicano arts since the 1970s, and has collaborated with multiple artists. This co-creation has included creating work, exhibitions, and advocating for the rights of minority artists. This is seen most importantly in his work with the Professional Native Indian Artists (Indian Group of Seven). [4]
Sanchez had artistic aspirations from an early age, becoming interested in art and painting in 5th grade. [5] He became more serious about pursuing an art career when he met Daphne Odjig in Winnipeg in the early 1970s. [6] Odjig mentored and invited him to participate in what became the Indian Group of Seven. [7]
Sanchez serves as Chief Curator at the Portage College's Museum of Aboriginal Peoples' Art & Artifacts, in Lac La Biche, Alberta. [8] This museum houses a permanent collection dedicated to the Professional Native Indian Artists Inc. Sanchez and Alex Janvier took part in the opening of the collection in 2018. [9] [10]
Sanchez states that "I mostly paint from a feminist point of view. We need to protect women." [11]
Since retirement, Sanchez has continued to curate, but primarily returned to the studio full-time, and continues to exhibit in galleries and museums internationally. He lives in Santa Fe, N.M. [12] [13]
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Sanchez's work is featured in the book Professional Native Indian Artists: Group of Seven. [20] [21] The book was published as an exhibition catalog for a show presented at the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina; and traveled to the Art Gallery of Windsor, Winnipeg Art Gallery, McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario, Kelowna Art Gallery, and the Art Gallery of Alberta. [22]
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Portage College is a public board-governed community college in Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada. Portage has seven campus locations throughout northeastern Alberta.
Jackson Beardy was an Indigenous Oji-Cree Anishinaabe artist born in Canada. His works are characterized by scenes from Ojibwe and Cree oral history and many focus on the relationship between humans and nature. He belonged to the Woodland School of Art and was a prominent member of the Indian Group of Seven. His work has contributed to the recognition of Indigenous contemporary art within Canada.
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Daphne Odjig,, was a Canadian First Nations artist of Odawa-Potawatomi-English heritage. Her paintings are often characterized as Woodlands Style or as the pictographic style.
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