Chaz John

Chaz John

  • Artist’s Statement

    My work presents a vibrant collection of images, composed of eclectic cultural iconography, raw dream narratives, and a personal quilt of archetypal patterns that make up the collective American psyche.
    My art functions like the trickster lives in the joints, making connections, embracing the tension between the opposites.
    Like a dream, my work requires a host body, a narrative to inhabit. Speaking through the distillation of characters and scenes within the shallow myths of American history and the parallels of tribal storytelling. Then, develops a bridge to overstep its boundaries.
    While the relationship between the subjects and the narrative isn't always apparent, the work evokes complex emotional depth, humor, and a mystery that invites the viewer to embrace a reimagining of humanity's stories that continue to live with us.

  • Biography

    Chaz John
    Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska / Mississippi Band Choctaw / European
    b. 1987 , Topeka, KS
    currently lives in Santa Fe, NM
    2019: Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), Bachelors of Fine Art
    2006 - 2009: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

  • Awards

    2024: Creative Capital Award
    2019: SITE Scholar Award
    2017 - 2019: Full Circle Scholar Award
    2017 - 2019: American Indian College Fund Award
    2017 - 2019: Winnebago Higher Education Scholarship

  • Exhibitions

    Permanent Collection
    Gochman Collection, New York, NY
    Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA), Santa Fe, NM
    Solo Shows
    2024: REDHORN, Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe, NM
    2020: Manifest Destiny’s Child, Ellsworth Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
    2019: REZ DOGS II, Ellsworth Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
    Group Shows
    2023: The Moon Belongs to Everyone, Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe, NM
    2023: 8th Floor Gallery, New York, NY
    2022: Self-Determined, Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), Santa Fe, NM
    2022: Working Through Lunch, Title Gallery, NM
    2022: Prehistoric, Clown School Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
    2022: Flower Shop, Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe, NM
    2022: OUTCROPPING, Southampton Art Center, South Hampton, New York
    2019: Laughter and Resilience, Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, NM
    2019: SITE SCHOLARS EXHIBITION, SITE, Santa Fe, NM
    Installations
    2019: Artist Room: REZ DOG ROOM 420, Nativo Hotel, Albuquerque, NM
    2018: First Indian on the Moon, Inter-Planetary Festival, Santa Fe, NM
    Lectures
    2024: Southwest Contemporary, Albuquerque Museum, Abq, NM
    2024: 8th Floor Gallery, New York, NY
    2023: Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Memory Map, Whitney Museum, New York, NY
    Residencies
    Forthcoming April 2025: Ma’s House, Shinnecock NY
    2023: Institute of American Indian Arts, AiR Residency, Santa Fe, NM
    2018: Artist Residency Ellsworth Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
    Publications
    An Indigenous Present
    Hyperallergic
    Southwest Contemporary
    First American Magazine
    Pasatiempo Magazine

Showing 1–12 of 51 artworks

Chaz John

Hoki Wolf the Toughest Rez Dog in Winnebago
15.5 x 8.5 x 6.5 in. Porcelain, ceramic paint, hidden Vienna sausage $1,200

Chaz John

Covid Summer Dreaming
11 x 9 ″ Framed: 17 x 14 ″ Soft Pastel and Charcoal on Colored Construction Paper $400

Chaz John

Rez Dog and the Gentleness of Time
10 x 24 x 84 in Partial Rez dog skeleton, dirt, flower, fry bread, sunflower

Chaz John

Turtle Islands All The Way Down
11 x 9 ″ Framed: 17 x 14 ″ Soft Pastel and Charcoal on Colored Construction Paper Sold

Chaz John

Desecrated Sacreds Burned (Oct. 22, 2016 Standing Rock)
21 x 29.5 diptych, graphite on paper $1,851

Chaz John

Portrait of a Rez Dog 2
21 x 18 (Oval - 280 in2) Acrylic on Canvas $1,400

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The Rez Dog Who'd Chase Anangookwe
15 x 8.5 x 6 in. Porcelain, ceramic paint Sold

Chaz John

Portrait of Rez Dog Mother and Puppies
30 x 22 Acrylic on Paper Sold

Chaz John

Drawing Done from Artists Memory of Bird Performance
8.5 x 11 Graphite on Illustration Board

Chaz John

Two Rez Dogs Fighting in the Kitchen
60 x 72 in. Acrylic on Canvas $6,600

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Portrait of a Rez Dog 5 (Billy)
21 x 18 in. Acrylic on Wood Panel $1,400

Chaz John

A Frybread Deer Chased by Rez Dogs
60 x 66 in. Acrylic on Canvas $6,300