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Santa Clara Pueblo |
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Jason Garcia - Santa Clara Pueblo
Recent Works Available at King Galleries in 2007 & 20008
Jason is a son of noted potters Gloria
Garcia (Goldenrod) and John Garcia. His early ceramics work focused
primarily on figures and capturing Pueblo dances and
activities in clay.
As he was also interested in photography and drawing, the figures were
certainly a way of giving form to his vision of the world around him. Three
years ago, he began making clay tiles on which he painted Pueblo dancers and
dances in the traditional two-dimensional painting style of Santa Clara.
He also started to create a series of tiles that placed local Saints in
contemporary context. While the paintings of the Pueblo dances were highly
accurate in terms of costume and colors, his tiles of the Saints commented and
critiqued on local events and problems. In 2003, Jason won his
first major award, with a "Best of Division" at Santa Fe Indian Market for a set of his tiles depicting
the Franciscan Saints. In 2004, he won the prestigious "Artist's Choice
Award" for a large tile depicting the Pueblo Revolt. He was also
commissioned by the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, to make a "Pueblo Revolt"
tile for their permanent collection!
His new works are all painted with native clays slips on a native clay tile. The themes range from the a series of the Archangels, and the traditional to the contemporary.
Images from the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center's One Man Show of Jason's tiles in 2007
(photos courtesy Jacob Garcia)
Please contact us at 800-394-1843 or kgs@kinggalleries.com
for information and availability of the featured pottery.
