Lynnette Haozous facts for kids
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Lynnette Haozous
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Haozous in 2021
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| Born | 1985 (age 39–40) |
| Nationality | San Carlos Apache Tribe, American |
| Alma mater | New Mexico Highlands University, Central New Mexico Community College |
| Known for | Murals, Painting, Mixed Media |
| Style | Artivism, Art of the American Southwest |
Lynnette Haozous (born 1985) is a talented Native American artist. She is a painter, printmaker, jeweler, writer, and even an actor! Lynnette is a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe. She also has family roots in the Chiricahua Apache, Navajo, and Taos Pueblo communities. Lynnette is famous for her amazing murals. She uses her art to speak up about important social issues and to help make positive changes in communities.
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About Lynnette Haozous
Lynnette Haozous grew up in Arizona and New Mexico. She has family from the Chiricahua Apache, Navajo, and Taos Pueblo tribes. Moving around a lot helped her feel a strong connection to all her ancestors. She says this connection has really influenced her artwork. Lynnette comes from an artistic family. Her great uncle, Allan Houser, was a very famous sculptor who inspired her.
Lynnette studied social work at New Mexico Highlands University, graduating in 2016. She also learned about studio arts at Central New Mexico Community College.
Her Art Career
Lynnette Haozous is an "artivist." This means she uses her art to create positive social change. She wants to help communities become stronger. She works with many different art forms. These include painting, making jewelry, screen-printing, writing, and acting.
Murals and Messages
Lynnette is best known for her large murals. She often uses spray paint and stencils to create them. She loves murals because they speak directly to people. They are easy for everyone to see in their own neighborhoods. Murals help her talk about important social issues that affect people where they live.
Important Art Projects
In 2020, Lynnette's art was part of an exhibit called "Reconciliation." This show was at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA). Her piece, "Braiding Reconciliation," was a mixed media installation. It was created by Native American and Indo-Hispano artists. The exhibit focused on truth, healing, and the idea of reconciliation.
The art responded to a long-standing issue. For many years, a local pageant called La Entrada was held. It showed the Spanish reconquest of New Mexico in 1692. Lynnette's artwork used cords to represent past hurts and the hope for a better future. Knots in the cords reminded people of the knots used by Pueblo runners. These runners used knots to send messages during the successful Pueblo Revolt of 1680. Rocks from different communities held the cords at the bottom of her artwork.
Lynnette's first art project outside New Mexico was for the Portland Art Museum. It was part of their "Mesh" exhibit in 2021. This exhibit showed the work of four Native American artists. Their art explored social issues. These included the fight against unfair treatment and conflicts over Indigenous land rights. The exhibit highlighted Native American culture. It also showed how art can be a powerful way to speak up for what's right. Lynnette's mural, Into the Sun, aimed to bring back the presence and power of Native women.
In 2023, Lynnette's mural "Seeds of Change" was chosen for a special event. It celebrated The Harwood Museum's 100th birthday in Taos, New Mexico. The mural is eight feet tall and ten feet wide. It shows a baby and three young Taos Pueblo women. Lynnette said she likes to paint Native people living today. She shows them in the modern world, but also carrying on their ancient traditions.
Lynnette's Works
Murals
| Name of Mural | Exhibit | Museum | Location | Year | Other Information |
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| Seeds of the Future | The Harwood 100 | Hardwood Museum of Art | Taos, New Mexico | 2023-2024 | Chosen to celebrate the 100th anniversary of The Harwood. |
| 100% Taos County Initiative Mural | N/A | N/A | 105 Camino de la Placita, Taos, New Mexico | 2022 - | |
| Into the Sun | MESH | Portland Art Museum | Portland, Oregon | 2021 - 2022 | |
| Abolishing the Entrada | Reconciliation | IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) | Santa Fe, New Mexico | 2019 - 2021 | |
| Original Inhabitants | N/A | N/A | OT Circus, Albuquerque, New Mexico | 2018 - | Collaboration with Joeseph Arnoux |
| Braiding Reconciliation Mural | N/A | The Hardwood Museum of Art of the University of New Mexico | Santa Fe, New Mexico | 2018 | |
| Artist Rooms at Nativo Lodge | N/A | N/A | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 2017 - |
Mixed Media
| Name of work | Exhibit | Museum | Location | Year |
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| Braiding Reconciliation | Reconciliation | IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) | Santa Fe, New Mexico | 2019 - 2020 |
| Braiding Reconciliation | N/A | The Hardwood Museum of Art at the University of New Mexico | Santa Fe, New Mexico | 2019 |
Google Doodle
On November 3, 2023, Lynnette Haozous created a special Google Doodle. This doodle honored her great uncle, Allan Houser, for Native American Heritage Month. The doodle included Apache stars and a yucca plant, which represents the desert homeland of Apache people. It also showed an Apache wikiup, the Sun (important in Apache culture), and the Three Sisters Mountain, which is sacred to Chiricahua/Apache people.
Artist Residencies
- 2018–2019 Santa Fe Art Institute Truth and Reconciliation Residency
- 2017 Nativo Lodge Artists Rooms Residency
- 2012 Nativo Lodge/SWAIA Artist Residency
Fellowships
- 2020 Native Arts and Culture Foundation Mentor Artist Fellowship Award
Awards
- 2023 Hardwood Museum of Art, Centennial Call to Artists, Winner for Seeds of the Future
- 2023 Southwest Contemporary, 12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now
