Active since the 1970s, the Warms Springs Chiricahua Apache artist Haozous has resisted any single style, instead describing his art as a “catalyst” for consciousness raising. “If I can inspire people to talk to each other about other things besides this quest for beauty,” he’s said, “then maybe we can create a cultural statement that comes directly from an Indigenous way of thinking.” The Heard Museum’s show marks the first major Haozous retrospective, with 75 works from across 60 years.
Exhibitions
—“Bob Haozous: A Retrospective View” at the Heard Museum, Phoenix, through November 30
—“Memo to the Mother: Bob Haozous’s Messages to Mother Earth” at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, N.M., January 10, 2026
Groups
—“Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always” at the Zimmerli Museum of Art, New Brunswick, through December 21
Six (6) additional indigenous artists named : Jeffrey Gibson, Marie Watt, Andrea Carlson, Virgil Ortiz, Nicholas Galanin, Teresa Baker. Total of seven (7) out of 15 highlighted artists are American Indian in heritage. Three out of seven are women. The common thread; however, is quality.
Championing diversity doesn’t appear to be dead in the U.S.
Corinne Cain of SavvyCollector.com
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