With work that can playfully celebrate and skewer pop culture all at once, Jason Garcia’s clay tiles document the ever-changing cultural landscape of his home of K’haPo Owingeh/Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico.
Tewa Tales of Suspense! #123 Pajogeri 145 — Barbenheimer, 2024, traditional hand-processed clay tile, mineral pigments, traditional pueblo pottery outdoor firing methods, 13 x 8½”
Garcia’s Tewa cultural ceremonies, traditions and stories, as well as 21st-century popular culture, comic books and technology, influence his clay and print work. Using traditional materials and traditional pueblo pottery techniques coupled with various printmaking techniques, Garcia juxtaposes customary and contemporary materials, and techniques connect him to his ancestral past, landscape and cultural knowledge.
I Live Off the Land…and Sonics, 2022, traditional hand-processed clay tile, mineral pigments, traditional pueblo pottery outdoor firing methods, 6¾ x 9”
His work has been exhibited in many museums and various exhibitions all around the country, including in his home in the Southwest. The museums include the National Museum of the American Indian, Arizona State University, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the Colby Museum of Art and the Peabody Essex Museum. Garcia earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, and his master’s in printmaking at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. The artist resides in Santa Clara Pueblo, where he also has a studio.
Back in Time, 2023, traditional hand-processed clay tile, mineral pigments, traditional pueblo pottery outdoor firing methods, 9 x 6¾”
His work will next appear at the Santa Fe Indian Market (Booth POG 123) and also in the exhibition Tewa Nangeh/Tewa Country at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe this fall.
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