A new two-artist show at King Galleries highlights the creative clay works of Jason Garcia (Santa Clara Pueblo) and Jeff Suina (Cochiti Pueblo). Garcia’s latest body of works consist of clay tiles with illustrative designs featuring various Native American characters that reflect on the historic events of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, along with contemporary social commentary works, using corn maiden dancers as his theme. Suina’s modernist sculptures are spiraling forms that seem to defy gravity. Their modern, geometric style is tempered by the use of traditional Cochiti designs. The upcoming exhibition, titled Time and Place, examines how each of these works reflect pueblo culture as a continuum of time and place.
Left: Jeff Suina (Cochiti Pueblo), Homes, native clay Right: Jeff Suina (Cochiti Pueblo), Window Through Time, native clay
“Native potters use the clay as a means of not only creating beauty, but also to tell stories of their culture and lives, both past and present,” says King Galleries owner Charles King. “Jason Garcia and Jeff Suina do not create your typical pueblo vessels, but create shapes that are painted that tell the story. The shapes, from a ‘comic book cover’ to geometric forms, tell the viewer that Native culture is alive and vibrant, with artists using it to tell the stories of their past, present and future.”
Left: Jason Garcia (Santa Clara Pueblo), Tewa Tales of Suspense #140, native clay, native clay slips Right: Jason Garcia (Santa Clara Pueblo), Summer and Winter, native clay, native clay slips
“I am quite excited to be a part of this exhibition with King Galleries. Time and Place to me represents a return to my first passion, which is creating art with clay,” Suina reflects. “In late 2024 I was appointed by the traditional leaders of Cochiti to serve as lieutenant governor. This has been a life-changing experience. Serving in this capacity has expanded my awareness on many things, and I am eager to see how this will reflect in my art moving forward. The pieces I am working on continue with my exploration into what I like to call ‘geometric design.’ The past 18 months have seen evolutionary steps taken, namely the substantial increase in scale and complexity of the pieces. What has dawned on me as a tribal leader are the many layers of information that exist in seemingly simple things, and these are elements that have to be acknowledged when making important decisions. They each have their time and place. That’s what these new pieces represent.”
Left: Jeff Suina (Cochiti Pueblo), The Winds of Time, native clay Right: Jason Garcia (Santa Clara Pueblo), Tewa Tales of Suspense #140, native clay, native clay slips
Highlights in the show include Suina’s Window Through Time, Homes and Lightning, as well as Garcia’s Tewa Tales of Suspense #140, Summer and Winter and Back in Time 2—all of which were created using native clay.
“I will be creating clay tiles that focus on my current bodies of work, TEWA TALES OF SUSPENSE! and the Corn Maiden series, [which] will focus on documenting similar locations but focused on the difference of time,” Garcia explains.
Time and Place: New Works by Jason Garcia and Jeff Suina begins January 29, 2026, with an opening reception from 6 to 9 p.m. and continues through February 10. The show takes place at King Galleries’ Scottsdale, Arizona, location. —
King Galleries
January 29-February 10, 2026
7077 E. Main Street, Suite 20, Scottsdale, AZ 85251, (480) 481-0187, www.kinggalleries.com
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