Just a stone’s throw away from the Santa Fe Plaza, Hecho a Mano offers high-quality artwork from a variety of Southwestern artists. This August, the gallery will shine a light on some of its Native American creators, including Daniel McCoy, Terran Last Gun, Skye Tafoya, Lehuauakea and Ian Kūali’i.
Daniel McCoy (Muscogee Creek/Citizen Band Potawatomi), Clouds Over La Puebla, oil on canvas, 37½ x 57 in.
New artwork will span two shows: Daniel McCoy: We Can Only Go Up From Here and the group exhibition Geometry of Culture. Both shows run from August 7 to 30 at the Santa Fe gallery.
McCoy’s modernist work is known for its “distinctive, high-energy style, blending elements of pop art, cartooning and sign painting to illustrate the landscape and culture of Northern New Mexico, where [McCoy] now lives and works,” the gallery notes. “While his upcoming show brims with McCoy’s characteristic vibrancy, it also brings something new: a focus on reflection, presence and inner work. In this body of work, the artist takes a step back from the high-saturation world of cartooning in favor of a realism that demands attention to the present moment.”
Terran Last Gun (Piikani), Ancient Land Scattered, 2023, ink and colored pencil on antique ledger paper, 13¾ x 11¼ in.
For Geometry of Culture, form and shape take center stage. “At first glance, geometry might not seem like a narrative form—but through these artists’ eyes, shape and color unspool into stories far-reaching and intimate, from cultural histories to personal lore,” gallery owner Frank Rose says, adding that artists were chosen because their works “appear as geometric abstraction, but upon closer look, reveal layers of personal, cultural and historical meaning.”
The shows will be timed with many of the festivities around Santa Fe Indian Market. —
Hecho a Mano
August 7-30, 2026
129 W. Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 916-1341, www.hechoamano.org
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