Four Winds Gallery

Current Exhibition:
Cody Sanderson

Past Exhibitions:
Buying Trip 2008
R.C. Gorman
Bruce King and Na Na Ping
Jovanna Poblano and Daniel Chattin
Buying Trip 2007
Liz Wallace
Stan Natchez - Shoshoni/Paiute Artist
NaNa Ping and Thomas Bucich
Buying Trip 2006
George Catlin
Denise and Samuel Wallace
Image Gallery - Denise and Samuel Wallace
Image Gallery - Dawn Wallace
Charlene Reano
Buying Trip 2005
Robert Deurloo
Edward Sheriff Curtis
Liz Wallace
Buying Trip 2004
Zapotec Weavings of Teotitlan
Clifford Fragua
NaNa Ping

Stan Natchez - Shoshoni/Paiute Artist
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Stan Natchez is a Shoshoni/Paiute Indian who was born on November 14, 1954 in Los Angeles, California. Stan is known for his innovative and creative paintings. Inspired by Andy Warhol, Jasper Johnsand, T.C. Cannon and other Pop artists, his paintings exude the power of colour and familiar objects.

His canvases often begin directly with artifacts of American culture that either directly or indirectly reflects Indians, eg. white mans land title deeds and ledgers etc. He then includes figures such as Native Americans, mission priests or cowboys on horseback. Intricate ìstars and stripesî beadwork add texture to bold works that emanate beauty and joy.

Fabrics and goldleaf layering add another dimension to his work as does his use of sand for form and texture. Stan uses dollar bills layered on the canvas as a modern dayhide. He says ìI feel fortunate for having been raised in the city because of the perspective it gave me on modern life. However, without an awareness of our traditional heritage, we as Native Americans have no identity. By taking the best of both worlds the modern and the traditional, we are better able to find balance in our livesî.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2002 Cline Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM; 2001 Cline Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM; 1999 Stan Natchez Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; 1998 American West Gallery, Sun Valley, ID; 1998 Skeats Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark; 1997 Brian Stineís Gallery, London, England; 1996 Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; 1995 Union Club, Frankfurt, Germany; 1994 Merrill Lynch, Munich, Germany; 1994 Glenn Green Galleries, Santa Fe, NM; 1993 First Peopleís Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; 1993 Elaine Horwitch Galleries, Santa Fe, NM.

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2002 Words, Rockwell Museum of Art, Corning, NY; 2002 Lloyd Kiva New Memorial Exhibition, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, NM 2002 Cline Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM; 2001 East Coast American Indian Art Show, Armory, Washington, DC; 1999 The Museum of the American Indian, New York, NY; 1999 Amerika Haus, Munich, Germany; 1999 Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, CA; 1995 Visions of Native America, Senate Rotunda Room, Washington, DC; 1994 Amerika Haus, Munich, Germany; 1993 Spirit of Native America, American Indian Contemporary Arts, Latin America Tour; 1992 Roskilde Festival Cultural Exchange and Art Show, Roskilde, Denmark.

Education and Affiliations:
M.F.A. Program, Arizona State University
B.S., University of Southern Colorado
Editorial Advisor & Education Coordinator, Native Peoples Magazine.

Selected publications:
Deats, Suzanne, "I Paint the Life I Live," Focus/Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, January - March 2001
Sandoval, Aubrey, "On the Money", Santa Fe New Mexican, July 27, 2001
Zatecky, Lorenz, Meeting on a Bridge: Stan Natchez, Shoshonie/Paiute, Munich: Bachmaier, 1998

Original paintings on canvas