Biographical / Contact : Information
Born: 1982
Address: PO Box 2491 Santa Fe NM 87504
Phone: 505.501.2124
Tribal Affiliation: Navajo (Dine`) / Picuris Pueblo
Links:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/silverinjun
http://shop.beyondbuckskin.com/artist/wayne-nez-gaussoin-navajo-picuris-pueblo
Education
2016 University of New Mexico- Master of Fine Arts, Minor Museum Studies
2009 Institute of American Indian Arts- Bachelors of Fine Arts
1994 Apprentice under Connie Tsosie Gaussoin
Continuing Art Education
2013 Kiln-Glass Components for Jewelry & Wearables. Bullseye Glass
2012 Kiln- Glass Casting for fusing & slumping. Bullseye Glass Sf Nm
2012 Creative Santa Fe- “Imagined Futures” Cyndi Conn
2005 School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Continuing BFA)
2003 SBDC Julianna Barbee -Marketing “ You” the Artist
Public Collections
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, NM
Museum of Man, San Diego, CA
Red Cloud Museum. Pine Ridge, SD
Artist in Residence/ Teaching related
2014-2016 Foundation Arts 126, Univ of NM Albuquerque, NM
Instructor as T.A. / Ligia Bouton , Jessamyn Lovell
Includes, creating syllabus and course outline.
2015 Santa Fe Art Institute & Southwest American Indian Arts Fellow
2014 Land Arts of the American West Program
experiment and interdisciplinary model for creative and critical arts pedagogy based in place. This program puts students in direct contact with place of the American Southwest through Field Investigations, Research, Creative Production, and Public Presentation/Dissemination
2009- 2014 Lost Wax Casting Instructor @ Poeh Arts Center & Museum. Pojoaque NM.
2007 “Piko”. International Indigenous Arts Symposium / Residency
Kona, Hawaii ( 2 Weeks )
2006 The King Fellowship at The School of Advanced Research. Santa Fe, NM. ( 3 Month Residency )
2005 The Heard Museum Phx, AZ./Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, AZ.
Year-long Project creating Benches for Mayo Clinic Garden
2004 Idyllwild Arts, Summer- Tufa Casting Workshop. Idyllwild, CA
2003 Idyllwild Arts, Summer- Tufa Casting Workshop. Idyllwild, CA
2000 Heard Museum. Artist Residency. Phoenix, AZ
Taught jewelry workshops with local college/high school students, and lecture to Guild Members.
Museum and Gallery Affiliations
Kiva Gallery, Uppsala Sweden
Museum of Art and Design, New York. NY
The National Museum of the American Indian of New York, NY
The Museum of American Indian; Smithsonian, Washington D.C.
The American Craft Shop-Dept. of Interior, Washington, D.C.
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture “Native Treasures”
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, “Holiday Sale”, Chicago, IL.
Southwestern Association on Indian Affairs, “Indian Market”, Santa Fe NM.
The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ.
Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix, AZ.
Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
Figerlli Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Victoria Price Gallery, Santa Fe NM.
Shuz Yaz Gallery, Santa Fe NM.
Case Trading Post, Wheelwright Museum, S.F. NM.
The Institute of American Indian Arts Museum Shop, S.F. NM.
The Fuller Museum, Brockton, Mass.
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
Selected Group/ Solo Invitational Exhibitions
2015 Native Fashion Now; North American Indian Style, Salem, Massachusetts.
2014 Land Arts of the American West, John Sommers Gallery. Albuquerque, NM
2014 “Grey Matters”, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe NM.
2014 “ Fashion Feast” Heard Museum, Phoenix AZ.
2013 AC[2] Gallery, Incoming MFA Candidates, Albuquerque NM
2013 The Isleta Resort & Casino Exhibit Showcase Albuquerque NM
2013 Beyond Buckskin Boutique & The Idyllwild Arts Academy “ Fashion Show” CA.
2012 The Museum of Contemporary Native Arts ( MoCNA) “ Fashion Heat” Sf, NM.
2011 The Heard Museum “ Where Fashion is Heard” Phx, A.Z.
+The Museum of Contemporary Native American Art (MOCNA), “ Opulence” S.F. NM
+ Studio 41 “ America Dreams” Santa Fe, NM.
+University of San Diego (David W. May Gallery), “Silver & Stones”, San Diego, CA.
2010 Poeh Arts Museum, “ AXIOM” Pojoaque NM
+Mesa Arts Center, “ Transcending Traditions” Mesa, AZ
+Museum of Art and Design, “ LOOT”, New York, NY
2009 Museum of Indian Arts & Culture; “ Native Couture: A History of Santa Fe Style”
2008 Santa Fe Community Gallery, “Generations”, Santa Fe NM
2007 +”Native Couture: History of Santa Fe Style” The MIAC Museum, Santa Fe, NM
+”Young Jewelers Show” The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
+”Santa Fe Design Week Fashion Show” S.F. NM.
+Fashion Show, Santa Fe Indian School Oct 11,
2005 The Santa Fe Opera, “Red Hot for POP”, Santa Fe NM.
+The Santa Fe Art Institute – Santa Fe Design Week, Santa Fe NM
+NM Aids Foundation, Hair and Fashion Show- Albuquerque NM
2004 Institute of American Indian Arts, “Show of Power”, Santa Fe NM.
2003 The Santa Fe Opera, “Fashion Pops at Swig”, Santa Fe NM.
+Desert Caballeros Museum, “Western Handcrafted Designs”, Wickenburg, AZ
2002 The Santa Fe Opera, “Fashion Pops at Swig”, Santa Fe NM.
2001 Wheelwright Museum, “Gaussoin Family Demonstration”, Santa Fe NM.
+Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Family Exhibition, Santa Fe NM.
1999 Northern Arizona Museum, “Navajo Show”, Flagstaff, AZ.
1998 Wheelwright Museum, “Legacy: A Family Tradition”, Santa Fe, NM.
1997 Futures for Children, “Christmas Fiesta”, Albuquerque, NM.
1996 Northern Arizona Museum, “Navajo Show”, Flagstaff, NM.
+Red Willow Gallery, Tubac, AZ.
Awards, Honors and Ribbons
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, NM
2002 “Collectors Choice Award
Wheelwright Museum Youth Market, Santa Fe NM
1998, 2000
Heard Museum Market, Phx, AZ
1998
Southwestern Association on Indian Affairs, Santa Fe, NM:
1994, 1995, 1996,1998,1999,2000,
2002 “Cruzin Around the Rez”, SWAIA/IAIA Art Auction
Eight Northern Pueblos Council Annual Summer Show, NM:
1996,1997, 1999,2000
Lectures and Demonstrations
2014 Santa Fe Exports Tufa Cast Demonstration, Tamaya Resort. Albuquerque, NM. The Heard Museum Guild Studio Visit (Phx, AZ) – Santa Fe NM
2013 “Estancia Primera Presentation”, Santa Fe NM
“ArtFeast Fashion Show 2013”, Santa Fe NM
2012 Wheelwright Museum “ Lecture for Santa Fe Newcomers” Santa Fe NM.
2007 Santa Fe Design Week “La Buena Vida” – Discussion Panel S.F. NM.
“Southwest Seminars” Hotel Santa Fe, NM
2006 The School of Advanced Research, Santa Fe, NM.
“Native Under 25” discussion panel; Avant Garde The Museum of New Mexico, SF, NM.
2003 Idyllwild Arts Foundation, Panel discussion with Michael Kabotie,
Idyllwild, Ca.
2001 MIAC Collectors Club, Demonstration on Casting, Santa Fe NM
Wheelwright Museum, Lecture, Santa Fe NM.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Lecture, Santa Fe NM.
1999 Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Demonstration, Santa Fe NM.
Bibliography
2015 Ready to Wear Native Fashion Now: Pasatiempo, Santa Fe New Mexican
2015 Native Fashion Now; North American Indian Style; Peabody Essex Museum
2011 High Street Fashion Jewelry, Jessica Metcalfe, Beyond Buckskin Blog
2011 Santa Fe Indian Market 2011 Fashion Event, Jessica Metcalfe, Beyond Buckskin Blog
2011 Natives look for evolution at Indian Market, Chee Brossy, Navajo Times, Aug 25.
2009 Masters of Contemporary Indian Jewelry, Nancy N. Schiffer, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
2007 A New Era in Jewelry, Forging a Future, Diana Pardue, Ornament Magazine, Vol. 31 No. 2
2007 Contemporary Southwestern Jewelry, Diana F. Pardue with the Heard Museum
2007 Creating with Metal, Dr. Gregory Schaaf, Native Peoples Magazine, Sept/Oct
2006 Artists Tackle New Genre for Mayo Clinic, Dottie Indyke, El Palacio, Vol. 111/No.3
2006 Native Artists Collaborate on Bench Project in Mayo Clinic’s Healing Garden
Heard Museum Journal
2006 Fashionation, Native Designers Step it up, Susan Heard, Native Peoples Magazine, 2006
2005 Turquoise Jewelry, 2nd Edition, Nancy N Schiffer
2004 Breaking New Ground, Russ Tall Chief, The Santa Fean Magazine, Aug 2004
2003 American Indian Jewelry I, 1,200 Artists Biographies, By Gregory Schaaf, CIAC Press; American Indian Art Series; volume 5.
Phaedra Haywood, “Oops, I dropped a name: Santa Fe holds a fashion show”,
The New Mexican, Sunday November 16th, pg E-3\
2000 Indian Jewelry, World Photo Press (Japan), Spring 2000, pg 22-25
The World of Digital Camera: PHOTO GALLERY, by Takatoshi Sato, World Photo Press (Japan), 2000, pg 24-25
1999 Pueblo People Ancient Traditions, Modern Lives: Marcia Keegan
Gaussoin Tradition, Southwest Art Magazine, August 1999, pg 136
Emily Van Cleeve, “Silversmiths share craft, inspiration, Family balances tradition with edge”, The Albuquerque Journal, Thursday August 19 pg 30-32
1998 Pueblo Artists Portraits, photographs by Toba Pato Tucker and essays by Alfred Bush, Rina Swentiell, and Lonnie Vigil, August.
Lynn Cline, “A feast fit for Indian Market: American Indian draw from their heritage in a new cookbook”, The New Mexican, August 19
Boards and Memberships (past & present )
2014- 2016 Institute of American Indian Arts Alumni Committee.
2015 Land Arts of the American West; Field Director Search Committee. Univ of NM
2000 – 2008 Pueblo Opera Program of The Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe NM.
2006 The Santa Fe Community Foundation: Native American Advisory Committee
2004 Friends of Indian Art, MIAC, Member, Santa Fe, NM.
