Jason Garcia, Pueblo Revolt
Jason Garcia
1973-
Santa Clara Pueblo
Alternative Name
Okuu Pin
Date
2016
Medium Specific
Screenprint
Edition / State
wp3
Classification
Print
Dimensions
20 x 13 in. (50.8 x 33 cm)Sheet: 24 x 19 in. (61 x 48.3 cm)
Accession Number
2017.25.20.16
Memo / Artist Statement
Using traditional materials and traditional Pueblo pottery techniques, along with various printmaking techniques, including lithography, serigraphy, and etching, I feel that it is important to keep alive the ceramic traditions that have been passed down to me since time immemorial. I feel that these materials and techniques connect me to my ancestral past and landscape, but also connect myself and future generations to our Tewa cultural traditions. The printmaking media is another way of creating and teaching these stories and traditions to a greater audience
(https://www.firstpeoplesfund.org/jason-garcia, 2020)
(https://www.firstpeoplesfund.org/jason-garcia, 2020)
Biography
Jason Garcia (Okuu Pin) does what great artists have been doing since the beginning of time: he carefully examines and interprets life around him and then shares those uniquely personal observations with the rest of the world. In his finished work—most often clay tiles that are created in the traditional Pueblo way with hand-gathered clay, native clay slips and outdoor firings — he transforms materials closely connected to the earth into a visually rich mix of Pueblo history and culture, comic book super heroes, video game characters, religious icons and all things pop culture.
http://www.okuupin.com
http://www.okuupin.com
Date of Bio
Inscription
Edition (l.l) and signature (l.r.) in pencil