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Gallery representation:
Gerald Peters Gallery- Santa Fe, New Mexico
Mountain Trails Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
Born and raised amid the spectacular vistas of culturally rich northern New Mexico, Arturo Chávez is devoted to painting the landscapes of his homeland.
Chavez studied music and concert classical guitar at the University of New Mexico and from 1971 to 1973 was vice president and corporate pilot for a manufacturing firm in Albuquerque. Although Chávez painted throughout his youth, he did not turn to art as a full-time career until 1980. Since then, he has received international recognition for his landscapes, including exhibitions in the U.S. embassies in Moscow, Croatia, and Guyana.
Like many gifted artists, Chávez is a talented musician; he studied classical guitar—his first love—before turning to visual art as his principal creative expression. Deeply influenced by master artist Wilson Hurley, Chávez credits the Albuquerque artist’s excellent advice—to paint on location before returning to the studio to complete his paintings—with his mastery of his chosen subject—the Western landscapes.
Notable awards and achievements:
2010 Purchase Award, New Mexico Art in Public Places, acclaimed artists’ series, Clovis Community College, Clovis, New Mexico
2009 Best of Show (Victor Higgins work of Distinction) Eiteljorg Museum, Quest
for the West Indianapolis, Indiana
2008 Solo Exhibition, Western Vistas at Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New
Mexico
2007 Best of Show and Gold Medal Award in Oil painting, Western Artists of
America at the Hubbard Museum of the American West.
2006 Purchase Award, New Mexico Art in Public Places, acclaimed artist’s series,
Tony Anaya Building (Capitol Collection), Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2005 Bronze Medal for Magic Dusk at Arts for the Parks, Jackson, Wyoming
Gold Medal Award in oil painting, Western Artists of America at the Hubbard Museum of the American West
2002 Purchase Award, New Mexico Art in Public Places, acclaimed artists’ series, Taos National Guard.
Purchase Award, New Mexico Art in Public Places, acclaimed artists’ series, New Mexico State University.
Gallery Representation:
Gerald Peters Gallery- Santa Fe, New Mexico
Mountain Trails Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
Entered by Elias Garza Garcia, Curatorial Assistant, 3/14/2023
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Arturo Antonio Chavez
American, born 1949
Gallery representation:
Gerald Peters Gallery- Santa Fe, New Mexico
Mountain Trails Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
Born and raised amid the spectacular vistas of culturally rich northern New Mexico, Arturo Chávez is devoted to painting the landscapes of his homeland.
Chavez studied music and concert classical guitar at the University of New Mexico and from 1971 to 1973 was vice president and corporate pilot for a manufacturing firm in Albuquerque. Although Chávez painted throughout his youth, he did not turn to art as a full-time career until 1980. Since then, he has received international recognition for his landscapes, including exhibitions in the U.S. embassies in Moscow, Croatia, and Guyana.
Like many gifted artists, Chávez is a talented musician; he studied classical guitar—his first love—before turning to visual art as his principal creative expression. Deeply influenced by master artist Wilson Hurley, Chávez credits the Albuquerque artist’s excellent advice—to paint on location before returning to the studio to complete his paintings—with his mastery of his chosen subject—the Western landscapes.
Notable awards and achievements:
2010 Purchase Award, New Mexico Art in Public Places, acclaimed artists’ series, Clovis Community College, Clovis, New Mexico
2009 Best of Show (Victor Higgins work of Distinction) Eiteljorg Museum, Quest
for the West Indianapolis, Indiana
2008 Solo Exhibition, Western Vistas at Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New
Mexico
2007 Best of Show and Gold Medal Award in Oil painting, Western Artists of
America at the Hubbard Museum of the American West.
2006 Purchase Award, New Mexico Art in Public Places, acclaimed artist’s series,
Tony Anaya Building (Capitol Collection), Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2005 Bronze Medal for Magic Dusk at Arts for the Parks, Jackson, Wyoming
Gold Medal Award in oil painting, Western Artists of America at the Hubbard Museum of the American West
2002 Purchase Award, New Mexico Art in Public Places, acclaimed artists’ series, Taos National Guard.
Purchase Award, New Mexico Art in Public Places, acclaimed artists’ series, New Mexico State University.
Gallery Representation:
Gerald Peters Gallery- Santa Fe, New Mexico
Mountain Trails Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
Entered by Elias Garza Garcia, Curatorial Assistant, 3/14/2023
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Shawnee / Delaware / Peoria, born 1939
