SWAIA ARTIST Profile

Mateo Romero

Name
Mateo Romero
Tribe
Pueblo of Cochiti
Main Classification
2-D
Classification #2
Classification #3
Website

SWAIA Booth Numbers

Summer 2024
LIN E 739
Winter 2024
Mateo Romero
Portfolio Example & Artist Statement

My paintings are expressionist landscapes of the Rio Grande Pueblo world. I use a direct palette knife paint application to capture motion, energy, anima, spirit, and power. The Tewa word for this is Poeh-ha or breath of life. I intend to create the feeling I get when I stand on a petroglyph Mesa in the Galisteo basin and the rain clouds come in and wash over my face.

2024 Portfolio

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