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Born 1943. Known for: Sculptor-cowboy and Indian.
Robert (Bob) Haozous was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1943 to Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache) and Anna Marie Callegos (Navajo/English/Spanish). He grew up in northern Utah, where his parents were... Read full biography
Robert (Bob) Haozous was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1943 to Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache) and Anna Marie Callegos (Navajo/English/Spanish). He grew up in northern Utah, where his parents were teachers at the Inter Mountain Indian School in Brigham City. Haozous chose to take back his... Read full biography
Robert (Bob) Haozous was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1943 to Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache) and Anna Marie Callegos (Navajo/English/Spanish). He grew up in northern Utah, where his parents were teachers at the Inter Mountain Indian School in Brigham City. Haozous chose to take back his traditional Apache family name rather than use the Anglicized version - Houser - given to his father as a child in an Oklahoma Indian boarding school. He attended Utah State University before serving for... Read full biography
Robert (Bob) Haozous was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1943 to Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache) and Anna Marie Callegos (Navajo/English/Spanish). He grew up in northern Utah, where his parents were teachers at the Inter Mountain Indian School in Brigham City. Haozous chose to take back his traditional Apache family name rather than use the Anglicized version - Houser - given to his father as a child in an Oklahoma Indian boarding school. He attended Utah State University before serving for four years in the Navy. Haozous then studied sculpture under Ella Hays at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, receiving his BFA in 1970. Three years later, Haozous won the Gold Medal in wood at the Heard Museum's Sculpture Exhibition.... Read full biography
Robert (Bob) Haozous was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1943 to Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache) and Anna Marie Callegos (Navajo/English/Spanish). He grew up in northern Utah, where his parents were teachers at the Inter Mountain Indian School in Brigham City. Haozous chose to take back his traditional Apache family name rather than use the Anglicized version - Houser - given to his father as a child in an Oklahoma Indian boarding school. He attended Utah State University before serving for four years in the Navy. Haozous then studied sculpture under Ella Hays at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, receiving his BFA in 1970. Three years later, Haozous won the Gold Medal in wood at the Heard Museum's Sculpture Exhibition. At the Heard's next sculpture exhibition, a stone piece by Haozous titled "White Stele" took 1st prize. Both he an... Read full biography
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Robert (Bob) Haozous was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1943 to Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache) and Anna Marie Callegos (Navajo/English/Spanish). He grew up in northern Utah, where his parents were teachers at the Inter Mountain Indian School in Brigham City.
Haozous chose to take back his traditional Apache family name rather than use the Anglicized version - Houser - given to his father as a child in an Oklahoma Indian boarding school.
He attended Utah State University before serving for four years in the Navy. Haozous then studied sculpture under Ella Hays at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, receiving his BFA in 1970.
Three years later, Haozous won the Gold Medal in wood at the H...But wait, there's more...
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