Chavez Gallery - Chimayo New Mexico - Traditional New Mexican Arts

My wife Shawna is also a Santera from Alcalde, NM. She is my best apprentice. She helps to run our gallery and coffee shop in Chimayo. Through the creation of spiritual images she is inspired by her abilities to heal. Her grandmother Augustina Martinez a Faith Healer in the community, taught her the ways of old medicine and of our deep rooted culture. She is a Master of Retablo making. She has artwork around the world and she anticipates traveling to many art shows in this region. She has expertise in Tin Work, wood sculpture, painting in natural pigments and egg tempera. Shawna also has attained a Masters Degree in Social Work in a concentration in community practice and administration.

Art lessons are available upon request. Only in NM area.

In visiting my area of New Mexico you will encounter the many traditions and people I have grown up with in this diverse place of Chimayo.

Artists Biography

Artist Biography

My Name is Patricio Chavez. I am 34 years old and have lived in Chimayo, New Mexico all my life. I have a deep closeness to El Santuario de Chimayo. I am a direct descendent of Francisco Chavez. He was the caretaker and landowner around the Santuario. My family has lived in Chimayo for five generations. Part of my family traditions of Religion and the Chicano culture is Art. Spanish Colonial Art forms; Oils, Metals and Bronze are some of my repertoire. I have expertise in wood sculpture and painting in many mediums. I’ve studied portrait painting in college with Master Painter Richard Guzman. I am influenced by my Culture, Traditions and my life experiences. I have many pieces of Art around the globe in private collections and in Museums. My paintings are visionary in nature. They are molded by my encounters in life and my dreams. I use my traditional and contemporary art sense in all my works, which is authentic in every way. I have won many awards for my showmanship and skills. It is a great desire of mine to teach any willing person my craft. I am a creator of spectacular art here in Chimayo, NM.