Maryssa Rose Chavez (b. 1997) is an artist and photographer of almost a decade, with the focus of her current art practice being in the intervening, mending, and healing in her ancestral homelands of Northern New Mexico; Pueblo Territory. Currently, she lives in Austin, Texas (unceded Tonkawa Land) returning home as often as possible to be with her family (kin, land, animals) who indisputably live at the heart of her work. Fibers and textiles being a large part of her past works, sculpture and home-building materials (namely earthen materials) are centered in her current works. All coexist alongside her image-making processes that range from in-camera image-making to alternative imaging processes and serve as a form of personal storytelling, and deep-time remembering.
Maryssa’s artwork has been shown in galleries in New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, and North Carolina.
John Sommer Gallery at the University of New Mexico, and Gallery 606 in Albuquerque, NM - 2018, 2019 | Unit C Gallery in Austin, Texas - 2019 | Goodyear Arts in Charlotte, North Carolina - 2021 | Vesper Gallery in Austin, TX - 2021 | Form & Concept in Santa Fe, NM - 2022 | CAV Gallery in Las Cruces, NM - 2020, 2023 | The Valley in Taos, NM - 2023
As a commercial photographer, Maryssa has been commissioned for portrait, editorial, and milestone photography continuously for 10 years, with much of her clientele ranging from people up and down the Rio Grande in New Mexico and broadly the southwest region of the US. To people, brands, and businesses based in Austin, Texas such as Outdoor Voices, Raw Paw, Casa Veronica, Mucho Mucho, Four Hands, H2Grow, and Blened Sense.
Open to work please email for inquiries, prints, and commissions.
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