Biography
Jocelyn Salaz grew up in Dinètah now known as Cuba, New Mexico where her family raises sheep and practices quilting and embroidery. She experienced and witnessed racism, bigotry, poverty and environmental exploitation during her rural upbringing but also community care and the flexibility to be molded by love. Today she uses her art to explore the connections between familial relationships and national politics. Salaz has exhibited in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and San Diego and her artwork is in the permanent collection of the National Hispanic Cultural Center. She attended Arquetopia’s International Artist Residencies in Puebla and Oaxaca, Mexico, and received her BAFA in Art History and MA in Art Education from the University of New Mexico. She is a 2024 recipient of a grant from the Fulcrum Fund and 2025 Artist in Residence at Harwood Art Center. She currently resides in Albuquerque on ancestral and current homelands of the Pueblos of Santa Ana, Sandia and Isleta.