Ca'win: Handmade Turquoise Jewelry Art

Jimmy F. Calabaza

“Ca’Win”

P.O. Box 396

Santo Domingo Pueblo

New Mexico 87052

(505) 465-2832

Cawin.calabaza@gmail.com

Statement “Having the ability to create art is not man made, it is God given. We are born

into this earth with different abilities, no matter what the gift—if it is not nurtured, it will not blossom as it comes from deep within one’s spiritual being. Being able to live in the past by creating now what our forefathers left and being able to live in the future when we are gone, by creating in the present.”

Brief Bio Jimmy F. Calabaza, “Ca’Win”, is a registered tribal member of Santo Domingo Pueblo, he is well known for his handmade, ground down smooth and polished turquoise beads, his signature, “Side Box” necklace, as well as, the use of heavy gauge silver in his silversmithing. “Ca’Win” infuses traditional elements of Santo Domingo Puebloan designs in the creation of contemporary master pieces, which are truly a work of art.

Specialization Traditional and contemporary Santo Domingo Jewelry styles, heishi,

Silversmithing and Goldsmithing

Active Pre-1974 –Present Santo Domingo Pueblo, NM

Publications

Bachlet, N. (1997, August). Masters of Indian Market Exhibition Guide: Masters Profile.

The Santa Fe New Mexican, p.10

Cirillo, D. (1992). Southwestern Indian Jewelry. (p. 38, 232). New York, NY: Rizzoli

International Publications, Inc.

---------. (2008). Southwestern Indian Jewelry: Crafting New Traditions. (p. 98). New

York, NY: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.

Dobbins, L. (2003, March 14). Jewelry Maker is Featured Artist: Award winner at FH

Indian Market. The Arizona Republic, p.9.

Foxx, J., & Karasik, C. (1993). Turquoise Trail: Native American Jewelry & Culture of

the Southwest. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

Indian Market Magazine, (1998). Jimmy Calabaza: Master Santo Domingo Jeweler, p.56

Southwest Museum News. (Oct-Dec. 2002). Jimmy Ca’Win Calabaza. XXI (4)

McCloud, K. (1998, August). Three Artist in One Creates Award-Winning Jewelry. The

Santa Fe New Mexican.

Painter (1998). P. 164

Pueblo’s Along the Rio Grande

Randall, B. (Fall 1995). A Master in the Fields. NeeChee Culture: North American’s

First Nations Arts & Entertainment Magazine, 2(3), 23.

Reich Geschmuckt(2007). Indianischer Schmuch aus Arizona und New Mexico, p. 32-33.

Stadt Zurich, Nordamerika Native Museum.

Reno. (1995) p.26

Roach, C. (Nov. 2003). Jimmy Calabaza Rocks. Santa Fean, 12.

Schaaf, G. (2003, Sept./Oct.). Sacred Stones: A Buyer’s Guide to American Indian

Turquoise Jewelry. Native Peoples, XVI (6), 28-35.

---------. (2003). American Indian Series: Volume 5, American Indian Jewelry I. (1 Ed., p.

101). Santa Fe, NM: CIAC Press.

---------. (2012). American Indian Series: Volume 8, American Indian Jewelry II. (1 Ed.,

p. 124). Santa Fe, NM: CIAC Press.

Schieffer, N. (2009). Masters of Contemporary Indian Jewelry. (pp. 49-52). Atglen, PA:

Schiffer Publishing Ltd.

Tucker, T. (1998). Pueblo Artist: Portraits. (Plate 107). Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New

Mexico Press.

Wright. (2000). 265

Galleries

Canyon Co. Chicago, IL

Dream Catchers Ocean City, IL

Gerald Peters Gallery Santa Fe, NM

Heard Museum Shop Phoenix, AZ

Indianerschmuck Frieburg, Germany

Indianica Montreal, Quebec Canada

Kokopelli New York, NY

National Museum of the American Indian: Smithsonian Institute Washington, DC

Navarro Gallery Sedona, AZ

North American Indian Museum Zurich, Switzerland

The Crows Nest Indiana

The Turquoise Door Austin, TX

Thunder Eagle Native Art Williams, AZ

Awards

Casa Grande O’odama Tash Casa Grande, AZ

· 1990 : 1st and 3rd place

Cherokee Indian Art Market Cherokee, NC

· 2011: 2nd place

· 2009: 1st place

· 2007: 1st and 2nd place

Crazy Horse Mt. Memorial Black Hills, SD

· 1993: 3rd place

Festival of the Arts Houston, TX

· 1988: 1st place

Fountain Hills Indian Market: SW Native American Production (SNAP) Phoenix, AZ

· 2004: Best of Category

Indian Arts & Crafts Association (IACA) Albuquerque, NM

· 2010: 1st place

Indian Nation Rendezvous & Trade Fair Denver, Co

· 1991: 1st place

Inter-tribal Market Place: Southwest Museum Pasadena, CA

· 2001: Best of Jewelry in Non-Metal Category

· 2000: Best of Jewelry in Non-Metal Category

Native American Artist Invitational (NAAI) Fountain Hills, AZ

· 2002: Best of Category

· 1998: 2nd place

Original American Indian & Western Relic Show Pasadena, CA

· 1998: Best of Show

Powhatan Renape Nation: Juried Indian Art Festival Rankokas, NJ

· 2005: 2nd place

· 2002: 3rd place

· 1999: 1st and 3rd place

Red Earth Oklahoma City, OK

· 1994: 1st place

· 1993: 2nd place

Southwest Association of Indian Arts (SWAIA) Santa Fe, NM

· 2000: 3rd place

· 1999: 1st place

· 1996: 3rd place and Honorable Mention

· 1995: 3rd place

· 1994: 2nd and 3rd place

· 1993: 1st and 2nd place

· 1992: 3rd place in Category IG-510

3rd place in Category IF-604

3rd place in Category IF-605

· 1990: 3rd place

· 1989:3rd place

· 1988: 1st place

· 1985: 1st place

· 1984: 1st and 3rd place

Schmitezun Ledyard, CT

· 2007: 2nd, 3rd and Honorable Mention

· 2006: 1st place in Traditional Category

1st place in Contemporary Category

3rd place

Judges Choice

Honorable Mention

· 2005: 2nd and 3rd place

· 2004: 2nd and 3rd place

· 2002: 1st place in Traditional Category

1st place in Contemporary Category

2nd place

· 2001: 1st place and Honorable Mention

· 1999: 2nd and 3rd place

· 1997: 2nd place

· 1996: 1st place in Traditional Category

2nd in All Stone Category

3rd in Contemporary Metal Category

Southern Plain Rendezevous Anadarko, OK

· 1984: 2nd and 3rd place

Southwest Indian Art Fair: Arizona State Museum, UofA Tucson, AZ

· 2002: Judges Choice

Tribal Reflections Houston, TX

· 1995: Governor’s Award

8 Northern Pueblo Arts & Crafts Show San Ildefonso Pueblo, NM

· 1990: 1st place