At this years (2024) Prix de West award dinner, I had the pleasure of being announced as one of four newly invited artists for 2025. If you happened to see me just a few moments later, you will have noticed a couple of tears that I did my best to hide. To hear my name...
Excited and grateful for the invitation to participate in this exciting show at Arcadia Contemporary in New York this summer — hosted by Mark Maggori and Petecia Le Fawnhawk. Tickets go on sale for the Collectors Preview July 1. Limited quantities available — first come, first serve. Visit www.thefarwestshow.com for details. Open house September 10...
I am please to once again be a part this prestigious annual show at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. To display my own work amongst the historic works as well as my talented contemporaries is a source of pride for me. If you cannot make the sale event, in befit...
200 CANYON ROAD – Acosta Strong Fine Art and myself are excited to announce our latest collaboration. Opening August 7, during Santa Fe’s renowned Spanish Market, several new paintings will be released and on display at the gallery. Please join us for this important contemporary western art show. Please call (505) 453-1825 to inquire about...
TAOS, NEW MEXICO – I’m very excited to be displaying artwork in the Luna Family Chapel, Joseph Henry Sharp’s studio and the very epicenter of the Taos Society of Artists. This exhibition highlighting northern New Mexican artists working in the Spanish Colonial tradition, titled Aún Aquí: Spanish Colonial Contemporary featured artists Daniel Barela, Luis Barela, Patrociño...
It’s an honor and a privilege to have been invited to Lockhart, Texas to celebrate as a part of Commerce Gallery’s anniversary show. I’ll have eight paintings hanging and available, including on of my largest ever; a 60×120. inch triptych. Texas has played a vital role in allowing me to carve this path in western...
I’m so excited to be participating in yet another ArtsThrive event at The Albuquerque Museum. I’ve got two superb 12″x12″ paintings available once the show opens. Bidding can be made online. Check back soon for an update to the link or send me an email for a friendly reminder once the show is online. Check...
Two additional works have been recently delivered to The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Oklahoma City, OK for the annual Small Works Great Wonders Exhibit and sale. To be displaying work and to have it associated with The Cowboy is truly an honor for me. I never dreamed upon first entering its doors that...
I could not be any more thrilled to have yet another show at Acosta Strong Fine Art. Please join me and the gallery this August, 2022 for my third show on Santa Fe’s Canyon Road. The show will open to the public on August 8th with an artist reception August 12 from 5 to 7pm....
It is an honor and a pleasure to be included among 38 other artists in an exhibition for the benefit of the Couse-Sharp Historic Site and to celebrate the opening of The Lunder Research Center, a 5,000-square-foot museum facility dedicated to the Taos Society of Artists and their inspirational legacy. The exhibition can be viewed...
SOLD OUT – Two paintings have been recently delivered to The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Oklahoma City, OK. One of the best things about doing what I do is is associating my work with legends. For me, The Cowboy is one of those legends. I am honored to hang work within its walls....
SOLD OUT! – In case you missed out on a Hollyhock painting during my sold-out-show in August at Acosta Strong, here is another chance through the Albuquerque Museum. ArtsThrive is an annual auction in benefit of the Albuquerque Museum Foundation. As a a not-for-profit organization your purchase of artwork during the exhibition is tax deductible...
I am thrilled to invite you, in collaboration with Acosta Strong Fine Art, to Santa Fe for my solo show titled “The West – A Second Coming” starting August 1st. The public reception is on Friday the 6th from 5 to 7pm and features over twelve paintings large and small. I’ve never had so much...
Thank you to Western Art Collector for the mention and for featuring my painting, Un Punto (On Point,) in their new Fresh Paint section of the April issue. S.M. Chavez makes a splash on the Western art sceneNew Mexico painter S.M. Chavez is on the rise with his contemporary Western paintings. He’s been presenting his...
Thank you New Mexico Magazine for the featured profile as part of the Lowdown section in 2021’s inaugural edition. The feature references my days roaming The Museum of Fine Art Boston, a shout out on behalf of The Museum of New Mexico Foundation, the 2020-2021 Coors Western Art Exhibition and the wonderful Acosta-Strong Fine Art in...
DENVER, CO. — REGISTER NOW, LIMITED SPACE – Join artists Neil Sherman, Diana Woods and myself for a live online event and see our latest paintings for the 2021 Coors Western Art Exhibit and Sale. This conversation will be part of the show’s “Inside the Artist’s Studio” series, moderated by curator, Rose Frederick. Tuesday, December 8th, from...
As part of the Coors Western Art Show, The Young Guns Art Show engages the next generation of art collectors aged 40 and under by recognizing emerging Western Artists and, through the National Western Scholarship Trust, raising money for 100 youth pursuing degrees in agriculture, rural medicine and veterinary medicine at institutions throughout Colorado and...
So thrilled to find out and announce that both of my submissions to Small Works, Great Wonders 2020 at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum sold out on the opening evening of the exhibition and sale. I’m honored and excited to be associated with the museum in any way I can, but to be...
This Saturday, October 24 – Bidding opens for the Albuquerque Museum’s annual ArtsThrive! in just a matter of days. It’s your opportunity to show your support for the museum while snagging some highly desirable art from over 100 participating artists. Including me! You can see my submissions to the event, here on Bidsquare. > While...
ArtsThrive: Art Exhibition & Benefit is an invitational exhibition hosted by the Albuquerque Museum Foundation and held at the Albuquerque Museum. It is my hope that you can join me between October 24 – December 6, 2020 during the scheduled exhibition. I am honored to be participating in this years event. An opening reception is pending...
The annual Small Works, Great Wonders sale event at The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum showcases more 100 of the nation’s finest artists, including many from the prestigious Prix de West. The 2020 event is scheduled for NOVEMBER 13, from 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM. I am thrilled to be participating this year. If it...
I am thrilled to be included in this exciting show at Acosta Strong Fine Art. Artist's featured include, Joseph Henry Sharp, Fritz Scholder, Gustave Baumann, Nicolai Fetchen, John Moyers, Bill Baker, Edward Gonzales, Jim Jennings and myself.
With another painting moving from the on-hold position to the sold position, this weekends opening is considered sold out. I could not be more happy or humbled. Current inventory of my work at Acosta-Strong is obviously low right now, but there are plenty of other artists who’s work you need to get a hold of. Summer is just around the corner and things are about to move pretty fast. Thank you to all who attended and an extra special thank you to collectors. Time to get to work.
Thank you Carlos, everyone associated with Acosta-Strong Fine Art, guests to this weekend’s receptions and collectors old and new. Your support of the work is very meaningful to me and I sincerely appreciate your part in making the opening such a special event. — s.m. chavez
Please join me at Acosta-Strong Fine Art in Santa Fe Friday, April 19 for an opening concerning paintings by myself and Yvonne Mendez from 5 to 7pm. I look forward to seeing and meeting as many of you as I can.
I’m thrilled to announce, as of early January this year, I am being represented by Acosta-Strong Fine Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I’m honored and grateful to Acosta-Strong, to be showing in the same gallery with notable contemporaries, some of the Taos Masters and Santa Fe Cinco Pintores. Acosta-Strong Fine Art is a wonderful...
