Meet De Haven
De Haven Solimon Chaffins was born in Portsmouth, Virginia and is an enrolled member of Laguna and Zuni Pueblo. She attended the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM and received an Associate of Fine Arts degree in 1990; in 1995 she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico.
Most recently, select pieces of her work were part of a traveling exhibition making its way throughout the United States. The exhibition EXPOSURE: Native Art and Political Ecology is supported by the Ford Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and features Chaffins alongside other International Indigenous artists.
She has also been part of Grounded In Clay. Her image Radon Daughter, an abstract image of her daughter, was shown at The Met in New York City. She was selected to paint a mural in one of the artist rooms at The Nativo in Albuquerque, NM.
Ms. Chaffins imagery is registered with the United States Department of the Interior Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Washington, D.C.