Hollis Chitto was born in an art town to artist parents. He grew up surrounded by art, artistic discussion and talented people. Hollis started making clay masks and shields when he was five years old. He learned to roll out the clay, sand them, and decorate and paint the pieces himself. When he was ten years old, he started working with glass seed beads and porcupine quills and since then, these have been his principle medium. Hollis was featured recently in Native American Art magazine, New Mexico Magazine and on Vogue.com as an "Indigenous Beader Modernizing Their Craft."