Valerie Morgan

Country/Region: Northwest Coast (view other artists)

Tribe: Kwakwaka'wakw

Valerie Morgan (b. 1961) moved to the Skeena River district to attend the Kitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art. Valerie completed a three-year programme that included woodcarving, jewellery engraving and leather working. She now resides in Kitwanga, BC where she has been adopted into the Frog Clan. For more than a decade, Morgan has been creating clothing in suede and leather, incorporating traditional and contemporary designs and methods. She is a very gifted carver and specializes in narrative masks.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

1997 Tribal Miniatures '97, annual exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

1998 Tribal Miniatures '98, annual exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

1999 Tribal Miniatures '99, annual exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

1999 Vision Keepers, Group Exhibition with Four Prominent Women from different cultural groups within Northwest Coast traditions, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

2000 Tribal Miniatures '00, annual exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

2001 Tribal Miniatures '01, annual exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

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