Nora Naranjo Morse
Education
1980 Graduated with Bachelor of University Studies degree, College of Santa Fe, NM
1977 Graduated from Taos High School, Taos, NM
Professional Experience
1995 Panelist, Women’s Art and the Environment, Beijing, China
1992 Panelist, College art conference, College Arts Association, Chicago, IL
1985 Commissioned by the American Indian Congress to create original work for representatives attending the Native World Assembly, Santa Fe, NM
1984 Toured Denmark and Germany lecturing on Southwest Pueblo perspectives
Exhibitions
2012 Cause & Effect, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2009 Mothers and Daughters: Stories in Clay, Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2008 Without Limits: Contemporary Indian Market Exhibition, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Trio, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Lucky Number Seven: SITE Santa Fe’s Seventh International Biennial, SITE Santa Fe, NM
2007 Contemporary Indian Market Show, Group show, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Always Becoming, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
2006 Contemporary Indian Market Show, Group show, Addison Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2005 Contemporary Indian Market Show, Group show, Addison Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2004 Continuum, Solo exhibit, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, New York, NY
A Story to Tell, Group show, Addison/Parks Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Contemporary Indian Market Exhibition, Group show, Parks Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Beyond Beads & Feathers, Recent works by six contemporary Native American artists, Portland Art Museum, OR
2000 Who Stole the TEE-Pee?, Group show, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, New York, NY
Exhibitions (continued)
1999 Native American Sculpture, Group show, The White House, Washington, DC
Clay People, Group show, The Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, NM
1998 Reservation X, Group show, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, Canada
1997 Biannual Fine Arts Invitational, Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
1995 Spirit of Native Art, Group show that traveled throughout South America. Sponsored by: The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, and the American Indian Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
1994 What Was Taken… and What We Sell, Installation, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1993 One Woman Show, The American Indian Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
1992 One Woman Show, The Maxwell Museum, Albuquerque, NM
1991 Separate Vision, Group show, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
1988 One Woman Show, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ
FILMS
2010 “Always Becoming” (60 min.)
2007 “Always Becoming” (30 min.)
2005 “Numbe Wahgeh.” (12 min.)
2003 “Clay Beings.” (27 min.)
2001 “Sugar-up: A Waffle garden.” (10 min.)
1999 “ Gia’s Song” (12min.)
1996 “I’ve Been Bingo-ed By My Baby” (11 min.)
1993 “What was Taken and What we Sell.” (11 min.)
LECTURES
2008 Keynote speaker. Res Artis Foundation. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2007 Keynote speaker. American Studies Association of Turkey. Ankara,
Turkey.
Bibliography
Silberton, Rob. “The Work of Nora Naranjo-Morse.” American Craft Magazine. 1995.
Naranjo-Morse, Nora. Kaa Povi’s First Clay Gathering. Modern Curriculum Press, Inc., in association with the Boston Children’s Museum, Spring, 1993.
Bibliography (continued)
Naranjo-Morse, Nora. Mud Woman. University of Arizona Press, Spring, 1992.
Trimble, Stephen. Talking with the Clay – The Art of Pueblo Pottery. 1987
Liechtenstein, Grace. “The Evolution of a Craft Tradition: Three Generations of the Naranjo Women.” Ms. Magazine. 1983.
Collections
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC
Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ
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