Nora Naranjo-Morse &  Eliza Naranjo-Morse

Nora Naranjo-Morse is one of the most important living female Native American artists. Her work continues to influence artists of all races around the world. She was born (1953) raised, and makes her home in Northern New Mexico. Nora is a contemporary artist who energizes Pueblo ancestral sensibilities using earth-based materials to create large public art installations. One of Nora’s most important public art pieces can be viewed at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C. The permanent and ambitious work graces the Washington Mall and welcomes all that pass by or enters the prestigious museum. She is the recipient of an honorary degree from Skidmore College. Presently, Naranjo-Morse is a 2017-2020 Novo-Rockefeller recipient. She is busy have exhibitions around the world and lives in an adobe house she helped build on traditional Pueblo land.

Eliza Naranjo-Morse (1980) grew up in Northern New Mexico. The people and histories around her, the cartoons she grew up enjoying, and the personal, social and environmental happenings that influenced her frequently appear in her work. Beyond the goal of maintaining a lifelong creative process there are no materials or conceptual parameters that limit her. Eliza’s primary forms of art education are formal and practical; a Bachelors of Fine Art degree and the information passed down to her through her elders add the artist’s creative intentions and life experiences.

Through her studio practice, and unlike many artists, Eliza has the ability and interest to collaborate with such partners as: the School for Advanced Research, the Richard T Coe Foundation, the Museum of Contemporary Native Art, and Praksis, Oslo. As well as the teams of Always Becoming, SITE Santa Fe, the Poeh Cultural Center, the National Museum of the American Indian and the Kha’ Po’ Community School, as well as the ongoing collaboration of creative expressions and practical tasks she participates in with her immediate and extended family. She exhibits her work extensively in such important exhibitions at Lucky Number Seven, the SITE Santa Fe Biennial.