Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos) is a multidisciplinary artist who combines painting, photography, printmaking, weaving, and large-scale installation. Her art practice branches into institutional reform as it relates to curatorial and educational practices surrounding Indigenous fine art.
Bio
Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos) was born in 1976. She comes from a family of professional artists and educators; her training began in the home. Her lifelong mentor is Lillian Pitt (Wasco, Warm Springs, Yakama) and her weaving teachers are Greg Archuleta (Grand Ronde) and Greg A. Robinson (Chinook Nation). Siestreem graduated Phi Kappa Phi with a BS from PSU in 2005. She earned an MFA with distinction from Pratt Art Institute in 2007. She is represented by The Elizabeth Leach Gallery, and lives and works in Portland,Oregon. Siestreem was recently awarded the University of Oregon’s 2022-23 CFAR Fellowship and the 2022 Forge Project Fellowship, one of six Indigenous individuals representing a broad diversity of cultural practices, participatory research, organizing models, and geographic contexts that honor Indigenous pasts as well as build Native futures. Her recent exhibitions throughout Oregon include Where the Waters Come Together (group exhibition), Native Arts & Cultures Foundation, Portland; pearly gates, Artist Project Space, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene; <<<<<<<i love you lucille ball>>>>>>>, ARTspace Gallery, Lake Oswego; and looking for the land///found the weather, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland.
