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Mary Morez

Mary Morez (1946 - 2004) was active/lived in New Mexico, Arizona.  Mary Morez is known for Figure-Indian, abstraction.

Born in Tuba City, Arizona as a member of the Navajo nation, Mary Morez led most of her life in Phoenix, where she became an illustrator, fashion designer, painter, graphic artist, draftsman and museum curator. Morez' parents died when she was young, and she was placed under the care of her grandparents on the Reservation. They sent her as a young girl to the Phoenix Indian School, where she was adopted by a non-Indian couple and learned about a culture much different from her own. However, she made great effort to stay close to her own heritage through communication with her grandparents and extensive study.

After attending the Indian School, she enrolled in the Maricopa Technical College and the Ray Vogue School of Art in Chicago. She also studied in Tucson at the University of Arizona, which she attended in 1960 on a summer scholarship from the Southwest Indian Art Project.

Her art talent led to numerous jobs, but she was handicapped throughout her life from childhood   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1955 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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