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- About Valerie Veis -

A self-taught artist,

Valerie Veis is a basket weaver and painter, born and raised in Montana. Inspired by her European and Ojibwa ancestry, as well as the natural beauty of Montana, Valerie creates unique, spirit-inspired artwork.​

Valerie, an enrolled Little Shell Tribal member, earned a prestigious First Peoples Fund “Artist in Leadership” Fellowship and attended a Business Leadership & Cultural Exchange in Santa Fe, NM.  She was also awarded a Montana Indian Equity Fund Entrepreneur Fellowship and completed the Montana Art Council’s Art Entrepreneurial Certification. 

“Autumn Sunrise” and “Burgundy Arrow”, handwoven baskets were juried into the Dana Gallery’s “Icons of the West” Exhibition while “Third Season”, an acrylic on canvas, was juried and auctioned at the 18th Annual Paris Gibson Square Fundraising Event. 

 

Valerie’s collections have been displayed at The Holter Museum Store, the Dancing Buffalo Gallery, the Crown of the Continent Discovery Center, Ghost Art Gallery, Gallery 287, and the C.M. Russell Museum Store.  

Valerie's creative passion and the love and support of her family and faithful corgi shine through in every piece she creates.

She is who she is, does what she does – artwork colors her world:
“Weaving Art into Your Heart . . .”

 

      Peace,                                     ​​​​​​

            Valerie Veis

 

 
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