About

Valaria Tatera is a Wisconsin based visual artist, lecturer, curator and activist whose work investigates the intersection of ethnicity, gender, commerce, and the environment. An enrolled member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Valaria explores self identity and contemporary Indigenous issues such as the impact of colonization on Indigenous Erasure, Visibility and Resilience. 

Her intention is “ to create a physical manifestation of work that holds visual and personal space for statistics that often erase the individual”. Valaria earned an M.F.A in 3-D from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, M.A. and B.F.A. in Ceramics from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She exhibits regionally and nationally at various galleries and institutions. Recently, she is a recipient of a FCA foundation micro grant and The Woodland Indian Grant. She was a finalist for the Mary Nohl fellows in 2020 and 2019. Valaria will be featured in the 2022 Wisconsin Biennial, in fall 2022 a solo exhibition at Sweet Briar College and is a co-curator of No More Stolen Sisters. Her current installation Kill the Indian Save the Man is on view at the Museum of Wisconsin Art til January 2022.