Brenda Mallory

Brenda Mallory lives in Portland, Oregon, but grew up in Oklahoma and is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She holds a BA in linguistics and English from UCLA and a BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art. She has received grants from the Oregon Arts Commission, Ford Family Foundation, and the Regional Arts and Culture Council. She is a recipient of the Eiteljorg Contemporary Native Art Fellowship, the Native Arts and Culture Foundation Fellowship in Visual Art, and the Ucross Native Fellowship and has participated in numerous artist residencies, including Ucross, Signal Fire Outpost, c3:initiative, and the Jordan Schnitzer Printmaking Residency at Sitka Center for the Arts.