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Victoria Grace Canby
Diné, b. 1978, Albuquerque, NM
Lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Victoria Grace Canby is a mixed media artist, activist, and educator based in the Bay Area, with a strongly rooted connection to their birthplace of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Rooted in their experience as an Indigenous artist, woman, and parent, Canby’s practice centers on unraveling complex cycles and histories of family and ancestral stories. With a focus on plants, Indigenous teachings, and a personal spiritual symbolism, they create work intended to find solidarity in their community and navigate their Indigenous identity.
Canby received an Associate Degree in Studio Art and Bachelors in Art History from Sonoma State, Rohnert Park, CA, a Masters in Humanities from Dominican University of California, San Rafael, CA, and a Certification in Museum Studies from Institute of American Indian Art, Santa Fe, NM, with further studies and certifications in permaculture and herbalism. Recent exhibitions include Remittance, Mead Art Museum at Amherst College, MA (forthcoming, September 2026); and Manifest Differently, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA (2024).
In addition to their art practice, Canby has worked in various educational settings both in the classroom and in nature over the last 25 years. Their diverse educational background impacts their work through historical, botanical and cultural imagery and context.
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