15 Facts About Teri Greeves

Teri Greeves is enrolled in the Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma.

Teri Greeves was born on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming in 1970.

Teri Greeves learned beadwork from her mother, who learned from her mother, as well as her aunt.

Teri Greeves received instruction from Zeedora Enos and Calvin Magpie.

Teri Greeves attended the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies in 1995.

Teri Greeves has studied at St John's College in 1988 and Cabrillo College in 1993.

Teri Greeves employs a variety of beadwork techniques in her art.

Teri Greeves first learned to use the lane stitch technique to attach beads onto hide, a technique she learned from her aunt.

Teri Greeves strives to portray Kiowa realities and oral history, her own life experiences, and pop imagery.

Teri Greeves is widely known for her fully beaded tennis shoes, which feature pictorial elements on solid, lane-stitched backgrounds.

Teri Greeves was compelled to express herself and her experience as a Kiowa woman of her day.

Teri Greeves is a regular contributing writer to First American Art Magazine.

Teri Greeves's sister, Keri Ataumbi, is a noted jeweler, painter, and conceptual artist.

Teri Greeves won Best of Show at the 1999 Santa Fe Indian Market and since has won awards from the Heard Museum, Indian Market, and Eight Northern Pueblos Arts and Crafts Show.

Teri Greeves was awarded the Eric and Barbara Dobkin Fellowship from the School of American Research in 2003.