Gloria Valencia

Gloria’s father is from the Yaqui Nation of southern New Mexico, her mother is of Spanish decent. Gloria is an artist and silversmith and was born and raised in northern New Mexico. She moved to the west coast of Canada in 1992 where she is still based. She travels to the southwest United States frequently, selling and showing at a variety of native american art shows.

“Traveling the southwest and spending time in the desert is a great inspiration for me and for my work, just being surrounded by the different first nations of the southwest and their art and culture contributes greatly to my well-being.”