Valerie Pourier

Valerie Pourier (b. 1959, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California)[1] is an Oglala-Lakota[2] artist known for buffalo horn fabrications. She works with her husband Kevin Pourier. They are located at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The couple create wearable art from carved buffalo horn.[3]

Valerie Pourier
Born1959 Edit this on Wikidata
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationArtist Edit this on Wikidata
Spouse(s)Kevin Pourier Edit this on Wikidata

The couple's work is in the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.[4] Their piece Winyan Wánakikśin (Women Defenders of Others) was exhibited at the National Museum of the American Indian.[5][6] Their piece, Monarch Nation, was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign.[7]

References
  1. "Valerie Pourier". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  2. "Things of Nature: Kevin and Valerie Pourier (Oglala Lakota)". Wheelwright Museum. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  3. Simon, Jenifer (27 September 2018). "Celebrating Kevin + Valerie Pourier: Best of Show at World's Largest Native Arts Event". CERF+. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  4. "Valerie Pourier". The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  5. Ganteaume, Cécile R. "Winyan (Woman) Power: New Art by Kevin and Valerie Pourier Honors Women Who Stand Up for the Rights and Welfare of Others". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  6. "Honoring Women as Strong as Bison Horn". NMAI Magazine. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  7. Savig, Mary; Atkinson, Nora; Montiel, Anya (2022). This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World. Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum. pp. 228–238. ISBN 9781913875268.
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