Sonya Kelliher-Combs
Born in Bethel, Alaska, in 1969 and raised in Nome, Sonya Kelliher-Combs (Inupiaq/Athabaskan) holds a bachelor of fine arts (1992) from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and a master of fine arts (1998) from Arizona State University, Tempe. Her artwork continually references a sense of place, history, culture, and family. Kelliher-Combs is the recipient of numerous awards including the Eiteljorg Museum Fellowship, the Anchorage, Alaska, Mayor’s Individual Artist Award, the Arctic Education Foundation Academic Excellence Award, and the Best of Show honor at the Visual Arts Center of Alaska’s Vision of New Eyes exhibition.
Selected Artwork
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2008 | Walrus Family Portraits, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK |
| 2007 | New Secrets, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, AK |
| 2006 | Unraveled Secrets, Institute of American Indian Art, Santa Fe, NM |
| 2005 | Anchorage Museum of History and Art Solo Exhibition Series, Anchorage, AK |
| 2002 | 1000 Secrets, Decker/Morris Gallery, Anchorage, AK |
| 2001 | Idiot Strings: Catch and Release, Alaska State Museum, Juneau, AK |
| 2000 | New Works, Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer, AK |
| 1998 | Asianggataq, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
| 1996 | In Search of Self, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO |
| 1994 | Transformation, University of Alaska Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, AK |
| 1990 | Carrie McLain Memorial Museum, Nome, AK |
