Geri Arviso
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TRIBAL AFFILIATION: Navajo
MEDIUM: Jewelry
ARTIST STATEMENT
My name is Geraldine "Geri" Arviso, I was born on the Navajo Reservation near Bloomfield, NM on May 20, 1968. I was raised in the same area for the majority of my childhood. When I was a child, my parents both desired for me to learn the family business. I had absolutely no interest. Isn't it peculiar that parents really do know best?
At age 25, I was taught the fine art of metal-smithing by my younger sister, Cheryl Arviso. Thank God, He gave her such patience. I loved the designing and creative process. In March 1999, I picked up my beads, started to create beautiful beaded jewelry. September 2010, my mother was diagnosed with early onset Alzhiemer's, I enrolled her and myself in jewelry making courses with Poeh Museum. I was blessed to have Fritz Casuse as my instructor for several years. It was wonderful to learn overlay, tufa casting and embracing the creative process of designing my own jewelry without influence from any ne else.
After leaving my 23 year career with the United States Postal Service, I am pursuing my dream of creating art as my main occupation. Since July 2023, I have had the honor of being a part of the following shows: SouthWest Art Market at Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos, NM, Free Indian Market in Santa Fe, NM and Haskell Indian PowWow and Indian Market in Lawrence, KS. I have my work at the Home and Away Gallery in Maine and Dineh & Company in Santa Fe, NM.
