Karita Coffey | |
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Tsat-Tah Mo-oh Kahn [1] | |
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| Nationality | Comanche Nation |
| Education | Institute of American Indian Arts |
| Alma mater | University of Oklahoma |
Karita Coffey (born 1947) is a Comanche ceramist, noted especially for producing ceramic versions of cultural items from her tribe, in addition to ceramic vessels. [2] She also works in lost-wax cast metals
Karita Coffey's Comanche name is Tsat-Tah Mo-oh Kahn, which translates to "Good-Handed." [1] Coffey lived in Lawton, Oklahoma, before beginning her artistic training at the Institute of American Indian Arts [3] when it was still a high school. She earned her bachelor's of fine arts and graduate degree from the University of Oklahoma. [4]
Karita later taught at IAIA [2] for 25 years before retiring in 2015 to work on her sculpture. [3]
Coffey's work is informed by aspects of African art and the art of the Australian Aborigines as well as by her own heritage. [5]
Her work is represented in the collection of the National Museum of the American Indian, which holds four works by Coffey. The works were created between 1970–71 and were initially purchased by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, then transferred to the National Museum of the American Indian in 1985. [8] [9] Coffey's work is also in collections of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, the Millicent Rogers Museum, the Heard Museum, and the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts.
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