Savannah LeCornu is a self-taught artist from Ketchikan Alaska. She is Tsimshian, Haida, and Nimiipuu. Savannah primarily draws and paints in digital and traditional formats but she also beads. She works in formline and plateau art styles and strives to create accessible art that celebrates her tribes, her family and indigenous peoples. Savannah received her B.A in performing arts from Western Washington University, her concentrations were in lighting design and playwriting.
Savannah was the recipient of the Native American Fellowship from Ucross in Spring 2022. She was the recipient of the Harpo Foundation Fellowship for Native American artists from the Vermont Studio Center in Fall of 2023. Her work was exhibited for the first time in 2023. “ah yes that old indian saying” was her first solo exhibit and was displayed at the Seattle Repertory Theatre. She was also a part of a group exhibit titled “arnaq, hana’ask, smɁem” at Columbia City Gallery. Both took place in Seattle Washington.
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Articles
"Indigeversal Mural Arrives at Trackside" - Native Arts 360
"Native to Look Out For"- Bellingham Alive
Exhibits
"Thriving" - Bellingham WA October 2023
"Celebrating Complexities," Group Exhibit, Ucross Art Gallery, Clearmont WY, Feb 12th-May 17th 2024
"Celebrating Complexities" travels to Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, Montana (on view from June 21st to October 6th 2024)
"Arnaq, Hana'ack Sm?em," Group Exhibit, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle WA, May 2023
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