Sandy Fife Wilson

Sandy Fife Wilson is a citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation and currently lives in Morris, Oklahoma. Wilson works in a variety of mediums, but is currently focused on finger weaving, sculpture and shell carving, incorporating southeastern Mississippian era designs into her work. She graduated from the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, with an emphasis in traditional techniques, painting and printmaking. She earned a B.A. in Art Education and an M.A. in Education from Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Wilson retired from teaching art in 2009. Her work has been exhibited in shows including “Fife Family Exhibit,” Historical Society Museum, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Cherokee National Holiday Art Show, Tahlequah, Oklahoma; Muscogee Creek Nation Festival Art Show, Okmulgee, Oklahoma and the Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market, Phoenix, Arizona. She has received top honors and best in show multiple times. Her art can be found in the following collections: the BIA Museum Program Collection, Department of the Interior; the U.S. Embassy, Suva, Fiji; the Institute of American Indian Arts Permanent Collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico; the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution; Five Civilized Tribes Museum, Muskogee, Oklahoma, and The Cvfeknicetv Collection, Council Oak Comprehensive Healthcare, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Wilson’s work has been published in First American Art magazine and Cowboys and Indians magazine.