About 

Victoria Grace Canby is a mixed media artist based in the Bay Area with a strongly rooted connection to their birthplace New Mexico. Their work focuses on their experience as an Indigenous artist and parent unraveling the complex cycles and history of their family and ancestral stories. With a focus on plants, Indigenous teachings, and personal spiritual symbolism, they create work intended to find solidarity in their community and navigate their Indigenous identity. 

Victoria holds an Associate Degree in Studio Art, Bachelors in Art History from Sonoma State, Masters in Humanities from Dominican University, and Certification in Museum Studies from Institute of American Indian Art. They studied permaculture at the Regenerative Design Institute in Bolinas and completed their first year certification in herbalism at Gathering Thyme in San Rafael. They have worked in various educational settings both in the classroom and in Nature over the last 25 years. Their diverse educational background impacts their work through historical, botanical and cultural imagery and context.