KIMBERLY FULTON OROZCO
(B. Ridgecrest, CA; Kaigani Haida Mexican American)
Kimberly Fulton Orozco’s work is centered on a deep, intentional move to reconnect with her Kaigani Haida heritage after it was systematically stripped from her grandmother and great grandmother. She is Raven from then Yahgw’laanaas clan and received the name Sáandlaanaay, which, put simply means “first sunrise,” referring to a Haida origin story.
Kimberly works as an artist, photography producer and writer in Atlanta, Georgia. She holds a BFA in Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking from Georgia State University, and she is an MFA Studio Arts student at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Kimberly’s abstract artwork addresses the transmission of culture and culture as collateral for assimilation in relationship to the development of personal identity. She has studied Northwest Coast Art Theory under Jackson Polys and Northwest Coast design under David R. Boxley, Robert Mills, and Steve Brown. In 2020, Kimberly worked as the primary researcher and producer for the photo essay “Inspiring Awe in Alaska” for Smithsonian Magazine.
