About the Artist

(Born 1947) Comanche artist Karita Coffey attended the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, one of its first female students, during the 1960s, and later taught at IAIA for many years.

An exhibition titled Belonging:  Contemporary Native Ceramics from the Southern Plains held at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts in Lubbock, TX February 2- March 23, 2024 included Coffey's work along with clay expressions by six (6) other artists to include one of her students, Cannupa Hanska Luger.