Mona Cliff, b.1977Prescott, AZ (Hanook-gah-neeh/ Spottedcloud) is an enrolled member of the Gros Ventre tribe (A'aninin/Nakota Nations) of Ft. Belknap, MTMona is multidisciplinary visual artist who explores contemporary Indigenous identity and culture through her use of traditional Native crafting methods such as seed bead embroidery and fabric applique. Beadwork & sewing applique have been a primary foundation of her artist practice. Mona acquired a BFA in Printmaking from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, WA. Mona lives with her husband, three teenagers, and two dogs in Lawrence, Kansas. Cliff is also a muralist and completed multiple mural projects since 2023, four in Lawrence, KS including two at Haskell Indian Nations University and one in Topeka, KS. She is in the permanent collection of the Kansas City Museum in Kansas City, MO, Autry Museum of the American West (Los Angeles, CA), & Mulvane Art Museum (Topeka, KS), she completed commissions for the Kansas City Airport and the Spencer Museum of Art (Lawrence, KS). She has shown at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington D.C.), Gallery-One (Ellensburg, WA), Salina Art Center (Salina, KS), Charlotte Street (Kansas City, MO), Beach Museum of Art (Manhattan, KS), Leedy Voulkos Art Center (Kansas City, MO), and has upcoming solo exhibits at the University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) and the University of Central Missouri (Warrensburg, MO).