Liz Wallace

Here at Indian River Gallery we are so excited to have beautiful works of art by Liz Wallace. Liz is a phenomenal young jeweler, who is constantly experimenting with new forms and techniques. She creates the expected traditional jewelry, but also the totally unexpected.

Liz was born in Sacramento, California in 1975, the daughter of accomplished jewelers Alan Wallace (Washo/Maidu), and Kathryn Morsea (Navajo). She grew up watching them make jewelry, but did not start to make jewelry herself until she was twenty. It was her grandmother, Nina Wallace, who lived next door, who encouraged her to work with her hands, to read, and to be open to new experiences.

Liz moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in her early 20’s and there began her new career. She took a metal smith class at the Community College, thinking she was going to make toolboxes and things like that; the class turned out to be jewelry making. Although she had never planned to make jewelry, fate had taken her down that road. Since then she has continued to learn new things all the time including blacksmithing, plique a jour, enameling, raising, chasing, and repousse.

Her hobbies include belly-dancing, aikido and she is also studying acting and directing. Liz is such a fun and interesting person, who makes the most wonderful and unique jewelry. She draws from life’s experiences and the things she loves and all that shows in every piece she creates, from beautiful dragonflies to sea urchins and one of her newest creations: Haiku jewelry on which she stamps her own haiku of what she is feeling at that time.

Featured in books and magazines about art, Liz is a multiple award winner with such honors as S.W.A.I.A. (Southwestern Association for Indian Arts) Fellowship Award 2009 and repeated Best of Show awards. With Liz Wallace the sky is the limit, she is full of creativity and passion for her work. Stop in our Gallery and take a look. You won’t be disappointed!