Sara Siestreem

(American | Hanis Coos, born 1976)

Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos) is a master artist from the Umpqua River Valley on the south coast of Oregon. She mainly works in painting, but she also works in photography, printmaking, drawing, sculpture, video, traditional Indigenous weaving, and and large-scale installation. Her art practice branches into institutional reform, as it relates to curating and education about Indigenous Fine Art.

Siestreem comes from a family of professional artists and educators and her training began at home. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Portland State University, Oregon, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Pratt Art Institute in 2007. She created and runs a weaving program for the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw people. She teaches studio art at the Pacific Northwest College of Art and Portland State University, both in Portland, Oregon where she lives and works.