Beth Anderson is an award winning contemporary visual artist splitting her time between North Carolina and upstate New York. A Cherokee Nation citizen, her work is influenced by culture, love of materials and handmade objects, as well as her relationship with nature. She holds a BFA in Sculpture from Stephen F. Austin State University and works in small metals, illustration, glass, beadwork, and basketry. She is TERO certified with Cherokee Nation, registered with the US Department of Interior’s Indian Arts and Crafts Board, and a Southeastern Indian Artists Association board member and social media chair.
2025 Honorable Mention Jewelry category, Ohi:yo’ Art Market Seneca Nation for Water Cuff
2022 2nd place Jewelry category, Trail of Tears Arts Show Cherokee Nation for Migration
2021 Merit Award Jewelry category, Cherokee Homecoming Art Show for When Rabbit Stole Otter’s Fur Coat
2021 Judge’s Choice Award Jewelry category, Artesian Art Show Chickasaw Nation for ᎠᏧᎲᏍᎦ Fishing
2020 2nd place Jewelry category, Trail of Tears Art Show Cherokee Nation for Uktena
Medium: Basketry, Beadwork, Graphic Arts, Metalsmithing, Painting, Sculpture
I’m driven by a love of materials, handcrafted objects, culture, and nature. At the intersection of these is usually where you’ll find me. Jewelry making and beadwork allow me to create culture rich, handmade objects for regalia or personal and/or home adornment. Illustration allows me to share and celebrate culture, as well as share the natural world, while contributing to culture and language preservation. I practice some traditional arts such as basket weaving and shell carving and enjoy integrating these into contemporary work. I also work with glass, embedding elements of culture into sandblasted, fused, enameled, engraved, and/or kiln worked pieces. Culture is woven into my work through the incorporation of traditional materials, elements from our stories, significant plants and animals, historical documents, Mississippian motifs, and clay and basket weaving patterns.
