| Pop Wea | |
| Death Date: | 1966 |
| Nationality: | Taos Pueblo |
| Field: | Pottery and painting |
Pop Wea, also known as Lori Tanner, Lorie Tanner, Lo Ree Tanner, Lo Rie Tanner, Loree Tanner[1] and Lo Rei Tanner[2] (died 1966), was a Native American artist associated with the Taos Pueblo.[3] She was a painter and potter. Pop Wea is listed in the Biographical Directory of Native American Painters, and in American Indian Painters: a Biographical Directory.
Pop Wea's work titled Taos Warrior Dance (casein on board) is on display at the Arizona State Museum at the University of Arizona.[4] Her work has been described as dramatic and non-traditional, for example her work Buffalo in snow.[5] Her paintings were sometimes executed in a "three dimensional style." In 1965, her work Eagle Dance received first prize in painting in the Scottsdale Indian Art Exhibition; it was described in a review as having "startling calligraphy on a black ground."[6]
Pop Wea's work was exhibited in 1962 at the Museum of Northern Arizona,[7] and at the Heard Museum in 1967.
Pop Wea has been described as a "promising artist who died young."[8] Pop Wea's reputation as an artist was established in 1963 following an exhibition in Gallup, New Mexico; she unexpectedly died three years later.
Pop Wea's work is in the James T. Bialac Collection of Southwest Paintings at the Arizona State Museum.[9] Her work is included in several private collections.[10] [11]
Pop Wea was the niece of another Taos Pueblo artist, Pop Chalee.[2]