Jeffrey
Veregge is a Native American artist and writer whose creative mantra in best
summed up with a word from his tribe's own language as: "taʔčaʔx̣ʷéʔtəŋ",
which means "get into trouble". He is a member of the Port
Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, was raised and spent a majority of his life on the
reservation known locally as Little Boston, which is located near Kingston,
Washington. He now works out of Seattle. Although he is enrolled there, he is also both of Suquamish and
Duwamish tribal ancestry. Jeffrey is a honor graduate from the Art Institute of
Seattle, and has studied with Tsimshian master carver David Boxley for a short
time learning the basics of Salish form-line design. For the past 10 years he
has been employed as Lead Designer/Studio Manager for a media agency that
specializes in Non-Profits. His works show a reflection of a lifetime
love affair with comic books, toys, TV and film. Taking his passions and
blending them with his Native perspective, artistic background and the desire to
simply be himself. Jeffrey has said “Basically I am just trying to have
fun and get back to that kid that went to art school to begin with, wanting to
create artwork that I want to see and make just for the hell of it.” I think what he makes is really cool, and smart! He has been published in quite a few magazines and is pretty popular. I also like his old school work, which really shows how talented he is.
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