Eliza Naranjo Morse

Eliza Naranjo Morse (born 1980) is an artist from the Santa Clara Pueblo (Kha'p'o Owingeh) in New Mexico. She works with mediums ranging from clay and organic materials to drawing and mixed-media installation. She comes from a family of artists, frequently collaborating with her mother, Nora Naranjo Morse, and her cousin, Rose B. Simpson.

Early life and education Eliza Naranjo Morse was born in 1980 in New Mexico. She is of mixed heritage, the daughter of a Tewa mother and an Anglo father from Connecticut.

Career Morse began creating artwork for sale at the age of 18.

Morse participated in an art project in Veracruz, in 2010, facilitated in association with the Smithsonian Institution. During this project, she spent a month working with local children to create large works of art using organic materials. The following year, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian commissioned her to create a mural for their staircase. Titled All Together. Making Our Way. Everyday. Medicine., the 30-foot mural spanned two stories. In 2025, her work was exhibited alongside her mother's in the show In Creative Harmony: Three Artistic Partnerships at the Blanton Museum of Art.

In addition to her studio practice, Morse teaches art at the Kha'p'o Community School in Santa Clara Pueblo. She has exhibited at venues including MoCNA, Axle Contemporary, the Heard Museum, and the Chelsea Art Museum.

Artistry Morse's artistic practice encompasses a variety of media, including clay drawings, oil painting, sewing, and glow-in-the-dark imagery. She frequently incorporates natural materials into her work, such as using mud and clay to paint or create installation elements.

Thematically, her work often features anthropomorphized animals and insects depicted on journeys or pilgrimages.

Personal life As of 2016, she lived on reservation land and did not own a cell phone. By 2019, Morse resided in Española, New Mexico, where she was building a home on ancestral family land. Prior to focusing primarily on her art, she held different jobs, including working as a substitute teacher and at a landfill.