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Vera Chino Ely (born June 27, 1943) is a Native American potter from Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. She is the youngest daughter of Marie Z. Chino, who was also a potter. Vera learned from her mother.
In the late 1970s she worked with her mother doing fine-line painting on some of her pots. In 1979, she participated in the "One Space: Three Visions" exhibition at the Albuquerque Museum. A collection of her works can be seen at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Schrader, Julie Ann. (2005) "The Morgan collection of Southwest pottery website: research and photography: a project"
Vera's sisters, Carrie Charlie (b. 1925), Rose Garcia (b. 1928), and Grace Chino (–1994), are all award-winning Acoma potters.
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Categories: 1943 Births, American Potters, Living People, People From Acoma Pueblo, Ceramists From New Mexico, Pueblo Potters, 20th-century American Ceramists, 20th-century American Women Artists, Native American Women Potters, Native American Potters, American Women Potters, 20th-century Native American Artists, 21st-century American Ceramists, 21st-century Native American Artists, 20th-century Native American Women, 21st-century Native American Women, 21st-century American Women Artists
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