RESUME

EDUCATION

• MFA Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, 1971
• BFA Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, 1970

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 1976-present, Assistant Professor, Studio Arts, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• 1974-1976, Instructor of Painting and Drawing,  Native American Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley
• 1971-1974, Assistant Professor of Native American Art, California State College, Sonoma, Rohnert Park, California

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

• 2014            Crossing Four Rivers: Linda Lomahaftewa and America Meredith, Allan Houser Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
• 2013            Solo Exhibition, Than Povi, Santa Fe, NM
• 2013            Octopus Dreams, Air Land and Seed, Group Exhibit, 516 Art Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
• 2012            James T. Bialac Native American art collection, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, Oklahoma
                    Native American Art, Works on Paper, Ekaterinburg Museum, Russia
                    Messengers 2012, Rainmaker Gallery, Bristol England, UK
                    Moundbuilders: Exploring the Ancient Southeastern Woodlands, Ahalenia Studios, Santa Fe, NM. Two-person show.
                    H2OK: A Native Response to Water issues in Oklahoma, Mainsite Contemporary, Norman, OK, and Bacone College, Muskogee, OK
• 2009-10       Intrigue and Novelty, Native American women’s group traveling Exhibition, Chicago, IL. Curated by Debra Yepa-Pappan
  
• 2008           Voices from the Mound: Contemporary Choctaw, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM.
                    Curated by Tatiana Lomahaftewa-Singer
  
• 2007           Originals 2007 A Juried & Invitational Exhibition, Honored Artist, New Mexico Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts
                    Loosely Joined, 2007 New Mexico Artists from the Creative Capital professional development workshop, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
                    First International Women’s Art Festival, Brewery Arts Centre, Highgate Kendal Cumbria UK
• 2004-07      Native Views, Artrain USA , A traveling exhibition, 3 years, USA
• 2003           Art of Community, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
• 2002           Now and Then, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
• 2001            Cross Border Show Rendezvous Festival, White Mountain Academy of the Arts, Elliot Lake Ontario, Canada
• 1999            Anticipating the Dawn Contemporary Art by Native American Women, Gardiner Art Gallery, Department of Art, Oklahoma State University                       Stillwater Oklahoma
• 1998            Healing Art Contemporary  Native American Art, American Psychological Association Washington D.C.
• 1996-98       River Deep, Mountain High, International traveling exhibit produced by Highland Council Culture and Leisure Services and funded by the                       Scottish Arts Council Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Scotland; and venues throughout Scotland and Europe
• 1995-98       Indian Humor, traveling exhibit produced by the American Indian Contemporary Arts, San Francisco CA., Twelve venues including; The Autry                      Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles, California; University of Minnesota, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and the                          National Museum of the American Indian, New York, NY.
• 1997           Native American Painting: A Work in Progress- Summer Harvest mural commission and exhibition, collaboration with Delia Velasco,                         Institute of American Indian Arts Museum; Santa Fe, New Mexico
                  We Are Many, We Are One, University Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
                  New Art from Native America, Center Gallery, Elaine Bangone Center, Bucknell University; Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
• 1996          I Stand in the Center of the Good,  Group exhibit in conjunction with publication of book by Lawrence Abbot,
                  American Indian Community House; New York City
• 1991-96      Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the Twentieth Century.
                  International traveling exhibit sponsored by the Heard Museum; Phoenix Arizona
                  National and International venues including: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa Oklahoma;
                  National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, New York City; and McDougal Gallery, New Zealand.
•                 Our Land /Ourselves: American Indian Contemporary Artists, traveling exhibition produced by State University of New York, Albany.
                  Venues included University Galleries throughout the U.S.

  AWARDS

• 2014        First place, Printmaking, Heard Guild Indian Fair and Market, Phoenix, Arizona
• 2001        First Place, Printmaking, Eiteljorg Indian Market, Indianapolis, Indiana
• 2000       Merit Award, Twelfth Annual Lawrence Indian Arts Show, Lawrence, Kansas   
• 1997         Best of Division, Mixed Media, Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market; Phoenix, Arizona
• 1993         2nd Place, Painting, SWAIA Indian Market; Santa Fe, New Mexico   
• 1991          1st Place, Hand pulled Prints, SWAIA Indian Market; Santa Fe, New Mexico
                 2nd Place, Original Graphics, Museum of  Northern Arizona Annual Hopi Artist Show; Flagstaff, Arizona
                 2nd Place & Honorable Mention, Graphics (Hand pulled Prints) Red Earth Arts Festival; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• 1990         3rd Place, Hand pulled Prints, SWAIA Indian Market; Santa Fe, New Mexico
• 1988         Helen Harden Award for Creative Excellence in Painting and 3rd Place, Hand pulled prints, SWAIA Indian Market; Santa Fe, New Mexico

FELLOWSHIPS, APPOINTMENTS, AND OTHER HONORS

• 2012        Visiting Artist, The James T. Bialac Symposium, Making Native American Art, Sam Noble Museum, Norman, Oklahoma
                Visiting Artist, 2012 Native American Works on Paper for the Ekaterinburg Musuem, Russia
• 2007       Honored Artist- Originals 2007 A Juried & Invitational Exhibition
                The New Mexico Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts
• 2005-09  Board Member, Native American Art Studies Association, NAASA
• 2002       Visiting Artist, Collage Painting, 2002 Split Rock Arts Program, University of Minnesota, Duluth
                Visiting Artist, March Madness workshop, Cesar Chavez High School/Heard Museum/ASU West, Phoenix, Arizona
• 2001        “Power of Art” winner, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Washington, D.C.
• 2000       Visiting Artist, Emily Carr School of Art; Vancouver BC, Canada
                Visiting Artist, Painting through Collage, 2000 Split Rock Arts Program, University of Minnesota, Duluth
• 1998        Advisory Board Member, Capital Arts Foundation; Santa Fe, New Mexico
                Painting Convocation Participant, "The Deep Remembering: The Art and Aesthetics of Southwestern Indian Painting,"
                School of American Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• 1997        Lecturer-Museum of Indian Arts and Culture; Santa Fe, New Mexico
               Visiting Artist, Printmaking “Imagination Celebration.” Special Weekend for the Hearing Impaired, Sponsored by the Ft. Worth, Inc..,
               Ft. Worth, Texas
• 1996       Visiting Artist, Drawing & Petroglyph studies “Inspired by Nature” Project ’96, sponsored by K.K.W. Buro of Hamburg, Germany
               Visiting Artist and Lecturer- Mc Dougal Art Gallery: Christchurch, New Zealand                      
               Lecturer, Contemporary Native Arts- University of South Dakota, Vermilion
               Visiting Artist, Printmaking- Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) Youth Art Camp: Santa Fe, NM
• 1995       Special Guest Artist- Wananga: Symposium of Contemporary Indigenous
               Visual Arts Sponsored by Tewaka Toi Council of Maori and South Pacific Arts, Wellington: Rotorua, Aotearoa/New Zealand
               Co-Curator- Institute of American Indian Arts Museum Faculty Triennial Exhibition: Santa Fe, NM
• 1994       Visiting Artist, Painting, Sponsored by Yavapai College and Arizona State University, Yavapai Art Institute; Prescott, Arizona
               Featured Artist-36th Annual Heard Museum Fair and Market; Phoenix, Arizona

JUDGING AND JURYING EXPERIENCE

• 2013        Red Earth Art Show, Oklahoma City, OK
• 2012        Future Voices NM Youth Program, National Geographic Student Video Competition
• 2011         Cherokee Art Market, Catoosa, Oklahoma
                National Geographic All Roads Film Project, Santa Fe NM
• 2007       Northern Plains Indian Art Market, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
• 2005       Eiteljorg Indian Market, Indianapolis, IN
• 2004       Trail of Tears Art Show, Cherokee Heritage Center Tahlequah, Ok.
• 2003       SWAIA Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM
                Eiteljorg Indian Market, Indianapolis, IN
• 2001        Painting and Sculpture at the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts and Craftsman Show, NM
• 1997        Eight Northern Indian Arts and Crafts Show; New Mexico
  
• 1996        Painting, Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts and Craftsman Show, NM
                Northern Plaines Tribal Arts: Sioux Falls, South Dakota

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

• American Indian Historical Society, San Francisco, California
• Casino Arizona, At Salt River, Cultural Arts Collection, Phoenix, Arizona
• Center for the Arts of Indian America, Washington, D.C. City of Phoenix, Sharing Ancestral Creations, Native American Art Collection
• Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman
• Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
• Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, New Mexico
• Native American Center for the Living Arts, Niagara Falls, New York
  
• United States Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Washington, D.C.
• University of Lethbridge, Native American Studies Department, Alberta, Canada
• Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, New Mexico

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

• Abbot, Lawrence. I Stand in the Center of the Good: Interviews with Contemporary Native American Artists. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1994. Pages 149-159
• Archuleta, Margaret, and Rennard Strickland. Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the Twentieth Century. Phoenix: Heard Museum, 1991. Pages 56–94
• Bates, Sarah. Indian Humor. San Francisco: American Indian Contemporary Arts, 1995. Pages 60-61.
• Breunig, Robert, and Erin Younger. “The Second Biennial Native American Fine Art Invitational.” American Indian Arts Magazine 11 (Spring 1986): p. 61.