Resume
One-Two-Three Person Exhibitions (selected)
Patterns, solo exhibition at JRB Art at the Elms, Oklahoma City, OK, 2015
The Place Between, with Alex Pena, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 2014
Facing the Sunland, America Meredith, Sallyann Paschall & Kay Walkingstick, Berlin Gallery at the Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ, 2012
Expressions, Lloyd Kiva New Gallery, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM, 2009 with Jacqueline Smith
Out of the Woodlands two-person exhibition, Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, 2009 with America Meredith
Patterns and Marks, solo exhibition, Trembling Aspen Gallery, Buena Vista, CO, 2004
Then and Now, solo exhibition, Steam Plant Gallery, Salida, CO, 1999
Black and White and [Color]: Mixed Media, Drawings, two-person exhibition, Buena Vista, CO, 1999 with Conrad Nelson
Patterns, solo exhibition, Jacobson Native Art Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 1998
Masters Exhibition, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA, 1984
Group Exhibitions (selected)
Santa Fe Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM, 2006 - 2014, 2016 - 2017
Spectacle, Santa Fe Arts Commission Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2017
Return From Exile, traveling exhibit through 2017: Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA; Collier County Museum, Naples, FL; Sequoyah National Research Center, Little Rock, AR; Hardesty Arts Center and Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK; Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, OK - This exhibit was named one of First American Art’s Top Ten Native Arts Events 2015
Native Treasures, Santa Fe, NM, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017
Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market, Phoenix, AZ, 2005 - 2017
Santa Fe Indian Market EDGE, Santa Fe, NM, 2016
The Train Must Be Fed, Santa Fe Arts Commission Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2016
Banned, Santa Fe Arts Commission Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2016
Cherokee Art Market, Catoosa, OK, 2006 - 2015
Native Art Visual Visions, Imago Mundi, Fondaione Giorgio Cini, Venice Biennale, Italy, 2015
Silver, Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2013
Indian Ink: Native Printmakers in the Dr. J. W. Wiggens Collection, SNRC Gallery, Little Rock, AR, 2012
Wheelwright Museum Quick Draw, Santa Fe, NM, 2010, 2012
Odes and Offerings,Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2012
Waste/Not, Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2010
Pollination, Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2010
Pollen Nation, Albuquerque Open Space Visitors Center, Albuquerque, NM, 2010
Thermal Dynamics, NM Wax at Albuquerque Arts Alliance, NM, 2009
Sovereign Nation, Lloyd Kiva New Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, 2009
Waning and Waxing: The Resurgence of Encaustic, Zane Bennett Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, 2009
Sally x 3 Show, Salida Regional Library, Salida, CO, 2008
The Word As Art, Salida Regional Library, Salida, CO, 2008
Oklahoma Experience, Epcot Center Food & Wine Fest, Orlando, FL, 2007
American Print National, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO, 2007
Current Realities: A Dialogue with The People, Oklahoma Centennial Exhibition, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK, 2007, Southern Plains Museum Anadarko, OK and Living Arts Gallery, Tulsa, OK, 2008
The Plants Are Our Allies, Gary Farmer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2007
A River Runs Through Us, Colorado Art Ranch, SteamPlant Gallery, Salida, CO, 2007
Arkansas Valley Printmakers, Arkansas Valley Art Center, Buena Vista, CO, 2006
Frybread and Roses, traveling exhibition, 2006
Press Intentions: 8 Chaffee County Printmakers, Open Studios Press, Denver, CO, 2004
Define: Abstraction, Arkansas Valley Art Center, Buena Vista, CO, 2003
Facing East: Cherokee Art in the New Indian Territory, Red Earth Indian Center, Oklahoma City, 2003
Catharsis, Salida, CO, 2003, 2004
Own Your Own, Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO, 2002, 2003
Dog and Pony Show, Republic Plaza Building, Denver, CO 2001
Western Visions Revisited, Republic Plaza Building, Denver, CO, 2000
Twenty-first Trail of Tears Exhibit, Cherokee National Historical Society, Tahlequah, OK, 1999
Salamagundi Club 20th Annual Non-Members Open Exhibition, New York, NY, 1997
Madison Avenue Art Gallery 2nd National Painting Exhibition, Bartlett, TN, 1997
Roswell Fine Arts League 15th Annual National Show, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM, 1997
Pastels ’96, Pastel Society of North Florida, Fort Walton Beach Museum of Art, 1996
10th International Open Exhibition, Pastel Society of the West Coast, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Sacramento, CA, 1996
SPAR National Exhibit, Barnwell Center, Shreveport, LA, 1982
25th Annual Delta Art Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR, 1982
7th Annual Juried Craftsmen Exhibit, Louisiana Crafts Council, New Orleans, LA, 1974
Young Talent in Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 1961, 1962
National Scholastic Art Exhibition, Washington, DC, 1960
AWARDS
Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market, 1st in drawing, 2017
Santa Fe Indian Market, 2nd in printmaking, 2016
Santa Fe Indian Market, Honorable Mention mixed media, 2014
Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market, honorable mention in painting, 2013
Cherokee Art Market, 3rd in painting, 2012
Santa Fe Indian Market, 2nd in printmaking, 2012
Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market, honorable mention in drawing, 2012
Cherokee Art Market, 2nd in graphics, 2011
Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market, 2011
- 1st in printmaking
- 2nd in mixed media
Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market, 2010
- 1st in printmaking
- honorable mention in painting
Cherokee Art Market, 3rd in oil painting, 2009
Santa Fe Indian Market, 2009
- 2nd in printmaking
- 2nd in oil painting
Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market, 1st in printmaking, 2009
Santa Fe Indian Market, 1st in printmaking, 2008
Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market, honorable mention in painting, 2008
Cherokee Art Market, 3rd in oil painting, 2007
Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market, honorable mention in painting, 2007
Santa Fe Indian Market, 2nd in printmaking, 2006
Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market, 2006
- 1st in Division, mixed media
- 2nd in Division, printmaking
- Judge's Choice Award (Nora Naranjo-Morse)
Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market, 2005
- 1st in Division, mixed media
- honorable mention, printmaking
Roswell Fine Arts League 15th Annual National Show, honorable mention in paste, 1997
25th Annual Delta Art Exhibition, honorable mention, Hilton Kramer (juror), 1982
7th Annual Juried Craftsmen Exhibit, honorable mention in ceramics, 1974
Lew Wentz Art Scholarship, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 1965-1967
Young Talent in Oklahoma, Honorable Mention in painting, 1962
Young Talent in Oklahoma, purchase award in painting, 1961
National Scholastic Art Awards, Gold Key in painting, 1960
COLLECTIONS
Ak-Chin Community Center, Maricopa, AZ
Fred Jones Memorial Art Museum, University of Oklahoma
Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA
The Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, OK
The Heritage Center, Pine Ridge, SD
The Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, OK
Heart of the Rockies Regional Hospital, Salida, CO
The Medical Clinics Salida, CO
The Sequoyah National Reaearch Center, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
REPRESENTATION
Lloyd Kiva New Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Native Art, Santa Fe, NM
JRB Art at the Elms, Oklahoma City, OK
RELATED EXPERIENCES & PUBLICATIONS
Ralph T. Coe Foundation, Print Party, Santa Fe, May 14 - 15, 2016
Encaustic Art in the Twenty-First Century, Rooney, Ashley and Anne Lee, Schieffer Publishing, 2016
Return From Exile: Contemporary Southeastern Indian Art, Southeastern Indian Artists Association, Institute of Native American Studies, University of Georgia and Cherokee Heritage Center, 2015, catalog
Native Art Visual Visions: Contemporary North American Indigenous Artists, Luciano Benetton Collection, Fabrica, 2015 Catalog. Exhibit, Venice, Italy at the Venice Biennale
Juror, Santa Fe Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM 2015
Juror, Northern Plains Indian Market, Sioux Falls, SD, 2013
Juror, 8th Annual Cherokee Homecoming Show, Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, OK, 2003
Curator, panelist, consultant, Indian Arts Festival, Shreveport Regional Arts Council, LA, 1983
Visual Arts Grants Panel, Louisiana State Arts Council, 1979-81, 1984
Arts Development Grants Panel, Louisiana State Arts Council, 1978 & 1982
Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Shreveport, LA, President, 1977
1st Annual Red River Revel Arts Festival, Shreveport, LA, Co-Chairman, 1975-76
Education
Master of Arts, Studio Art, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA
Master of Science, Geology, University of New Mexico