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| 2007 | At the Crossroads, Oklahoma State Capitol, East Gallery, Oklahoma City OK |
| 2006-7 | Face to Face: Portraits by America Meredith, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe NM. Catalog. |
| 2006 | Between Cultures: Conflict and Common Ground, North Fourth Art Center, Albuquerque NM |
| 2005 | SFAI MFA Graduation Show, Herbst Pavilion, Ft. Mason Center, San Francisco CA. Catalog |
| 2004 | Loyal, Lomega Lions Community Center, Loyal OK |
| 2003 | Solo
Exhibition, Indiana University Purdue University
Indiana Cultural Gallery, Indianapolis IN |
| 2001-2 |
America Meredith: Paintings, Southern Plains Indian Museum, Anadarko OK. Catalog |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2008 |
Graphic Storytelling as Activism at the Euphrat Museum, Cupertino CA |
| Heard Indian Fair and Market, Heard Museum, Phoenix AZ. Annual participant since 2004 | |
| 2007-8 | Current Realities: A Dialogue with the People at IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City OK; Southern Plains Indian Museum, Anadarko OK; Living Arts, Tulsa OK. An OklaDada project. |
| 2007 | Internal Exile at SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco CA |
| Cherokee Nation Intertribal Art Market, Catoosa OK. Annual participant since 2006 | |
| Cherokee Homecoming, Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah OK. Annual participant since 1995, except 2003 | |
| SWAIA Indian Market, Santa Fe NM. Annual participant since 2003 | |
| %$@# Art Let’s Ride, This Is Not a Shop, Dublin, Ireland | |
| The Plants Are Our Allies, Gary Farmer Gallery, Santa Fe NM | |
| Looking Indian, Untitled Art Space, Oklahoma City OK. Catalog | |
| Do Not Park Bicycles: Aborginal Cycling Culture, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Catalog. | |
| Trail of Tears Show, Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah OK. Annual participant since 1995 | |
| America the Beautiful, Steckline Gallery of Newman University, Wichita KS | |
| Art from Indian Territory, Traveling Exhibit, OK. Catalog | |
| American Icons through Indigenous Eyes, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington DC. Catalog. | |
| Green Art Show, Myers Studio, Tahlequah OK | |
| 2005-7 | Impacted Nations, Traveling Exhibit, NY, CO, MN, NM |
| 2006 | Columbuscide, IAIA Museum, Santa Fe NM |
| Lawrence Indian Art Show, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence KS | |
| Relations: Indigenous Dialogue, IAIA Museum, Santa Fe NM | |
| Humor Without Reservations, Tribes Gallery, Norman OK | |
| Native Pop, Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe NM | |
| 2005-6 | Ghosts of Little Boy: Artists for Peace, NJAHS Peace Gallery, San Francisco CA |
| Earth and Sky, City Arts, Oklahoma City OK. With Benjamin Harjo and Charley Pratt | |
| 2005 | Native American Contemporary Art, Jewish Community Center Gallery, San Barbara CA |
| 17th Annual Lawrence Indian Art Show, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence KS | |
| Shaking the Tree, IAIA Museum, Santa Fe NM. With Heidi Bigknife. | |
| Native American Voices, Friends Gallery, Pasadena CA | |
| Instinctual Distractions, Ar+space, San Francisco CA | |
| Belief, Art SF, San Francisco CA | |
| 2004 | Ad Hoc, Crucible Steel Gallery, San Francisco CA |
| Artspan Exhibition, SOMARTS Cultural Center, San Francisco CA | |
| Cahokia Mounds Contemporary Art Show, Cahokia Mounds Museum, Collinsville IL | |
| Contemporary
Cherokee Art, Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah
OK |
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| 2003 | Eiteljorg Indian Market, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis IN |
| Comikz: Contemporary Caricature and Sequential Art, Whitney Young Cultural Center, San Francisco CA | |
| 4 Views: IAIA Triennial, Institute of American Indian Arts Gallery, Santa Fe NM. With Shonto Begay, Alex Jacobs, and Joe Dale Nevaquaya. Catalog |
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| Green Before Spring, Whitney Young Cultural Center, San Francisco CA |
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| 2000 |
Five Civilized Tribes Art Show, Five Civilized Tribes Museum, Muskogee OK. Annual participant since 1995 |
| 1999 |
Watercolor Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy of Drama and Art, Glasgow UK |
Eilbotekultur, Lucky Seven, Zürich Switzerland |
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Three Sisters, Jacobson House, Norman OK. With Kelly Church and Allison Francisco |
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Locals, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco CA |
Exhibitions Curated
| 2007 | Anti Anti Anti Anti, Hall of Flowers, San Francisco CA. link |
| Regeneration, Hall of Flowers, San Francisco CA. link | |
| Velocity: The Art of San Francisco Bike Messengers at Balazo 18 Gallery, San Francisco CA. link |
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| 2006 | Frybread and Roses: Art of Native Labor, Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah OK; Daily Brews Café and Gallery, Wayland MI; Counterpulse Gallery, San Francisco CA. link |
| Insubordination, Hall of Flowers, San Francisco CA. link | |
| 2005 | Haunted, Crucible Steel Gallery, San Francisco CA. link |
| 2003 | Facing
East: Cherokee Art in the New Indian Territory,
Red Earth Indian Center, Oklahoma City OK. link |
| 2002 |
Deliverance, Lo-Fi Gallery, San Francisco CA. link |
Friends of Thunder, Jacobson House, Norman OK. Catalog |
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| 2000 |
Right of Way, Space 4040, Philadelphia PA |
| 1999 | Da: Half of a Surrealist Movement, Epicenter Zone, San Francisco CA |
| 1996 | CMWC Art Show, Acme Gallery, San Francisco CA |
| 1993 | Laughing at the Face of Death, Komotion Gallery |
| 2007 | Cherokee Homecoming, Judge's Choice Award |
| SWAIA Indian Market, IAIA Distinguished Alumni Award - For Excellence in Contemporary Native American Arts | |
| SWAIA Indian Market, First Place, Realistic Acrylic Painting Category | |
| 2006 | SF Weekly, voted best San Francisco painter of 2006, tied with Mitsy Avila Ovalles |
| Lawrence Indian Arts Show, Honorable Mention, Painting Division | |
| SWAIA Indian Market, Honorable Mention, Abstract Watercolor Painting | |
| Trail of Tears Show, Honorable Mention, Painting Division | |
| Heard Museum Indian Art Market, Honorable Mention, Painting Division | |
| 2005 | Cherokee Homecoming, Honorable Mention |
| SWAIA Indian Market, First Place, Realistic Miniature Painting | |
| San Francisco Art Institute, Graduate Fellowship, 2003 - 2005 | |
| 2004 | SWAIA Indian Market, Third Place, Opaque Water-Based Realistic Painting |
| Cahokia Mounds Contemporary Art Show, Third Place, 2-D Art | |
| Trail of Tears Show, First Place, Painting Division | |
| Heard Museum Indian Art Market, Honorable Mention, Painting Division | |
| 2003 | SWAIA Indian Market, First Place, Opaque Water-Based Abstract Painting |
| SWAIA Indian Market, Second Place, Realistic Miniature Painting | |
| Eiteljorg Indian Art Market, Honorable Mention Painting Division | |
| 2001 | Cherokee Homecoming, First Place in Visual Arts Division |
| 2000 | Cherokee Homecoming, Honorable Mention, Painting Division |
| 1999 | Five Civilized Tribes Show, Honorable Mention, Graphics Division |
| Five Civilized Tribes Show, First Place in Painting Division | |
| 1997-8 | City College of San Francisco Native American Students Organization, Vice-President and Princess |
| Okalee
Contemporary Art Gallery, Seminole Tribe of Florida,
5710 Seminole Way, Fort Lauderdale FL. Contact Michole
Eldred, curator. 893.902.1113 ext. 106. Link |
| Standing
Buffalo Gallery, 106 E. Main Street, Norman
OK 73069. Contact Tom
Farris, owner. Link |
Presentations
| 2008 | Cherokee Humanities Class, Cherokee Nation Tribal Complex, Tahlequah OK. Discussion about Cherokee values in personal art |
| University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley CA. Two lectures about the evolution of tribal governments in tandem with US federal Indian policy | |
| Stanford University, Palo Alto CA. Cherokee Art History, 18th Century to Present, presented to the Stanford Cherokee Student Organization | |
| 2007 | DeAnza College, Cupertino CA. Three one-hour slide presentations about Cherokee Art History, 18th Century to Present |
| De Young Museum, San Francisco CA. Watercolor painting demonstration | |
| Cherokee Society of the Greater Bay Area, Berkeley CA. Slide lecture about Cherokee Art History, 18th Century to Present | |
| 2006 | University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley CA. Interactive presentation about Native American identity |
| 2005 | City College of San Francisco, San Francisco CA. Five one-hour lectures |
| University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson AZ. Four days of monotype and linocut printing demonstrations. One-hour slide presentation about personal art work | |
| Cherokee Humanities Class, Cherokee Nation Tribal Complex, Tahlequah OK. Discussion about Cherokee art and its connection to tribal life | |
| University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley CA. Interactive presentation about Native American identity | |
| 2004 | DeAnza College, Cupertino CA. Three one-hour slide presentations about personal art work |
| 2003 | Cherokee
Heritage Center, Tahlequah OK. Cherokee Humanities
Class, offered by University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. Eight one-hour slide lectures on Cherokee art history |
Studio
Gallery, Hays KS. Slide lecture about contemporary
Native American art |
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| 2002 | Jacobson House, Norman OK. Slide lecture about personal art work |
| 1997 | Friends of St. Francis School, San Francisco CA. Presentation about Cherokee culture and dance |
| Park Presidio Preschool, San Francisco CA. Presentation about Cherokee culture and dance | |
| 1996 | Moscone School, San Francisco CA. Presentation about Native American history |
| 1995 | Institute of American Indian Art Museum, Santa Fe NM. Native Voices Reading Series |
| 1994 | Westminster Middle School, Oklahoma City OK. Lecture about current issues in Native America |
| DeFrange, Ann. "Cherokee Spokes Woman: Oklahoma native gives voice to many in San Francisco." Daily Oklahoman, 20.September.2005 |
| Diaz, RoseMary. "Send in the Clowns." Santa Fean, August 2003 |
| Fauntleroy, Gussie. “Groundbreakers: America Meredith, Painting in Cherokee.” Native Peoples, Jan/Feb.2008: 36-7 |
| Fogelson, Raymond D, volume editor. Handbook of North American Indians, V. 14. Southeast. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 2004: 752, 765 |
| Garrigues, Lisa. “Cherokee artist America Meredith puts words on wheels.” Indian Country Today. 25.July.2007: 1. |
| Harjo, Suzan Shown. “a generation of innovation.” Santa Fean Indian Market Magazine. August.2007: 117, 210. |
| Lippard, Lucy. “Out of the Box.” Face to Face: Portraits by America Meredith, Santa Fe NM: Wheelwright Museum, 2006: 5-8 |
| Martin, Charles. “Animatribe.” Oklahoma Gazette, 21.February.2007: 46 |
| Pleshaw, Gregory. “Faceoff.” The New Mexican: Winterlife, Winter 2006 |
| Pleshaw, Gregory. “Tribes + Tribulations.” Santa Fean Indian Market Magazine, August 2006: 116, 199 197-199 |
| Power,
Susan C. Art of the Cherokee: Prehistory
to Present. Athens:
University of Georgia Press, 2007: 201 |
| Randall, Teri Thomson. "America Meredith: shattering stereotypes with cartoons." The New Mexican, 22-23.August.2003 |
| Stevens, Amanda. “Art Draws Inspiration from Ancestors.” Rio Rancho Journal, 8.September.2006: 3 |
| Swanhuyser, Hiya. "Look Carefully: Art that goes bump in the night." SF Weekly, 27.August.2005 |
| Swindell, Carol. "America Meredith artwork to be showcased in museum." Anadarko Daily News, 16.November.2001 |
| Walker, Amy . "Artist America Meredith Gives Spoke Cards a Cherokee Spin." Momentum, #28 (2007): 19 |
| Wasserman, Shoshona. “Earth and Sky.” Art Focus Oklahoma, November/December 2005: 1, 8 |
| Weideman, Paul. “Of different minds and mixed legacies: America Meredith, Visible and Indivisible.” Pasatiempo: 17-23.November.2006: 41, 43 |
| Woodard, Joseph. "Rare, Native American Visions." Santa Barbara News Press, October.2005 |
| "America Meredith: Paintings." SPIMA News, November.2002: 5 |
| "Loyal Art Show." Watonga Republican, 7.July.2004: 4 |
| 2003-5 | MFA, painting. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA |
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2000-2 |
BFA with distinction, painting. University of Oklahoma, College of Fine Arts, Norman OK |
| 1996-2000 |
AA,
applied art. City College
of San Francisco, San Francisco CA |
| 1996 | University of Science and Arts in Oklahoma, Chickasha OK |
| 1995 | Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe NM |
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