|
Solo
Exhibitions
| 2010 |
The Cherokee Spokespeople Project, The Chapel at Cherokee Heritage Center, Park Hill, OK |
| 2007 |
At
the Crossroads, East Gallery, Oklahoma State Capitol, 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,
Lions Center, Loyal, OK |
| 2003 |
America Meredith: 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 and Art Fairs
2012 |
Facing the Sunland: America Meredith + Sallyann Paschall + Kay WalkingStick, Berlin Gallery, Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ |
2011-2 |
Doll: An Intimate Figure, Roxanne Swentzell Tower Gallery. Pojoaque Pueblo. Curated by Rose B. Simpson. |
2011 |
Salon du Dessin et de la Peinture à l'Eau at the Grand Palais des Champes-Elysees, Paris, France |
|
Smoke Signals: Artistes Amérindiens d'Oklahoma, Orenda Art International, Paris, France |
|
6th Annual Cherokee Art Market, Catoosa, OK |
|
Cherokee
Homecoming, Cherokee Heritage Center, Park Hill
OK. Annual
participant since 1995, except 2001 & 2003 |
|
SWAIA
Indian Market, Santa Fe NM. Annual
participant since 2003 |
|
Five Civilized Tribes Art Show, Five Civilized Tribes Museum, Muskogee, OK |
|
43nd Annual Red Cloud Art Show, Red Cloud Museum and Heritage Center, Pine Ridge, SD. Annual participant since 2009 |
|
Trail
of Tears Art Show, Cherokee
Heritage Center, Park Hill OK. Annual
participant since 1995 |
|
Wind on Earth: Native Presence and Art, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE. With Neal Ambrose-Smith, John Hitchcock, and Melanie Yazzie. Curated by Karen Kunc. |
|
Heard
Museum Guild Art Fair, Phoenix
AZ. Annual
participant since 2004 |
|
Soul Sister: Reimagining Kateri Tekakwitha, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, NM. Curated by Ryan Rice (Mohawk). |
2010-
2011 |
This is Displacement: Native Artists Consider the Relationship Between Land & Identity, Tulsa Living Arts, Tulsa, OK; various locations in Minnesota. Curated by Carolyn Lee Anderson (Diné) and Emily Johnson (Yup'ik). Link. |
2010 |
One + One = Two, Legends Santa Fe, NM. Collaborating with Melissa Melero |
First Laugh, Museum of Contemporary Native Art's Lloyd Kiva New Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
Live Paint: New Mexico vs. Oklahoma Smackdown, Standing Buffalo Gallery, Norman, OK |
Quick Draw, Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, NM |
Against the Grain, Legends Santa Fe, NM. With Sarah Sense, Frank Buffalo Hyde, Rhett Butler, and Marla Allison |
Seasons of Love, Standing Buffalo Gallery, Norman, OK |
2009-2011 |
Intrigue and Novelty: Contemporary Art by Native American Women, Beacon Street Arts, Chicago, IL; Schingoethe Center, Aurora, IL. Curated by Debra Yepa-Pappan. With Christine Caluya, Amber Gunn Gauthier, Nadya Kwandibens, Linda Lomahaftewa, Erica Lord, Rose B. Simpson, and Debra Yepa-Pappan. |
2009 |
Fueled by Color: Three Cool Chicks Art Show, Third Street Arts, Albuquerque, NM. With Marla Allison and Melissa Melero |
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Art Show, United Nations, New York, NY |
4 Seasons: 4 Women, Arkansas Valley Art Center, Buena Vista CO. With Heidi Bigknife, Kelly Church, and Linda Lomahaftewa |
Unconquered Imagination, Okalee Contemporary Arts, Ah-tah-thi-ki Museum, Clewiston FL. Curated by Will Wilson, with Juane Quick to See Smith and Erica Lord. |
From the Woodlands, Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, Durango CO. With Sallyann Paschall |
Mementos & Milestones, IAIA Museum, Lloyd Kiva New Gallery, Santa Fe NM. With Tammy Rahr and Kelly Church |
2008 |
Creatures and Spirits, Standing Buffalo Gallery, Norman OK. |
Cherokee
Nation Intertribal Art Market, Catoosa OK. Annual
participant since 2006 |
Speaking from the Earth, Think Visual Gallery, Point Arena CA. Link |
Blazing Saddles, Pop Gallery, Santa Fe NM |
My Way, Humble Gallery, Santa Fe NM |
Graphic Storytelling as Activism, Euphrat Museum, Cupertino CA |
2007-8 |
Current
Realities: A Dialogue with the People, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma
City OK; Southern Plains Indian Museum, Anadarko OK; Living Arts, Tulsa OK. An
OklaDada project. |
2007 |
Internal
Exile, SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco CA |
%$@#
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: Aboriginal Cycling Culture, Art Gallery
of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
Catalog. |
Art
from Indian Territory, Traveling Exhibit, OK. Catalog |
American
Icons through Indigenous Eyes, District of Columbia Arts
Center, Washington DC. Catalog. |
2005-7 |
Impacted
Nations, traveling exhibit, NY, CO, MN, NM |
2006 |
Columbuscide,
IAIA Museum, Santa Fe NM |
Relations:
Indigenous Dialogue, IAIA Museum, Santa Fe NM |
Native
Pop, Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe NM |
2005-6 |
Ghosts
of Little Boy: Artists for Peace, National Japanese American Historical Society 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 |
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 |
2004 |
Haunted, Crucible Steel Gallery, San Francisco
CA | link |
2003 |
4 Views: IAIA Triennial, Institute of American
Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe NM. With
Shonto Begay, Alex Jacobs, and Joe Dale Nevaquaya. Catalog |
|
Green
Before Spring, Whitney Young Cultural Center,
San Francisco CA |
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 |
Three Sisters, Jacobson House, Norman OK. With
Kelly Church and Allison Francisco |
Locals,
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco CA |
Exhibitions
Curated
| 2011 |
Blood of the Sun: Artists Respond to the Poetry of Suzan Shown Harjo,
Ahalenia Studios, Santa Fe, NM. link |
| Inner Demons III,
Ahalenia Studios, Santa Fe, NM. link |
| Kanutche Dogs: Contemporary Cherokee Art,
FireGod Gallery, Albuquerque, NM. link |
| P0rncake 2011,
Ahalenia Studios, Santa Fe, NM. Co-curated with Sam Haozous (Chiricahua Apache). link |
| 2010 |
Inner Demons II,
Ahalenia Studios, Santa Fe, NM. link |
Freedom of Information: The FBI, Surveillance, and Indian Country,
Ahalenia Studios, Santa Fe, NM. link |
| William T. Milam, Sr.: Cherokee Photographer,
Standing Buffalo Gallery, Norman, OK |
| 2009 |
Inner Demons,
Ahalenia Studios, Santa Fe, NM. |
| Sweat: Native American Provocative,
Max's, Santa Fe, NM. link |
| 2008 |
Anti Anti Anti Anti,
Hall of Flowers, San Francisco CA. link |
| 2007 |
Regeneration,
Hall of Flowers, San Francisco CA. link |
Velocity:
The Art of San Francisco Bike Messengers, Balazo 18 Gallery,
San Francisco CA. link |
| 2006 |
Frybread
and Roses: Art of Native Labor, Cherokee
Heritage Center, Park Hill OK; Daily Brews Café
and Gallery, Wayland MI; Counterpulse Gallery, San Francisco CA. link |
| Insubordination,
Hall of Flowers, 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: A Celebration of Cherokee Culture, Jacobson House, Norman OK. Catalog |
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, San Francisco CA |
Awards
and Fellowships
| 2011 |
Cherokee Art Market, Best of Division, Painting |
| Cherokee Nation National Holiday Art Show, judge |
| SWAIA
Indian Market, First Place, Realistic Water-based Painting |
| Red Cloud Art Show, First Place, Graphics
Division |
| Five Civilized Tribes Art Show, Third place in Painting, Third place in Graphics |
| Trail
of Tears Art Show, Honorable Mention, Painting
Division |
| McPhee Elementary School. Weeklong residency featuring group paintings with K-5th grade students and art talks, sponsored by the Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE. |
| 2010 |
Northern Plains Indian Art Market, judge |
| Cherokee
Homecoming, Honorable Mention |
| Red Cloud Art Show, Oscar Howe Memorial Award |
| Trail of Tears Art Show, Second Place, Painting |
| Heard Museum
Indian Market, Second Place, Mixed Media |
| 2009 |
SWAIA
Indian Market, First Place, Abstract Water-based Painting |
| National Museum of the American Indian, Visiting Artist Fellowship |
| Red Cloud Indian Art Show, Second Place, Painting Division I |
| Trail
of Tears Art Show, Honorable Mention, Painting
Division |
| 2008 |
Cherokee Art Market, Best of Division, Painting |
| San Francisco Arts Commission, Cultural Equity Individual Artist Grant |
| Trail
of Tears Art Show, Honorable Mention, Painting
Division |
| 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 Art 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 Art 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, 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 |
Gallery
Affiliation
| Berlin Gallery, Heard Museum, 2301 No. Central, Phoenix, AZ. Contact Joanne Prince, owner | Link |
| Rainmaker Art Gallery, 123 Coldharbour Road, Bristol, England, UK. (602) 346.8250. Contact Andrea Hanley (Diné), gallery manager | Link |
| Tribes 131, 131—24th Ave, Norman OK. (405) 329.4442. Contact Leslie Zinbi, owner | Link |
Presentations
| 2012 |
Indigenous Visions, Berlin Gallery, Heard Museum, presentation about personal artwork |
| 2011 |
Pre-20th Century Native American Artwork, Renesan Institute for Lifelong Learning, Santa Fe, NM. Four two-hour presentations about Southwest, Eastern Woodlands, Great Plains, and Pacific Coastal Art |
| 2010 |
Historic Cherokee Artwork, Mayflower Church, Oklahoma City OK, sponsored by the Central Oklahoma Cherokee Alliance |
| Early Native American Photographers, Standing Buffalo Gallery, Norman OK |
Kiowa Art, Kiowa Humanities Course, Anadarko, OK. Through the University of Sciences and Arts of Oklahoma. |
| 2009 |
Presentation of Historical Cherokee and Ancient Southeast Art Work, Tahlequah OK, sponsored by the Cherokee Arts and Humanities Council; Standing Buffalo Gallery, Norman OK; Humanist Hall, Oakland, CA, sponsored by the Cherokee Society of the Greater Bay Area |
| Visual Language: Lettering and Iconography in Painting, Southwest Seminars, Santa Fe, NM. |
| National Museum of the American Indian, Washington DC. Presentation of personal artwork. With Kelly Church, Tommy Joseph, and Debbie Head. |
| Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe NM. "The Cherokee Spokespeople Project: Bikes, Language, and Art" as part of the Intellectual Capital lecture series |
| Institute of American Indian Arts, Associated Student Government, Santa Fe NM. Roundtable discussion about stereotypes in Native art. With Ryan Singer and Melissa Cody. |
| Fort Lewis College, Durango CO. Powerpoint presentation about Native American Women Arts: Edmonia Lewis, Angel DeCora, and Ellen Neel. Two one-hour presentations about personal artwork. |
| 2008 |
American Indian Culture and Education Program, Ways of Our Ancestors Camp, Briones Regional Park, Orinda CA. Three craft classes for elementary school children. |
| Cherokee
Humanities Class, Cherokee Nation Tribal Complex,
Tahlequah OK. Through the University of Sciences and Arts of Oklahoma. 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, Park Hill 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 |
| 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 |
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Education
| 2003-5 |
MFA, painting. San
Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA |
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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