Da-ka-xeen Mehner
Curriculum Vitae
P.O. Box 81236
Fairbanks Alaska 99708
Website: Da-ka-xeen.com
Education:
07 MFA in Native Arts from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Professional Experience:
5/21-Present University of Alaska, Fairbanks Professor of Native Arts, Art Department Chair, Director of The Native Art Center
7/15-4/21 University of Alaska, Fairbanks Associate Professor of Native Arts, Art Department Chair, Director of The Native Art Center
5/06-15 University of Alaska, Fairbanks Assistant Professor of Native Arts, Director of The Native Art Center
11/98-5/00 Fort 105 Artist Studios 105 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102. Co-Owned and managed 15 artist studios
10/95- 99 Site 21/21 Artspace (2121 Isleta Blvd. SW, Albuquerque, NM 87105).
Co-owned and managed the artspace.
Professional Sponsored Projects
2018-Present Sustainable Native Art Studios $950,000.00
capital project supporting the Studios at UAF and rural campuses
2012-Present To Continue: Perpetuating and Sharing Alaska Native Arts $2,010,000.00
Artist workshop program at the Native Art Center and rural communities in Alaska $2,010,000.00 total investment.
2013-2016 Alaska AIR (Artist in Residency) $60,000.00
Residency program supported by the Rasmuson Foundation. $15,000.00 a year totalling $60,000.00
2009- 2013 USA Alaska AIR (Artist in Residency) $75,000.00
Residency program supported by the Rasmuson Foundation. $15,000.00 a year totalling $75,000.00
Awards:
11/15 United States Artist Fellow ($50,000.00)
11/15 Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship ($25,000.00)
10/13 Alaska State Council on the Arts Career Opportunity Grant ($1,000.00)
11/13 Native Arts & Cultures Foundation 2014 Fellowship in Visual Arts ($10,000)
1/13 Visiting Research Award, Burke Museum ($600.00 plus travel expenses)
6/12 Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Fellowship ($12,000)
4/12 Dennis Demmert Award
8/11 photo-eye Special Award, New Native Photography 2011
8/11 SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market, New Native Photography ($750.00)
8/09 SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market (Best of Division: Photography, 1st Place Digital Photography,
Innovation Award) ($3,300.00)
11/07 Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Award ($5,000.00)
8/07 Alaska Native Arts Foundation CAPS Grant ($4,000.00)
10/06 Gutsy Artist Award for “Weapon of Oil” in the 64th Parallel Juried show
10/06 Honorable mention for “Evolution” in the 64th Parallel Juried show
9/06 University of Alaska Foundation Scholarship ($2,000.00)
4/05 Graduate Fellowship Awarded for the AY 06-07. ($13,000.00)
2/05 Juror’s Choice Award in the Alaska Positive 2006 show for “7/16th”
8/05 Sealaska Foundation Higher Education Scholarships.
8/05 Tlingit and Haida Central Council Higher Education Scholarships.
8/05 Alaska Native Medical Center Auxiliary Scholarships.
04-06 Teaching Assistantship at the University of Alaska Fairbanks
6/04 Alaska Native Medical Center Auxiliary Scholarships.
8/93 Awarded best of Division (black & white) in the first annual Indian Market Photography Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM.
1/89 1st place in the Cook Inlet Tribal Council Native Youth Juried Art Show
Exhibition Record: (* solo and two-person shows marked by an asterisk)
9/23 UAF Fine Art Faculty Exhibition
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
2/23 One Health, One Future 2023 International Conference Exhibition
Conference Ballroom, Fairbanks Alaska
9/22 UAF Fine Art Faculty Exhibition
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
8/22 Native Art Center Artic Fest Exhibition
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
2/22 Another Crossing: Artists Revisit the Mayflower Voyage
The Box, Plymouth United Kingdom
8/21 UAF Fine Art Faculty Exhibition
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
7/21 Another Crossing: Artists Revisit the Mayflower Voyage
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
8/20 UAF Fine Art Faculty Exhibition
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
10/19* S.O.S
Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks AK
9/19 Society for Photographic Education Northwest Chapter Conference Exhibition
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
8/19 UAF Fine Art Faculty Exhibition
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
10/18 Unsettled
Palm Springs Art Museum
10/18 Place of Origin
Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland
8/18 UAF Fine Art Faculty Exhibition
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
4/18 Unsettled
Anchorage Museum, Anchorage AK
2/18 Without Boundaries: Visual Conversations
Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2/18 Decolonizing Alaska
The University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks AK
9/17 UAF Fine Art Faculty Exhibition
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
8/17 Unsettled
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
8/17 Tears of Duk'Wibahl International Gathering of Indigenous Visual Artists of the Pacific Rim
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
5/17 Decolonizing Alaska
Alaska State Museum, Juneau AK
4/17 Upholding Balance
Tongass Historical Museum, Ketchikan, AK
2/17 Decolonizing Alaska
GW Corcoran School of Art & Design, Washington, DC
10/16 Without Boundaries: Visual Conversations
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage Alaska
9/16 UAF Fine Art Faculty Exhibition
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
8/16 Decolonizing Alaska
Bunell Street Gallery Homer Alaska
6/16 Exposition Alaska Passé / Présent
Boulogne-sur-Mer Museum, Boulogne-sur-Mer France
11/15 Conversations: Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship 2015
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
9/15 “UAF Fine Art Faculty Exhibition”
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
6/15 Arctic Ambitions Artist intervention
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage Alaska
9/14 “UAF Fine Art Faculty Exhibition”
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
8/14 “Wendy Red Stars Wild West & Congress of Rough Riders of the World”
Bumbershoot festival, Seattle Washington
8/14* “Saligaaw (It Is Loud-Voiced)”
Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe New Mexico
5/14 “This Is Not A Silent Movie: Four Contemporary Alaska Native Artists”
Montana Museum of Art and Culture, Missoula Montana
5/14 “Storytelling: The Contemporary Native Art Biennial, 2nd edition”
Art Mȗr, Montréal Canada
2/14 “This Is Not A Silent Movie: Four Contemporary Alaska Native Artists”
Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland Oregon
1/14 “Toi Ngapuhi 2014: Reaching out to the world”
Kaikohe, Ngāpuhi, New Zealand
11/13 “Ten Years of Alaskan Art”
Alaska State Museum, Juneau Alaska
9/13 “UAF Fine Art Faculty Exhibition”
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
5/13 “This Is Not A Silent Movie: Four Contemporary Alaska Native Artists”
Los Angeles Craft and Folk and Museum, Los Angeles California
5/13 “Sakahàn: International Indigenous Art”
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Ontario, Canada
2/13 “Re/Marks”
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage Alaska
9/12* “Finding My Song” (Solo)
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage Alaska
9/12 “UAF Fine Art Faculty Exhibition: Naturally Inspiring”
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
8/12 “50/50 Fifty Artist Fifty Years” (invitational)
Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe New Mexico
5/12 “True North”(invitational)
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage Alaska
5/12 “alumnI alumnUS" (juried)
Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe New Mexico
2/12 “PATTERNS OF INFLUENCE: Symphony of Light” (juried)
Bear Gallery, Fairbanks Alaska
10/11 “26th Annual 64th Parallel Exhibit” (juried)
Bear Gallery, Fairbanks Alaska
10/11 “University of Alaska Fairbanks Faculty Exhibition”
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
8/11 “New Native Photography, 2011” (juried)
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe New Mexico
8/11 “fashion STATEMENT: Native Artists Against Pebble Mine” (invitational)
The International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage Alaska
8/11 “MONOPRINTS” (invitational)
The International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage Alaska
10/10 “University of Alaska Fairbanks Faculty Exhibition”
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
9/10* “Dakl’aweidi Kéet Gooshi Hít, Du Kaak, Keilk – Yee Wduwa eex’ (Killerwhale fin House, Uncle, Nephew- You are Invited)”
C.N. Gorman Museum, Davis California
8/10 “Inspiration: An Alaskan Native Art Exhibition” (invitational)
Pratt Museum, Homer, Alaska
6/10 “Native Modern: Paper and Glass” (invitational)
Legends Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
5/10 “(Re)Emergence: Contemporary Native Art and Design”
Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska
4/10 "Alaska Native Art and Politics"
Alaska Native Arts Foundation Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
12/09* “authenticities”
The Annex, Fairbanks, Alaska. A conversation of ideas and artwork with Da-ka-xeen Mehner and Erica Lord
10/09 “Dry Ice: Alaska Native Artists and the Landscape” (invitational)
Paul Robeson Center for the Arts’ Taplin Gallery, Princeton New Jersey
9/09 “Alaska Native Photographer's Invitational” (invitational)
Alaska Native Arts Foundation Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
8/09 “University of Alaska Fairbanks Faculty Show”
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
8/09 “SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market” Juried Market
Santa Fe New Mexico
6/09 “Countenance” (invitational)
5/09* “Self-Constructions” Solo Show
Alaska State Museum, Juneau Alaska
3/09 “Visual Sovereignty-International Indigenous Photography” (invitational)
C.N. Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis
1/09 “Countenance” Invitational
Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, Alaska
11/08 “Perspectives” Invitational
International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, Alaska
11/08 “Identity” Invitational
Alaska House New York, New York, New York
8/08 “University of Alaska Fairbanks Faculty Show”
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska.
5/08* “Weapons of Mass Defense” Solo Show
Alaska Native Arts Foundation Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
10/07 “The Bone Show”
Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, Alaska
9/07* “Weapons of Mass Defense” Solo Show
Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, Alaska
7/07* “Da-ka-xeen Mehner: New Work” Solo Show
ION Anchorage Alaska
5/07 “On the Edge: Forging New Directions in Alaska Native Art”
University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks, Alaska.
5/07 “9 North” Invitational group show
Bear Gallery Fairbanks Alaska.
5/07 “Salve”
Out North Performance Center, Anchorage Alaska
5/07 “Sticks and Stones: Alaskan Structure”
Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center, Kenai Alaska
3/07* “Reinterpretation” MFA Thesis Show
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska.
2/07* “Reflections” Solo Show
Nemo Arts, Anchorage Alaska
10/06 “MFA Group Show”
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska.
10/06 “64th Parallel Juried Art Show”
Bear Gallery Fairbanks Alaska.
9/06 “Polarities”
University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks, Alaska.
8/06 “University of Alaska Fairbanks Annual Faculty Show”
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska.
6/06 “Visual Arts Academy Faculty Show”
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska.
2/06 “Alaska Positive 2006”
Alaska State Museum, Juneau Alaska. Juried exhibition.
1/06 “All Alaska Juried Exhibition”
Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage Alaska. Juried exhibition.
11/05 “U”
The Annex, Fairbanks, Alaska. A show of UAF students and faculty.
11/05 “Masters of Fine Arts Group Show”
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska. A showing of works by MFA students.
10/05 “ALASKA 2005: Native Arts Now”
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska. A show organized by the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center and brought to Fairbanks in part by the Rasmuson Foundation
05/05 “Invitational”
Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, Alaska. Included in annual invitational show.
11/04 “The Barbie Show”
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska. Artists create work about Barbie.
10/04 “MFA, BFA”
UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska. Group MFA and BFA student show.
8/04 “Alaska Native Art”
Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, Alaska. Invitational show featuring contemporary Alaska Native Artists from around the state.
6/04 “Gallery Artists 2004”
Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, Alaska. Annual Invitational Show.
2/04 “Gun Art”
Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, Alaska. Invitational group show featuring 38 Alaskan Artists.
3/03 “The Little Prince”
10/00 “Blank Slate”
The Marlin, Fairbanks, Alaska. A group show.
2/00 “Seeing Red”
Fort 105 Studios, Albuquerque, New Mexico. A Valentine Day theme show.
12/99 “Winter’s Night”
Fort 105 Studios, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Affordable Art for the holidays.
10/99 “The Boux Ball”
Plan B Evolving Arts, Santa Fe, NM
10/99 “1999 Downtown Albuquerque Open Studios Art Tour”
Multi-site event, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Artist open studios organized by the city of Albuquerque Department of Cultural Services and the Downtown Action Team.
10/99 “Downtown Art & Jazz Night”
Multi-site event, Albuquerque, New Mexico. A night of open studios and Jazz, in the streets and the clubs of downtown Albuquerque.
9/99 “Window Project 66”
Shroder Sales Inc. Artists produce installation works in the window fronts of downtown Albuquerque businesses.
7/99 “Post-Apocalyptic Tool Show”
Plan B Evolving Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico. An Art Survivalist Exercise.
4/99 “Magnifico! Poetry Habitat: Traveling Poetry Gallery”
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Artists and poets collaborate on bus panels for the public bus system.
2/99 “Solitary Vices II”
Site 21/21, Albuquerque, New Mexico. A Valentine Day theme show.
5/98 “Project 66”
Moderno, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Artist produce installation works in the window fronts of local businesses in the Nob Hill area of Albuquerque.
8/97 “State of the Nations”
Plan B Evolving Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Nine contemporary Native American Artists.
4/97 “Outdoor Art Show”
Outside of Espanola, New Mexico. Outdoor installation project.
3/97 “The Window Project”
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Artist produce installation works in the window fronts of downtown Santa Fe businesses.
5/96 Year in Review:
Offsite, Santa Fe, New Mexico. The last show of Offsite, featuring all the artists they have shown.
11/95 “Synesthesia: A Collaboration”
Linda Durham Contemporary Art and Offsite, Santa Fe, New Mexico
10/95 “Artists do Furniture”
The ARC Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico. A theme show about furniture.
4/94 “New Works”
Offsite, Santa Fe, New Mexico. A three person show.
9/93 “Through the Native Lens”
Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Awarded best of Division (black & white) in the first annual Indian Market Photography Exhibition
4/93 “Schubert’s Cry for the Trees”
CCAC Oakland Campus, Oakland California. A collaborative performance.
3/93 “The Message Continues”
Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico. An alumni show.
3/93 “Community Show”
The Irwin Center, Oakland California.
2/93* “Photography and Sculpture Exhibition”
Emeryville California. A two person show.
9/92 “Creativity is our Tradition: Three Decades of Contemporary art at the Institute of American Indian Arts”
Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Premier show at the museum with over 200 artists.
5/92 “A Pendular Structure”
Institute of American Indian Arts student gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Collaborative installation art.
12/91 “IAIA Open Studios”
Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1/89 “Native Youth Art Contest”
Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Anchorage Alaska. Juried youth art exhibit, awarded first place in drawing division.
Bibliography: (reviews, interviews, and catalogs)
Condé, Clarke “INDIGENIZING OUR HISTORY: The Monument Project of Da-ka-xeen Mehner”
Alibi Volume 28, Number 29 July, 18 2019
https://alibi.com/art/59021/Indigenizing-Our-History.html
Bundy, Jean Alaska Native Artists Help ‘Make the North Great Again’ Jun 24, 2019
Kuusikko, Ritta Place of Origins: Contemporary Alaska Native Art (catalog)
Hirmer, Verlag Unsettled 2018
https://www.hirmerverlag.de/us/titel-1-1/unsettled-1543/
Haakanson Jr, Sven/Steffian, Amy Creative Alaska 2016
https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Alaska-Ten-Year-Retrospective-2004-2013/dp/1602232857
Without Boundaries: visual conversations 2016 (catalog)
https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/exhibits/without-boundaries-visual-conversations/
ALASKA PASSÉ/PRÉSENT 2016 (catalog)
McNutt, Jennifer/Holland, Ashley Conversations: Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship 2015 (catalog)
Van Cleve, Emily “Connecting Cultures: two solo exhibits explore traditional Identity amid modern-day influences” Native Arts Magazine volume 3 no. 1 2014
https://issuu.com/santafean/docs/native_arts_aug_sep_2014_digital_ed/50
Falvey, Emily "Storytelling: The Contemporary Native Art Biennial" Canadian Art Fall 2014
Kidston, Martin “Native Alaska contemporary artists explore issues of identity” The Missoulian
May 8th 2014 (http://missoulian.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/native-alaska-contemporary-artists-explore-issues-of-identity/article_bb261020-d6e6-11e3-94f5-0019bb2963f4.html) (review)
Storytelling: The Contemporary Native Art Biennial, 2nd edition May 2014 (catalog)
Rosman, John “Alaska Native Artists Showcase Compelling Work In 'This Is Not A Silent Movie'” Oregon Art Beat February 10th 2014 (http://www.opb.org/artsandlife/article/alaska-native-artists-showcase-compelling-work-this-is-not-a-silent-movie/)(review)
Hoover, Anna “Tlingit-Nisga’a Photographer and Interdisciplinary Artist Da-ka-xeen Mehner” First American Art Magazine Issue No. 2 Spring 2014
Toi Ngapuhi 2014: Reaching out to the world 2014 (catalog)
Hill, Greg Sakahan: International Indigenous Art National Gallery of Canada 2014 (catalog)
Lucas, Eric “Creative Tradition: the enduring artistry of Alaska Native cultures” Alaska Airlines Magazine Vol.37 Number 8 August 2013
Dyer, Danny "Art Fusion: Traditional and Modern" Clarity 2013
Jones, Rachel “This is Not A Silent Movie” Los Angeles I’m Yours July 15, 2013 (http://www.laimyours.com/47804/this-is-not-a-silent-movie/) (review)
Decker, Julie This is not a Silent Movie 2013 Anchorage Museum Publication (catalog)
Decker, Julie Finding My Song 2012 Anchorage Museum Publication (catalog)
Hoffman, Elizabeth American Indians and Popular Culture 2012, ABC-CLIO (p.137 interview)
Capriohi, Matthew “Looking for True North” Anchorage Press 30, August 2012 (review)
Eurich, Johanna “True North-Not Quite” F: Alaska Arts and Culture Magazine Vol. 4 Issue 6, July 2012 (review)
Roberts, Kathaleen “Ties ‘to Other Clans’” ABQ Journal Online 1, June 2012 (http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2012/06/01/north/ties-to-other-clans.html) (review with interview)
Decker, Julie TRUE NORTH: Contemporary Art of the Circumpolar North 2012 Anchorage Museum Publication (catalog)
Caldwell, Suzanna “Contemporary Northern art center stage in exhibit” Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Latitude 65 18, May 2012 (review)
Lovecraft, Amy Lauren and Hajo Eicken North by 2020: Perspectives on Alaska's Changing Social-Ecological Systems
Klouda, Naomi “Pratt puts broader culture back in Native Arts” Homer Tribune 4, August 2010 (review)
Helfferich, Deirdre "The Harvest" The Ester Republic Vol. II No. 12 Issue 129, December 2009 (cover photo)
Heyne, Eric Ed. The Northern Review Number 31, Fall 9009 (cover photo)
Blomberg, Nancy (editor) [Re]inventing the Wheel Advancing the Dialogue on contemporary American Indian Art 2008 Denver Art Museum Publication (photo p.130)
Interview, StoryCorps Alaska, Fairbanks Alaska, 9 December 2008.
Jonaitis, Aldona “A Generation of Innovators in Southeast Alaska” American Indian Art Magazine Autumn 2008
Henning, Sarah “Mixed Medium” Anchorage Daily News 15 July, 2007 (Interview with photos)
Henning, Sarah “Past and Transformations” Anchorage Daily News Play 15 March, 2007 (review with)
Interview, KTVF Channel 11 Television, Fairbanks, Alaska, 2 March, 2007.
Bross, Dan Interview, KUAC radio, Fairbanks, Alaska, 2 March, 2007.
Stillie, Abbie. “Search for Cultural Identity Leads to Art” Fbx Square 1 March 2007 p.5 (Interview with photo)
Koerner, Kay. “A Life in Twos” The Sun Star 27 February 2007 Vol. 26 No.20 p.1, 8-9 (Show review with interview, photos)
“Reinterpretation: An Art Show” The Ester Republic February 2007 Vol. 9 No.2 Issue 94 p.19-20 (Show announcement with photos)
Smith, Dawnell. “Photographers Heaven” Anchorage Daily News 5 January 2007 (review)
Smetzer, Mary Beth. “Artist Look to Science for Inspiration” Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 3 October, 2006.
State of the Arctic-Current State of the Arctic-Observations and Evaluations of Arctic. 2006 Arctic Science Conference 2 October 2006 p.48 (publication of abstracts)
Fisher, Kerynn. “Exhibit Explores Connections Between Art and Science” UAF Newsroom http://extension.uaf.edu/news/a_news/20060914135907.html 9 September 2006
Koerner, Kay. “Art Piece of the Week” The Sun Star 29 August 2006 (Interview with photo)
Anchorage Museum of History and Art. All Alaska Juried Art Exhibition. January 2006. (show catalog)
Keeker, Korry. “Positive Image: Fairbanks art student reflects on his mixed heritage, capturing top prize in annual juried photographic show” Juneau Empire 2 March 2006. (Interview and review of show with photo)
Seifert, Brandon. “Student Imagination” The Press 17 November 2005. (Show review)
Carter, Debbie. “Artists in the Making” Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 23 June 2005.
Carter, Debbie. “Native Contemporary.” Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 26 August 2004. (Interview and review of show with photo)
Duffy, Robinson. “The Little Prince: Adults Need not Attend” Sun Star 4 March 2003. (Show review)
Carter, Debbie. “The Little Prince goes into orbit” Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 20 February 2003. (Show review)
McMullin, Deidre “From the Playing with Fire Series” Ice Box Spring 2002 Volume 4, p 14.
Ratcliffe, Laura “The Window Project: Behind the Glass Curtain” April 2002 (show catalog)
Spalding, Julian “1999 Downtown Albuquerque Open Studios Art Tour” ABQ arts September 1999 (Catalog with map to studio and photo of art work)
Spalding, Julian “The Window Project 66: Modern Art Exhibition for Downtown Window Shoppers” ABQ arts September 1999 (Show announcement and description)
Spalding, Julian “Downtown Art & Jazz Night” ABQ arts September 1999 (Show announcement and description)
DellaFlora, Anthony. “Window displays dress up Downtown area” Albuquerque Journal Venue 17 September 1999 (Show announcement)
Whitney, Kathleen “Off-Center in Arizona and New Mexico” Sculpture July/August 1999 Vol.18 No.6
“Magnifico! Presents… Poetry Habitat: A convergence of Poets, artists & community” April 1999 (Show catalog)
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Mobley-Martinez,T.D. “21/21 vision: Art gallery stakes out a brave South Valley location for risky art.” Albuquerque Tribune 20 September 1996
Doherty, Brendan. “New Artist, New Galleries Band Together” The Albuquerque Tribune 17 May 1996. (Interview on the AleRT Project)
Pastino, Blake de “Fringe Art: Albuquerque’s Alternatives to Art as Usual” Weekly Alibi Arts Quarterly Spring 1996, 3.
Whitny, Kay “Business as Unusual: Alternative Art Spaces Alter Albuquerque’s Gallery Scene” Weekly Alibi Arts Quarterly Spring 1996, 5.
Armitage, Diane. “20-Somethings Corral the Press!” THE Magazine March 1996. (Article on young artist in New Mexico)
Crump, James “Synesthesia: A Collaboration” THE Magazine January/February 1996.(Show review)
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Mercer, Bill. “Creativity is our Tradition at the Institute of American Indian Arts Museum” Museum Anthropology June 1993, Vol.17 No.2: 78-80
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“A Pendular Structure” The Santa Fe Reporter 29 April 1992 (Show announcement with photo)
“A Pendular Structure” Pasatiempo 27 April 1992 (Show announcement with photo)
Conferences:
28th International Sculpture Conference (presentor) October 2018
INTER:CONNECT 2018 Alaska Arts Convergence, Keynote Speaker
Alaska Native Arts Leadership Convening, 2018
Doing Sovereignties: Sounding Sovereignties, May 27th-29th 2016 Vancouver BC
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) conference, May 18-21st 2016 Honolulu, HI ("Taking It to the Next Level: Challenges and Promises of Internationalizing Indigenous Arts")
Pacific Northwest Native Arts and Cultures Grantee-Partner Convening on May 18 and 19th 2016(presenter)
Constellate: 2016 Alaska Arts Convergence, April 28-29, 2016, Anchorage Alaska
USA Artists Assembly 2016, April 18th-22nd, Miami Florida (State of the Arts Talks presenter)
Arctic Frontiers: Shared North, January 27th 2016 Northern Norway Art Museum, Tromsø Norway
2015 ArcticCircle Assembly October 16-18, 2015 Reykjavík, Iceland ““Polar Lab: A Shared North – An Arctic Identity” (http://www.arcticcircle.org/assemblies/2015)
Northwest Coast Native Artists Gathering August 26th-28th 2015 Sealaska Heritage Institute, Juneau Alaska
REPRESENTATION: Curated Conversations Panelist June 14th 2015 Anchorage Museum, Anchorage Alaska
Latitude: 2014 Alaska Arts Convergence, May 2nd 2014, Anchorage Alaska (Raising the Bar: Fostering Quality Art, Audiences, and Dialogue panelist)
Latitude: 2014 Alaska Arts Convergence, May 1st 2014, Anchorage Alaska (You are here: 61ᵒN|149ᵒW presenter)
Alaska Native Arts Leadership Convening, April 30th-May 1st 2014
Bridge Initiative: Artist Workshops, February 1st 2014, Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, Portland Oregon (panelist)
Symposium: This is not a Silent Movie, January 31st 2014, Portland Art Museum, Portland Oregon (presenter and panelist)
Kokiri Putahi 2014: 7th Gathering of International Indigenous Visual Artists, January 14th-27th 2014, Kaikohe Northland, New Zealand
This is not a Silent Movie, May 25th2013, Los Angeles Craft and Folk and Museum, Los Angeles California (Presenter)
The Things We Make: Alaska Native Art in the 21st Century, April 4th 2013 Anchorage Alaska (Organizer and Moderator for Diverse Dialogue: Perspectives of Contemporary Alaska Native Artists)
Next North International Symposium, September 5th-8th 2012 Anchorage Alaska (presenter and panelist)
Sharing Our Knowledge: 2012 Clan Conference, March 29-April 1 Sitka, Alaska (presenter)
2012 Alaska Arts & Culture Conference: Creative Communities, January 12th-14th 2012 Anchorage Alaska (presenter)
National Native Arts Convening “Strengthening the Bones”, November 2011 4-5 2011, Portland Oregon (panelist)
Dry Ice: Alaska Native Artists and the Landscape, October 2009, Princeton New Jersey (panelist)
Alaska Native Artists Summit, September 2009, Fairbanks Alaska “Inspire, Connect, Create” (panelist)
Visual Sovereignty, International Indigenous Photography, March 2009, Davis California “Political Perspectives” (panelist)
Alaska Native Artists Summit: Inspire Connect Empower, January 2009, Anchorage Alaska. “Open Horizons: Finding New Inspiration” (panelist)
Northwest Coast Artists’ Gathering, June 2008, Juneau Alaska. (Artwork presentation)
Arctic Science Conference, 2006, Fairbanks Alaska. “When Science Defies Culture: Federal Blood Quantum Registration and Native Identity”
Alaska Native Artists Summit, 2006, Anchorage Alaska. (Panelist)
Northwest Coast Artists’ Gathering, 2006, Juneau Alaska. (Artwork presentation)
Artist Presentations:
7/23 Discover Alaska Lecture Series “An Artist’s Journey”
7/20 Land Acknowledgement Series, Part 1: ``We Were Not Discovered. How Should Captain Cook Be Remembered?`` https://www.bunnellarts.org/inspiration-and-adaptation/
2/18 University of Alaska Museum of the North, Decolonizing Alaska Artist Roundtable
2/17 GW Corcoran School of Art & Design Discove(red)
3/15 University of Alaska Museum of the North, Alaska Native Artist Summit Artist Roundtable
9/12 Anchorage Museum “artist on the floor presentation”
9/12 Anchorage Museum Arctic Studies Center
5/11 University of Alaska Fairbanks, presented in 200X Art Appreciation
4/11 University of Alaska Fairbanks, Presenter in Art 371 Digital Photo & Pixel Painting
10/10 C.N. Gorman Museum
2/09 University of Alaska Fairbanks, lectured in “Images of the North”
3/07 Contemporary Native Arts Festival, Alaska Native Heritage Center and the Anchorage Museum
2/07 MFA Thesis public talk
11/06 University of Alaska Fairbanks, presented in 365 Native Art of Alaska
10/06 University of Alaska Fairbanks, presented in 200X Art Appreciation
5/06 Northwest Coast Artists’ Gathering, 2006, Juneau Alaska.
3/06 University of Alaska Fairbanks, presented in 371 Digital Photo & Pixel Painting
3/06 Old Harbor Gathering of Carvers. Old Harbor, Alaska.
2/06 University of Alaska Fairbanks, presented in the 168 3-D Design
11/05 Effie Kokrine Charter School. Fairbanks Alaska.
Artist Residencies:
Gatherings North: University of Alaska Museum of the North. Fairbanks, Alaska. December 2 2006
Old Harbor Gathering of Carvers. Old Harbor, Alaska. February 14-20, 2006
Collections:
5/20 Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage Alaska
9/19 University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks Alaska
9/18 Nevada Museum of Art “Reflection’s” series 2009 edition
6/16 Boulogne-sur-Mer Museum, Boulogne-sur-Mer France
9/13 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Canada “Reflection’s” series 2009 edition
5/13 Anchorage Museum “Being the Song”
7/12 Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center “Double Headed Dagger”
2/12 Museum of Texas Tech University “Monoprint”
10/11 Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture “Pebble Mine”
10/09 Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage Alaska “My Right-of-way”
3/09 CN Gorman Museum, Davis California “Reflection’s” series 2007 edition
6/08 Alyeska Resort Alaska “Weapon of Mass Defense 2 and 3”
5/08 Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage Alaska “Weapon of Oil”
5/08 Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage Alaska “Weapon of Mass Defense 1”
3/07 Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage Alaska “7/16th”
1/07 University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks Alaska “Double-headed Dagger”
2/06 Alaska State Museum, Juneau Alaska “7/16th”
7/92 The Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, permanent collection, “Trinity” and “Untitled”.
Exhibitions Juried:
11/11 The Peter MacKeith Memorial Photography Competition
01/11 Alaska One Poster
01/10 Alaska One Poster
The AleRT Project: A Collective of New Mexico Artists. (75 Artists from all over New Mexico at 10 different sites and two cities, Albuquerque and Santa Fe, encompassing all media.) 1996
Exhibition Curator:
“Native Art Center Arctic Fest” exhibition 2022 UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks AK
“Native Art Center Student Alumni Exhibition 2012” UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks AK
“Native Art Center Student Alumni Exhibition 2011” UAF Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks AK
“Contemporary work from the Native Art Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks” Duheasa gallery, Fort Collins CO, 2010
“Solitary Vices II”, Site 21/21, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1999
“Solitary Vices”, Site 21/21, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1998
“Love of Machine”, Site 21/21, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1997
“Salon”, Site 21/21, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1996
“Another Group Show”, Site 21/21, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1995