Education
2012
MFA - The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
2007
BFA - The University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma
2006
AA - Rose State College, Midwest City, Oklahoma
Professional Experience
2022 – Present
Associate Professor of Instruction, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
2020 – 2022
Chair of Photography, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX
2014 – 2020
Professor of Photography, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX
2011 – 2014
Adjunct Faculty, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Awards, Fellowships, Grants & Residencies
2022-2023
Blue Star Contemporary Berlin Residency hosted by Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
City of San Antonio, Individual Artist Grant Recipient
2022
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Residency, Madison, ME
Harpo Foundation Fellow (awarded 2020) at Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT
2020
Contemporary Art Month (CAMMIE) Award, Nominated by Artpace for The Only Certain Way, Solo Exhibition at Sala Diaz, Awardee
2018
Vermont Studio Center Residency, July 2018, Johnson, VT
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Indian Removal Act I, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX (upcoming)
2019
The Only Certain Way, Sala Diaz, San Antonio, TX
2018
One Nation Under, Dock Space Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2015
Of the Self, San Antonio Public Library, San Antonio, TX
2014
#ThisIsNotAnIndian, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX
2012
Indians for Sale: MFA Thesis Exhibition, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Portraits: Impressions of our Times, LHUCA, John F. Lott Gallery, Lubbock, TX
San Antonio Art Initiative, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
2021
Mutable Land, Curated by Mirian Casey, Nars Foundation Satellite Exhibition, Governor’s Island, New York, NY
2020
High Visibility: On Location in Rural America and Indian Country, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
2019
Texas, We're Listening, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX
We’re Still Here: Native American Artists, Then and Now, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
2018
Monarchs: Brown and Native Contemporary Artists in the Path of the Butterfly, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX
Destino San Antonio, Briscoe Museum of Western Art, San Antonio, TX
Deep Roots, UTSA Main Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Reimagining the Third Space, KCAI Crossroads Gallery, St. Louis, MO
BIG PICTURE!, LHUCA, Christine DeVitt Exhibition Hall, Lubbock, TX
St. Anthony’s Lost & Found, Culture Commons Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Common Currents, Artpace, San Antonio, TX
2017
STATUS: Prints from Puerto Rico to San Antonio, Centro de Artes, San Antonio, TX
re/thinking photography: Conceptual Photography from TX, FotoFest, Houston, TX
Ebb:Flow::, 107 Gallery, San Antonio, TX
CAM Perennial: Reflections on Landscape and Memory, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX
Homage, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX
Critical Mass, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX
2016
Feels So Right, Clamp Light Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2014
SAHO, The Mariago Collective, Houston, TX
Luminaria, San Antonio, TX
2013
The Lullwood Group Invitational Exhibition, Ben Bailey Gallery, Texas A&M University, Kingsville, TX
Go West(!), Parchman Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Luminaria: Arts Come to Light, The Lullwood Group, Hemisfair Park, San Antonio, TX
Divergence: 9 San Antonio Artists, Martinez Fine Arts Center, Laredo TX
Collections
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
The City of San Antonio, TX
Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK
Private Collections in Texas, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Hawaii.
Lectures, Demonstrations & Workshops
2023
Visiting Artist, Lecture & Studio Visits, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (upcoming)
Marble Hill Camera Club, Virtual Presentation
2022
Resident Artist Lecture, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Mays Symposium, Keynote Lecture, Every Time We Breathe Deeply, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Mays Symposium, Artist Panel Discussion, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
2021
Wendy Redstar: A Scratch on the Earth, Community Advisory Committee, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Artist Lecture and Panel, Personal as Political: Artists’ Panel, Joe Harjo, Anthony Francis & Suzy Gonzalez, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Live Conversation and Social Media Presentation, Artist Instagram Takeover, Ruby City, San Antonio, TX
Artist Lecture and Workshop, Salud-Arte: Art of Healing, University Health & Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX
2020
Artist Lecture, Virtual Red Dot Studio Tour: Joe Harjo & Julie Barbosa Landois, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX
Artist Lecture, Joe Harjo: The Only Certain Way, Texas State University School of Art and Design, San Marcos, TX
Artist Lecture & Virtual Workshop, Preparing Your Professional Portfolio, Northwest Vista College, San Antonio, TX
Artist Lecture, 2020 Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Sala Diaz, San Antonio, TX
2019
Artist Lecture, Indian Holding a Weapon, Texas Curators Conference, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX
Artist Lecture, The Only Certain Way: Exhibition Opening and Lecture, Sala Diaz, San Antonio, TX
Artist Demonstration, Texas Association of Schools of Art Conference, Photography Studio, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX
Artist Lecture, Texas, We're Listening: Indian Holding a Weapon, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX
Artist Lecture, Here, There, Everywhere: Native Identity in Popular Culture, Northwest Vista College, San Antonio, TX
Artist Lecture, We’re Still Here: Native American Artists, Then and Now, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
Artist Presentation & Workshop, Drawing and Storytelling Activity, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX
2018
Poetry Reading, VSC Poetry Reading & Writers’ Forum, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Resident Artist Lecture, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Drawing and Storytelling Activity, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX
Screen-printing Demonstration, Briscoe Museum of Western Art, San Antonio, TX
Collage Demonstration, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX
2017
Screen-printing Demonstration, Briscoe Museum of Western Art, San Antonio, TX
Native Film Series, Curator, Briscoe Museum of Western Art, San Antonio, TX
2016
Screen-printing Demonstration & Performance, Briscoe Museum of Western Art, San Antonio, TX
Carver Community Photography Project, Carver Branch Library, San Antonio, TX
Evening for Educators, McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
2015
Screen-printing Demonstration, Briscoe Museum of Western Art, San Antonio, TX
2014
Exhibition Panel Discussion, Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX
Juror, Yanaguana Indian Arts Market, Briscoe Museum of Western Art, San Antonio, TX
Lecture, Constructing the Native Image, 210 | West Gallery Talk, Briscoe Museum of Western Art, San Antonio, TX
2012
Demo, Carbon Transfer Process, TASA (TX Association of Schools of Art) Conference, University of TX at San Antonio, TX
2011
Demo, Carbon Transfer Process, SPE (Society for Photographic Education) Conference, University of TX at San Antonio, TX
Professional Affiliations
2019 – 2020
Texas Photographic Society, Non-Profit, Board Member
2016 – 2019
Muscogee Arts Association, Non-Profit, Board Member, Secretary
2009 – Present
Society for Photographic Education, South Central Region, Member
2011 – Present
The Lullwood Group, Artist Collective, Co-Creator