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