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Gallery Representation

Shiprock Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM

Garland's Indian Jewelry, Sedona, AZ

Millicent Rodgers Museum, Taos, NM

New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, NM

Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, NM

Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ

Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, NM

Education

2016-2017     Repousse Classes with Valentin Yotkov Studio, Santa Fe, NM

2015              Repousse Class with Fritz Casuse, Poeh Museum and Cultural Center, Pueblo of Pojoaque, NM

2013              Advanced Stone Setting Class, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM

2011              Bachelor's Degree in Studio Arts and Jewelry, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM

2000-2001    Casting Class with David Gaussion, Poeh Museum and Cultural Center, Pueblo of Pojoaque, NM

1997              Business Courses, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM

1993              Associate of Fine Arts Degree, Studio Arts, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM

1980-1981     Adams State College, Alamosa, CO

Academic Experience/Course Highlights

1992             Two-week Course, Jewelry, Penland School of Craft, Ashland, NC

Invitational Exhibitions

2019              National Museum of American Indian Art Market, New York, NY

2018-2019     Artist in Residence, La Fonda on the Plaza, Santa Fe, NM

2016-2019     Annual Bernalillo Indian Arts Festival, Bernalillo, NM

                      Annual Poeh Summer Art Market, Poeh Art Center, Pojoaque, NM

2015              Southwest Indian Art Fair, Arizona State Museum, Tuscon, AZ

2014              Kit Carson Museum, Taos, NM

                      Tom Wheeler Studio, Taos, NM

2012              Shiprock Santa Fe, Indian Market Opening, Santa Fe, NM

                      Turquoise Show, Milicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM

2011-2012     American Indian Arts Marketplace at the Autry, Autry Museum, Los Angeles, CA

2010              Dialog in the Arts 2, A Collaborative Exhibition by Students and Their Teachers, Santa Fe Community College, NM

2008              Denver Art Museum, Dnever, CO

                      Cherokee Art Market, Tulsa, OK

                      Southwestern Association for Indian Arts Winter Market, Santa Fe Convention Center, Santa Fe, NM

2007              Estella Loretto Fine Arts, Inn at the Loretto Spa, Santa Fe, NM

                      Cherokee Art Market, Tulsa, OK

                      Trader's Collection, Santa Fe, NM

                      Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, NM

                      Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, NM

                      Wrights Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

                      Long Ago and Far Away Native Arts Gallery, Manchester, VT

2006              Annual Winter Market, SWAIA, Santa Fe, NM

                      Annual Native Treasures, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, NM

1990-2006     Eight Northern Pueblo Show, San Juan Pueblo, NM

                      University of San Diego, San Diego, CA

                      Eitelorg Museum Show, Indianapolis, IN 

2004              Poeh Arts Exhibition, Pojoaque, NM

2002              Annual Heard Fair Indian Market, Phoenix, AZ

2000              Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM

                      Dell Fox Jewelry, Santa Fe, NM

1997              Annual Santa Fe Indian Market, Southwestern Association for Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM

1994              Pueblo Grande Show, Phoenix, AZ

Collections

                      Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, NM

Honors and Awards

2009-2010     Lilly Endowment Wisdom of the People, American Indian College Fund, Denver, CO

                      Sussman Miller Educational Assistance Award Program, Community Foundation, Albuquerque, NM

                      Displaced Homemaker Scholarship, Association on American Indian Affairs, Rockville, MD

Publications

2014            THE Magazine, Santa Fe's Monthly, May Issue

                    Institute of American Indian Arts, Alumni, Spring Issue

2010            New Mexico Magazine, February Issue, page 23

2009            Masters of Contemporary Indian Jewelry, Nancy N. Schiffer, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., Atglen, PA, page 141

Workshops and Demonstrations

1995            Taos Trade Fair, Demonstration on Jewelry, Taos, NM

1998-2007   Gentle Spirit Gallery and Studio, Tours and Pottery Classes, Santa Fe, NM

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