Get to know Her
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, Denver, 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