Education

2000   MFA Peck School of the Arts, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UW-M).
1996   Summer study abroad, Cortona, Italy.
1994   University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC). BA in History of Art and Architecture awarded with honors.

Selected Museum Shows

2009 Aqui Estamos! Works from the Permanent Collection. National Hispanic Cultural Center Museum, Albuquerque, NM.

2009 Windows to the Divine. Madden Museum, Denver Colorado.

2009 New History Museum-Opening Gala exhibition of work by New Mexico artists. Santa Fe, NM.

2007 Originals, 2007. New Mexico Women in the Arts, Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM

2006 Dia de los Muertos XX: Rooted in Tradition. Mexican FIne Arts Center Museum, Chicago, Illinois.

2006 Sixteenth National Ceramic Competition. San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas.

2005 Originals, 2005. New Mexico Women in the Arts, Fine Arts Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

1997 Cross/Culture. Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean City, Mississippi. (honorable mention sculpture)

Solo Exhibitions

2008. Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

2007 New Work BlueRain Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

2002 Telling Stories. Galerie 94, Brussels, Belgium.

2001 Re-Lations. Galerie 94, Brussels, Belgium.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009 My Land Is Me:A Collaborative Installation on the "veil". Rane Gallery, Taos, NM.

2009 Windows to the Divine. (invitational) Madden Museum, Denver, Colorado.

2009 HYBRID NATION. (invitational) Costello/Childs Gallery. NCECA Concurrent Exhibition.

2008 Taos Invites Taos: Taos Fall Arts Festival. Taos Convention Center. (Best in Show Mixed Media)

2008 Passages. Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

2008 From a Woman's Hand: Past Visions/Present Realities. Alumnae Hall, Ellis School. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

2008 Occupied Forces (invitational) Alamosa, Colorado.

2007 Originals, 2007. Harwood Museum and Milicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM. New Mexico Women in the Arts.

2007 Sedona Arts Festival. (invitational) Sedona, Arizona.

2007 Contemporary Hispanic Market. Best in Ceramics. Santa Fe, NM.

2007 Sculpture at the Ranch. New Mexico Sculptor's Guild. Santa Fe, NM.

2006 Contemporary Hispanic Market. Best of Ceramics. Sante Fe, New Mexico.

2006 Nature/Culture. Santa Fe Clay. Santa Fe, NM.

2006 Sixteenth National Ceramic Competition. San Angelo FIne Arts Museum, Texas.

2006 Local Color. Taos Country Club, Taos, New Mexico.

2005 Originals, 2005. New Mexico Women in the Arts, Fine Arts Museum. Santa Fe, NM.

2005 25th Anniversary Sculpture Show. University of New Mexico, Los Alamos. Los Alamos, NM.

2005 Vessels: Forms Without Function. Jane Sauer Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.

2005 Contemporary Hispanic Market (Best of Show and Best of Ceramics), Santa Fe, NM.

2004  3-D Sculpture Invitational, Page Coleman Contemporary Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

2004  Earth to Athenor: Ten Sculptors. NCECA, Indianapolis, Indiana.

2003  Primavera, Stables Gallery, Taos, New Mexico.

2003  On the Edge, Ramsden-Morrison Gallery, San Diego, California.

2002  Latino Wisconsin, Appleton Art Center, Appleton, Wisconsin.

2000  Vessels, (two person show) Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.

2000  Garments, Womanmade Gallery. Chicago, Illinois.

2000  Autobiography, Appleton Art Center, Appleton, Wisconsin.

2000  Re-Collections, inova Gallery 3, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

2000  Y2CLAY n DIA, Denver International Airport. Denver, Colorado.

1999  Artistic Observances in Latin America: The Cultural Vantage Point. Crossmont Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

1999  55th Juried Exhibition. Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa.

1999  Transformations Through Clay. Art Elements Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.

1998  Fiber and Fire. Milwaukee, WI. (honorable mention-sculpture)

1997  Wisconsin Artist’s Biennial (award for sculpture). UW-M, Madison, Wisconsin.

1997  Cross/Culture. Walter Anderson Museum of Art. Ocean City, Mississippi
(honorable mention-sculpture).

1997  Metamorphosis. Constance Lindholm Gallery, Shorewood, WI. (award for sculpture).

1996  Mostra ’96. Cortona, Italy.

Selected Publications

2009

Windows to the Divine. (catalogue) Madden Museum, Denver, Colorado.

My Land Is Me. A Collaborative Installation. (catalogue) Blurb Press.

Narrative Ceramic Sculpture Combines Fashion, Culture and Ancestral Memories, Cheryl Bruedigam. Soutwest Flair Online Magazine, November.

Sorrel Sky Gallery Features Its First Hispanic Artist, Tim Holteen. Durango Herald Newspaper-June.

Latin American Art, Rosemary Carstens. Southwest Art Magazine (February).

Latin Forum, Rosemary Carstens. Hispanic Magazine (February/March).

2008

American Art Collector Magazine. June.

2007

Beyond Tradition, David Perez. Tempo Magazine, Taos News, August 9, 2007.

Crash Course in Colonial Crafts, Craig Smith. Pasatiempo Magazine, Santa Fe New Mexican, July 27.

Contemporary Hispanic Market: Intriguing Variations from Tradition. Staff writer, Santa Fe New Mexican, July 27.

Breaking with Tradition, Santana Lopez. Santa Fe New Mexican Special Edition, Santa Fe New Mexican, July 28.

San Angelo National Ceramic Competition Catalogue. San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas.

2006

Deborah Rael-Buckley, Life- Size Sculpture. Dottie Indyke. Ceramic Art and Perception (Issue #64). Sydney, Australia.

Hispanic Art Exhibit Features Taosenos. Virginia Clark, Tempo Magazine, Taos News.

Local Color V, Betsy Carey . Tempo Magazine, Taos News.

2005

Originals, 2005. (catalogue) New Mexico Women in the Arts. Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM.

Artful Visitation: Alternate at Contemporary Market Wins Best of Show. Dave Kavanaugh, Journal North Newspaper, Santa Fe, NM. (August).

 Hope and Honor: Santa Fe's Spanish Market Recognizes Taos Artist with Top Awards,  Virginia Clark, Tempo Magazine, Taos News(August).

 P/Reviews: Memories and Miracles, Dory Hulbert, Horsefly Newspaper, Taos, NM.

Taxonomy of Memory, Betsy Carey. Tempo Magazine, Taos News (September).

 Memory in the Blood, Virginia Clark. Tempo Magazine, Taos News, (April 21-27).

Feat of Clay, Dottie Endyke. Santa Fean Magazine, (April).

2004

In These Sculptures, Raw Materials Find Rich Minds, (exhibition review) Nancy Salem,   Albuquerque Tribune (December).

2003 

 Sculptural Works by Eight Women, Bridgit Cantuwear. Clay Times Magazine (May/June).

2002

  Ceramica 02: Guide to Belgian Ceramics. Editions Armature Uitvegerij. Weezembeek Oppem, Belgium.

A Moving Experience, Ceramics Monthly Magazine (October).

2000 

Up Front, (featured artist), Ceramics Monthly Magazine (October).

Everything Fits Together in Artist's Eloquent Work, James Auer. Milwaukee Journal Sentinal             (Dec.)  

  
1999 

55TH Annual Juried Exhibition Catalogue. Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa.

Selected Awards

2009 Finalist:Acclaimed Artist Series. New Mexico Arts in Public Places Program.

2008 Best in Show - Mixed Media, Taos Invites Taos. Fall Arts Festival, Taos, NM.

2007 Best in Show and Best in Ceramics, Sedona Arts Festival, Sedona, Arizona.

2007 Best of Ceramics. Contemporary Hispanic Market, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

2006 Best of Ceramics. Contemporary HIspanic Market. Santa Fe New Mexico.

2006 Purchase Award: Acclaimed Artist Series. New Mexico Art in Public Places Program.

2006 Finalist: Acclaimed Artist Series. New Mexico Arts in Public Spaces Program.

2005 Best of Show and Best in Ceramics. Contemporary Hispanic Market, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

2005 Finalist: UNM Los Alamos Sculpture Competition.

2005 Finalist: Acclaimed Artist Series. New Mexico Arts in Public Spaces Program.

1999-00 Layton Special Achievement Award (UW-M).

1999 AOP Special Achievement Award (UW-M).

1998-00 Advanced Opportunity Fellowship (AOP), (UW-M).

1997-98 Layton Graduate Fellowship (UW-M).

1994 Phi Beta Kappa (UIC).

1994 Phi Beta Phi (UIC).

1993 Honor's College Award, (UIC).

1992 McNee Foundation Award (UIC).

Professional Experience

2010 Taos Fall Arts Board

2009 My Land Is Me: A collaborative Installation on the "veil". Radio interview, Cultural Energy,Taos, NM.

Curator: HYBRID NATION. NCECA Concurrent Exhibition. Costello/Childs Gallery, Scottsdale AZ.

2007 Meditations on Memory. Lecture Harwood Museum, Taos, NM.

2003-4Ceramic Sculpture II, Taos Clay Studio, Taos, NM.
2002    Visiting artist workshop, Ellis School, Pittsburgh, PA.
2002    Full-time Adjunct Faculty, Basic Ceramics. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UW-M).
2002    Visiting artist workshop, Acadame de Beaux Artes, Braine de ‘l Allued, Belgium.
2000    Assistant Lecturer, Ceramic History: Issues in Contemporary Ceramics, UW-M.
1999    Assistant Lecturer UW-M. Ceramic History, Ceramics for Art Educators, Basic Ceramics.
1998    Teaching Assistant, Basic Ceramics, UW-M (spring).
1998    Lecture, “Raising Anagama”, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha (UW-W).
1997    Summer workshop building 250 cubic foot anagama kiln, UW-W.
1993-4 Internship with the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, Illinois.
1993    Catalogued the Florence Arquin Collection of Folk Art, University of Illinios-Chicago.

Selected Public Collections

National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, Illinois

National Hispanic Cultural Center Museum, Albuquerque, NM

Peck School of the Arts-UW-M, Milwaukee, WI

Appleton Arts Center, Appleton, Wisconsin

State of New Mexico, Santa Fe.

Selected Private Collections

Sandy Besser, Santa Fe, NM
Helene Singer and Seymour Merrin, Santa Fe, NM.

Julie and Marty Klaper, Charleston, South Carolina

Cameron Haight, Santa Fe, NM

Laurel Landaas

Sam Wortham

Joe Traub and Pamela Mc Corduck, Santa Fe, NM

Lynn and Marty Kraidin, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Sarah Nolan, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Sara and David Lieberman, Scottsdale, Arizona

Peter Donovan and Anne Landgraf, Taos, New Mexico

Bernie and Marlene Bolotsky, Santa Fe, NM

Lynn Mylius, Fredericksburg, Texas

Sue Brey, Santa Fe, NM

Estelle and Larry Meskin, Denver and Santa Fe, New Mexico

John Urey and Ina Rosenthal-Urey, San Diego, California

Lorraine and Chris Collins, Santa Ana, California

Jamie and Cherrie Rohe, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Valerie and Woody Compton, Albuquerque, NM

Ben Levy, Albuquerque, NM

Amanda Lora, Taos, Nm

Clay and Donna Nesler, Brookfield, Wisconsin
Charles Strong, Taos, NM

Christopher and Irene Ramirez, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Suzannah and Marshall Sale. Santa Fe, New Mexico

Vicki Nowark, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Jaqueline Leyman, Brussels, Belgium

Monique Septon, Brussels, Belgium

Jay and Gwen Cravens, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Kathleen and Steven Hendrick, Southboro, Massachussets