EDUCATION

2014   Cooper Union, School of Art, New York, NY, Bachelor of Fine Arts              
Four-Year Full-Tuition Scholarship
Brandon Burns Stewart Memorial Prize for Excellence in Painting

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2021   for all before and after, Temporary Public Installation at Bellwether Arts Festival, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

2019   Blood Memory, Temporary Public Installation at Seattle Center’s Poetry Garden, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Seattle, WA

2019   Edwin T. Pratt: A Living Legacy, Northwest African American Museum, Seattle, WA

2019   Women’s Work, NARS Foundation, New York, NY, Curator: Priscilla Dobler

2019   Women’s Work Seattle, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA, Curator: Priscilla Dobler

2018   Race and Pedagogy Conference Art Installation, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

2018   In Red Ink, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA, Curator: RYAN! Feddersen

2018   Moon Moan: Works by Asia Tail & Raven Juarez, 950 Gallery, Tacoma, WA

2017   Quota, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

2016   Everyone's In 3D, The Alice Gallery, Seattle, WA

2016   High Blood, Spaceworks Gallery, Tacoma, WA, Curator: CultureShock Collective

2016   Benefit Show for the Water Protectors, Bedlam Coffee, Seattle, WA

2016   in dig e nize, Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA, Curator: Tracy Rector

2016   Women on the Brink, Vermillion Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, Curator: Tracy Rector

2016   NW Art Now @ TAM, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, Curator: Juan Roselione-Valadez and Rock Hushka

2015   Foundation of Art Exhibit, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, Tacoma, WA

2015   High Five! Spaceworks Community Celebration, Concrete Market, Tacoma, WA

2014   Now I am a Plant, Cooper Union, New York, NY

 

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2023 Evergreen, Star Lake, Jefferson School Collections, ArtsWA, Kent, WA

2021 North Hill Elementary Collection, ArtsWA, Burien, WA

2019   yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective, Seattle, WA and Various Locations (ongoing)

2016   Protect the Sacred: Native Artists for Standing Rock, Spaceworks Gallery, Tacoma, WA

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

2021 Residency, Township 10

2021 Project Grant, 4Culture

2021 Resiliency Fund Grant, Potlatch Fund

2021 Artist in Residence, Caldera

2020 Art Critic Mentoring Program, CUE Art Foundation

2019   Seattle’s Most Influential People, Seattle Magazine

2019 Curator Roster, Washington State Arts Commission

2019   Emerging Artist Residency, Centrum Foundation

2019   Vadon Foundation Native Artist Fellowship, Artist Trust

2019   Native Creative Development Grant Award, Evergreen State College Longhouse

2018   Native Arts Grant Award, Potlatch Fund

2018   STart Roster, Sound Transit

2018   Ethnic Artist Roster, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture

2017   Native Arts Grant Award, Potlatch Fund

2016   Edwin T. Pratt Scholarship, Pratt Fine Arts Center

2016   Visual EDGE Professional Development Program Scholarship, Artist Trust

2016   Artscapes Roster, Spaceworks Tacoma

2015   Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) Recipient­, Artist Trust of Washington

PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS

2020   Guest In-Class Presenter, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

2020   Guest In-Class Presenter, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, WA

2019   Guest In-Class Presenter, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

2019   Visual Artist Workshop, One Heart Native Arts & Film Festival, Spokane, WA

2019    In Focus: Asia Tail Artist Talk, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA

2019   Teaching Artist for the Creative Advantage Arts Partner Summer Institute, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

2019   Guest Presenter, Fresh Perspectives Youth Curation, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Seattle, WA

2019   Social Practice Graduate Program Guest Speaker, Portland State University, Portland, OR

2019   Visual Arts Career Day Keynote, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

2019   Indigenous Womxn’s Stories with Abigail and Colleen Echo-Hawk, Womxn’s March, Seattle, WA

2018   Keynote Speaker, UWT Native American Indigenous Education Symposium, Tacoma, WA

2018   Panelist and Presenter, Race and Pedagogy Conference, Tacoma, WA

2018   Social Impact in the Arts Panel Presentation, Alma Mater Accelerator Program, Tacoma, WA

2018   Not Your Princess Panel Presentation, Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, WA

BOARD SERVICE AND ADVISORY GROUPS

2022 Indigenous Advisory Council, City of Seattle, WA (ongoing)

2022 Portwide Arts & Culture Board, Port of Seattle, Seattle, WA

2022 Pulling Together Committee, Friends of Seattle Waterfront and Potlatch Fund, Seattle, WA

2021 Na’ah Illahee Fund, Seattle, WA

2021 American Art Reinstallation Advisory Circle, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

2018 Art Advisory Group, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA

2021 Art Policy Advisory Group, Colleen Echohawk for Seattle Mayor Campaign

2019 Fortson Square and ?al?al Project Working Group, Chief Seattle Club, Seattle, WA

2019 Conference Benefit Committee, Association of Art Museum Curators, Seattle, WA

2017 Double Exposure Advisory Committee, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

PANELS AND JURIES

2022 New Frontlines Fellowship Panelist, Peoples Economy Lab and Front and Centered, Seattle, WA

2022 Arc Fellowship, 4Culture, Seattle, WA

2021 Shifting Tides Juror, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA

2020   Neddy Juror, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA

2019   Funding Panelist, Potlatch Fund, Seattle, WA

2018   Art Walk Awards Judge, City Arts, Seattle, WA

2018   In the Spirit Exhibition Juror, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, WA

2017   Artscapes Panelist, Spaceworks Tacoma, Tacoma, WA

2017   Edwin T. Pratt Scholarship Panelist, Pratt Fine Arts, Seattle, WA

2017   Arts Projects Panelist, 4Culture, Seattle, WA

2017   Public Art Panelist, Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, Seattle, WA

2016   GAP Awards Juror, Artist Trust of Washington, Seattle, WA

COHORTS AND TRAININGS 

2021 Frontline Community Fellows, Peoples Economy Lab and Front and Centered, Seattle, WA

2019   Native Arts Cohort Member, Potlatch Fund, Seattle, WA

2017-18   Legacy of Leadership Cohort, Native Action Network, Seattle, WA

2015 Hopi Pottery with Mark Tahbo, Idyllwild Arts

2014 Haida Basketry with Lisa Telford, Idyllwild Arts

WRITING

2021 No Place Like Home, CUE Art Foundation

2020 Missing Rhoda, New Archives

2018   Double Exposure Microsite, Seattle Art Museum

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2023 Executive Director, yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective, Seattle, WA

2023 Young American Leaders Program, Harvard, Boston, MA

2021 Program Officer, Seattle Foundation, Seattle, WA

2020   Program Manager, Native Action Network, Seattle, WA

2020   PNW Art Fellowship Project Manager, Nia Tero, Seattle, WA

2020   Public Art Consultant, Office of Arts & Cultural Vitality, Tacoma, WA

2020   Public Art Consultant, Seattle Aquarium, Seattle, WA

2020   Public Art Consultant, Chief Seattle Club, Seattle, WA

2020   Public Art Consultant, Office of the Waterfront, Seattle, WA

2020   Public Art Consultant, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA

2016-20 Arts & Culture Consultant, Office of Arts & Cultural Vitality, Tacoma, WA

2014-16 Haub Fellow and Education Programs Coordinator, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

2011-14 Intern and Museum Ambassador, National Museum of the American Indian, New York, NY