artist's resume

ERIN GENIA

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

2019     M. S. Art, Culture & Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

2018     Certificate, Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria

2017     Certificate, Public Art Boot Camp, City of Seattle, Office of Arts and Culture

2010     M.P. A. Tribal Governance, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

2008     B.A. The Evergreen State College

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019     Personal Structures: Identities, Venice Art Biennale, European Cultural Center, Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy

2019     The Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts Exhibition, Wiesner Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

2019     The February School: Pedagogical Interventions into the Gallery, Wiesner Gallery, MIT

2018     Earth on Display: The Anthropocene in the Museum of Natural History, Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, MA

2018     The Swamp School, Lithuania Pavilion, La Biennale Architettura di Venezia, Venice, Italy

2018     In Red Ink, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA

2018     Climate Changed: After Models? Keller Gallery, School of Architecture and Planning, MIT

2017     Southwest Washington Juried Exhibition, The Gallery at Kenneth Minnaert Center for the Arts, South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA

2017     In the Spirit: Contemporary Native Arts Exhibit, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, WA. 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015

2017     Red Cloud Indian Art Show, Red Cloud Heritage Center, Pine Ridge, SD

2017     Protect the Sacred: Native Artists for Standing Rock, Spaceworks Gallery, Tacoma, WA

2017     #HandsOffMyHeritage, Duhesa Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

2016     Native American Art Exhibit, The Gallery at Kenneth Minnaert Center for the Arts, South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA

2016     Not Vanishing: Contemporary Indigenous Expressions, 1977-2015. Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT

2016     Community Art Installation: Potlatch Fund Native Artists, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

2016     Thinking Outside the Box, Royal Nebekker Gallery, Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR

2016     Sg^wig^wial?tx^w at 20: Building upon the Past, Visioning into the Future, The Longhouse Education and Cultural Center 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Evergreen Gallery, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

2015     Not Vanishing: Contemporary Expressions in Indigenous Art, 1977-2015, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA

2015     Building for the Future: Collections at Evergreen, Evergreen Gallery, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

2015     Native Now: Contemporary Arts of Today’s Native American Artists, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

2014     Maori Art Market, Toi Maori Aotearoa, Wellington, New Zealand.

2014     Uku Rere, Whangarei Museum, Whangarei, New Zealand

2014     Toi Ngapuhi Exhibition, Te Atinga, Toi Maori Aotearoa, Kaikohe, New Zealand

2013     Under My Skin: Artists Explore Race in the 21st Century, Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, WA

2013     Reinterpreting Reality, Women’s Resource Center, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

2011     It’s Complicated - Art About Home, The Evergreen Gallery, Olympia, WA

2010     B.E.S.T. of First Nations: Expressions of Beauty, Eloquence, Strength, Tenacity, Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham, WA

2007     Modern Day Warriors: Empowering the Young Voices of Native America, 2nd Annual Native American Rights Fund Benefit Art Auction, Boulder, CO

RESIDENCY

2018     Seebacher Fellow, Schloss Arenberg, Salzburg, Austria

2016     Visiting Artist, Mini-Clay Fest, South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA

2014     Kokiri Putahi, 7th International Gathering of Indigenous Visual Artists, Toi Maori             Aotearoa, New Zealand

Performance

2019     Earthling, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

2019     Acoustic Tipi, An Interactive Performance, Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy

2019     Existing in the Void/Unwell, “Compilation003: Infinite In-betweens,” Unheard Records,           Reclaimed, CBC Radio

2018     Mitakuye Oyasin/ We Are All Related “Dimensions of Citizenship” U.S. Pavilion La Biennale Architettura di Venezia, Venice, Italy

2018     Acoustic Tipi, the Swamp School, Lithuania Pavilion, La Biennale Architettura di Venezia, Venice, Italy

2018     Banishment/ Verbannung, Festung Hohensalzburg, Salzburg, Austria

PUBLICATIONS

2019     Unseen Dimensions of Public Space: Disrupting Colonial Narratives, Boston Art Review Vol. 4, supported by Now+There, Boston, MA

2018     To Sense the Land, As It Is, Interview by Laura Knott in Boston Art Review, Vol. 2

2014     Toi Pu O Te Wheke, Toi Ngapuhi 2014: Reaching Out to the World. Te Atinga, Toi Maori Aotearoa. Jeff     Oliver Print, Whangarei, New Zealand

2013     Red Ink Magazine, Volume 16.2/ 17.1

2012     The Landscape and Language of Indigenous Cultural Rights, Arizona State University Law Journal, Vol. 44, No. 2

2008     Mural Poems: human rights and anti-war poems, by Laurence Ebersole, cover art, 2008

2007     Red Ink Magazine: Pop Culture, Volume 13.2

AWARDS

2019     Harold and Arline Schnitzer Award, 2^nd Prize, Center for the Arts at MIT

2018     Seebacher Prize for Fine Arts, American Austrian Foundation

2017     Honoring Innovation, 12^th annual “In the Spirit” exhibition, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, WA

2015     Best of Show, 10^th annual “In the Spirit” exhibition, Washington State History Museum

2012     Merit Award, Seattle Indigenous Cultures Day Artist Market, Northwest Native Cultural Center

2011     Pendleton Prize, Washington State History Museum

SELECTED GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS

2019                    MIT SOLVE - Indigenous Communities Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2018                    Council for the Arts at MIT Grant

2018                    Art, Culture & Technology Pilot Grant, MIT

2017-2019           Department of Architecture Graduate Fellowship, full tuition scholarship, MIT

2017                    Cobell Scholarship

2017-2019           American Indian Graduate Center Scholarship

2017                    First Peoples Fund Artist in Business Leadership Fellowship

2017                    First Peoples Fund Research Award, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C.

2013-2015        Native Arts Grant, Potlatch Fund, Seattle, WA

2007- 2008        National Native Creative Development Grant, Longhouse Education and Cultural Center

2007-2010           Davis-Putter Scholarship, 2007-2010, Jessie Lloyd O’Connor Scholar

2009                    John Walker Fellowship, 2009-2010

CURATORIAL

2019     Co-curator, The February School: A Pedagogical Intervention into the Gallery, Wiesner Student Gallery, MIT

2019     Co-organizer, “Pashpeshau, Rising Multiplicities: Indigenous Artists Speaker Series,” Art, Culture and Technology program, MIT

2016     Co-curator, Sg^wig^wial?tx^w at 20: Building upon the Past, Visioning into the Future, Longhouse Education and Cultural Center 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Evergreen Gallery, The Evergreen State College

commission

2019     Finalist, Indigenous Art Public Art Commission, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

2017     “Anpa O Wicahnpi, Morningstar - Dakota Pride Banner” Public Art Installation at Seattle Center, Office of Arts and Culture, City of Seattle, WA

SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Schloss Arenberg

The Evergreen State College

Craig and Cindy Corrie

Simon Fraser University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2019            Workshop leader and curriculum developer, “Monuments in Perspective,” Experiments in Pedagogy - School of Architecture and Planning 150^th Anniversary, MIT

2018            Teaching Assistant, “Culture Fabric: Art, Fashion and Identity 4.s32,” MIT

2018            Teaching Assistant, “Art, Design and Spatial Practice 4.302” MIT

2013-2017    Communications Consultant and Program Coordinator, Longhouse Education and Cultural Center, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

2017            Juror, Traditional Arts Fellowship, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA

2016            Juror, Visual Arts Fellowship, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA

2016-2017    Visiting and Adjunct Faculty, The Evergreen State College

2010-2013    Assistant Director - Tribal Governance Concentration, Master of Public Administration Program, The Evergreen State College

2010            Assistant Conference Coordinator, Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute, Olympia, WA

2009            Public Affairs Intern, Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C.

2008            Mural Arts Production Coordinator, Rachel Corrie Foundation, Olympia, WA

2003-2004   Professional Picture framer, Olympia Art and Frame, Olympia, WA

   

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

2017            Organizer, Indigenous Caucus, Olympia, WA

2015            Member of the Board of Directors, The Olympia Food Co-op, Olympia, WA

2012            President, Board of Directors, The Olympia Food Co-op

2009-2010    Organizer, Native Student Alliance, The Evergreen State College

2005-2007    Treasurer, Amnesty International Puget Sound, Washington

2004-2009        Lead Organizer, Olympia Amnesty International #474 and Evergreen chapters