My career path has been in the field of Cherokee Language revitalization and Cherokee Art. Both paths converge in many different ways. Here is an ongoing list of exhibitions, awards, job experience, appointments held, and other professional experience.

Education
Master of Studio Arts – University of Arkansas at Little Rock 2007
Bachelor of Fine Arts – Oklahoma State University, 2002

Select List of Art Exhibitions/Screenings

  • 2020 Re/Convening - Group exhibition of Indigenous Oklahoma Artists - AHHA, Tulsa, OK

  • 2020 Speak While You Can - Traveling exhibit on Indigenous Languages; participating artist and exhibit essayist

  • 2019 Reclamations: Contemporary Native Regional Art - Faulkner Performing Arts Center - Fayetteville, AR

  • 2018 Curiosity Fest - Oklahoma City, OK - screening of the Osiyo TV television series featurette on my artwork.

  • 2018 Indigenerds - Paseo Plunge, Oklahoma City, OK. An art exhibit I curated that featured Indigenous artists from Oklahoma influenced by comic book artwork

  • 2017-2019 Response to Robert Rauschenber’s Opal Gospel - Minneapolis Institute of Art - Americas Galleries - Minneapolis, MN.

  • 2016 - 2018 Return from Exile: Contemporary Southeastern Native Art – Traveling Group Exhibition. Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA; Collier County Museum, Naples, FL; Columbia State College, Columbia, TN; Sequoyah National Research Center, Little Rock, AR; Hardesty Arts Center, Tulsa, OK.

  • 2017 Indian Offensive - Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Tulsa, OK

  • 2017 Deep Roots: Contemporary Art in Native America - Fayetteville Underground Gallery, Fayetteville, AR

  • 2015 From Talking Leaves to Pixels: The Story of the Cherokee Syllabary - Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, OK. An exhibit I curated about the history of the Cherokee syllabary in print, art, and community.

  • 2015 Ancient Ways Modern Forms – Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Culture Tulsa, OK

  • 2014 Concept Me Self Portrait – MainSITE Norman, OK

  • 2014 Santa Fe Indian Art Market – Santa Fe, NM

  • 2013 H2OK: A Response to Water Rights – Norman, OK

  • 2012 – 2019 Cherokee Art Market; Judges Choice 2016; Best of Class Graphics 2019 – Tulsa OK

  • 2013 Solo Exhibition at the Southern Plains Indian Museum, Anadarko, OK

  • 2012 Delegation Amérindienne Salon at the Grand Palais - Paris, France2012 Young Guns exhibit at Tribes 131 - Norman, OK

  • 2012 Zombie Skins - Santa Fe, NM

  • 2007 International Film Festival of India; Screening of my Cherokee language animated film On a Spring Day – Goa, India

  • 2006 International San Diego Comic Convention – Book signing for graphic novel series Dead Eyes Open with publisher SLG Publishing – San Diego, CA

  • 2006 Frybread and Roses: The Art of Native American Labor – San Francisco, CA

  • 2006 - 2019 Cherokee Holiday Art Show - Tahlequah, OK

  • 2006 - 2019 Cherokee Homecoming Art Show; Grand Prize Winner 2015- Tahlequah, OK

  • 2006 - 2019 Trail of Tears Art Show and Sale; Grand Prize Winner 2006 - Tahlequah, OK

  • 2006 – 2019 Five Civilized Tribes Museum Competitive Art Show; Grand Prize Winner 2015  - Muskogee, OK

  • 2006 Native Expressions – University of Texas; screened my animated films in Cherokee language – Austin, TX

  • 2006 National Museum of the American Indian – Animation Celebration: Films for Families, screening of animated film – Washington, DC

  • 2005 Sequoyah Research Center Symposium – Cherokee Language Animation – University of Little Rock, Little Rock, AR

  • 2005 2nd Annual International Cherokee Film Festival – My students’ animated films won First Place in Best Student Animation

  • 2005 American Indian Resource Center Native Language Animation Workshop – Tahlequah, OK

  • 2005 3rd Annual Oklahoma Native Youth Language Fair – University of Oklahoma, Norman – Showcased my students’ Native language animations (Muscogee Creek and Cherokee Language)

Select List of Professional Awards & Honors

  • 2020 Honorable Mention in Painting and Graphics - Trail of Tears Art Show and Sale

  • 2019 Judges Choice Cherokee Homecoming Art Show

  • 2019 Best of Division Cherokee Art Market

  • 2019 Honorable Mention Trail of Tears Art Show

  • 2019 Bill Rabbit Art Legacy Award Trail of Tears Art Show

  • 2019 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices - contributing author and illustrator

  • 2018 Third Place Drawing & Graphics Five Civilized Tribes Competitive Art Show

  • 2018 Honorable Mention Five Civilized Tribes Competitive Art Show

  • 2018 Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018 We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices - contributing author and illustrator

  • 2018 Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of 2018 We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices - contributing author and illustrator

  • 2018 Best Middle School Book award from the American Library Association /American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Awards Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers graphic novel - cover artist, contributing author and illustrator2018 Achievers Under Forty Journal Record

  • 2018 40 Under 40 Award Oklahoma Magazine

  • 2017 Second Place Drawing & Graphics Five Civilized Tribes Competitive Art Show

  • 2017 First Place Painting Trail of Tears Art Show

  • 2017 40 Under 40 Award National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development

  • 2016 First Place Drawing & Graphics Cherokee National Holiday Art Show

  • 2016 People’s Choice  Five Civilized Tribes Competitive Art Show

  • 2015 Honorable Mention Trail of Tears Art Show

  • 2015 Second Place Drawing & Graphics Cherokee National Holiday Art Show

  • 2015 Best of Show Five Civilized Tribes Competitive Art Show

  • 2015 Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers Honors and Awards - Comic Book of the Year We Speak in Secret - author and illustrator

  • 2014 Third Place Drawing & Graphics Five Civilized Tribes Competitive Art Show

  • 2014 Second Place Drawing & Graphics Cherokee Art Market

  • 2013 First Place Painting Trail of Tears Art Show

  • 2013 First Place Drawing & Graphics Trail of Tears Art Show

  • 2012 Judges Choice Cherokee Homecoming Art Show

  • 2012 Best of Show Cherokee National Holiday Art Show

  • 2012 First Place Drawing & Graphics Cherokee National Holiday Art Show

  • 2011 Honorable Mention Five Civilized Tribes Competitive Art Show

  • 2011 Second Place Drawing & Graphics Cherokee National Holiday Art Show

  • 2011 Honorable Mention Five Civilized Tribes Competitive Art Show

  • 2010 Honorable Mention Five Civilized Tribes Competitive Art Show

  • 2008 Third Place Drawing & Graphics Five Civilized Tribes Competitive Art Show

  • 2006 Best of Show Trail of Tears Art Show

Select List of Presentations & Workshops

  • March 2020 - Cherokee Code Talkers - San Diego Cherokee Community Organization, San Diego, CA Balboa Park Veterans Center

  • December 2019 - Language Technology For All - United Nations Educational, Cultural, Scientific Office Headquarters, Paris, France

  • November 2018 – Cherokee Art History Symposium – Tahlequah, OK
    Cherokee Graphic Artists and Cartoonists

  • October 2018: Internet Society Indigenous Connectivity Summit – Inuvik, NWT Canada
    Panel Discussion participant on Indigenous Language in Technology

  • July 2017: American Indian Workshop - University of London, Goldsmiths- London, England; presentation on Cherokee graphic arts and illustration; live screen printing demonstration

  • March 2017: Society of Early Americanists Conference – Tulsa, OK
    From Talking Leaves to Pixels

  • November 2016: Cherokee Nation Veterans Center – Tahlequah, OK
    We Speak in Secret: Cherokee Code Talkers of World War I

  • April 2016: Cherokee Symposium – Helmerich Center for American Research  - Tulsa, OK
    Cherokee Syllabary: Its Development and Evolution

  • May 2016: Native American and Indigenous Studies Annual Meeting – Honolulu, HI
    A Cherokee Art Movement: Mobilizing the Symbolic Southeast to Revitalize Language and Storytelling – Panel Discussion Participant

  • September 2015: Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums Conference – Washington, DC: Cherokee Language Technology

  • March 2015: International Conference on Language Documentation – Honolulu, HI
    Designing Pedagogy from Cherokee Language and Ecological Documentation

  • February 2015: American Library Association Midwinter Conference – Chicago, IL
    Introduction of Cherokee Language Chapters in Mango Languages Software For Use in Libraries

  • June 2014: CO-LANG Institute on Collaborative Language Research – Arlington, TX
    4 Day Workshop on Software Localization for Native Languages

  • June 2014: Google Tech Talk – Mountain View, CA
    Evolution of the Cherokee Syllabary – An Update

  • April 2014: Cherokee Days at the National Museum of the American Indian – Washington, DC
    History of the Cherokee Language presentation and webcast

  • April 2014: Symposium on the American Indian – Tahlequah, OK
    Southeastern American Indian Art discussion panelist

  • February 2014: Tribal Telecom Conference – Phoenix, AZ
    Discussion Panelist – The Role of Technology in Advancing Native Culture

  • January 2014: International Mother Language Day Celebration – Catoosa, OK
    Cherokee Nation’s Partnership With Microsoft – Windows 8 & Office Online

  • November 2013: Sequoyah National Research Center 30th Anniversary – Little Rock, AR
    Sequoyah National Research Center – Personal Reflections – Keynote speech

  • November 2013: TribalNet – St. Paul, MN
    From Talking Leaves to Pixels

  • November 2013: Native American Heritage Month History Talk – Tahlequah, OK
    Evolution of the Cherokee Language talk for Cherokee Nation History Talk series

  • October 2013: Bacone College – Muskogee, OK
    Five Tribes Story Conference – Art & Storytelling

  • July 2013: American Library Association Annual Conference – Chicago, IL
    Cherokee Language Technology presentation for the American Indian Library Association

  • April 2013: Symposium on the American Indian – Tahlequah, OK
    Discussion Moderator: Assassins Creed III – The Role of Technology in Language Preservation

  • March 2013: Microsoft Local Language Program – Redmond, WA
    Cherokee Nation Language Program

  • September 2012: University of Washington – Seattle, WA
    Cherokee Language Technology: The Syllabary and the Nation’s History of Technological Adoption

  • August 2012 - State Library of Queensland - Brisbane, Australia
    MyLanguage Conference Keynote Speaker

  • August 2012 University of New Mexico – Albuquerque, NM
    Cherokee Community in the Digital Ecosystem

  • July Typecon 2011: Society of Typographic Aficionados – New Orleans, LA
    Typography of the Cherokee Language Through History: The Positive Effects of Orthography

  • March 2011: Google Internationalization Engineering – Mountain View, CA
    History of Cherokee Syllabary Through Technological History

  • February 2011: Microsoft Research & Development – Redmond, WA
    Using Technology in a Cherokee Way

  • February 2011: Microsoft International Localization – Redmond, WA
    Localizing the Cherokee Language

  • October 2010 Indigenous Language Institute – Albuquerque, NM
    Using Technology in a Cherokee Way

  • September 2010 University of – Norman, OK
    New Media in Indian Country: Cherokee Language Technology

  • June 2008 American Library Association President’s Program – Anaheim, CA
    Cherokee Language Animations in Tribal Schools

  • August 2009 Apple / Cherokee Nation Executive Briefing – Cupertino, CA
    Update to Cherokee Technology Language Advances in the Classroom

Select List of Publications

  • Cherokee Earth Dwellers graphic artist and illustrator. Written by Chris Teuton & published by University of North Carolina Press, 2020.

  • Stoking the Fire: Nationhood in Cherokee Writing 1907-1970 cover artist, illustrator, graphic artist. Written by Kirby Brown & published by University of Oklahoma Press 2018

  • Cherokee Nation: A History of Survival, Self-Determination, and Identity – Graphic Artist and Research Assistant 2018.

  • We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices - published by Penguin Random House 2018. Contributing artist and illustrator.

  • Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers, ed. By Arigon Starr. Cover illustration and author/illustrator for the story “We Speak in Secret: Cherokee Code Talkers of World War I”

  • “Lloyd Kiva New” artist profile in First American Art Magazine, ed. by America Meredith, Fall 2016. Author.

  • “The Search for the Stars” adaptation of a traditional Cherokee story for graphic novelette & cover illustration for Oklahoma Today July/August 2016. Author & illustrator.

  • From Talking Leaves To Pixels: The Story of the Cherokee Syllabary exhibit catalog. Published by Cherokee National Historical Society 2015.

  • “Bobby Martin: Muscogee Creek Printmaker” artist profile in First American Art Magazine, ed. by America Meredith, Fall 2015. Author.

  • “The Indomitable Language: How the Cherokee Syllabary Went From Parchment to iPad” in Language: A Reader for Writers ed. by Gita DasBender, Oxford University Press, 2014. Author and illustrator.

  • “Troy Jackson: Cherokee Nation Ceramic Sculptor” artist cover story for First American Art Magazine, Fall 2014. Author.

  • “Indigenous Narratives Collective,” in First American Art Magazine, ed. by America Meredith, Summer 2014. Author.

  • “Papyrus: The Power of Bad Fonts,” in First American Art Magazine, ed. by America Meredith, Summer 2013. Author.

  • “Something Imperialistic Happened on the Way to the Louvre: Delegation Amérindienne 2012, An Artist's Perspective” – feature story in First American Art Magazine, Spring 2013. Author.

  • “Cherokeespace.com: Native Social Network” in American Indians and the Mass Media ed. by Meta G. Carstarphen and John P. Sanchez, University of Oklahoma Press, 2012. Author.

  • “Book Strips Away the Myth Surrounding the Cherokee Syllabary” Book Review of The Cherokee Syllabary: Writing the People’s Perseverance by Ellen Cushman in This Week From Indian Country Today. March 25, 2012. Author.

  • “Good Times, Fun Lies: Stories That Bring Truth to Fiction” Book Review of Cherokee Stories of the Turtle Island Liars’ Club by Christopher Teuton in This Week From Indian Country Today. November 25, 2012. Author.

  • “The Indomitable Language: How the Cherokee Syllabary Went From Parchment to iPad” – Graphic Feature in This Week From Indian Country Today. September 28, 2011. Author & illustrator.

Work Experience, Appointments, and Positions Held

  • 2020 - Southeastern Indian Arts Association - Juror for 2020 Indian Art Market 2D Visual Arts Category

  • 2017 - Present - Advisory Board Member Cherokee Nation Spider Art Gallery/Cherokee Arts Center

  • 2018 – Present - President of the Five Civilized Tribes Intertribal Council Language Committee

  • 2016 – 2017: Vice President of the Five Civilized Tribes Intertribal Council Language Committee

  • 2015 – 2016: President of the Five Civilized Tribes Intertribal Council Language Committee

  • 2015 – Present: Advisory Board Member for the American Indian Policy Institute – Phoenix, AZ

  • 2013 – Present: Program Manager of the Cherokee Nation Language Program – Tahlequah, OK

  • 2018-2019 - President of Southeastern Indian Artists Association - Tahlequah, OK

  • 2013 – 2018: Vice President of Southeastern Indian Artists Association – Tahlequah, OK

  • 2013 – Present: Editorial Review Board Member for Indigenous Narratives Collective
    2007 – 2013: Cultural Specialist Cherokee Nation Education Services – Tahlequah, OK

  • 2012 – Present: Unicode Liaison for Cherokee Nation on the Unicode Consortium

  • 2011: Reviewer for the Oklahoma Department of Education PASS Objective Standards

  • 2011: Adjunct Instructor Cherokee Language Technology Northeastern State University – Tahlequah, OK

  • 2008 – 2009: Illustrator “Trail of Tears National Park Service Documentary” – Tahlequah, OK

  • 2007: Adjunct Instructor Multimedia Design Northeastern State University – Tahlequah, OK

  • 2005 – 2007: Research Fellow at the Sequoyah Research Center – Little Rock, AR

  • 2002 – 2003: Corporate Image Specialist Cell Marque Corporation, Hot Springs, AR

  • 2003 – 2005: Visiting Artist & Instructor for American Indian Resource Center – Tahlequah, OK

  • 2002: Printmaking Apprentice Universal Limited Art Editions – West Islip, NY

  • 2000 – 2002: Principal Animator Oklahoma State University Dept. of Animal Science – Stillwater, OK