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Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions

2014 Crossing Four Rivers: Linda Lomahaftewa and America Meredith, Allan Houser Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2012 Moundbuilders: Exploring the Ancient Southeastern Woodlands, Ahalenia Studios, Santa Fe, NM. With Linda Lomahaftewa 2010 The Spokespeople Project, Chapel at the , Park Hill, OK 2007 At the Crossroads, East Gallery, State Capitol, Oklahoma City, OK 2006-7 Face to Face: Portraits by America Meredith, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM. Catalogue 2006 Between Cultures: Conflict and Common Ground, North 4th Art Center, Albuquerque, NM 2005 Art Institute Graduating MFA Show, Herbst Pavilion, Fort. Mason Center, San Francisco, CA. Catalogue 2004 Loyal, Lomega Lion's Club Building, Loyal, OK 2003 Solo Exhibition, Indianapolis University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Cultural Arts Gallery, Indianapolis, IN 2001-2 Solo Exhibition, Southern Plains Indian Museum, Anadarko, OK. Catalogue

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair, Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ. Annual participant since 2004 2012–14 Indigenous Brilliance: Contemporary Native American Art, Highgate Literary and Scientific Institute Gallery, London, England, UK; Palazzo Vecchio, Seborga, Italy; Olocau, Spain; The Veronica Ship, NDSM Wharf, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Curated by Cornelia Vandenberg and Lyle Toledo Yazzie 2012–14 Stories Outside the Lines at Heard Museum North, Scottsdale, AZ; Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2013 SWAIA Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM. Annual participant since 2003 Glance at the Sun, GF Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM The Language of Flowers, Myriad Botanical Gardens, Oklahoma City, OK That’s Not Me: That's Not Me: An Exploration of Negative Native American Stereotypes and Artists Who Challenge Them, Duhesa Gallery, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 2012-3 Octopus Dreams: Contemporary Native American Art in Russia, Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, Ekaterinburg, Russia; Novosibirsk Biennial of Contemporary Graphic Arts, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia; Samara Regional Art Museum, Samara, Russia; 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM. Catalog Encoded: Traditional Patterns/A Contemporary Response, Tweed Museum of Art at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. Curated by John Hitchcock 2012 Quick Draw, Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, NM. Also in 2010 Reconquête par l'Art, Festival America de Vincennes 2012, La galerie Orenda, Vincennes, France Cherokee Homecoming, Cherokee Heritage Center, Park Hill OK. Annual participant since 1995, except 2001 and 2003 Messengers, Rainmaker Art Gallery, Bristol, England, UK. Curated by Joanne Prince 44th Annual Red Cloud Indian Art Show, the Red Cloud Heritage Center and Museum, Pine Ridge, SD. Annual participant since 2009 Trail of Tears Art Show, Cherokee Heritage Center, Park Hill, OK. Annual participant since 1995 Facing the Sunland: America Meredith + Sallyann Paschall + Kay WalkingStick, Berlin Gallery, Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ. Curated by Andrea R. Hanley 2011-2 Doll: An Intimate Figure, Roxanne Swentzell Tower Gallery, Pojoaque Pueblo, NM. Curated by Rose B. Simpson 2011 6th Annual Cherokee Art Market, , Catoosa, OK Five Civilized Tribes Art Show, Five Civilized Tribes Museum, Muskogee, OK Wind on Earth: Native Presence and Art, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE. With Neal Ambrose-Smith, John Hitchcock, and Melanie Yazzie. Curated by Karen Kunc Soul Sister: Reimagining Kateri Tekakwitha, Museum of Native Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM 2010-1 This is Displacement: Native Artists Consider the Relationship Between Land and Identity, Tulsa Living Arts, Tulsa, OK; various venues, Minneapolis, MN. Catalogue 2009-11 Intrigue and Novelty, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL; Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures. Aurora University, Aurora, IL; Mitchell Museum, Chicago, IL. Curated by Debra Yepa-Pappan. 2010 Creativity World Forum Live Paint, Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City, OK. Curated by Tom Farris One + One = Two, Legends, Santa Fe, NM. Collaboration with Melissa Melero Live Paint: New Mexico vs. Oklahoma Smackdown, Standing Buffalo Gallery, Norman, OK First Laugh, Lloyd Kiva New Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, NM Against the Grain, Legends Santa Fe, NM. With Sarah Sense, Frank Buffalo Hyde, Rhett Butler, and Marla Allison Seasons of Love, Standing Buffalo Gallery, Norman, OK 2009 Fueled by Color, Third Street Arts, Albuquerque, NM. With Marla Allison and Melissa Melero United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Art Show, United Nations, New York, NY 4 Seasons: 4 Women, Arkansas Valley Art Center, Buena Vista, CO. With Heidi Bigknife, Kelly Church, and Linda Lomahaftewa Unconquered Imagination, Okalee Contemporary Art Gallery, Seminole Tribe of Florida. Curated by Will Wilson From the Woodlands, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO. With Sallyann Paschall Mementos and Milestones, Lloyd Kiva New Gallery, IAIA Museum, Santa Fe NM. With Kelly Church and Tammy Rahr. 2008 Creatures and Spirits of American Indian Lore, Standing Buffalo Gallery, Norman, OK Cherokee Art Market, Catoosa, OK. Annual participant since 2006 Blazing Saddles, Pop Gallery, Santa Fe, NM My Way, Humble Gallery, Santa Fe, NM From the Four Directions, SOMA Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA Speaking from the Earth, Think Visual, Point Arena, CA Year of the Rat, Humble Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Graphic Storytelling as Activism, Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, CA 2007-8 Current Realities: a dialogue with the People, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK; Southern Plains Indian Museum, Anadarko, OK; Living Arts of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK 2005-8 Impacted Nations, Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York, NY. Traveling exhibit. 2007 Internal Exile, SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2007 %$(# Art Let's Ride, This Is Not a Shop, Dublin, Ireland The Plants Are Our Allies: New Work by 7 Cherokee Artists, Gary Farmer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Looking Indian, Untitled Art Space, Oklahoma City, OK. Catalogue Do Not Park Bicycles: Aboriginal Bike Culture, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Catalogue America the Beautiful, Steckline Gallery of Newman University, Wichita, KS Art from Indian Territory: 2007 the state of being American Indian, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, OK; Southern Plains Indian Museum, Anadarko, OK; Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City, OK. Catalogue American Icons through Indigenous Eyes, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC Green Art Show, Myers Studio, Tahlequah, OK. Catalogue 2006 Highlights from the Bill Wiggins' Collection of Native American Art, Gallery I and 11 of the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR Columbuscide, IAIA Museum, Santa Fe, NM Lawrence Indian Arts Show, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS Relations: Indigenous Dialogue, IAIA Museum, Santa Fe, NM Humor Without Reservations, Tribes Gallery, Norman, OK Native Pop, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM Welcome Back, Art SF, San Francisco, CA 2005-6 Earth and Sky, City Arts, Oklahoma City, OK. With Ben Harjo and Charlie Pratt. Ghosts of Little Boy: Artists for Peace, NJAHS Peace Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2005 Postcard Show, The Lab, San Francisco, CA Native American Contemporary Art, Jewish Community Center Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Lawrence Indian Art Show, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS Shaking the Tree, Lloyd Kiva New Gallery, IAIA Museum, Santa Fe, NM. With Heidi Bigknife Native American Voices, Friends Gallery, Pasadena, CA Instinctual Distractions, Ar+space Gallery, San Francisco, CA Belief, Art SF, San Francisco, CA 2004 Ad-Hoc, Crucible Steel Gallery, San Francisco, CA Cahokia Mounds Contemporary Indian Art Show, Cahokia Mounds Museum, Collinsville, IL Red Earth Festival, Red Earth Indian Center, Oklahoma City, OK Contemporary Cherokee Art, Cherokee Heritage Center, Park Hill, OK 2003 Eiteljorg Indian Art Market, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN 4 Views, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM Green Before Spring, Whitney Young Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA 2000 Five Civilized Tribes Art Show, Five Civilized Tribes Museum, Muskogee, OK. Annual participant 1995-2000 1999 Watercolour Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy of Drama and Art, Glasgow, Scotland Eilbotekultur, Lucky Sevens, Zurich, Switzerland Three Sisters, Jacobson House, Norman, OK Locals, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

Exhibitions Curated

2013 Inner Demons, Ahalenia Studios, Santa Fe, NM. Annual show since 2009 H2OK 2, University of Oklahoma International Water Conference, Norman. Co-curated with heather ahtone and Tony Tiger Salon de la Raza, Ahalenia Studio, Santa Fe, NM. Co-curated with Melissa Dominguez and Joseph Sanchez 2012 Low-Rez: Native American Lowbrow Art, Eggman and Walrus Art Emporium, Santa Fe, NM Zombie Skins: Salon de la Vie Morte, Ahalenia Studios, Santa Fe, NM; Bigfoot Creative, Norman, OK H2OK: Response to Water Issues in Oklahoma, Mainsite Contemporary Arts, Norman, OK and Bacone Art Gallery, Bacone College, Muskogee, OK. Co-curated with heather ahtone and Tony Tiger 2011 Blood of the Sun: Artists Respond to the Poetry of Suzan Shown Harjo, Ahalenia Studios, Santa Fe Kanutche Dogs: Contemporary Cherokee Art. FireGod Gallery, Albuquerque, NM Porncake 2011, Ahalenia Studios, Santa Fe, NM. Co-curated with Sam Haozous 2010 Freedom of Information: The FBI, Indian Country, and Surveillance, Ahalenia Studios, Santa Fe, NM William T. Milam, Sr.: Cherokee Photographer, Standing Buffalo Gallery, Norman, OK 2009 Sweat: Native American Provocative, Max’s, Santa Fe, NM 2008 Anti Anti Anti Anti, Hall of Flowers, San Francisco, CA 2007 Regeneration, Hall of Flowers, San Francisco, CA Velocity: The Art of San Francisco Bike Messengers, Balazo 18 Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2006 Frybread and Roses: The Art of Native American Labor, traveling exhibit. Cherokee Heritage Center, Park Hill, OK; Daily Brews Café and Gallery, Wayland, MI; Counterpulse Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Included poetry readings and drum performance Insubordination, Hall of Flowers, San Francisco, CA 2005 Haunted, Crucible Steel Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004 Facing East: Cherokee Art in the New Indian Territory, Red Earth Center, Oklahoma City, OK 2002 Deliverance, Lo-Fi Gallery, San Francisco, CA Friends of Thunder: A Celebration of Cherokee Culture, Jacobson House, Norman, OK. Catalogue and art market 2000 Right of Way, Space 4040, Philadelphia, PA 1999 Da: Half of a Surrealist Movement, Epicenter Zone, San Francisco, CA 1996 Cycle Messenger World Championships Art Show, Acme Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1993 Laughing at the Face of Death, Komotion Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Gallery Affiliation

Rainmaker Art Gallery, 123 Coldharbour Road, Bristol, England, UK. (602) 346.8250. Joanne Prince, owner Spider Gallery, 215 S. Muskogee Ave., Tahlequah, OK. (918) 453-5728 Tribes 131, 131–24th Ave, Norman, OK. Leslie Zinbi, owner

Awards, Fellowships, and Honors

2014 First American Art Magazine selected as Library Journal’s Top Ten Magazines Launched in 2013 2012 Five Civilized Tribes Museum, Cecil Dick Master of Heritage Award Trail of Tears Art Show, Third Place, 2011 Cherokee Art Market, Best of Division, Water-based Painting SWAIA Indian Market, First Place, Realistic Water-based Painting Red Cloud Art Show, First Place, Graphics Division Five Civilized Tribes Art Show, Third Place, Painting; Third Place, Graphics Trail of Tears Art Show, Honorable Mention, Painting Division McPhee Elementary School, weeklong residency featuring group with K-5th grade students and art talks, sponsored by the Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE. 2010 Red Cloud Art Show, Oscar Howe Memorial Award Trail of Tears Show, Second Place, Painting Heard Indian Market, Second Place, Mixed Media 2009 SWAIA Indian Market, First Place, Abstract Watercolor Painting National Museum of the American Indian, Visiting Artist Fellowship Red Cloud Indian Art Show, Second Place, Painting Division II Trail of Tears Show, Honorable Mention, Painting Division 2008 Cherokee Art Market, Best of Division and Second Best of Class, Painting San Francisco Arts Commission, Native American Arts and Cultural Traditions Individual Artist Grant Trail of Tears Show, Honorable Mention 2007 Cherokee Homecoming, Judge's Choice Award SWAIA Indian Market, IAIA Distinguished Alumni Award for Excellence in Contemporary Native American Arts SWAIA Indian Market, First Place, Realistic Acrylic Painting 2006 SWAIA Indian Market, First Place, Abstract Watercolor Painting SF Weekly, Best San Francisco Painter of 2006. Tied with Mitsy Avila Ovalles Trail of Tears Show, Honorable Mention, Painting Heard Museum Indian Art Market, Honorable Mention, Painting 2005 Cherokee Homecoming, Honorable Mention, Painting SWAIA Indian Market, First Place, Opaque Water-Based Miniature Painting San Francisco Art Institute, Graduate Fellowship, 2002-5 2004 SWAIA Indian Market, Third Place, Opaque Water-Based Painting, Realistic Cahokia Mounds Contemporary Art Show, Third Place, 2-D Art Trail of Tears Show, First Place, Painting Division Heard Museum Indian Art Market, Honorable Mention, Painting 2003 SWAIA Indian Market, First Place, Opaque Water-Based Painting, Realistic SWAIA Indian Market, Second Place, Opaque Water-Based Miniature Painting Eiteljorg Indian Art Market, Honorable Mention, Painting Division 2001 Cherokee Homecoming, First Place in Visual Arts Division 2000 Cherokee Homecoming, Honorable Mention, Painting Division 1999 Five Civilized Tribes Show, Honorable Mention, Graphics Division 1998 Five Civilized Tribes Show, First Place in Painting Division 1997-8 City College of San Francisco, Native American Students Organization, Vice-President and Princess

Academic Teaching Experience

2012-3 Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM. Adjunct instructor 2008-10 Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM. Adjunct instructor of Native American Art History I (Prehistory–Late 19th Century) and Native American Art History II (Late 19th Century–1960) 2003 Cherokee Humanities Course, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. Presented eight one-hour slide lectures on 20th-century Cherokee visual art with handouts

Presentations, Residencies, and Other Teaching

2014 American Indian Art 101: Pedagogies for Indigenous Thinking, panel discussion, presented by Nancy Marie Mithlo, PhD, International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums, Palm Springs, CA Early Cherokee Art History, National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC. Southeastern Indian Art: Building Community and Raising Awareness, with Roy Boney Jr., Troy Jackson, Bobby C. Martin, and Tony A. Tiger, Symposium on the American Indian, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK 2013 Protection, Preservation, and Proliferation of Native American History, Culture, and Customs through Contemporary Native Art, presented by Jean Merz-Edwards, with heather ahtone, Linda Lomahaftewa, and John Torres-Nez, PhD, Native American Symposium, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, OK Strung Together: Cherokee Beadwork through History, presentation at the American Indian Symposium, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK presentation of personal artwork, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Drawing the Line: Respect and Intertribal Appropriation, talk at the Heard Museum North, Scottsdale, AZ Innovations in Methodologies for Criticism of Contemporary American Indian Art, panel discussion at the Arizona State University American Indian Student Association conference, with heather ahtone, Nancy Marie Mithlo, PhD, Debra Krol, and John Paul Rangel, PhD 2012 Moundbuilding Cultures, presentation to Native American Art History I class at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Making Native Art, James T. Bialac Symposium, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Fine Arts, Norman, OK. Participated in seven-artist panel discussion and demonstrated watercolor paintings Quality in Indigenous Art, SWAIA, Santa Fe, four-artist panel discussion Highgate Institute of Science and Arts, London, England, UK. Presentation about contemporary Southeastern Woodlands art Rainmaker Gallery, Bristol, England, UK. Presentations about Exploring the Southeastern Woodlands and ancient Andean art University of Oklahoma, Native American Women Art History, Norman, OK. Presentation of personal artwork Cherokee Art 101: Qualla Phase to 1960s, Cherokee Arts Center, Tahlequah, OK. Indigenous Visions, Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ. Presentation of personal artwork 2011 McPhee Elementary School, Lincoln, NE. One-week residency of collaborative painting with Kindergartin through 5th students. 15 presentations about personal artwork. Renesan Institute, Santa Fe, NM. Four two-hour presentations about pre-20th century Native American art 2010 Early Indigenous American Photographers, Standing Buffalo Gallery, Norman, OK Kiowa Art History, Kiowa Humanities Course, Anadarko, OK, offered through the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma 2009 Visual Language: Lettering and Iconography in Painting, Southwest Seminars, Santa Fe, NM Presentation of Historical Cherokee and Ancient Southeast Art Work, Cherokee Arts and Humanities Council, Tahlequah OK; Standing Buffalo Gallery, Norman OK; and the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, NM National Museum of the American Indian, Washington DC. Presentation of personal artwork. With Kelly Church, Tommy Joseph, and Debbie Head Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe NM. “The Cherokee Spokespeople Project: Bikes, Language, and Art” as part of the Intellectual Capital lecture series Institute of American Indian Arts, “Facing Stereotypes.” With Ryan Singer and Melissa Cody. Fort Lewis College, Durango CO. Lecture on Edmonia Lewis, Angel DeCora, and Ellen Neel. 2008 American Indian Culture and Education Program, Ways of Our Ancestors Camp, Briones Regional Park, Orinda. Three craft classes for elementary school children. Cherokee Humanities Course, Park Hill, OK. Presentation about Cherokee values in personal work University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. Two one-hour lectures with handouts about the evolution of tribal governments in tandem with federal Indian policy Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. Cherokee Art History, 18th Century to Present, presented to the Stanford Cherokee Student Organization 2007 De Anza College, Cupertino, CA. Three one-hour slide presentations about Cherokee art history 2007 De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA. Watercolor painting demonstration Cherokee Society of the Greater Bay Area, Berkeley, CA. Cherokee Art History, 18th Century to the Present 2005-6 University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. Interactive art intervention about Native American identity, slide lecture on personal artwork 2005 City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Five slide lectures about personal art University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ. Four days of monotype and linocut printing demonstrations. One-hour slide lecture about personal artwork Cherokee Humanities Course, Park Hill, OK. Discussion about personal artwork. 2004 DeAnza College, Cupertino, CA. Three one-hour slide lectures about personal art 2003 Studio Gallery, Hays, KS. Slide lecture about contemporary Native American art 2002 Jacobson House, Norman, OK. Slide lecture about personal artwork 1997 Friends of St. Francis School, San Francisco, CA. Presentation about Cherokee culture 1997 Park Presidio Pre-School, San Francisco, CA. Presentation about Cherokee culture 1996 Moscone School, San Francisco, CA. Presentation about Native American cultures 1995 Institute of American Indian Art Museum, Santa Fe, NM. Native Voices Reading Series 1994 Westminster Middle School, Oklahoma City, OK. Lecture about current issues in Native America

Judging and Jurying Experience

2014 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market, judge for diverse arts 2013 SWAIA Indian Market, judge for representational, 2-D art 2012 SWAIA Indian Market, juror for perspective artists, painting, graphics, and photography 2011 Cherokee Nation National Holiday Art Show, judge, all media Santa Fe Art Institute, juror for perspective residents 2010 Northern Plains Indian Art Market, judge, all media 2009 SWAIA Winter Market, juror for perspective artists, all media

Public Collections

Cherokee Nation Businesses, Catoosa, OK Cherokee Nation Historical Society, Park Hill, OK Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ James T. Bialac Native American Art, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK National Collection of Contemporary Indian Arts, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC The Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School, Pine Ridge, SD Southern Plains Indian Museum, Anadarko, OK St. Paul’s Cathedral, Oklahoma City, OK Sequoyah National Research Center, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth

Selected Bibliography: Books

Bear, Mariah, executive ed., American Indian: Celebrating the Voices, Traditions & Wisdom of Native Americans. San Francisco: Gold St. Press, 2008: 266-7. Blomberg, Nancy J., ed. [Re]inventing the Wheel. Denver: Denver Art Museum, 2008: 122-3. Fogelson, Raymond D., volume editor. Handbook of the North American Indians, V. 14. Southeast. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 2004: 752, 765. Lippard, Lucy. "Out of the Box." Face to Face: Portraits by America Meredith, Santa Fe NM: Wheelwright Museum, 2006: 5-8. Power, Susan C. Art of the Cherokee: Prehistory to Present. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2007: 201. Smith, Chad, Rennard Strickland, and Bennie Smith. Building One Fire: Art and World View in Cherokee Life. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2010: 70.

Selected Bibliography: Periodicals ahtone, heather. “Folding Past, Present, and Future: Cherokee Artist American Meredith.” Dreamcatcher. Vol. 36, September 2012: 12–15. DeFrange, Ann. "Cherokee Spokes Woman: Oklahoma native gives voice to many in San Francisco." Daily Oklahoman, 20.September.2005: E- I Diaz, RoseMary. "Send in the Clowns." Santa Fean, August.2003: 174-5 Fauntleroy, Gussie. "Groundbreakers: America Meredith." Native Peoples, Jan. 08: 36-7 Garrigues, Lisa. "Cherokee artist America Meredith puts words on wheels." Indian Country Today. 25 July 2007: 1. Harjo, Suzan Shown. "A Generation of Innovation." Santa Fean Indian Market Magazine, Aug 2007: 117, 211. Martin, Charles. "Animatribe." Oklahoma Gazette, 2 I.February.2007: 46. Pleshaw, Gregory. "Faceoff." New Mexican: Winterlife, Winter 2006. Pleshaw, Gregory. "Tribes + Tribulations." Santa Fean Indian Market Magazine, August.2006: 197-199. Randall, Teri Thomson. "America Meredith: shattering stereotypes with cartoons." The New Mexican, 22- 23 August 2003: 74-75 Sanchez, Casey. “Low Overhead, High Experimentation: Ahalenia Studios.” New Mexican: Pasatiempo. Dec. 31-Jan. 6, 2011: 26-7. Sanchez, Casey. “Native Intelligence.” New Mexican: Pasatiempo. April 30-May 6, 2010: cover, 36-37. Sardy, Marin. “American Meredith on Painting and Cherokee Pride.” Santa Fean Indian Market Magazine. August/September 2009: 67-8. Smith, Zac. “New Exhibit to Lift Native American Clichés.” Oklahoma Daily. 18 Oct 2011. Stevens, Amanda. "Art Draws Inspiration from Ancestors." Rio Rancho Journal, 8 September 2006: 3 Swanhuyser, Hiya. "Look Carefully: Art that goes bump in the night." SF Weekly, 27 April 2005: 53 Swindell, Carol. "America Meredith artwork to be showcased in museum." Anadarko Daily News, 16.November.2001: 1. Walker, Amy. "Artist American Meredith Gives Spoke Cards a Cherokee Spin." Momentum 28, May 2007: 19. Wasserman, Shoshana. "Earth and Sky." Art Focus Oklahoma, November/December.2005: 1, 8. Weideman, Paul. "Of different minds and mixed legacies: America Meredith, Visible and Indivisible." New Mexican: Pasatiempo: 17-23.November.2006: 41, 43. Woodard, Joseph. "Rare, Native American Visions." Santa Barbara News Press, October.2005 "Art from the Three Sisters Show." Femspec, 2.2: 2001. "America Meredith: Paintings." SPIMA News, November 2002: 5. "Loyal Art Show." Watonga Republican, 7.July.2004: 4.

Education

2003-5 MFA, Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 2000-2 BFA with Distinction, Painting, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 1996-2000 AA, Art, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 1996 University of Science and Arts in Oklahoma, Chickasha, OK 1995 Institute of American Indians Arts, Santa Fe, NM

Professional Affiliations

Bacone College Arts and Culture Advisory Council, member Cherokee Arts and Humanities Council, boardmember Southeastern Indian Artist Association, member