America Meredith

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America Meredith
Born1972 (age 51–52)
NationalityCherokee Nation
EducationMFA San Francisco Art Institute, BFA University of Oklahoma, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Institute of American Indian Arts
Known forart criticism, painting, curation
MovementCherokee art
Websitehttp://www.americameredith.com

America Meredith (Cherokee Nation) is a painter, curator, educator, and editor of First American Art Magazine.[1][2] America Meredith is an artist and comes from a Swedish-Cherokee background who blends pop imagery from her childhood with European and Native American styles.[3]

Background

America Meredith was born in 1972 to Howard Meredith, a

Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, and his great-uncle was Will Rogers, a Cherokee humorist, actor, and movie producer.[4]

During much of the 1990s, Meredith worked as a

San Francisco, California, where she was active in the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 6's organizing campaign of the Bay Area urgent delivery industry.[5]

Meredith earned her AA at

San Francisco, California in 1995. She also attended the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in Chickasha and the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[6]

Artwork

Meredith paints with

spokecards, which were distributed to cycle couriers and cyclists worldwide.[8]

Art career

In addition to her studio practice, Meredith curates shows such as Frybread and Roses: Art of Native American Labor (2006)

Chiricahua Apache), curate shows "too edgy, too silly, or otherwise inappropriate for other local galleries."[11]

In 2019, she co-curated with Jean Merz-Edwards Stories from the Land: Indigenous Voices Connecting within the Great Plains at the Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery,[12] and co-curated with Callie Chunestudy (Cherokee Nation) Earth Shakers: The Influence of Cherokee Women at the Cherokee Heritage Center.[13]

Honors

Northeastern State University named Meredith its 2018 Sequoyah Fellow.[14] In 2006, Meredith tied for

SWAIA's Santa Fe Indian Market, the Heard Museum, and others, including the 2007 IAIA Distinguished Alumni Award - For Excellence in Contemporary Native American Arts.[16]

Personal

Meredith serves on the board of the Cherokee Arts and Humanities Council, a grassroots community organization based in northeastern Oklahoma.

Indigenous languages. Meredith says she sees Indigenous tribal people as "the future, not the past, in our globalized world."[2]

Notable exhibitions

Notes

  1. ^ Staff (29 May 2013). "CN citizen launches 'First American Art Magazine'". Cherokee Phoenix. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Face to Face: Portraits by America Meredith." Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. 2006. Accessed 9 April 2011.
  3. ^ "America Meredith". Rainmaker Gallery. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  4. ^ "Three generations of artists exhibit work at Standing Buffalo Indian Art Gallery and Gifts." NewsOK. 31 March 2010. Accessed 9 April 2011.
  5. ^ Curtis, Kim. "S.F. bike messengers aim to form own union They want higher wages, vacations, health benefits." Deseret News. 1998. Accessed 10 April 2011.
  6. ^ "America Meredith." Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine Southeastern Indian Artists Association. 2011. Accessed 9 April 2011.
  7. ^ "America Meredith: At the Crossroads." Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine Oklahoma Arts Council. 2007. Accessed 9 April 2011.
  8. ^ Botlz, Gina. "Cherokee Artist America Meredith Puts Words on Wheels."[usurped] Native Village Youth and Education News. Accessed 10 April 2011.
  9. ^ "Frybread and Roses." Archived 2011-04-29 at the Wayback Machine Blackash.org. 2006. Accessed 9 April 2011.
  10. ^ Golar, Staci. "Art and activism collide." Native American Times. 22 March 2010. Accessed 9 April 2011.
  11. ^ Sanchez, Casey. "Low Overhead, High Experimentation: Ahalenia Studios." Santa Fe New Mexican: Pasatiempo via Free Online Library. 31 Dec 2010. Accessed 9 April 2011.
  12. ^ "Stories from the Land: Indigenous Voices Connecting within the Great Plains - Companion Exhibition". Kansas Humanities. 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  13. ^ "New Exhibit Showcases the Impact of Cherokee Women Throughout History". Native Knot. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  14. ^ "America Meredith, 2018 NSU Sequoyah Fellow, to present at Symposium April 19". Northeastern State University. 16 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Best Painter (Tie) - 2006: America Meredith and Mitsy Avila Ovalles." Archived 2012-10-20 at the Wayback Machine SF Weekly. 2006. Accessed 9 April 2011.
  16. ^ a b c "Vita". America Meredith Portfolio. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  17. ^ "About Us." Archived 2011-02-06 at the Wayback Machine Cherokee Arts & Humanities Council. 2009. Accessed 9 April 2011.
  18. ^ "Stretching the Canvas: Eight Decades of Native Painting". National Museum of the American Indian. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  19. ^ De Vore, Alex (20 Nov 2019). "It is to Laugh". Santa Fe Reporter. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  20. ^ Kelley, M. (14 November 2019). "Hearts of Our People Shows Native American Traditions Are Alive and Well".
  21. ^ "Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists". Minneapolis Institute of Art. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  22. ^ "Outspoken at WCU Fine Art Museum". The Laurel of Asheville. Feb 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  23. ^ Native American Artists go Lowbrow in Low-Rez, Santa Fe.com, accessed 8-12-2012
  24. ^ Sanchez, Aurelio. "Lichtenstein Show Traces Union of Pop, Native American Art." Albuquerque Journal. 12 Feb 2006. Accessed 9 April 2011.

External links

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