EDUCATION
2004 Master of Fine Art – Sculpture (Installation, Mixed media, Time based Art)
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; Graduated with distinction
2000 Bachelor of Fine Art - Sculpture
University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO; Magna Cum Laude
1998 Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO;
The President's Honor Roll, spring 1996 and spring 1998
SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITION
2013 Gallery Zone, "Plenum", Osaka, Japan, October
2011 222 Shelby Street Gallery, "Luminous", Santa Fe, NM, March
2007 Salon Mar Graff, Tesuque NM, September
2005 McLanahan Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona PA, November
2005 Donkey Gallery, "New Work", Albuquerque NM, April
2004 The Harwood Art Center - "Reflections" MFA thesis exhibitions, Albuquerque NM, April
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2023 Artists as Knowledge Carriers, 516ARTS, Albuquerque, NM February/May
2021 Jeff Kahm Memorial Exhibition, Balzer Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM October
2020 Ogah Po'Ge Altar Project, Railyard Park, Santa Fe, NM September/March
2020 Balzer Contemporary Gallery, "In Plain Sight", Santa Fe NM February
2018 Railyard Park Art Project, "Dancing Earth and Friends", Santa Fe, NM August
2017 222, "Railroad Ramble", Roswell, NM, Oct/Mar
2017 April Price Projects Gallery, "Illuminexus", Albuquerque, NM, June/August
2017 Balzer Contemporary Edge Gallery, "Forever Young, Faculty and Stuff Exhibition", Santa Fe, NM, June/August
2016 Sanitary Tortilla Factory, "Non-Finito", Albuquerque, NM, December/January
2016 Las Cruces Museum of Art, "Transforming Space", Las Cruces, NM, November/January
2015 El Zaguan, "What if?", Santa Fe, NM , April/May
2015 Peters Project "Axle Indoors", Santa Fe, NM, February/March
2014 Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve "Wilderness Acts", La Cienega, NM, October/November
2014 Spectrum Gallery "Seed", Osaka, Japan, February
2013 Gallery Zone "Good Fortune Contemporary Art", Osaka, Japan, December
2013 Cloud 5 Project "Coherent Light", Santa Fe, NM, June-August
2013 Spectrum Gallery "Cute Little Thing", Osaka, Japan, May
2013 Center for Contemporary Arts "Collect 10 / Lucky 13", Santa Fe, NM, April
2013 Gallery Zone "PRIZM 2013", Osaka, Japan, March
2012 Red Dot Gallery "From the Ground Up", Santa Fe, NM, September
2012 El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe "Make Art, Not War", Santa Fe, NM, August
2011 Santa Fe Art Institute "Act in Response: Santa Fe Speaks", Santa Fe, NM, November/December
2011 Artspace "Marie Celeste", New Haven, CT, May-September, curated by Liza Statton
2010 Santa Fe Art Institute "Flash Flood", Santa Fe, NM, November/December
2009 SCA gallery "Constructed Analogy to Landscape", Albuquerque, NM, September
2009 THE LAND/an art site, Mountainair NM, August
2009 THE LAND/an art site gallery, Albuquerque NM, August
2009 516 ARTS,"Equation: A Balanced State?", Albuquerque, NM, August
2008 SCA Gallery, "Engendered Space", Albuquerque, NM, September
2008 Marriot Hotel Downtown Denver, "Celebration of CAM", Denver, CO, October
2008 Site Santa Fe 7th International Biennial, "Lucky Number Seven", Artist collaborator, Santa Fe, NM, June
2008 Salon Mar Graff, "Celebrateglass", Tesuque, NM, June
2007 Santa Fe Modern, Santa Fe, December
2007 Salon Mar Graff, Tesuque, NM, September
2006 Plus Gallery, Denver, CO, July/August
2006 Salon Mar Graff "Respond", Tesuque, NM, July
2006 Marriot Hotel downtown Denver "Look at Me Now", Denver, CO, May
2005 Bridge Center for Contemporary Art - "RimScape", El Paso TX, October
2005 New Mexico State University Art Gallery, "Regional Invitational", Las Cruces NM, June-July
2004 THE LAND/an art site - "Death in two parts", Invitational Annual exhibition, Mountainair NM, October
2004 The Albuquerque Museum - "Albuquerque Contemporary 2004", Juried exhibition, Albuquerque NM, July, Juried by Gronk
2004 SCA Gallery"Pleasurework", Pomona CA, April
2003 fort 508 "Pleasurework", Albuquerque NM, April
2002 The Harwood Art Center - "le fin d'annee scholaire", Juried show, Albuquerque NM, March
2002 John Sommers Gallery - "D.H.Lawrence Summer Workshop", Albuquerque NM, September
2002 "Space Until Dark: Perceptual-Philosophical-Organization of Space", Albuquerque NM, May
2001 Magnifico Artspace "Hanger 18: Kite Transformations", Albuquerque NM, December
2001 Jonson Gallery "New Graduate Student Exhibition", Albuquerque NM, September
2001 Emmanuel Gallery "Creme de L'Auraria", Denver CO, July
2001 Fresh Art Gallery "Words", Denver CO, March
2001 Emmanuel Gallery "UCD Student Exhibition", Denver CO, February
2000 Ground For Sculpture, "Fall/Winter 2000/2001 Exhibition", Hamilton NJ, July
2000 CHAC Gallery "Wallpaper", Denver CO, January
AWARDS
2018 Equal Justice Residency, Santa Fe Art Institute, NM, March/April
2005 Jentel Artist Residency Fellowship, Banner WY, Feb/Mar
2004 Juror's Choice Award - Albuquerque Contemporary 2004, Albuquerque, NM, July
2000 International Sculpture Center 2000 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, Hamilton, NJ, July
GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS
2017 Fulcrum Fund (as a core member of Confluence Collective), 516 Arts in partnership with the Andy Warhol Foundation, August
2012 Creative Capital Workshops, January
2008 Land Art Project, 516 Arts, December
2004 Graduate Research Development Grant, University of New Mexico, February
2003 Student Research Allocations Committee Grant, University of New Mexico, December
2003 Graduate Fellowship, University of New Mexico, September
2002 Graduate Fellowship, University of New Mexico, January
2001 Graduate Fellowship, University of New Mexico, September
2000 Kelly Travel Scholarship, University of Colorado at Denver, September
2000 Formosa Fund Scholarship, University of Colorado at Denver, September
2000 Kelly Travel Scholarship, University of Colorado at Denver, May
2000 Dean's Fellowship, University of Colorado at Denver, February.
1999 Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Grant, University of Colorado at Denver, November
1998 Colorado Scholars Award, Metropolitan State College, January
1997 Colorado Scholars Award, Metropolitan State College, September
SELECTED REVIEWS
2017 Wesley Pulkka, "Exhibit brings together four local artists in cohesive works" Albuquerque Journal, Life secion, June 25
2017 Ann Landi, "Vasari21" http://us12.campaign-archive1.com/? u=1e7c90506c4e06f6503c74a46&id=6ab99b7bd2&e=da1d2b2cb5,
December 20, 2016
2013 Lauren Tresp, "Coherent Light", THE magazine p54, vol.XXI No. III, Santa Fe, NM, September
2011 Hank Hoffman, "An Environment for Creating Art", Connecticut Art Scene,
http://ctartscene.blogspot.com/2011/09/environment-for-creating-art.html, September
2011 Jon Carver, "Mayumi Nishida: Luminous", Art Ltd., Woodland Hills, CA, May/June
2011 Alex Ross, "Mayumi Nishida" Visual Art Source, www.visualartsource.com/index.php?page=editorial&pcID=17&aID=801, March
2011 Rani Molla, "Little Light of Mine" Reporter p28, vol.38, issue 9, March 2-8, 2011, Santa Fe, NM, March
2009 Diane Armitage,"Steve Peters:The Very Rich Hours Equation: A Balanced State? And Second Side Works in Progress",
THE magazine, vol.XVII No. III, Santa Fe, NM, October
2006 Alex Ross, "Salon Mar Graff", THE magazine, p67, vol. XIV No. V, Santa Fe, NM, December/January
2005 Jon Carver, "Recent Work: Mayumi Nishida and Robert Fry", THE magazine, p48 vol. XII, No. X, Santa Fe, NM, June
2004 Diane Armitage, "Death in Two Parts", THE magazine, p.53 vol. XII No. V, Santa Fe, NM, December
2004 Steven Robert Allen, "Gronk! Gronk!", Alibi p21, vol.13 No.32/August 5-11, Albuquerque, NM, August.
2004 Jennifer Cho, "Exploring the divine mysteries of female desires", The LA Daily News May 8, Los Angeles, CA, May
2003 Carol Cheh, "Reviews", Art Papers Magazine p48, July/August, Atlanta, GA, July
2002 Nikita Storm, "Reviews", Art Papers Magazine p48, vol. 26.5 September/October, Atlanta, GA, September
2000 International Sculpture Center Website - Award section (www.sculpture.org), October
2000 ISC Student Award, Sculpture Magazine p40 vol. 19 No. 8/October, Hamilton, NJ, October
2000 Suzzane Furberg, "Sculptor carving out a niche", Denver Free Press p15 vol. XVIII Issue 7 September 19, Denver, CO,
September
CATALOG/PUBLICATION
2017 "Andy Warhol Fulcrum Fund" 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
2010 "LAND/ART New Mexico" Santa Fe: Radius Books
2004 THE LAND/an art site, "Death in two parts" 5th Annual Invitational Exhibition, October
2004 15th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Albuquerque Contemporary 2004, July
2000 Fall/Winter 2000/2001 Grounds for Sculpture, October
LECTURE
2018 SFAI 140, Santa Fe, NM, July
2018 Santa Fe Art Institute, Chaco Circle by Confluence Collective, Santa Fe NM
2018 Santa Fe Art Institute, Artist Talk (a part of Confluence Collective), Santa Fe NM
2006 University of Louisville, KY, October
2005 Pennsylvania State University, Altoona, PA, November
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
"LAND, WATER, CHACO: Community Story Circle Gathering", Santa Fe Art Institute, 2018
"High UV" a group show (12 artists) THE LAND/an art site, Mountainair NM, July, 2005
MEMBERSHIP
Land/Art site Inc. Board member
TRAVEL
Australia, Canada, China, Cuba, England, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, The Philippines, Scotland, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, 35 states in US