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 2026 Collective Glass, SFCC Dean's Gallery, Santa fe, NM March/April 2025 Sculpture Exhibition, Balzer Gallery, Santa fe, NM September/Octoer 2025 IAIA, SFCC Faculty Exhibition, SFCC Visual Arts Gallery, Santa fe, NM September/October 2025 WOMXN, Revolt Gallery, Taos, NM March/April 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. 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