Keri Ataumbi
Born: Lander, WY
Resides: Santa Fe, NM
Tribal Affiliation: Kiowa
Group Exhibitions
2007 “Contemporary Indian Market Show” Chiaroscuro, Santa Fe, NM
“Young Jewelers” Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
“Expanded Perception” Quintana Gallery, Portland OR
2006 “Contemporary Indian Market Show” Addison Arts, Santa Fe, NM
“Native Pop” Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
“Erotic Show” IAIA, Santa Fe, NM
“Humor Without Reservation” Tribes Gallery, Norman, OK
2005 “Contemporary Indian Market Show” Addison Arts, Santa Fe, NM
“Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation II”, Museum of Arts and
Design, New York, NY, show to travel internationally
“Holiday Show” Addison Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2002 “Winter Camp”, Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, OK
“Biophilia”, State capital building, Santa Fe, NM
“New Mexico Women”, Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM
2000 “Winter Camp”, Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, OK
“Revisiting Abstraction”, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
“Mosaic: Culture and Identity in America”, Hampton Museum,
Hampton, VA
“Group Exhibition”, Center for the Visual Arts, Metropolitan State
College, Denver, CO
1998 “Nourishing Hear Creative Hand”, Hampton Museum, Hampton, VA
“Ida y Vuelta”, Musee de Beaux-Arts Denys-Peuch, Rodez, France
1997 “State of the Nation”, Plan B, Santa Fe, NM
“State of the Question”, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
“Contemporary Native American Innovations in Abstraction”, Museum
of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, NM
“Toi Maori Aotearoa-Maori Arts Festival”, Rotorua, New Zealand
“We are Many, Many, Many, We are One”, Traveling Exhibition, Curated
by Jaune Quick To See Smith
Solo Exhibits
2007 “Supplication Series” Chiaroscuro, Santa Fe, NM
2006 “Birds and Bees” IAIA, Santa Fe, NM
2003 “Breath”, Blue Rain Gallery, Taos, NM
2002 “Stony Road”, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2001 “Recent Paintings”, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
“One Woman”, Faust Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2000 “Sainday was coming along…”, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
1999 “Robe Series”, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
“Recent Work”, Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1997 “I’ve been called Pocahontas twice this month”, Guadalupe Fine Art,
Santa Fe, NM
Galleries
Chiaroscuro Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Quintana Gallery, Portland OR
Jewelry Only Galleries
Shiprock, Santa Fe, NM
Institute Of American Indian Arts Museum Shop, Santa Fe, NM
Heard Museum Shop, Phoenix, AZ
Museum of Fine Art Shop, Santa Fe, NM
National Museum of American Indian, Washington D.C.
Santa Fe Indian Market, Annually the third weekend of August
Heard Indian Market, Annually the first weekend of March
Museum Of Indian Arts and Culture Spring Market,
Annually the last weekend of May
Collections
Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
Numerous Private Collections
Education
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, Graduate Studies in
Metalsmithing, 2004 - Present
College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, Bachelor of Fine Arts – Painting, Minor
in Art History, 2003
Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 1994 - 1996
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 1990 – 1991
Professional Experience
Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM, Jewelry and Small
Metals Instructor, 2004 – 2005
Substitute Teacher for Jewelry, Casting, and Traditional Arts, Santa Fe,
NM, 2003 - Present