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ADA MEDINA

EDUCATION
1974	MFA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1973	MA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1972	BFA, Layton School of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
2000	Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, $15,000
1987	National Endowment for the Arts / Individual Artist’s Fellowship in Drawing, $15,000
1987	Faculty Development Grant, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, $2,800
1983	Awards in the Visual Arts 2 (Fellowship funded by the NEA, Rockefeller Foundation, and Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States) $15,000
1982	Faculty Research Grant, Drake University, Des Moines, IA
1981	Jerome Foundation Grant, Minneapolis, MN
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002	van de Griff|Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (Limina: mixed media forms)
2001	van de Griff|Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (Mixed media constructions)
1997	Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX (Paintings)
1989	Janus Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (Paintings and drawings)
1985	Olson-Larson Gallery, Des Moines, IA (Drawings)
1982	Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL (Drawings)
1982	Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA (Drawings)
1982	W.A.R.M. Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (Drawings)
1979	Drake University, Des Moines, IA (Drawings)
1976	Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (Photography)
1973	Gallery 2111, Milwaukee, WI (Drawings)
MUSEUM GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003	Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM, THE SHOW (Southwest Juried Exhibition)
2002	National Hispanic Cultural Center's Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM, Ahora: New Mexican Hispanic Art
1990	Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM, Southwest ‘90 (Award of Merit)
1990	University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA, The Louise Noun Collection
1988	Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D. C., Contemporary Pastel Drawings
1987	Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, NY, Connections Project / Conexus (Project traveled within the U.S. and Brazil)
1987	Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL, Drawing: The New Tradition
1984	Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA, Atlanta Gallery Association Benefit Exhibition
1983	Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, Awards in the Visual Arts 2
1983	Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC, AVA 2
1983	DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, AVA 2
1983	Art Institute of Boston, Gallery East, Boston, MA, Works on Paper
1982	Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, 34th Iowa Artists Annual
1980	Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA, Iowa Drawing Invitational
1978	Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Downtown Center, San Francisco, CA, The Downtown Dog Show
1976	Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, 46th Annual Exhibition (Purchase Award)
1975	Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, 45th Annual Exhibition
1974	Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, 13th Midwest Biennial (Purchase Award)
OTHER SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004	Instant Tracks, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003	van de Griff|Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, PAPIER - drawings / work on paper
2000	New Mexico State Capitol, Santa Fe, NM, Arte x Diez
1997	West Manhattan Artspace, Santa Fe, NM, New Works
1997	Theatrework, Santa Fe, NM, Four Artists
1996	Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM, Up and Running
1992	Castillo Cultural Center, New York, NY, Artists Discover Columbus
1987	Carnegie Mellon University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, Drawings From the Eighties
1986	Zeus-Trabia Gallery, New York, NY, In Homage to Ana Mendieta
1986	Foxley / Leach Gallery, Washington, D.C., Gallery Invitational
1985	A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY, A.I.R. Gallery Invitational
1984	Gallery Two Nine One, Atlanta, GA, Unique Works on Paper
1984	Equitable Gallery, Equitable Bldg., New York, NY, Selections from AVA 2
1984	Drake University Art Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa, Eight in Art/Iowa
1981	Olson-Larson Gallery, Des Moines, IA, 10 Artists
1981	Zaner Gallery, Rochester, NY, Small Works National ‘81
1979	University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, Paperworks
1978	Chautauqua Galleries, Chautauqua, NY, 21st Chautauqua Exhibition of American Art
1977	John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, Beauty of the Beast
1977	Park Center Gallery, Springfield, MO, Drawing Invitational
1976	The Rising Co., St. Louis, MO, New Directions in Drawing and Painting
1974	Mt. Mary College, Milwaukee, WI, Six Artists
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, New York, NY
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Northwestern Bell, Des Moines, IA
University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, IA
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
SELECTED CATALOGUES
The Artist’s Studio/NM by Dana Newman and Jack Parson, New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts Press (2005 Release)
Artists of the Southwest, ed. Douglas Bullis, Schiffer Publishing (2005 Release)
Turner, David, ed. Southwest ’90. (Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico, 1990) (catalogue), p. 36.
Conklin, Jo-Ann, ed. The Louise Noun Collection. (Iowa City, IA: The University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1990) (catalogue), pp. 62, 63.
Caravalho, Josely and Moore, Sabra. eds. Connections Project/Conexus. (New York, NY: Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, 1987) (catalogue), p. unnumbered.
Rowe, Jessica M., ed. 1986 Drake University: Art Faculty Exhibition. (Fort Dodge, IA: Blanden Memorial Art Museum, 1986) (catalogue), p. 9.
Hansley, Lee, ed. Contemporary Art Acquisitions 1980-1983. (New York, NY: Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, 1984) (catalogue), pp. 36, 59, 60.
Neff, Terry Ann R., ed. Awards in the Visual Arts 2. (Chicago, IL: Museum of Contemporary Art and Winston-Salem, NC: Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, 1983) (catalogue), pp. 51-57.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Fischer, Zane. “Critical Reflections – The Show: Southwest Juried Exhibition,” THE magazine, July 2003, p. 61.
Laget, Mokha, "Critical Reflections - Limina," THE magazine, September 2002, p. 55
Cross, Guy, ed. “The Universe of Ada Medina,” THE magazine, June 2001, pp.12-13.
Armitage, Diane, “Critical Reflections – Arte x Diez,” THE magazine, September 2000, p. 61.
Lippard, Lucy R. The Lure of the Local. (New York, NY: The New Press, 1997), p. 257.
Vélez, Diana L., trs. and ed. Reclaiming Medusa, 2d ed. (San Francisco, CA: Aunt Lute Foundation Books, 1997) (cover art).
Leccese, Michael. “Visionaries,” Landscape Architecture Magazine, December 1995, pp. 52-53, 56.
Armitage, Diane. “Critical Reflections - The Open Studio,” The magazine, January 1997, p. 63.
Balsamo, Dean. “Ada Medina: An Ongoing Aesthetic History,” Santa Fe New Mexican Pasatiempo, April 21, 1995, p. 21.
Berrow, Debi, et. al., eds. Florilegia: A Retrospective of CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, 1976-1986. (Corvallis, OR: CALYX Books, 1987) (anthology), pp. 17, 18.
Nusbaum, Eliot. “Medina exhibits control of art medium,” Des Moines Register, February 22, 1985.
Cochran, Jo, et. al., eds. Bearing Witness: Sobreviviendo, An Anthology of Native American / Latina Art and Literature. (Corvallis, OR: CALYX, Spring 1984), Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 43-46.
PUBLICATIONS
Medina, Ada. “The Artist on Process and Ethics,” in conversation with guest editor, Chris Cuomo, four art reproductions included, Special Issue on Art, Ethics & the Environment. (Bloomington, IN: Indiana Press, Spring 2003), Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 3-21.
Medina, Ada. Artist's Statement. See "The Universe of," THE magazine, Santa Fe, NM, June 2001, pp. 12-13.
“ ‘Surrender Haughty West!’ - Sor Juana Inéz de la Cruz.” Essay in playbill for Guillermo Gómez Peña’s performance of “New World (B)order,” Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 1994.
“Saying Farewell to Ana.” Florilegia: A Retrospective of CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, 1976-1986. Corvallis, OR: (CALYX Books, 1987) (essay in anthology), pp. 237-240.
VIDEO DOCUMENTARY
AVA 2 (Interviews with fellowship recipients of Awards in the Visual Arts 2, 1983)
COLLABORATION
Co-creator of “Curandera’s Garden: Sur y Norte,” a project conceived in response to Landscape Architecture Magazine’s national call for visionary and unbuilt landscape proposals. Artist collaboration with Santa Fe landscape architect, Edith Katz. Of eighty-two entries, this was one of the five projects selected for publication in the magazine’s December 1995 issue.
ARTIST - IN - RESIDENCIES AND ARTIST LECTURES
1998	University of New Mexico at Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, lecture
1994	College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, lecture
1989	Museum of Fine Arts, St. Francis Auditorium, Santa Fe, NM, lecture
1986	Djerassi Foundation Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA, residency
1978	Yaddo Artist’s Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY, residency
1977	Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA (Was offered residency but chose another opportunity.)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor (Visiting), University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 1998
Professor, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 1989-96
Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 1986-89
Associate Professor, Drake University, Des Moines, IA, 1977-86 (Tenured 1982)
Instructor, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 1975-77
Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1972-74