CV
MONICA WAPAHA CV
EDUCATION
2019 Master of Fine Arts, Printmaking- Arizona State University, Herberger Institute for Design and Arts, Tempe AZ
2013 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting- Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2011 Associate of Fine Arts, Painting- Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018-2019 2D Design Art Instructor of Record, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Course taught: 2D Design
2018 Advanced Lithography Instructor, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Course taught: One month of Advanced Lithography
2018 Lecturer, Contemporary Theory, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Course taught: Art & Activism- Indigenous Activism
2017-2018 Color Theory Art Instructor of Record, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Course taught: Color Theory Art
2017 Lecturer, Art & Experimental Practices, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Course taught: Indigenous Muralists & Graffiti Artists
2016 Instructor, Youth Summer Farm Camp, Whiteriver, AZ
Course taught: Art on Paper
2016 Instructor, White Mountain Apache Tribes Men’s Health & Wellness Conference, Honda, AZ
Course taught: Contemporary Art and Techniques of Pyrography
2016 Instructor, Community Health Representatives Diabetes Summer Kids Camp, Whiteriver, AZ
Courses Taught: Dental Hygiene and Dental Care
2015 Instructor, Arrowhead Business Group, John Hopkins University, Show Low, AZ
Taught: Indigenous Art History- Contemporary Apache Artists
EXHIBITIONS
2019 The Vanishing Race, MFA exhibition Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
2018 The Maze, Solo Exhibition, Xico Inc Phoenix AZ
2018 A Little Bit of Monica… Solo Exhibition, Songbird Cafe, Phoenix, AZ
2018 Ndee Matriarch, Land [Muse]um: Artifacts & Inquiry, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2018 Identity, SWAIA Indian Market: EDGE Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2018 Fine Fire, Summer Art, Poeh Culture Center, Santa Fe, NM
2018 Home, TAG Pop up show, Phoenix AZ
2017 America’s Most Wanted, Arizona State Fair Fine Art Show, Phoenix, AZ
2017 Map(ing) Working Proof V, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
2016 He Left, Group Graduate Art show, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2016 Art is Dead, 50 Artist, The Hive Phoenix, AZ
2016 I the Monster, Monsters, Phoenix, AZ
2015 The Fox, IFAM Pop-up Art Show Phoenix, AZ
2014 Rampant, IFAM Winter Market Albuquerque, NM
2014 The Street Chief, IFAM: Indigenous Fine Art Market, Santa Fe, NM
2013 The Superhero, Arizona State Fair Fine Art Show, Phoenix, AZ
2013 The Indian Maiden In Me, Senior BFA Show, Institute of American Indian Arts Santa Fe NM
2012 My love, Our Lady of Conquering Love, Art in the Raw, Santa Fe NM
2012 Cell, Sculpture Art Show, Institute of American Indian Arts Santa Fe, NM
2012 The Creation Story, No Borders II Art Show, Lucky Bean Café Santa Fe, NM
DEMOS AND WORKSHOPS
2018 Instructor, Process Color Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Workshop taught: CMYK Silkscreen Processes
2018 Instructor, Web Design, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Workshop: Web Site Building for Artists
2016 Instructor, WMAT Men’s Health & Wellness Conference, Honda, AZ
Workshop taught: Pyrography- Wood Burning
2015 Instructor, All the Single Ladies, WMAT Women’s Health & Wellness Conference, Honda, AZ
Workshop taught: Women’s Self-motivation and Determination
2015 Instructor, Skate board Presentation, Arrowhead Business Group, Show Low, AZ
Workshop: Creating Skateboard Art
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019 Motion – Variations, Mural Project Lead Collaborator, School of Art, Herberger Institute for Design and Arts
State University, Tempe AZ
2019 Honor Our Matriarch- Native Nations Project Mural Coordinator/ Artist, Native Nations, Corner Stone Projects, Arizona
State University, Phoenix AZ
2019 Graphics Consultant, Cultural Heritage Crime & Forensic Sedimentology, Landscape and Site Preservation Program:
Archaeology Southwest, Fort Apache, AZ
2018 Panelist: Contemporary Indigenous Art, SGCI 2018 ALTERED LANDSCAPES, Landscape and Embedded Native and Indigenous
Identity, Las Vegas, NV
2017 Map(ing), Printing Assistant & Collaborator Artist Rory Wakemup, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2017 Barrio Café Mural, Calle Mural- Yahoo.com Web Project
2016 Paint Phx Mural- Let’s Get Free at Bentley Projects assisted artist Douglas Miles Sr.
2016 Panelist: The Department of Arts and Culture People’s State of the Union project, Arizona Humanities, Phoenix, AZ
2016 Sunrise- Mural Project Coordinator/ Set Designer/Artist, White Mountain Apache Tribe Division of Health Programs: Community
Health Rep, Whiteriver, AZ
2015 Graphics Consultant, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Color Book, White Mountain Apache Tribe Division of Health Programs:
Health Education, Whiteriver, AZ
2015 Coordinator, Men’s Health & Wellness Conference, Women’s Health & Wellness Conference, White Mountain Apache Tribe
Division of Health Programs, Whiteriver, AZ
2014 Research Assistant and Educator, Family Spirit, Arrowhead Business Group Johns Hopkins University, Whiteriver, AZ
HONORS AND AWARDS
2018 School of Art, Special Talent Award, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2018 The Johnson Carter Scholarship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2018 WMAT Scholarship, Whiteriver, AZ
2016 Arizona Graduate Scholar Award, Tempe, AZ
2014 American Indian College Fund, Santa Fe, NM
LECTURES
2018 Lecturer, Art and Activism: Indigneous Activism, Contemporary Theory, Tempe, AZ
2017 Lecturer, Indigenous Muralists & Graffiti Artists, Art & Experimental Practices, Tempe, AZ
2015 Guest Lecturer and Artist: All the Single Ladies, Women's Health & Wellness Conference, Hondah, AZ
2014 Guest Lecturer and Artist: Contemporary Apache Artists, JHU Arrowhead Business Group, Show Low, AZ
2013 Guest Lecturer and Artist, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM