Education
University of Washington Tacoma- Tacoma, WA
B.A. Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences: Arts, Media, and Culture (High Honors)
Exhibitions
2023 LoCA Featured Artist, Fresh Flours, Seattle, WA
2022 iJusticia!: Social Justice, Nepantla Cultural Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
A Clearer View: The Last Days of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, Seattle Municipal Tower, Seattle, WA
A Clearer View: The Last Days of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, Arts at King Street Station, Seattle, WA
Indigenous Artists of the Americas, City of Seattle's Civic Art Collection
Central Waterfront Alaskan Way Viaduct Photography Purchase, City of Seattle's Civic Art Collection
2021 Modern Margins: An Exploration on Gender, Alma Mater, Tacoma, WA
Submergence: Going Below the Surface with Orca and Salmon, Jack Straw New Media Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020 Body Outline, Body Image and Art, University of Washington, Tacoma, WA
2019 Art at Work Studio Tours, Tacoma, WA
Yəhaw̓ Show, Arts at King Street Station, Seattle, WA
2018 Art at Work Studio Tours, Tacoma, WA
Paper Trails, Kings Books, Tacoma, WA
2017 Art at Work Studio Tours, Tacoma, WA
Roots: Connecting with Mother Earth, Chief Leschi High School, Puyallup, WA
2016 Paper Trails, Kings Books, Tacoma, WA
Featured artist, South Sound Sustainability Expo, Tacoma, WA
2015 West Seattle Bee Festival, Seattle, WA
Blue Poppy Day, Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, Federal Way, WA
2014 Art at Work Studio Tours, Tacoma, WA
Spring for Housing, Shared Housing Services of Tacoma, WA
2013 Art at Work Studio Tours, Tacoma, WA
2012 Artist of the Month, Tacoma City Grocer, Tacoma, WA
2011 Invitational, Brick House Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Third Thursday Artwalk, Sanford and Son, Tacoma, WA
Featured artist, 253 Collective, Tacoma, WA
2010 Featured artist, Greenspot Tea House and Art Gallery, University Place, WA
Featured Artist, Cutter's Point Coffee, Tacoma, WA
Naked, Brick House Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Awards and Honors
2023 Partnership with Northwest Artists Against Extinction
2022 Featured image curator on hitRECord.org
2020 Guest artist on hitRECord's Live Labs with Joseph Gordon-Levitt at Sundance Film Festival
Emmy award in Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media in the category of Social TV Experience (hitRECord x YouTube Original "Create Together")
Featured image curator on hitRECord.org
2019 Selected artwork chosen for video game Beyond Good and Evil 2
Featured image curator on hitRECord.org
2016 Art chosen by hitRECord/National Park Foundation for Find Your Park Apparel
Guest curator The Lens Project on hitRECord.org
2015 Finalist for the Wildlife Conservation Society's 2016 calendar
2013 Winner of Tacoma Art Museum's 253 Street Art Contest inspired by Eric Carle
2010 Nominee and finalist for Proctor Arts Fest Juried Art Show
2009 Certificate of High Scholarship, University of Washington Tacoma
UW Global Opportunities Scholarship recipient, University of Washington
Certificate of Appreciation for volunteer work with Disability Support Services, University of Washington Tacoma
Attendee of Marshall Islands Exploration Seminar on climate change, University of Washington
Publications
Miller, Madison. “The List". South Sound Magazine. March/April 2022
Gordon-Levitt, Joseph. “Create Together Season 2”, hitRECord/YouTube, 2021
“Deb Abrahamson & Twa le Abrahamson Swan at Indigenous Peoples' Day." Thriving Peoples. Thriving Places.
Chatwin Books. Viral Murals: Seattle artists, storefront murals, and the power of art during crisis. Chatwin Books, 2021.
"Before They're Gone”. The Art of Breaking Up. hitRECord.org. New York: Harper Collins, 2020.
"A Life Dream”. The Art of Breaking Up. hitRECord.org. New York: Harper Collins, 2020.
Sillman, Marcie. “Elk and the Big Dipper." Indigenous artists lift the sky at a new Seattle gallery. KUOW. 21 March 2019
“Supermoon Mandala”. Yəhaw̓ Zine. Indigenous Showcase. Seattle: Paper Press Punch, 2019
Raebyne, Melinda. "Our Voices Matter." Shui Productions, 2019
“Urban Brick Wall”. Beyond Good and Evil 2 (video game). Ubisoft, 2019
“Ganesha Line Drawing”. Beyond Good and Evil 2 (video game). Ubisoft, 2019
“Stone Wall”. Beyond Good and Evil 2 (video game). Ubisoft, 2019
Nauman, Talli. “Record number of Indian women running for office.” Native Sun News Today, 4 April 2018
Nagle, Matt. “Puyallup Tribe asks gov. Jay Inslee to stop construction of LNG plant.” Puyallup Tribal News, 8 Feb. 2018
“Puyallup tribal members want justice for the police killing of Jackie Salyers”. Bound (music video). Champagne Sunday, 2017
“Frozen Water". The Patterns Book. hitRECord, 2016
“Sea Star at Low Tide". Ocean Conservancy 2016 Calendar. Ocean Conservancy, 2016
“Blue Mouse Theater”. Move to Tacoma Holiday Gift Guide. Move to Tacoma, 19 Nov. 2016
Vogt, Anneli. “Methanol plant meeting draws hundreds in Tacoma.” Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber, 26 Jan. 2016
“Promo”. HitRECord on TV Season 2. hitRECord, June 2015
Gordon-Levitt, Joseph. “hitRECord on TV Season 2", hitRECord/Pivot, 2015
“Traditional Marshallese Outrigger", Global Opportunities Scholarship postcard. University of Washington, 2010
“Feeding Time”, Tahoma West Volume 13, Spring 2009
“Teen Angst”, Tahoma West Volume 13, Spring 2009
“Lavender Lady”, Tahoma West Volume 12, Spring 2008
Professional Experience
2020 Emergency Micro-Shelter Photography
(First Christian Church and City of Tacoma)
“For Sale” on-set photographer
(commissioned by Shui Productions)
Theater/crowd liaison- Sundance Film Festival
2019 House 11 Taproom Grand Opening Photography
(commissioned by Peninsula Pies)
Live band photography
(commissioned by Ben Hunter and Joe Seamons)
Trunks Up Microsoft Fundraiser
(commissioned by Trunks Up USA/Save Elephant Foundation)
Carbon Leaf at the Triple Door
(Carbon Leaf)
Peninsula Pies Restaurant Shoot
(commissioned by Peninsula Pies)
Alaskan Way Viaduct Archives Photography Project
(commissioned by City of Seattle’s Office of Arts and Culture and Department of Transportation)
Art Slam Slide
(commissioned by Arts Bridging Communities)
Stories of Us: Camp Second Chance world premiere at SIFF
(commissioned by Shui Productions)
2018 Memorial for Tahlequah/ Justice for Southern Resident Orcas
(commissioned by Endangered Species Coalition)
Steh-Chass Estuary Forum
(commissioned by Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team)
Logo Design
(commissioned by Shui Productions)
Volunteer/photographer- Elephant Nature Park
2017 Climate Justice Symposium, speaker and photographer
(commissioned by Native Programs at The Evergreen State College
Co-editor/co-producer of Women’s March Mini-Doc
(commissioned by hitRECord and Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
2016 Find Your Park Centennial campaign apparel design
(commissioned by the National Park Foundation, hitRECord, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
2015 hitRECord on TV Season 2 Premiere/Community Band
(commissioned by hitRECord and Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
University of Washington Tacoma- Tacoma, WA
B.A. Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences: Arts, Media, and Culture (High Honors)
Exhibitions
2023 LoCA Featured Artist, Fresh Flours, Seattle, WA
2022 iJusticia!: Social Justice, Nepantla Cultural Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
A Clearer View: The Last Days of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, Seattle Municipal Tower, Seattle, WA
A Clearer View: The Last Days of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, Arts at King Street Station, Seattle, WA
Indigenous Artists of the Americas, City of Seattle's Civic Art Collection
Central Waterfront Alaskan Way Viaduct Photography Purchase, City of Seattle's Civic Art Collection
2021 Modern Margins: An Exploration on Gender, Alma Mater, Tacoma, WA
Submergence: Going Below the Surface with Orca and Salmon, Jack Straw New Media Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020 Body Outline, Body Image and Art, University of Washington, Tacoma, WA
2019 Art at Work Studio Tours, Tacoma, WA
Yəhaw̓ Show, Arts at King Street Station, Seattle, WA
2018 Art at Work Studio Tours, Tacoma, WA
Paper Trails, Kings Books, Tacoma, WA
2017 Art at Work Studio Tours, Tacoma, WA
Roots: Connecting with Mother Earth, Chief Leschi High School, Puyallup, WA
2016 Paper Trails, Kings Books, Tacoma, WA
Featured artist, South Sound Sustainability Expo, Tacoma, WA
2015 West Seattle Bee Festival, Seattle, WA
Blue Poppy Day, Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, Federal Way, WA
2014 Art at Work Studio Tours, Tacoma, WA
Spring for Housing, Shared Housing Services of Tacoma, WA
2013 Art at Work Studio Tours, Tacoma, WA
2012 Artist of the Month, Tacoma City Grocer, Tacoma, WA
2011 Invitational, Brick House Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Third Thursday Artwalk, Sanford and Son, Tacoma, WA
Featured artist, 253 Collective, Tacoma, WA
2010 Featured artist, Greenspot Tea House and Art Gallery, University Place, WA
Featured Artist, Cutter's Point Coffee, Tacoma, WA
Naked, Brick House Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Awards and Honors
2023 Partnership with Northwest Artists Against Extinction
2022 Featured image curator on hitRECord.org
2020 Guest artist on hitRECord's Live Labs with Joseph Gordon-Levitt at Sundance Film Festival
Emmy award in Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media in the category of Social TV Experience (hitRECord x YouTube Original "Create Together")
Featured image curator on hitRECord.org
2019 Selected artwork chosen for video game Beyond Good and Evil 2
Featured image curator on hitRECord.org
2016 Art chosen by hitRECord/National Park Foundation for Find Your Park Apparel
Guest curator The Lens Project on hitRECord.org
2015 Finalist for the Wildlife Conservation Society's 2016 calendar
2013 Winner of Tacoma Art Museum's 253 Street Art Contest inspired by Eric Carle
2010 Nominee and finalist for Proctor Arts Fest Juried Art Show
2009 Certificate of High Scholarship, University of Washington Tacoma
UW Global Opportunities Scholarship recipient, University of Washington
Certificate of Appreciation for volunteer work with Disability Support Services, University of Washington Tacoma
Attendee of Marshall Islands Exploration Seminar on climate change, University of Washington
Publications
Miller, Madison. “The List". South Sound Magazine. March/April 2022
Gordon-Levitt, Joseph. “Create Together Season 2”, hitRECord/YouTube, 2021
“Deb Abrahamson & Twa le Abrahamson Swan at Indigenous Peoples' Day." Thriving Peoples. Thriving Places.
Chatwin Books. Viral Murals: Seattle artists, storefront murals, and the power of art during crisis. Chatwin Books, 2021.
"Before They're Gone”. The Art of Breaking Up. hitRECord.org. New York: Harper Collins, 2020.
"A Life Dream”. The Art of Breaking Up. hitRECord.org. New York: Harper Collins, 2020.
Sillman, Marcie. “Elk and the Big Dipper." Indigenous artists lift the sky at a new Seattle gallery. KUOW. 21 March 2019
“Supermoon Mandala”. Yəhaw̓ Zine. Indigenous Showcase. Seattle: Paper Press Punch, 2019
Raebyne, Melinda. "Our Voices Matter." Shui Productions, 2019
“Urban Brick Wall”. Beyond Good and Evil 2 (video game). Ubisoft, 2019
“Ganesha Line Drawing”. Beyond Good and Evil 2 (video game). Ubisoft, 2019
“Stone Wall”. Beyond Good and Evil 2 (video game). Ubisoft, 2019
Nauman, Talli. “Record number of Indian women running for office.” Native Sun News Today, 4 April 2018
Nagle, Matt. “Puyallup Tribe asks gov. Jay Inslee to stop construction of LNG plant.” Puyallup Tribal News, 8 Feb. 2018
“Puyallup tribal members want justice for the police killing of Jackie Salyers”. Bound (music video). Champagne Sunday, 2017
“Frozen Water". The Patterns Book. hitRECord, 2016
“Sea Star at Low Tide". Ocean Conservancy 2016 Calendar. Ocean Conservancy, 2016
“Blue Mouse Theater”. Move to Tacoma Holiday Gift Guide. Move to Tacoma, 19 Nov. 2016
Vogt, Anneli. “Methanol plant meeting draws hundreds in Tacoma.” Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber, 26 Jan. 2016
“Promo”. HitRECord on TV Season 2. hitRECord, June 2015
Gordon-Levitt, Joseph. “hitRECord on TV Season 2", hitRECord/Pivot, 2015
“Traditional Marshallese Outrigger", Global Opportunities Scholarship postcard. University of Washington, 2010
“Feeding Time”, Tahoma West Volume 13, Spring 2009
“Teen Angst”, Tahoma West Volume 13, Spring 2009
“Lavender Lady”, Tahoma West Volume 12, Spring 2008
Professional Experience
2020 Emergency Micro-Shelter Photography
(First Christian Church and City of Tacoma)
“For Sale” on-set photographer
(commissioned by Shui Productions)
Theater/crowd liaison- Sundance Film Festival
2019 House 11 Taproom Grand Opening Photography
(commissioned by Peninsula Pies)
Live band photography
(commissioned by Ben Hunter and Joe Seamons)
Trunks Up Microsoft Fundraiser
(commissioned by Trunks Up USA/Save Elephant Foundation)
Carbon Leaf at the Triple Door
(Carbon Leaf)
Peninsula Pies Restaurant Shoot
(commissioned by Peninsula Pies)
Alaskan Way Viaduct Archives Photography Project
(commissioned by City of Seattle’s Office of Arts and Culture and Department of Transportation)
Art Slam Slide
(commissioned by Arts Bridging Communities)
Stories of Us: Camp Second Chance world premiere at SIFF
(commissioned by Shui Productions)
2018 Memorial for Tahlequah/ Justice for Southern Resident Orcas
(commissioned by Endangered Species Coalition)
Steh-Chass Estuary Forum
(commissioned by Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team)
Logo Design
(commissioned by Shui Productions)
Volunteer/photographer- Elephant Nature Park
2017 Climate Justice Symposium, speaker and photographer
(commissioned by Native Programs at The Evergreen State College
Co-editor/co-producer of Women’s March Mini-Doc
(commissioned by hitRECord and Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
2016 Find Your Park Centennial campaign apparel design
(commissioned by the National Park Foundation, hitRECord, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
2015 hitRECord on TV Season 2 Premiere/Community Band
(commissioned by hitRECord and Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
