Biograph/Statement/CV
Hoka Skenandore
B. 1982, Santa Fe, NM
Education
2020 MFA, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2006 BFA, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2004 AFA, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Professional Experience
2023-2024 Assistant Professor, Institute of American Indian Arts
Representation
Exhibit C, Oklahoma City, OK
Exhibitions As Curator
2020 -The Four Elements, Hoka Skenandore, Garett Morgan & Ashley Morrison, Resonator Institute, Norman, OK
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024- Stellar Regions, Racing Magpie, Rapid City, SD
2023- Love & Guts, La Chancla DIY, Albuquerque, NM
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Convergence x Crossroads: Street Art from The Southwest, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
Marking: Indigenous Narrative, ARTSPACE at Untitled, Oklahoma City, OK
2023
Outta Sight - Street Art Exhibit, South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
2022
Self-Determined- A Contemporary Survey of Native and Indigenous Artists, The Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2021
49 Minutes of Fame, National Willa Cather Center, Red Cloud, NE
2020
Indigenous Futurisms: Transcending Past, Present, Future, Museum of Contemporary Native Art, Santa Fe, NM
2019
Borders & Boundaries: The Blurred Edges of Decolonization, Dr. J.W. Wiggins Native American Gallery, Sequoyah Research Center, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AK
2018
Live Long & Prosper: Science Fiction in Contemporary Native Art, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Humble, Bronx Art Space, Bronx, NY
2017
Train of Ink, Print Exchange Portfolio, Atlanta SCGI Conference, Atlanta, GA
2016
Savages and Princesses: The Persistence of Native American Stereotypes, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa OK
2015
Re-Riding History: From the Southern Plains to the Matanzas Bay, Crisp – Ellert Museum, Flagler College, St Augustine, FL
2014
Salutations: 1st IAIA Public Art Biennial, The Welcome Center at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2013
Beat Nation: Art, Hip-Hop and Aboriginal Culture, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Colombia, Canada
2012
Beat Nation: Art, Hip-Hop and Aboriginal Culture, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
2011
Making New Traditions, South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings SD, All My Relations Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Public Collections
Oyate Health Center, Rapid City, SD
The Museum and Heritage Center at the Red Cloud School, Pine Ridge, SD
The University of South Dakota Art Gallery, Vermillion, SD
The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Southern Graphics Council International Collection, Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA
Imago Mundi – Luciano Benetton Collection – Treviso, Italy
Workshops
2024- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill -Multiple lectures and a workshop in conjunction with the UNC Chapel Hill American Indian Center. Chapel Hill, NC
Residencies
2021- Institute of American Indian Arts Artist-In-Residence, IAIA, Santa Fe, NM (Fall)
2010-SWAIA Residency Fellowship, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
2006-Oscar Howe Summer Art Institute (participant), Vermillion, SD
RedCan Graffiti Jam Invitational
Participant 2018-2024
Awards
2022-1st Place Mixed Media, with Olivia Skenandore, 54th Annual Red Cloud Art Show, Red Cloud Heritage Center, Pine Ridge, SD
2021- Oscar Howe Award, 53rd Annual Red Cloud Art Show, Red Cloud Heritage Center, Pine Ridge, SD
2019- Native American Art Studies Association, Oscar Howe Award
Publications as Author
2024-Introduction, Southwest Indigenous Murals- A Book of Postcards, Dunitz, Robin J. ISBN 979-889372998-6
2023-Memorial for Rose (Skenandore) Kerstetter, First American Art Magazine, Summer Issue
2022-Memorial for Olivia Skenandore, First American Art Magazine, Summer Issue