Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds

BIOGRAPHY

Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds was born in 1954 in Wichita, Kansas. He earned his BFA at the University of Kansas, Lawrence in 1976, undertook graduate studies at the Royal College of Art, London in 1977, and earned his MFA at the Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia in 1979. He was named USA Ford Fellow in 2012 and Distinguished Alumni, University of Kansas, in 2014. Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts and Letters degrees have been awarded by the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston (2008), Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada (2017), and California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, (2018). He has exhibited his works at The Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Cheyenne and Arapaho Nations Reservation, Oklahoma; The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia; Documenta, Kassal, Germany; Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland; University Art Museum, Berkeley, California; Association for Visual Arts Museum, Cape Town, South Africa; SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico; Hong Kong Art Center, China; Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia; Grand Palais, Paris, France; Nanyang Technological University Art Gallery, Singapore; and the Venice Biennale, Italy. His work is in the permanent collections of museums such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; The British Museum, London, England; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL; Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA; Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH; Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM; Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO; Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK; University Art Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT; Neuberger Art Museum, SUNY Purchase, NY; Southern Plains Indian Museum, Anadarko, OK; National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.; Schingoethe Museum, Aurora University, Aurora, Illinois; RISD Art Museum, Providence, RI; and the Museum of Contemporary Native American Art, Santa Fe, NM.

EDUCATION

1979
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Master of Fine Arts in Painting

1977
Royal College of Art, London, England, Graduate Studies in Painting

1976
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting

1975
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California Summer Session

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

2004-2016
Professor, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

1989-2002
Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

2002-2003
Visiting Professor, Rhode Island School of Design, Winter Term, Providence, Rhode Island

1998-1999
Visiting Senior Professor, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

1988-1989
Visiting Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020
Standing Rock Awakens the World, Fort Gansevoort, New York, New York

2019
Surviving Active Shooter Custer, MoMA PS1, Queens, New York

2018
Edgar Heap of Birds: Defend Sacred Mountains, Nichols Gallery, Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont, California
Do Not Dance For Pay, Garis & Hahn, Los Angeles, California

2016
Edgar Heap of Birds: Genocide and Democracy, Secrets of life and Death,
Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Dead Indian Stories, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii

2015
Secrets In Life and Death, Commons Gallery, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii

2014
Native Hosts, Outdoor installation/exhibition of 20 tribal sign panels honoring Tongva sacred sites throughout Los Angeles, California area.
Sign panels deployed on the campus of Pitzer College, Claremont, California

2013
Nuance of Sky: Edgar Heap of Birds Invites Spirit Objects to Join His Art Practice
Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, California

2012
Recent Prints, Galerie Orenda, Paris, France
Heap of Birds Diverse Works, Pogue Gallery, East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma
Native Host Public Art, Project Ground Floor Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
Monotypes, Temple Contemporary Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dead Indian Stories, Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, California

2011
Life is Precious, Gallery Posada, Sacramento, California
The Circular Movement in Cheyenne and Arapaho Culture, Art Gallery, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, Oklahoma
Native Hosts Public Art Intervention, New Hope School, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Years of Messages, Witt Gallery, Sacramento State University, Sacramento, California

2010
Most Serene Republics, University Galleries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Water Desert Words, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York

2009
Remembering Shapes, Signs, and Bodies Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
Beyond the Chief, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
Indigenous Survival Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, Lansing Michigan

2008
Moving With the Storm, See Line Gallery, Santa Monica, California

2007
Most Serene Republics (see special projects) Venice Biennale, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian, Venice, Italy
Trees Words Chiapas, Grunt Gallery Vancouver, Canada
Overlays, Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

2006
Remembering in America, Urban Shaman Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

2005
Ocmulgee, Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Diary of Trees, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, New York, New York

2003
Public Art From Oklahoma, Greatmore Art Studios Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2002
Heap of Birds, A Survey of Prints, Lithographs and Serigraph, The Association for Visual Arts Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
Paint the Flame, Woodland Pattern Book Art Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Edgar Heap of Birds, GOCAIA Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Drawings, Paintings and Prints, Art Resource Transfer Gallery, New York, New York

1999
Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds, LeWallen Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Prints and Signs, Spotted Horse Gallery, Aspen, Colorado

1998
Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds, Kieale Visual Arts Center, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

1997
Fish and Trees, Paul Mesaros Gallery, University of West Virginia, Morgantown, West Virginia
Reading / Art for the People, California State University, San Marcos, California

1995
Learn a War Cry, Woodland Pattern Book Art Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1994
Tell Yourself, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Drawings, Paintings, and Signs, The Art Gallery, Broward College, Pembroke Pines, Florida
Paintings and Scarves, Golden West Gallery, Telluride, Colorado
Hard Weed, Plug-In Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

1993
Public Art Works and Drawings, Art Awareness, Lexington, New York
Animals Trees Weather People, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
Is What Is, Matrix Program, University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, California;
The Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

1992
Hard Weed, Definitely Superior Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; Artspeak, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Definitely Superior, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, Artspeak, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds, Sena Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Words/ Spirits C.N. Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis, California
Drawings, Paintings and Scarves, The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1991
Dig the Mix, University of Colorado Art Galleries, Boulder, Colorado

1990
Claim Your Color A Retrospective Exhibition of 100 Works, Exit Art, New York, New York; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
Blood Beat, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas

1989
Claim Your Color A Retrospective Exhibition of 100 Works, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, Kansas

1988
American Policy, Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland
Heh No Wah Maun Stun He Dun, What Makes Man, Matt’s Gallery, London, England; Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas

1987
Heh No Wah Maun Stun He Dun, What Makes Man, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts; American Indian Community House Gallery, New York, New York
Sharp Rocks, Art Culture and Resource Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1986
Sharp Rocks, CEPA Gallery and Bethune Gallery, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York; 911 Contemporary ArtsCenter, Seattle, Washington

1985
Sharp Rocks, University of Oklahoma Museum of Art, Norman, Oklahoma

1984
Full Blooded, Center of the American Indian, Kirkpatrick Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

1983
In Our Language, Language and Video Installation; C.N. Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis, California
Pointing Toward Home, Individual Artists of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

1982
He Said, She Said, Painting Presentation with Language Installation; I-80 Series Jocelyn Museum of Art, Omaha, Nebraska 
Foreign Bodies, Painting Presentation with Language Installation, Southern Plains Indian Museum, Anadarko, Oklahoma

1980
Move Towards the Mound, The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1979
Lizards, Tyler School of Art, Tyler Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019
Art for a New Understanding: Native Voices, 1950s to Now, Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina
VISTA, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Florida
Art Since 1948, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, Illinois
Home Is a Foreign Place, Met Breuer, New York, New York
Cultivating Collections, Western Carolina University’s Fine Art Museum, Cullowhee, North Carolina
In the Presence of Absence, EFA Project Space, New York, New York

2018
Casa Tomada, SITE, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Graphic Revolution: American Prints 1960 to Now, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri
Art for a New Understanding: Native Voices, 1950s to Now, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
Without Boundaries: Visual Conversations, IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
UNO Print Workshop Exhibition, UNO Osborne Family Gallery, Omaha, Nebrask

2017
An Incomplete History of Protest, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
Reconstitution, LAXART, Los Angeles, California

2016
Culture Shift:Contemporary Native Biennale, Art Mûr Montréal, Montréal, Canada

2015
The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York. Three artworks were collected by the museum.
When Artists Who Speak the Truth, 8th Floor Gallery, the Rubin Foundation, Chelsea, New York, New York
RE-RIDING HISTORY:FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO MATANZAS BAY, Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, St. Augustine, Florida
You Are On Indian Land, Radiator Gallery, New York, New York
Indigenous Brilliance, The Little Rock Gallery, The Hague-Netherlands
A Putting Down of Roots, Gallery 1C03, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Canada
Edgar Heap of Birds, Brett Graham, Enrique Chagoya, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii
Ways of Looking, Commons Gallery, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
New Art 2.0, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
Octopus Dreams, Tobinodai Historic Site Park Museum, Funabashi City, Japan
Visions and Visionaries, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Re-Riding History: Fort Marion P.O.Ws, Crisp-Eller Museum, Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida; Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin; The A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina-Pembroke, Pembroke, NC; All My Relations Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2014
China: June 4, 1989, Whitebox Art Center, New York, New York
Imago Mundi Native Art Project, Foundazione Benetton Studi E Ricerche, Lociano Benetton Collection, Treviso, Italy
Politics of Representation: Re-Imaging Indigenous America, Slocumb Galleries, Department of Art and Design, Eastern Tennessee University, Johnson City, Tennessee
Indigenous Brilliance Veronica, NDSM Wharf Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
I.M.N.D.N.:Native Art for the 21st Century, The Art Gallery, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon
Making Marks: Prints from Crow’s Shadow Press, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, New York, New York
Terrain: Plateau Native Art and Poetry, Evergreen Gallery, Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington
On Repeat: Selections from the Collection, Ulrich Art Museum, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
Visual Narratives: Prints from the Brandywine Workshop, Art Gallery at City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2013
Indigenous Brilliance, Casa de la Cultura de Olocau, Valencia, Spain
Eco Centrix, OXO Tower Gallery on the Thames, London, England
Native Vanguard, Zane Bennett Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
P & CO. ,Thomas Duncan Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Pop Shop, Janet Levy Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Wild New Territories, Public art and Eco art intervention, Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Berlin-Dahlen, Germany
The Old Becomes the New: New York Contemporary Native American Art Movement and the New York School, Kenkelaba House Gallery, New York, New York
Octopus Dreams, 516 Arts Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Native American Art in Russia, Togliatti Art Museum, Togliatti, Russia, Samara Art Museum, Samara, Russia, Tomsk Regional Museum, Tomsk, Russia, Irkutsk Regional Museum, Irkutsk, Russia

2012
Messengers, Rainmaker Gallery, Bristol, England
Contemporary Native American Art to Russia, Ekaterinburg Museum, and Novosibirsk State Museum Biennale, Siberia
Full Spectrum: Prints from the Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, California
A Stake in the Ground: Contemporary Native Art Manifestation, Art Mûr Gallery, Montreal, Canada
The Janet & Janet Shop, For Your Art and See Line Gallery/Pacific Design Center in conjunction with Museum of Temporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Benefit Art Auction, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2011
Salon du Dessin et de Einture a l’Eau, Grand Palais, Paris, France
We Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
Digital Natives, Public Art Intervention, Vancouver, British Columbia
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, California
Blood of the Sun, Ahalenia Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Native American Art at Dartmouth, Hood Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire

2010
Make it Strange, Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC
Sacred Memories, Dia Los Muertos, Pico House Gallery, El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, Los Angeles, California
Nuit Blanche Retrospective, Scotiabank Galleries, Toronto, Canada
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, California
Winter Game, VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC

2009
The Muhheakantuck in Focus, Wave Hill Gallery and Garden, New York, New York
Stimulus Package, Western Front Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
All Messed Up, Sam Francis Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Life is Precious, Look Out Gallery, Lansing, Michigan

2008
Doctorate of Fine Art Honorees, Presidents Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art,  Boston, Massachusetts
Immigration, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, Illinois
Tenth Anniversary, Exhibition Greatmore Studios Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2007
Comfort Zone, Santa Fe Art Institute Santa Fe, New Mexico
Looking Back, Pressing Forward, University Gallery University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Critical Translations, Katherine E. Nash Gallery University of Minnesota
Display, Art Antide Gallery, Verona, Italy

2006
La Voce Politica, Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
New Media / New Materials, Contemporary Art Center Cincinnati, Ohio

2005
Miner’s Canary, The Center for Contemporary Art Santa Fe, New Mexico
Visual Power: 21st Century Native American Artists / Intellectuals, United States Department of State, Washington D.C. A circulating exhibition at U.S. embassies world wide
Thursdays, Galeri Soemardja, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia

2004
Eagles Speak, Olin Art Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
Edgar Heap of Birds, Lew Allen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Peekskill Public Art Project, New Native Hosts Peekskill, New York - On going
Reservations: Rethinking the Native American, Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida
Scared Stiff: Condom Wrapper Design, Benefit exhibition for teen contraception awareness Paper Veins Museum, New York, New York

2003
Cross-Cultural Identities, South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
Homeland, Whitney Museum of American Art, Exhibition at The Art Gallery of the Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, New York
Multiple Perspectives, Wellesley Art Gallery, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
25th Anniversary Gala Exhibition, The Fabric Workshop Studio and Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Native Inspiration, Lew Allen Contemporary, LLC, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Holponiyochi, Wright State University Art Gallery, Dayton, Ohio

2002
Eagles Speak, Honoring the Unity of Eagles from Southern Africa and North America, Collaborative Group Exhibition, Curator and Exhibiting Artist, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
Eagles Speak, The Association for Visual Arts Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
Unforgettable, Remembering September 11th, Chelsea Studio Gallery, New York, New York
Beyond Beads and Feathers, Portland Art Museum, Portland Oregon
Cross Generational North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota

2001
Prints, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
In Remembrance, September 11th, Anton Gallery, Washington D.C.
Native American Faculty and Student Show, Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

2000
Ambiguo, Gallery 224, San Juan, Puerto Rico (catalogue)
16 Songs/ Issues of Personal Assessment and Indigenous Renewal Nationally Touring Exhibition, 1995-2000 (catalogue); Buddy Holly Art Center, Lubbock, Texas
Honoring, C.N. Gorman Museum, University of California at Davis, Davis, California
Who Stole the Teepee, National Museum of the American Indian, New York, New York (catalogue)
Recent Indigenous Art, Jacobson House, Norman, Oklahoma
Off Shore/ On Site, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, New South Wales, Australia

1999
Billboard, Art on the Road, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, Massachusetts (catalogue)
Absence/Presence, Catherine Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Authentic American Indian Art!: Photography and Video The Light Factory, Charlotte, North Carolina
The Next Word, Text Image Design Meaning, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, New York

1998
Contemporary Warriors, Wanuskewin Gallery; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, One-Hundred Years of Sculpture The Walker Art Center; Minneapolis, Minnesota
“I.R. 80A”, Neutral Ground Gallery; Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Public Art/Public Sculpture, University at Buffalo Art Gallery, Center for Arts Atrium, Buffalo, New York

1997
Twenty-Five Years of Print Making; Brandywine Workshop, The Printed Image Galleries; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1997 Biennial Exhibition of Public Art, Neuberger Museum of Art, State University of New York, Purchase, New York
Off Shore/ On Site Casula, Powerhouse Arts Centre, 2000; Olympic Arts Festival, Sydney, Australia
Gifts of the Spirit, The Peabody Essex Museum; Salem, Massachusetts (catalogue)
16 Songs/ Issues of Personal Assessment and Indigenous Renewal Nationally Touring Exhibition, University of California, Santa Barbara, California; Sesnon Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, California; Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, 1996-97
Off Shore/ On Site, Olympic Arts Festival, Sydney, Australia

1996
16 Songs/ Issues of Personal Assessment and Indigenous Renewal Nationally Touring Exhibition, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, Connecticut
The Real West, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Public Enemy Care for Youth, Pacific Arts Festival, Apia, Western Samoa
Native Streams, Nationally Touring Exhibition: Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana; The Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana; Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, Ohio; The South Bend Regional Art Museum, South Bend, Indiana
Native Voices, Allegheny College, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Re-reading the Boundless Book, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, National Touring Exhibition, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Secession, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California

1995
6 Songs/ Issues of Personal Assessment and Indigenous Renewal Nationally Touring Exhibition, Gallery of Art, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Deterritorialization, Centro Cultural De La Raza, San Diego, California
Native American Invitational and Masters Exhibition, The Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Face Forward: Self Portraiture in Contemporary Art, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin (catalogue)
Context: A Survey of Recent Visual Poetry, Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
La Jeune Gravure Contemporatine Et Ses Invites Des USA, Mairie Du Vi Arrondissement, Paris, France (catalogue)
Volume One, Book: Arts by Native American Artists, Olean Public Library Gallery, Olean, New York

1994
Localities of Desire, Contemporary Art in an International World, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia (catalogue)
Narratives, Painted Bride Art Center; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
CompuServe, First Nations Arts, Computer Gallery International; Fredricksburg, Virginia
Contemporary Art Books, American Indian Community House Gallery, New York, New York
Land Spirit Power, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada The Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, Texas (catalogue)
Death, Reverence and The Struggle For Equality In America Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Stand Erie Art Museum; Erie, Pennsylvania and the Gallery of Art, Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania

1993
American Indian Art In The Twentieth Century, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Art of Resistance, Amnesty International, National Conference, North Texas State University; Denton, Texas
Indigenous Investigations, Two person exhibition, Gallery of Art, North Texas State University;Denton, Texas
Native Artists of Oklahoma, Amnesty International, Regional Conference; Tulsa, Oklahoma

1992
Spiritual Cargo, Charter Oak Cultural Center Gallery; Hartford, Connecticut
Green Acres-New Colonialism in the United States, Washington University Gallery of Art; St. Louis, Missouri (catalogue)
Bookmarks for White Walls, a Journal of Language and Art, Northern Illinois University Art Gallery; Chicago, Illinois
Visions United States Senate Rotunda; Washington, DC
The People…Themselves, Los Angeles Photography Center; Los Angeles, California
China: June 4, 1989, Don’t Believe Miss Liberty, Internationally Touring Exhibition, Curated by Asian American Art Center, NY, NY; Mexic-Arte Museum; Austin, Texas; Cleveland Institute of Art; Cleveland, Ohio
Completing the Circle: Artists’ Books on the Environment, Minnesota Center for Book Arts; Minneapolis, Minnesota
20th Anniversary Exhibition, University Galleries, Department of Art; University of Colorado; Boulder, Colorado
Witness to Dissent: Memory, Yearning, and Struggle, Art in General, 79 Walker Street; New York, New York

1991
Border Issues, Negotiations and Identity, CRCA, University of Texas at Arlington; Texas
Lost Illusions, Vancouver Art Gallery; Vancouver, British Columbia
Witness to Dissent: Memory, Yearning, and Struggle, Mixed media installation with Clarissa Sligh and selected artists, Washington Project for the Arts; Washington, D.C.
Words + Numbers, Museum of Contemporary Art, Wright State University; Dayton, Ohio
Counter Media, Key Gallery; Richmond, Virginia
Makers Alliance, City Arts Center; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Tulsa University; Tulsa, Oklahoma
The Un-Making of Nature, Whitney Museum of American Art, Fairfield County; Stanford, Connecticut
In Public, Seattle 1991, Security Pacific Gallery; Seattle, Washington
Bad Politics, Greg Kucera Gallery; Seattle, Washington
Re-Imaging America, Momenta Arts; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1990
Endangered, Visual Art by Men of Color, Intermedia Arts; Minneapolis, Minnesota,
In the Public Eye, Beyond the Statue in the Park, Euphrat Gallery, DeAnza College; DeAnza, California
Art from the Seven Generations, American Indian Contemporary Arts; San Francisco, California

1989
Rain Forest, Houston at Orchard Alternative Space; New York, New York
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Randolph Street Gallery; Chicago, Illinois
Literacy on the Table, Longwood Gallery; Bronx, New York; Franklin Furnace; New York, New York; Hall Walls; Buffalo, New York
Self Evidence, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions; Los Angeles, California 
Privileged Must Share, Nave Museum; Victoria, Texas
Mid America Biennial, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Kansas City, Missouri
The Debt, Exit Art; New York, New York
Modes of Address, Whitney Museum of American Art; New York, New York

1988
Representation/ Re-Presentation, Randolph Street Gallery; Chicago, Illinois
Saga(s), Carlo Lamagna Gallery; New York, New York
The Whole World is Still Watching, Randolph Street Gallery; Chicago, Illinois
Re-Visions, Walter Phillips Gallery, the Banff Center; Banff/Alberta, Canada (catalogue)

1987
Eight Native American Artists, Fort Wayne Museum of Art; Fort Wayne, Indiana, (catalogue)
In Defense of Sacred Lands, Harcus Gallery; Boston, Massachusetts
Artists with a Public Voice, 911Art Center; Seattle, Washington
Committed to Print, The Museum of Modern Art; New York, New York (catalogue)
Documenta 8: In Memory of Native Americans, in Memory of Jews-Relocate Destroy Kassal, Germany
Resistance, White Columns Gallery; New York, New York
Race and Representations, Hunter College; New York, New York
Material Poetry, Individual Artists of Oklahoma; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
American Policy, Cleveland State University; Cleveland, Ohio
Assimilation Isolation, Photographic Resource Center; Boston, Massachusetts
Art Behind Bars, Cleveland, Ohio

1986
Concrete Crisis, Exit Art Gallery; New York, New York
Born from Sharp Rocks, New Museum of Contemporary Art; New York, New York
Oppression-Expression, Contemporary Arts Center; New Orleans, Louisiana
Arts and Leisure, the Kitchen; New York, New York
Self Portrait, Kenkeleba House Gallery; New York, New York
We Always Turn Around on Purpose, Amelia A. Wallace Gallery,
SUNY College at Old Westbury; Long Island, New York, (catalogue)
Liberty and Justice, Alternative Museum; New York, New York
Breathing the Silent Source, Southwestern Oklahoma State University in conjunction with “New World Expressions”, a Native Art History course presented by Heap of Birds; Weatherford, Oklahoma
Mass, Hall Walls; Buffalo, New York

1985
Mass, Newark, New Jersey Spaces; Cleveland, Ohio; Art Consortium; Cincinnati, Ohio; The New Museum; New York, New York
Spirits Rising Over a Faded Past, Temple University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Don’t Want Indians, Permanent Language Installation, State Museum, Oklahoma Historical Society, Wiley Post Building; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Image/ Word, New Langton Arts; San Francisco, California, (catalogue)
Messages To Washington, Washington Projects for the Arts; Washington, D.C.
Don’t Want Indians, Americana, Whitney Biennial with Group Material, The Whitney Museum of American Art; New York, New York
Massive Political Group Show II, ABC NO RIO; New York, New York

1984
The 1984 Show, Ronald Feldman Fine Art; New York, N.Y., (catalogue)
Racist America, Dramatis Personae; New York, New York
The Lower East-Side is not for Sale, 10th Street and Avenue A, Outdoor Walls; New York, New York
La Reunion De Partes Divididas-Works Of the Americas, Artists Call, Kenkeleba House; New York, New York
Affirmations Of Life-The Opposite Of A Nuclear Midnight, Kenkeleba House; New York, New York
No Beads-No Trinkets, Palis de Nation, United Nations; Geneva, Switzerland

1983
Preparing For War, Death from the Top, Language Installation, Terminal New York; Brooklyn, New York
In Our Language, Messages to the Public, Computer Light Billboard Project, Spectacolor Inc., One Times Square; New York, New York, Sponsored by the Public Art Fund, New York, New York
Modern Native American Abstraction, Nationally Touring Exhibition, (Catalogue) Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; American Indian Community House Gallery, New York, New York; Marilyn Butler Fine Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona; Institute of American Indian Arts Museum; Santa Fe, New Mexico
Native American Video Festival, Kitchen Center for Video, Performance, and Dance, Sponsored by the Museum of the American Indian, New York, New York
Made in Omaha, Jocelyn Museum of Art, Omaha, Nebraska; Sioux City Art Center; Sioux City, Iowa
Contemporary Native American Art, Touring Exhibition, 1983-1985; Gardiner Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma (catalogue); University Art Gallery, California State University, Dominquez Hills, Carson, California; Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana; Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada; Pratt Manhattan Gallery Center, New York, New York; Pratt Institute Gallery; Brooklyn, New York

1982
American Indian International Tribunal, Examining the Economic Effects of U.S. Foreign and Domestic Policies, Chaired by Dennis Banks, D.Q. University, Davis, California (catalogue)
Angry Art, Catherine Street Artist Project/ Basement Workshop; New York, New York
Confluences of Tradition and Change: Twenty-Two Native American Artists, Nationally Touring Exhibition (catalogue), Bunker Gallery, Iowa State University; Ames, Iowa

1981
Racism/ Sexism: Same Game, Different Name?, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Changing Myths: The Evolution of Tradition, Sacred Circle Gallery of American Indian Art, Seattle, Washington
American Indian Art In The 1980’s, Native American Center for the Living Arts, Niagara Falls, New York
The Artists Dilemma, Organization of Independent Artists, New York, New York
Confluences of Tradition and Change: Twenty-Two Native American Artists, Nationally Touring Exhibition (catalogue), C.N. Gorman Museum and Richard L Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, California; Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas; American Indian Community House Gallery, New York, New York; Bunker Gallery, Iowa State University; Ames, Iowa

1980
Dialogues, Just Above Midtown/ Downtown, New York, New York
35 Under 35, Lever House Galleries, New York, New York

1977
Four Directions Cheyenne Art Festival, Red Wheat Allotment, Clinton, Oklahoma
Recent Works, New 57 Galleries, Edinburgh, Scotland
30 Miles of Art, Nelson Gallery, Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri