Barracuda Under Cloud Reflections
2012, 4 x 4, Oil
Carrier of Memory
2012, 10 x 10, Oil
Plotting the Home
2009, 24 x 36, Oil
Polkadot Reflections in Water
2012 4 x 4, Oil
Wire Reflections in Pool
2013, 4 x 4, Oil
Education
May, 1999 MFA-Studio Painting with a minor in Woman Studies, New
Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
May, 1992 BFA-Painting, Boise State University, Boise, ID
Exhibitions January, 2013 In This Corner, Concept by visiting curator, Linda Weintraub, NMSU
Department of Art University Gallery, Las Cruces, NM 88005
September,, 2012 Francis McCray Gallery of Contemporary Art, “Electrogila”, Western
New Mexico State University, Silver City, NM.
October, 2012 Chamizal National Memorial Museum, “Border Tapestry” El Paso, TX
August, 2012 Las Cruces Art Museum, Indra’s Net, Praxis Collective, Las Cruces,
NM
May 2011 21 — The Border Artists Come of Age, Glenn Cutter Gallery,
Las Cruces, NM
April 2011 MVS Studios, “Bijou”, Praxis Collective group show.
Las Cruces, NM
August 2010 Unsettled Gallery, Border Artist Show entitled “Intense Dialogues”,
Las Cruces, NM
February 2009 NMSU Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, D.C. Williams Art Bldg.,
Las Cruces, NM 88005
June 2008 The Border Artists: Painting Across Borders, The Mexican General
Consulate, El Paso, TX 79901
March 2007 “Time for Two Women”, Tauna Cole and Connie Mississippi,
White Raven Studios, Las Cruces, NM
February 2007 NMSU Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, D.C. Williams Art Bldg.,
Las Cruces, NM 88005
February 2005 NMSU Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, D.C. Williams Art Bldg.,
Las Cruces, NM 88005
Fall 2003 “Heaven on Earth,” JME Studios, Las Cruces, NM
January 2003 “In the Spaces”, Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art and Culture,
Las Cruces, NM 88001
January 2003 Faculty Exhibition 2003,NMSU Art Department, University Art Gallery,
Las Cruces, NM
April 2002 “Of Object and Spirit”, JME Studios, Las Cruces, NM
Fall 2000 NMSU Faculty Art show, University Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
May 1999 “COLEGRAYPOORTER”, MFA Thesis Exhibition, William’s Hall
University Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
Fall 1998 “Talking Objects”, Corbett Center Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
Spring 1998 “The Many Lives of Women”, Kent Museum, Las Cruces, NM
Spring 1998 NMSU Student Art Exhibition, University Gallery, Las Cruces
Spring 1997 NMSU Student Art Exhibition, University Gallery, Las Cruces
Summer 1995 “National Small Works”, Boise State University Art Gallery, Boise, ID,
Spring 1992 “Contemporary Artists of the Northwest”, Boise State University
Art Gallery, Boise, ID
Teaching Experience
2010 – Present Promoted to Assistant College Professor in June 2010.
2003 Promoted to college instructor In January 2003. I am currently the
primary foundation instructor teaching Drawing I and II, 2-D Design.
1999 – 2002 Non-tenured Instructor, NMSU Art Department.
Taught primarily foundation courses in drawing, painting and
two-dimensional design.
1999 – 2003 Adjunct Instructor, El Paso Community College, Valle Verde
Branch, El Paso, TX. Taught 2-D design, drawing I and art
appreciation
1997 – 1999 Teaching Assistant, NMSU Art Department, Las Cruces, NM
Awards and Accomplishments
June, 2011 Received promotion to Assistant College Professor, Art Department,
New Mexico State University
May, 2008 Recipient of the NMSU College of Arts and Sciences Mini-Grants
for studio research
2006 – 2008 Served as design advisor for NEH grant written and proposed by Artist,
Diana Molina for her project entitled Seven
String – Barb Wire Fence
Recipient of $500 Presidential Enrichment Grant
2005 Who’s Who of Fine Art Educators
2000 – 2003 Served on the board of directors for the Dona Ana Arts Council
1998 – 1999 Recipient of the Marguerite Loya Pearson Scholarship, $1,000
1998 Guest Curator, “Many Lives of Women” show, Kent Museum, New
Mexico State University
Professional Artist
Organizations Member of the Border Artists group in Las Cruces
Website: www.borderartists.org
Member of FATE: Foundation in Art, Theory and Education
since 2006
Public and Private Collections
And Commissions Hewlett Packard, Boise, ID
Albertson’s Headquarters, Boise, ID
Key Bank of Idaho, Boise, ID
Watercolor commission, St. Alphonsus Hospital
Portrait commission, Judge Steven Trott, 9th District Court of Appeals
Peter and Suzanne Kane
Isha Babel, El Paso, TX
Woody and Susan Woodrow, Austin, TX
Judy Groves, Las Cruces, NM
Sherry Doil-Carter, Las Cruces, NM
Delano and Gayle Lewis, Las Cruces, NM
Colleen Boyd and Jay Chapman
Jim and Jane Langell
Public Art Winning design team for the I-10 underpasses: Motel Boulevard and Avenida
de Mesilla sponsored by the State Highway Dept. and the City of Las Cruces,
Summer 1999.
Publications Panorama: NMSU Alumni Magazine, Volume 61 2012. “Alumni, artists form
Praxis Collective by Gabriella D. Ferrari. Online article:
http://www.nmsu.edu/~ucomm/Panorama/2012/d_aggie-whirl_article-9.html
The Ink Magazine. On the front cover for the December 2012/January 2013
issue.
“Artist of the Week, Opening Doors to Mesilla’s Small Jewels” Las Cruces
Sun News, The Arts, Sunday, June 19, 2005
“Exhibits: In Focus: Boise artist Tauna Cole” compiled by Mary L. Larson,
The Idaho Statesman, Exhibits, Friday, November 19, 1993
Blog Posts “Teaching Sustained Gesture Drawing: A Non-Linear Approach”, written on my
blog, LivingArtfullywithT on September 6, 2013