Charlene Teters
POB 212, Wellpinit, WA 99040
E-Mail: charleneteters@mac.com
Website: https://www.charleneteters.com
Education
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.): 1994, University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, IL
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.): 1988, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Associate of Fine Arts (A.F.A.): 1986, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Honorary Degrees
Doctorate of Humanities: 2021, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Doctorate of Fine Arts: 2000, Mitchell College, New London, Connecticut
Professional Experience
Board Member, Native Arts and Culture Foundation (2022-present), Board Member, Gonzaga University School of Leadership Studies (2021-2024), and Board Member, Strategic National Art Alumni Project (2021-2024). Academic Dean, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM (2014-2021), Associate Professor (1997-2020), and Hugh O. LaBounty Chair of Interdisciplinary Applied Knowledge, Cal Poly Pomona, CA (2005-2007).
Grants, fellowships, and awards include:
– 2024: Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Illinois, Art and Design
– 2024: Women’s Spirit Award, Spokane Tribe HHS
– 2017: Women’s Caucus for Art, Lifetime Achievement Award, New York, NY
– 2010: Vision Project, Artist, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
– 2008: New Mexico’s Feminist Art Pioneers, Award
– 2003 – 2004: W.K. Kellogg Leadership Fellow
– 2000: Allan Houser Memorial Award, New Mexico Governors Award for Excellence in the Arts
– 1997: Person of the Week, ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
Solo Exhibitions:
– 2020: “Way of Sorrows”, MoCNA, Santa Fe, NM
– 2007: “Man”, Studio 266, Pomona, CA
– 2004: “We Were Like Custer”, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
– 2003: “Home of the Brave”, Notre Dame College, Cleveland, OH
– 2001: “Baseball and Playing Indian”, American Museum of Natural History
– 1999: “ROUTE 66 REVISITED: It Was Only an Indian”, Magnifico Art Space, Albuquerque, NM
– 1997-1999: “Poe Gae, The Watering Place”, Public Art Installation, Santa Fe, NM
– 1996: “We, the Invisible People” at Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA
– 1995: “We, the Invisible People” at Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, WA
– 1994: “It Was Only an Indian” at American Indian Community House Gallery, New York City
– 1993: “It Was Only an Indian” at Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
– 1993: “Into Indian Country” at Center for Contemporary Arts Museum, Santa Fe
– 1992: “American Holocaust” at Sculpture Project, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
– 1989: “The Good White Men” at Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions:
– 2025: “Southwestern Association Indian Arts” at Indian Market, New Mexico
– 2022: “Land Acknowledgement” at Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington
– 2019: “Faculty Exhibition: Contemporary Edge” at Santa Fe, New Mexico
– 2018: “Without Boundaries: Visual Conversations” at MoCNA and Anchorage Museum, Alaska
– 2012: “Agitated Histories” at SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico
– 2006: “Native Pop” at Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
– 2005: “Changing Hands 2, Without Reservations” at Museum of Art & Design, New York
– 2004: “Only Skin Deep” at New York Photo Museum, New York, NY
– 2003: “Holponiyochi” Contemporary Native American Sculpture, Wright State University
– 2001: “The Art of Community” at Institute of American Indian Arts, Faculty Exhibit
– 2001: “Daily Terrors” at Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
– 2001: “American Holocaust” at College of Santa Fe, Sculpture Project, Invitational. Santa Fe, NM
– 2000: “Over the Edges: The Corners of Ghent”, SMAK Museum, Ghent, Belgium
– 2000: “EV+A 2000, Friends and Neighbors”, International Exhibition, Limerick City Gallery
– 1999: “Looking for a Place”, Third International Biennial, SITE Santa Fe; curated by Rosa Martinez
– 1999: “Sculpture 2000”, International, Outdoor sculpture exhibit, New London, CT
– 1999: “The Rio Grande Project: A River Thirsting for Itself”, Santa Fe Council for the Arts, SFe, NM
Selected Lectures:
– 2024: University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
– 2024: Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
– 2023: Mt. Sac Community College, Pomona, CA
– 2023: Gonzaga Conference on Hate Studies, Spokane, WA
– 2022: University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
– 2020: Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
– 2019: California State San Bernardino, CA
– 2016: Penn State, State College, PA
– 2016: Kansas University, Lawrence, Kansas
On Artist: Video Documentary
– 2001: “Living Voices”, National Museum of the American Indian, radio series.
– 1997: “ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, Person of the Week”, October.
– 1997: National PBS: POV, “In Whose Honor?”, American Documentary, July 15, 1997.
– 1996: Rosenstein, Jay (Producer). “In Whose Honor?”, Champaign, Illinois: Smoking Munchkin Video
– 1994: Mendosa, Marie Kate (Producer). “False Traditions, False Idols”, New Mexico: KNME.
https://iaia.edu/event/charlene-teters-way-of-sorrows/
https://southwestcontemporary.com/charlene-teters-way-of-sorrows/
https://www.sfreporter.com/arts/2020/10/14/trusting-the-seeds-to-the-next-gardeners/