Makaye Lewis (b. 1996)
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Education
Institute of American Indian Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2020
Tohono O’odham Community College, Associate of Fine Arts, 2016
Group Exhibitions
2022 When the Dogs Stop Barking, 516arts, Albuquerque, NM
2021 No Good Without You, Hecho a Mano, Santa Fe, NM
Indigenous Women: Border Matters, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM
2019 Visitors and Intruders, Thirteen: Fall Senior Graduating Senior Exhibition, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Small Mediums At Large, Balzar Contemporary Edge Gallery, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2018 Día de Los Muertos: More than Sugar Skulls, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Almost There..., Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2017 Art Rush, Balzar Contemporary Edge Gallery, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Makaye Lewis Sophomore Show, Cem Alod Gallery, Tohono O’odham Community College, Sells, AZ
TOCC Student Art Exhibition, Salazar- Ajo Library, Ajo, AZ
2015 ISDA Student Exhibition, International Sonoran Desert Alliance, Ajo, AZ
AIHEC Art Show/Competition, Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque, NM
2014 ISDA Student Exhibition, International Sonoran Desert Alliance, Ajo, AZ
Public Collections
Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM
Bibliography
Countermapping Arizona: Chronicle of cohort and convening, Medium, December 19, 2023
When the Dogs Stop Barking- Artist Talk Makaye Lewis, 516arts, Vimeo, December 2022
Resisting Superficial Narratives About the US-Mexico Border, Hyperallergic, December 13, 2022
03/03/2021 with Gabriela Muñoz and Makaye Lewis, KSFR radio, Nativescape, June 27, 2022
Curator's Circle: Makaye Lewis & Daisy Quezada Ureña, Wheelwright Museum, Youtube, September 8, 2021
Newsletter: Essential Arts: Indigenous Views of the Border in Exhibitions in Arizona and New Mexico, Los Angeles Times, July 31, 2021
Review: Eyes of the World and Border Matters at the Wheelwright, Southwest Contemporary, June 30, 2021
Straddling Both Sides of the US Border, ABQ Journal, April 4, 2021
Border Matters, Native American Art Magazine, February/March 2021 Edition
Makaye Lewis at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe New Mexican, March 19, 2021.
“Makaye Lewis knew she wanted to be an artist, she just didn’t know quite how to get there.” The Runner, 17 June 2016, pp. 1-3. Article by Martha S. Lee
[email protected] | makayelewis.weebly.com
Education
Institute of American Indian Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2020
Tohono O’odham Community College, Associate of Fine Arts, 2016
Group Exhibitions
2022 When the Dogs Stop Barking, 516arts, Albuquerque, NM
2021 No Good Without You, Hecho a Mano, Santa Fe, NM
Indigenous Women: Border Matters, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM
2019 Visitors and Intruders, Thirteen: Fall Senior Graduating Senior Exhibition, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Small Mediums At Large, Balzar Contemporary Edge Gallery, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2018 Día de Los Muertos: More than Sugar Skulls, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Almost There..., Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2017 Art Rush, Balzar Contemporary Edge Gallery, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Makaye Lewis Sophomore Show, Cem Alod Gallery, Tohono O’odham Community College, Sells, AZ
TOCC Student Art Exhibition, Salazar- Ajo Library, Ajo, AZ
2015 ISDA Student Exhibition, International Sonoran Desert Alliance, Ajo, AZ
AIHEC Art Show/Competition, Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque, NM
2014 ISDA Student Exhibition, International Sonoran Desert Alliance, Ajo, AZ
Public Collections
Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM
Bibliography
Countermapping Arizona: Chronicle of cohort and convening, Medium, December 19, 2023
When the Dogs Stop Barking- Artist Talk Makaye Lewis, 516arts, Vimeo, December 2022
Resisting Superficial Narratives About the US-Mexico Border, Hyperallergic, December 13, 2022
03/03/2021 with Gabriela Muñoz and Makaye Lewis, KSFR radio, Nativescape, June 27, 2022
Curator's Circle: Makaye Lewis & Daisy Quezada Ureña, Wheelwright Museum, Youtube, September 8, 2021
Newsletter: Essential Arts: Indigenous Views of the Border in Exhibitions in Arizona and New Mexico, Los Angeles Times, July 31, 2021
Review: Eyes of the World and Border Matters at the Wheelwright, Southwest Contemporary, June 30, 2021
Straddling Both Sides of the US Border, ABQ Journal, April 4, 2021
Border Matters, Native American Art Magazine, February/March 2021 Edition
Makaye Lewis at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe New Mexican, March 19, 2021.
“Makaye Lewis knew she wanted to be an artist, she just didn’t know quite how to get there.” The Runner, 17 June 2016, pp. 1-3. Article by Martha S. Lee