KIMBERLY LAWSON RESUME
 
Education
  • 2000-02 San Francisco Art Institute, California, Photography Major, BFA.
  • 1996-98 Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Creative Writing Major, AFA.


Exhibits
  • 2005 Photographs, c-prints, b/w prints, Native American Heritage Month, Mills College Library, Oakland, CA.
  • 2005 Photographs-c-prints, b/w prints, "Red Nations MC" stills in video, 4th Oakland International Film Festival, Grand Lake Theater, Oakland, Ca
  • 2005 Photographs-c-prints, b/w prints, "Red Nations MC" stills in video, Independent Film Festival, University of New Mexico.
  • 2005 P hotography, 30th Anniversary Show, b/w prints, c-prints, Barcelona, Spain.
  • 2004 - 05 Photography, group exhibit, b/w prints, c-prints, Nevada Legislature, Carson City, Nevada.
  • 2004 Photography, c-print, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Art Benefit for children of the Tenderloin.
  • 2003 Photography, group collage, c-print, "Moment's Notice", Gallery de la Raza, San Francisco,CA.
  • 2003 Photography, group exhibit, c-prints, "Crucible of a New Identity", Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA.
  • 2002 Photo Installation, mixed media, group exhibit, "Dreamer", Spanganga Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
  • 2002 Photography, group exhibition, mixed media, silver prints, Still Lights, San Francisco Art Institute, CA.
  • 2002 Photo Installation, mixed media, group exhibit, "The Axe that Breaks the Frozen Sea", American Television Access, San Francisco, CA.
  • 1999 Photography, group exhibit, silver prints, "Emerging from the fire", Aztec Cafe, Santa Fe, NM.
  • 1998 Photography/Poetry, group exhibit, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM.


Freelance Experience

  • 2006 Marin Museum of American Indian, Photography, c-prints, Conference poster art.
  • 2005 Photography, c-prints, b/w prints, Pete Dugan album cover, San Francisco.
  • 2004 - 05 Photography, (documentary), Red Nations Motorcycle Club, San Leandro, Ca, in conjunction with video documentary project, c-prints and b/w.
  • 2004 - 05 Photography, (documentary/studio), producer of c-prints and graphics for calendar project, "Medicine Warriors Dance Troupe", Intertribal Friendship House, American Indian Contemporary Arts, Oakland, CA.
  • 2003 - 04 Photography, ongoing community project, monthly portraiture sessions, Intertribal Friendship House, Oakland, CA.
  • 2003 Photography,(documentary), independent contractor, Indian People Organizing for Change, December Feast Day, Intertribal Friendship House, Oakland CA.
  • 2003 Photography,(documentary), Ohlone burial on-site protest, San Jose, CA, c-prints and b/w.
  • 2002 Photography, (documentary), Crucible of a New Identity, Taos, New Mexico video- photography project, c-prints and b/w.


Publications


  • 2006 Calendar, B/W photography issue, silver-print, "Nightshot of El nino in San Diego", Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 2004 Photography, c-print, "Red Ink", University of Arizona Press, Tuscon, AZ.
  • 2003 Photography, silver print, "Big Mountain", Underground Railroad Calendar, Oakland, CA.
  • 2003 Photography, c-print, silver print, "Crucible of a New Identity", Heard Museum, collaboration video/photo project, Phoenix, AZ.
  • 1998 Poetry, "The Laughing Mother", Institute of American Indian Arts Anthology, Santa Fe, NM.
  • 1997 Poetry, "Hummingbird Moon", THE Magazine, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  • 1996 Poetry, "Mourning Dove", "Abyss", Institute of American Indian Arts Anthology, Santa Fe, NM.


Internships

  • 1998 National Museum of Natural History, Repatriation Department, Washington D.C.


Awards

  • 2006- Native American Journalist Association Conference-Native American Public Telecommunications Awardee- University of Nebraska
  • 2006-Puffin Foundation Art Grant, "Young Elder's Song", in affiliation with Intertribal Friendship House, Oakland, CA.
  • 2005-Community service award, Intertribal Friendship House, Oakland, CA.
  • 2001-03 Gates Millenium Scholarship, American Indian College Fund, Fairfax, VA.
  • 2000-03 Community College Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute, CA.
  • 1998 Student of the Year Award, American Indian Higher Education Higher Education Consortium, Rapid City, SD.


Collections

  • 2003 Photography, c-print, digital print, "Crucible of a New Identity", Heard Museum, permanent collection, collaboration video/photo project, Phoenix, AZ.
  • 1998 Photography, silver print, "Nightshot of El nino in San Diego", Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, permanent collection, Santa Fe, NM.