EDUCATION

University of Washington Tacoma

B.A. Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences: Arts, Media, and Culture (High Honors)

EXHIBITIONS

2024 Matriarch, Tacoma Public Library Moore Branch 

Matriarch, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma 

2023 Community and Spaces: Kaleidoscope opening of Tacoma Arts Month, STAR Center

The First 50 Years of the Seattle Civic Art Collection, Arts at King Street Station

LoCA Featured Artist, Tease Salon, Seattle

Honor: People and Salmon, Kittredge Gallery, Tacoma

LoCA Featured Artist, Fresh Flours, Seattle

​2022 Arts at the Armory, Tacoma

iJusticia!: Social Justice, Nepantla Cultural Art Gallery, Seattle

A Clearer View: The Last Days of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, Seattle Municipal Tower, Seattle

A Clearer View: The Last Days of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, Arts at King Street Station, Seattle

Indigenous Artists of the Americas, City of Seattle's Civic Art Collection

Central Waterfront Alaskan Way Viaduct Photography Purchase, City of Seattle's Civic Art Collection

2021 Modern Margins: An Exploration on Gender, Alma Mater, Tacoma

Submergence, Jack Straw New Media Gallery, Seattle

​2020 Body Outline, Body Image and Art, University of Washington, Tacoma

2019 Art at Work Studio Tours, Tacoma

Yəhaw̓ Show, Arts at King Street Station, Seattle

2018 Art at Work Studio Tours, Tacoma

Paper Trails, Kings Books, Tacoma

2017 Art at Work Studio Tours, Tacoma

Roots: Connecting with Mother Earth, Chief Leschi High School, Puyallup

2016 Paper Trails, Kings Books, Tacoma

Featured artist, South Sound Sustainability Expo, Tacoma

2015 West Seattle Bee Festival, Seattle

Blue Poppy Day, Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, Federal Way

2014 Art at Work Studio Tours, Tacoma

Spring for Housing, Shared Housing Services of Tacoma

2013 Art at Work Studio Tours, Tacoma

2012 Artist of the Month, Tacoma City Grocer, Tacoma

2011 Invitational, Brick House Gallery, Tacoma

AWARDS AND HONORS 

2024 South Sound Business's 40 Under 40 Award

City of Seattle Public Art Artist Roster

2023 Tacoma Artists Initiative Program recipient 

ArtsWA Public Artist Roster 

2022 Featured image curator on hitRECord.org

2020 Guest artist on hitRECord's Live Labs with Joseph Gordon-Levitt at Sundance Film Festival

Emmy award in Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media in the category of Social TV Experience (hitRECord x YouTube Original "Create Together")

2019 Selected artwork chosen for video game Beyond Good and Evil 2

Featured image curator on hitRECord.org

2016 Art chosen by hitRECord/National Park Foundation for Find Your Park Apparel

Guest curator The Lens Project on hitRECord.org

2013 Winner of Tacoma Art Museum's 253 Street Art Contest inspired by Eric Carle

2009 Certificate of High Scholarship, University of Washington Tacoma

UW Global Opportunities Scholarship recipient, University of Washington

Certificate of Appreciation for volunteer work with Disability Support Services, UW Tacoma

Attendee of Marshall Islands Exploration Seminar on climate change, University of Washington

PUBLICATIONS

Battersby, Burl. Voices of Tacoma: a Gathering of Poets. Tacoma: Blue Cactus Press, 2024.

Rector, Tracy. “Matriarch photography exhibition at History Museum.” Tacoma Weekly. 13 February 2024.

“The Matriarch Project.” CityLine. 12 TV Tacoma. 2 May 2024.

“The Healing Power of Matriarchs.”Yes! Magazine. 22 April 2024.

Wylie-Eggert, Lucia. “Will These Bones Live? Collective Hopes for the Future.” Geez Magazine. Winter 2024.

Miller, Madison. “The List". South Sound Magazine. March/April 2022.

Gordon-Levitt, Joseph. “Create Together Season 2”, hitRECord/YouTube, 2021.

“Deb Abrahamson & Twa le Abrahamson Swan at Indigenous Peoples' Day." Thriving Peoples. Thriving Places.

Chatwin Books. Viral Murals: Seattle artists, storefront murals, and the power of art during crisis. Chatwin Books, 2021.

Weaver, Jennifer. "Actor, filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt seeks photos of Utah." 2KUTV, 7 Sept 2020.

"Before They're Gone”. The Art of Breaking Up. hitRECord.org. New York: Harper Collins, 2020.

"A Life Dream”. The Art of Breaking Up. hitRECord.org. New York: Harper Collins, 2020.

Sillman, Marcie. “Elk and the Big Dipper." Indigenous artists lift the sky at a new Seattle gallery. KUOW. 21 March 2019.

“Supermoon Mandala”. Yəhaw̓ Zine. Indigenous Showcase. Seattle: Paper Press Punch, 2019

Raebyne, Melinda. "Our Voices Matter." Shui Productions, 2019.

“Ganesha Line Drawing”. Beyond Good and Evil 2 (video game). Ubisoft, 2019.

Nauman, Talli. “Record number of Indian women running for office.” Native Sun News Today, 4 April 2018.

Nagle, Matt. “Puyallup Tribe asks gov. Jay Inslee to stop construction of LNG plant.” Puyallup Tribal News, 8 Feb. 2018.

“Puyallup tribal members want justice for the police killing of Jackie Salyers”. Bound (music video). Champagne Sunday, 2017.

“Frozen Water". The Patterns Book. hitRECord, 2016.

“Sea Star at Low Tide". Ocean Conservancy 2016 Calendar. Ocean Conservancy, 2016.

“Blue Mouse Theater”. Move to Tacoma Holiday Gift Guide. Move to Tacoma, 19 Nov. 2016.

Vogt, Anneli. “Methanol plant meeting draws hundreds in Tacoma.” Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber, 26 Jan. 2016.

“Promo”. HitRECord on TV Season 2. hitRECord, June 2015.

Gordon-Levitt, Joseph. “hitRECord on TV Season 2", hitRECord/Pivot, 2015.

“Traditional Marshallese Outrigger", Global Opportunities Scholarship postcard. University of Washington, 2010.

“Feeding Time”, Tahoma West Volume 13, Spring 2009.

“Teen Angst”, Tahoma West Volume 13, Spring 2009.

“Lavender Lady”, Tahoma West Volume 12, Spring 2008.