melanie.yazzie@colorado.edu
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Education

MFA, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Printmaking. 1993
BA, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Major Field: Studio Arts Minor: Spanish. 1990

Selected Honors and Awards

2005 Grant Recipient, School of Art Deans Fund for Excellence “Beyond the Call of Duty Awards”, Amount: $1,000 University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ
2004 Award Winner, 29th Juried Member’s Show, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, NJ
2003 Selected Artist, International Juried Portfolio, Innovative Printmaking on Handmade Paper, Hand Papermaking, Washington, DC
2000 Invited Portfolio Participant, Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, New Brunswick, NJ
1996 Visiting Artist, 1996 New Zealand International Festival of the Arts, City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand

Selected Exhibitions

International Solo Exhibitions
2002 Making Connections, Village Cultural Center, Bulava, Russia
1999 Navajo in Gisborne,Toihoukura Gallery, Gisborne, New Zealand
1996 Images of Home, Indigo Print and Paper Works, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

National Solo Exhibitions
2005 Untold Stories of My Present, Past and Dreamtime Prints by Melanie Yazzie, Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, Canton, NY

2005 The Journey I am Making, Amerind Foundation, Dragoon, AZ
2001 Prints and Art Work Made by Melanie Yazzie, Jacobson House: Native Art Center Norman, OK

2000 Holding the Truth: The Personal and Political in Art, Monroe G. Gutman Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

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