PROJECTS
Each year Land Arts students participate in collaborative field-based projects with visiting artists and community organizations. The students organize public exhibitions and performances of student works, field documents, and collaborative projects. Faculty and alumni conduct field-based research and projects throughout the bioregion and with international partners.
Hole to China collaborative project with artist Lucy Raven, Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI), Wendover, UT. 2009
2019
A Garden: The Birds Arrive // Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
The Great Unknown, Artists at Glen Canyon and Lake Powell // New Mexico Museum of Art Resource Room, Santa Fe, NM
Greater Chaco Video Collaboration, ¡Globalquerque! // National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
Seed Exchange, Community Art, and Performance // Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
E|ART|H - A Panel Discussion about EcoPedagogy and Art // UNM Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Land Arts of the American West Exhibition 2019 // John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2018
Who Are These Invisible Clouds // Santa Fe Art Institute, Sante Fe, NM
A Garden: The Birds Arrive // Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
NeoRio // Wild Rivers, Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument, NM
Greater Chaco Art Zines // Angel Peak, NM
Bats Without Borders Agaveganza // Borderlands Restoration Network, Patagonia, AZ
Out Into the Field // 2018 LAAW Artist
Video, Performance, Time-Based Projects // 2018 LAAW Artist
Land Arts of the American West Exhibition 2018 // John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2017
2017 Field Program Highlights
Out Into the Field // 2017 LAAW Artists
Borderlands Restoration // Patagonia, AZ
SFAI140 // Santa Fe Art Institute, Sante Fe, NM
Land Arts of the American West Exhibition 2017 // John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Video, Performance, Time-Based Projects // 2017 LAAW Artist
Digicult Journal // Viola Arduini
Broken Ground: New Directions in Land Art // Tallahassee, FL
Land Arts of the American West 2017 Catalog
2016
2016 Field Program Highlights
Out Into the Field // 2016 LAAW Artists
Video, Performance, Time-Based Projects // 2016 LAAW artists
SFAI140 // Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
ReView // El Museo de Cultural Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Land Arts of the American West Exhibition 2016 // John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Tributaries // Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Stories Out/In Place // CFA Downtown / Albuquerque, NM
Ucross: A Portrait in Place // Lannan Foundation Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
The Ecozoic Era: plant|seed|soil // New Mexico State Capital Building, Santa Fe, NM
Ucross: A Portrait in Place // Yale University, New Haven, CT
2015
2015 Land Arts of the American West - Field Program Highlights
Land Arts of the American West Exhibition 2015 // John Sommers Gallery / Albuquerque, NM
Extractive Industry // Four Corners Region / Diné Bikéyah
Gila Olla // with artist Orien MacDonald and river ecologist Carol Fugagli / Gila Wilderness, NM
Walking the Solar System // with artist John Reid // Civic Plaza, Albuquerque, NM
Lannan Reading Room Dedication // UNM Art Building // Albuquerque, NM
Ucross: A Portrait in Place // Ucross, Wyoming
2014
2014 Land Arts of the American West - Field Program Highlights
Land Arts of the American West Exhibition 2014 // John Sommers Gallery / Albuquerque, NM
Valle de Oro Wildlife National Wildlife Refuge // Albuquerque, NM
Boundless Horizons // Clara Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University // Fort Collins, CO
Visual March to Prespes - Thessaloniki Center of Contemporary Art // Thessaloniki, Greece
Watershed Bounding // Open Space Visitor's Center // Albuquerque, NM
2013
2013 Land Arts of the American West - Field Program Highlights
SeedBroadcast // Fodder Project Collaborative Reserach Farm / Anton Chico, NM and Pojoaque, NM
Buena Vista Archive // Barrio Buena Vista and Centro Artistico y Cultural / El Paso, TX
Land Arts of the American West Exhibition 2013 // John Sommers Gallery / Albuquerque, NM
Buena Vista: Continuing Collaborations // Centro Artistico y Cultural / El Paso, TX
Vast Horizons: shared raisins // Australia National University / Canberra, Australia
Boundless Horizons // Kruglak Gallery, Mira Costa College / Oceanside, California
2012
2012 Land Arts of the American West - Field Program Highlights
Utopian Wendover/s with artist Nils Norman // CLUI / Wendover, UT
Cement Lake Collaboratives with artist Chrissie Orr, Barrio Buena Vista and Centro Artistico y Cultural // El Paso, TX
Roden Crater Investigation, // Roden Crater / San Francisco Volcanic Field, AZ
Visual March to Prespes - Thessaloniki Center of Contemporary Art // Thessaloniki, Greece
Ephemerality in the Public Landscape with artist Buster Simpson // University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Connecting Liminal Nowhere : Land Arts of the American West 2012 - Center for Contemporary Arts // Santa Fe, NM
2011
2011 Land Arts of the American West - Field Program Highlights
Clean Livin' Collaborative with artists Steve Badgett and Matt Lynch of Simparch // CLUI / Wendover, UT
Bus Stop Shelter and Dia de los Muertos with Barrio Buena Vista and Centro Artistico y Cultural // El Paso, TX
Malpais Habitation Project // Armijo Canyon, NM
Vermiculture Habitation at Arcosanti // Cordes Junction, AZ
SCA Contemporary Art // Albuquerque, NM
2010
FoodShed : Nomadic Foraging // Northern New Mexico
Community Presentations and Bridge To Nowhere Sign with Barrio Buena Vista and Centro Artistico y Cultural // El Paso, TX
Clean Livin' Watershed Collaborative with artist Steve Badgett of Simparch // CLUI / Wendover, UT
SCA Contemporary Art // Albuquerque, NM
2009
2009 Land Arts of the American West - Field Program Highlights
Mural Project with Barrio Buena Vista // El Paso, TX
Hole to China with artist Lucy Raven // CLUI / Wendover, UT
Transect Collaborative with artist Catherine Harris // Cebolla Canyon, NM
John Sommers Gallery // Albuquerque, NM
Dispersal/Return Exhibition - University of New Mexico Art Museum // Albuquerque, NM
Land Arts of the American West Book by Bill Gilbert and Chris Taylor
2007
Albuquerque Contemporary Art Center // Albuquerque, NM
2006
Projecting ARTL!ES into the Void, Cabinetlandia // Deming, NM
John Sommers Gallery // Albuquerque, NM
Creative Research Lab // Austin ,TX
LandMinds - Center for Contemporary Art // Santa Fe, NM
2005
John Sommers Gallery // Albuquerque, NM
Plan B Gallery // Austin, TX
Anaya Spring Project with Permaculturalist Joel Glanzberg // Anaya Spring, NM
2004
John Sommers Gallery // Albuquerque, NM
Creative Research Lab // Austin, TX
straight line/playa roll - Art Basel // Miami, FL
2003
John Sommers Gallery // Albuquerque, NM
Creative Research Lab // Austin, TX
2002
John Sommers Gallery // Albuquerque, NM
Creative Research Lab // Austin, TX
2000
Helix Gallery // Santa Fe, NM