LUZENE HILL
is a multi-media artist, best known for socially engaged conceptual installations, reflecting interdisciplinary scholarship in visual art, women's studies, and Native American culture.
Through work informed by pre-contact culture of the Americas, Hill advocates for indigenous sovereignty - linguistic, cultural and personal sovereignty. Recent work, employing indigenous matrilineal motifs, asserts female agency and challenges male dictated hierarchies.
An enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, Hill has exhibited throughout the U.S., in Canada, Russia, Japan and the UK. Awards include the 2019 Ucross Fellowship, 2016 Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Fellowship in Visual Arts, 2015 Eiteljorg Museum Fellowship and 2015 First Peoples Fund Fellowship. Her work is featured in Susan C. Power's book, "Art of the Cherokee: Prehistory to the Present", Josh McPhee's book, "Celebrate People's History!: The Poster Book of Resistance and Revolution", and the PBS Documentary, “Native Art NOW!”.
Through work informed by pre-contact culture of the Americas, Hill advocates for indigenous sovereignty - linguistic, cultural and personal sovereignty. Recent work, employing indigenous matrilineal motifs, asserts female agency and challenges male dictated hierarchies.
An enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, Hill has exhibited throughout the U.S., in Canada, Russia, Japan and the UK. Awards include the 2019 Ucross Fellowship, 2016 Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Fellowship in Visual Arts, 2015 Eiteljorg Museum Fellowship and 2015 First Peoples Fund Fellowship. Her work is featured in Susan C. Power's book, "Art of the Cherokee: Prehistory to the Present", Josh McPhee's book, "Celebrate People's History!: The Poster Book of Resistance and Revolution", and the PBS Documentary, “Native Art NOW!”.
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Click here to listen to Luzene's interview with Summer Evans on City Lights with Lois Reitzes originally aired November 25, 2019 on WABE 90.1 FM - Where ATL meets NPR |
photo © Shawn Vinson 2017
Now that the Gates of Hell are closed . . .
"When I was a freshman in college, a professor opened the first day of class by asking the “young ladies on the front row” to “please cross your legs”.
They complied, quizzically, then the professor stated, “now that the gates of hell are closed . . . we can begin.”
These drawings are my response to his remark. Asserting female sexuality and eroticism to challenge male dictated hierarchies. Women will not be defined by phallocentrism."
- Luzene Hill, 2019
"When I was a freshman in college, a professor opened the first day of class by asking the “young ladies on the front row” to “please cross your legs”.
They complied, quizzically, then the professor stated, “now that the gates of hell are closed . . . we can begin.”
These drawings are my response to his remark. Asserting female sexuality and eroticism to challenge male dictated hierarchies. Women will not be defined by phallocentrism."
- Luzene Hill, 2019
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EXHIBITIONS
Solo Installations, Actions, Exhibitions
2021: “Revelate” performance/action, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
“Enate”, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum, Biloxi, MS
2019: “Sound of Silence”, action, Montana State University, Billings, MT
“Now that the Gates of Hell are closed. . .”, Different Trains Gallery, Decatur, GA
2018: "Transcending the Trace", British Film Institute, London, UK
2016-17: “Retracing the Trace”, Harvey Gallery, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN
2015: “ . . . the body and blood”, Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee
“Retracing The Trace”, in 24 hours, installation/action, videotaping, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN
“Spearfinger”, Jackson County Library, Sylva, NC
2012: “Retracing the Trace”, Installation, Fine Art Museum, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
2011: “Resistance Without Violence”, Installation, Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington, NC
2009: “Human rites . . . the body and blood”, Installation, University of North Carolina - Asheville, NC
2007: “To rise and begin again”, Fine Art Museum, Western Carolina University,Cullowhee, NC
2006: “An Overland Journey to the West”, McMillan Law Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2005: “The Pilgrimage Ribbon”, Installation, Fine Art Museum Inaugural Exhibition, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
2003: “Transparent to Transcendence”, Installation, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2000: “Recent Work”, Hoag Gallery, North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, GA
“One Woman Show”, Vinson Gallery, Decatur, GA
Group Installations, Exhibitions
2021: “Brought to Light”, K Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
“Marking Time”, two person show with Heidi Brandow, Ucross Gallery, Ucross, WY
“Marking Time”, traveling, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
“A Living Language: Cherokee Syllabary in Contemporary Art”, Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee, NC
“A Living Language: Cherokee Syllabary in Contemporary Art”, traveling, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
2020: “Indigenous Futurisms: Transcending Past/Present/Future”, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, NM
“Powerful Women: Contemporary Art from the Eiteljorg Collection”, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN
“Feminisms”, 516 Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
”More Than a Trace”, K Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2019: “Protest, Justice, and Transnational Organizing”, National Women’s Studies Association Conference, San Francisco, CA
"Earth Shakers; The Influence of Cherokee Women", Cherokee Heritage Center, Park Hill, OK
"We Never Left", Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL
“We Never Left”, traveling, Penn State University, HUB Gallery, College Station, PA
"Bring Her Home: Stolen Daughters of Turtle Island”. AICHO Gallery, Duluth, MN
“Cultivating Collections”, Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center, WCU, Cullowhee, NC
Post-FLUXUS 2019, newCELF, Newport and Wrexham, Wales, UK
2018: "IM: EDGE – Activism and Identity", Santa Fe Convention Center, Santa Fe, NM
"Bring Her Home", All My Relations Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
"Bring Her Home", traveling, Prairie Art Museum, Fargo, ND, AICHO Gallery, Duluth, MN
"Alumni Anniversary Show", Bardo Arts Center, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
2017: “Connecting Lines”, two person show, “Enate”, installation/action, CCNA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
"Bank See 2.0", Different Trains Gallery, Decatur, GA
"It Happened", Caleb Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2016: “Culture Shift: Contemporary Native Art Biennial – 3rd Edition”, Art Mur, Montreal, Quebec, CA
“Of Land and Spirit: Cherokee Art Today”, Bascom Art Center, Highlands, NC
2015: “Conversations”, Eiteljorg Museum, Contemporary Native Art Fellows, Indianapolis, IN
“Transparent to Transcendence” Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
“Octopus Dreams”, Jomon Museum - Funabashi City, Tokyo, Japan
2014: “Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 3”, University of Michigan Art Museum, Ann Arbor
Chazen Museum, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2013: “Octopus Dreams”, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
“Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 3”, McMichaelMuseum, Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada
2012: “Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 3”, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
“Novosibirsk Biennale”, Fine Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia
“Native Art in Russia”, Museum of Fine Art, Yekaterinburg, Russia traveling
Togliatti Art Museum, Togliatii, Russia
Samara Regional Art Museum, Samara, Russia
“Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 3”, traveling,
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
2010: “Our Voice”, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC
2008: “Healing and Art”, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
2006: “The Art of a Woman”, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2005: Looks good on paper”, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, GA
“. . . of the cave”, LIFT Contemporary, Cherokee, NC
2004: “Works on Paper”, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
“Flight”, LIFT Contemporary, Cherokee, NC
2002: South Cobb Arts Alliance 15th National Juried Exhibition, Award of Merit,
Mable House Cultural Center, Mableton, GA
“Stations of the Cross”, All Saints Episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA
2001: “Our Visions, Our Voices” Seen + Heard – Atlanta Women Artists Festival
Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Hunter Museum of American Art, National Juried Exhibition, Chattanooga, TN
“Not What You Imagine”, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC
2000: “Moved by the Spirit”, Brenau University Galleries, Gainesville, GA
“Where it all began: Creation Stories”, Museum of the Cherokee Indians, Cherokee, NC
Vinson Gallery, Decatur, GA
1999: “One Hundred and Sixty 9”, Swan Coach House, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, GA
Vinson Gallery, Decatur, GA
1997: “Indian Market”, Southwest Association for Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2003-21: Dine Community Development Corporation, Board of Directors, Chinle, AZ
2014-16: Callanwolde Arts Center, Faculty, Atlanta, GA
2012: Exit Art, Internship, New York, NY
2010-12: School of Art and Design, Western Carolina University, Assistantship, Cullowhee, NC
2010-11: LIFT Contemporary, Co-Director, Cherokee, NC
2008-10: Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts, Co-Director, Cherokee, NC
2007-14: Cherokee Studies-Language Revitalization Program, Illustrator, Western Carolina University,Cullowhee, NC
GRANTS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2021: Township 10, Artist Residency, Marshall, NC
2020: Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Artist Residency for Social Engagement
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Visiting Artist in Residence
New York Foundation for the Arts, Anonymous Was A Woman grant
First Peoples Fund Resilience grant
2019: Ucross Foundation Fellowship for Native American Visual Artists, Residency
2018: Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, Founder’s Fund Grant
Coosawattee Foundation Grant
2016: Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Fellowship
2015: Eiteljorg Museum Contemporary Art Fellowship
First Peoples Fund, Artist in Business Fellowship
2011: Western Carolina University Graduate Study Grant
2009: National Native Creative Development – Individual Artist Grant
2006-07: Atlatl, Native Arts Network – National Artist Advisory Board member
2003-06: The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center – Studio Artist
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021: John Haworth, “Luzene Hill: Grounding Art in Cultural Understanding and Lived Experience”, Americans for the Arts, blog, May 4
David Romtvedt, “The artist shaping society”, WyoFile, March 16
“Breathe”, breatheeveryone.net, UCLA Ezine, Los Angeles, CA, February 1
2020: Paul Abramson, PhD, and Tania Love Abramson, MFA, “Visual and Narrative Comprehension of Trauma”, AMA Journal of Ethics, June 1
Andrew Travers, “Knots, loose ends and Luzene Hill”, Aspen Times, November 27
2019: Jillian Steinhauer, “The Art of the Unspeakable”, The New Republic, October 15
Paul Abramson, Ph.D, and Tania Love Abramson, MFA, “Charting New Territory”, Contemporary Aesthetics, February
Emma Sulkowicz, “Violence and Anguish - Luzene Hill”, Trends and Issues in Contemporary Art, April 22
WABE FM, Atlanta, GA, “City Lights” with Lois Reitzes, November 25
2018: Paul Abramson, Ph.D, and Tania Love Abramson, MFA, Art & Trauma: Honors Collegium 149, UCLA, Fall 2018
Jordan Shearer, Bemidji Pioneer, "Interactive exhibit centerpiece displays powerful message", July 1
2017: Weisman Art Museum, "7 Artists Using Their Practice to Address Gendered and Sexual Violence”, April 10
Carolina A Miranda, Los Angeles Times, "Long reads I'm diggin'", October 13
Adam Rothstein, International Sculpture Center, Re: Sculpt, "Connecting Lines through History: Portland Art
Museum's Center for Contemporary Native Art", September 20
W. Warner Wood, “Museum Anthropology, AnthroSource”, September 21
Denise Neil-Binion, First American Art Magazine, "Connecting Lines", Issue 15, Summer, 2017
KBOO FM, “Art Focus“, March 14
Micco Caporale, In These Times, "Native Art Beyond 'Ponies in a Sunset'", August 25
Aarik Danielsen, Columbia Daily Tribune, "Uncommon courage on display..." September 10
"Native Art Now!", WFYI Indianapolis, PBS, December 14
2016: Ecotone magazine, “Language Sovereignty”, Issue 20
First American Art Magazine, “Conversations: Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship 2015”, Spring, #10
2015: ARTnews online exhibition of the day, “Conversations”, Eiteljorg Museum, November 19
Sky Blue Window, “Best of the Rest”, November 13
Lou Harry, “Past infuses present in Eiteljorg fellowship show”, Indianapolis Business Journal, November 28
Wei Chen, “Luzene’s Knots: Artist tackles sexual assault art at Eiteljorg Museum”, Indianapolis Star,November 20
Martin DeWitt, “Free Falling Up”, Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship catalog, November 14
Taté Walker, “Of Drums, Dreams & Art”, Native Peoples Magazine, May-June
Diana Ensign, “Luzene Hill – Assault Becomes Art”, Nuvo, May 27, South African Art Times, May 28
Argus Leader, “Luzene’s Knots”, November 30
2014: Jagodzinski, Ally, “A Synthesis of Cultural Boundaries”, Moda Magazine
Vardaman, Wendy, “shadow weave”, Bridge Poetry Series, Chazen Museum of Art
2013: Van der Laan, Jessie, “The Investigative Mark, Drawing: An Art Form Unto Itself”, SECAC Conference
2012: Museum of Arts and Design, “Resource Guide”
2010: MacPhee, Josh, “Celebrate People’s History! : The Poster Book of Resistance and Revolution”
2009: McCuan, Jess, “A Space of Her Own”, Verve Magazine, Sept-Oct
2007: Power, Susan, “Art of the Cherokee: Prehistory to Present” University of Georgia Press
2004: Bostic, Connie, “Flights of Fancy”, Mountain Express, Oct 6
2000: Miller, Marcianne, “New Testaments”, Mountain Express, Nov 22
Williams, Laurinda, “Pick of the Week”, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nov 23
1999: Styloid Process, Emory University
Feaster, Felicia. “Time Sensitive,” Creative Loafing, Nov 27
ARTIST’S TALKS AND PANELS
2021: UCLA, Department of Humanities, Guest Artist Lecture, Zoom, Los Angeles, CA
Ucross Foundation Gallery, Artist’s Talk, Zoom, Ucross, WY
2020: IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Artist’s Talk, Zoom, Santa Fe, NM
516 ARTS, Opening Artists’ Panel, Zoom, Albuquerque, NM
Eiteljorg Museum, Artist’s Talk, Zoom, Indianapolis, IN
UCLA, Department of Humanities, Guest Artist Lecture, Zoom, Los Angeles, CA
First Peoples Fund, Artist in Business Leadership grant, review panelist
2019: Atlanta International School, Visiting Artist
Sheridan College, Artist Talk, Sheridan WY
Montana State University, Artist Talk, Billings, MT
Different Trains Gallery, gallery talk, Decatur, GA
2018: National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts grants panelist
2017: Portland Art Museum, Gallery talk, Portland, OR
Walker Art Center, artist/curator panel, Minneapolis, MN
2016: Visiting Artist, “Cherokee Artistic Expressions”, Right Path Leadership, Cherokee, NC
2015: Eiteljorg Museum, Gallery talk, Indianapolis, IN
Jackson County Library, Visiting Artist, Sylva, NC
East Tennessee State University, Visiting Artist, Johnson City, TN
2013: University of Tennessee – Visiting Artist, Knoxville, TN
2012: Western Carolina University, artist’s talk “Retracing the Trace”, Cullowhee, NC
2011: Western Carolina University, artist’s talk “Contemporary Native American Art”, Cullowhee, NC
2009: University of North Carolina at Asheville, conference/gallery talk, “Visualizing Human Rights”,Asheville, NC
2004: Western Carolina University, Visiting Artist, Cullowhee, NC
2002: All Saints Episcopal Church, artist’s talk, ”Stations of the Cross”, Atlanta, GA
2001: University of North Carolina at Asheville, gallery talk, “Not What You Imagine”, Asheville, NC
2000: Brenau University, artist/curator panel, “Moved by the Spirit”, Gainesville, GA
North Georgia College and State University, artist’s talk, “Recent Work”, Dahlonega, GA
COLLECTIONS
Bardo Fine and Performing Art Center, Western Carolina University
Cocoa Cinnamon
Coosawattee Foundation
Dartmouth College
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
Emory University
Harrah’s, Inc.
Heard Museum
Hunter Library, Western Carolina University
Larson Juhl, Inc.
Portland Art Museum
Rose Library, Emory University
Solo Installations, Actions, Exhibitions
2021: “Revelate” performance/action, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
“Enate”, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum, Biloxi, MS
2019: “Sound of Silence”, action, Montana State University, Billings, MT
“Now that the Gates of Hell are closed. . .”, Different Trains Gallery, Decatur, GA
2018: "Transcending the Trace", British Film Institute, London, UK
2016-17: “Retracing the Trace”, Harvey Gallery, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN
2015: “ . . . the body and blood”, Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee
“Retracing The Trace”, in 24 hours, installation/action, videotaping, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN
“Spearfinger”, Jackson County Library, Sylva, NC
2012: “Retracing the Trace”, Installation, Fine Art Museum, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
2011: “Resistance Without Violence”, Installation, Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington, NC
2009: “Human rites . . . the body and blood”, Installation, University of North Carolina - Asheville, NC
2007: “To rise and begin again”, Fine Art Museum, Western Carolina University,Cullowhee, NC
2006: “An Overland Journey to the West”, McMillan Law Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2005: “The Pilgrimage Ribbon”, Installation, Fine Art Museum Inaugural Exhibition, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
2003: “Transparent to Transcendence”, Installation, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2000: “Recent Work”, Hoag Gallery, North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, GA
“One Woman Show”, Vinson Gallery, Decatur, GA
Group Installations, Exhibitions
2021: “Brought to Light”, K Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
“Marking Time”, two person show with Heidi Brandow, Ucross Gallery, Ucross, WY
“Marking Time”, traveling, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
“A Living Language: Cherokee Syllabary in Contemporary Art”, Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee, NC
“A Living Language: Cherokee Syllabary in Contemporary Art”, traveling, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
2020: “Indigenous Futurisms: Transcending Past/Present/Future”, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, NM
“Powerful Women: Contemporary Art from the Eiteljorg Collection”, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN
“Feminisms”, 516 Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
”More Than a Trace”, K Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2019: “Protest, Justice, and Transnational Organizing”, National Women’s Studies Association Conference, San Francisco, CA
"Earth Shakers; The Influence of Cherokee Women", Cherokee Heritage Center, Park Hill, OK
"We Never Left", Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL
“We Never Left”, traveling, Penn State University, HUB Gallery, College Station, PA
"Bring Her Home: Stolen Daughters of Turtle Island”. AICHO Gallery, Duluth, MN
“Cultivating Collections”, Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center, WCU, Cullowhee, NC
Post-FLUXUS 2019, newCELF, Newport and Wrexham, Wales, UK
2018: "IM: EDGE – Activism and Identity", Santa Fe Convention Center, Santa Fe, NM
"Bring Her Home", All My Relations Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
"Bring Her Home", traveling, Prairie Art Museum, Fargo, ND, AICHO Gallery, Duluth, MN
"Alumni Anniversary Show", Bardo Arts Center, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
2017: “Connecting Lines”, two person show, “Enate”, installation/action, CCNA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
"Bank See 2.0", Different Trains Gallery, Decatur, GA
"It Happened", Caleb Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2016: “Culture Shift: Contemporary Native Art Biennial – 3rd Edition”, Art Mur, Montreal, Quebec, CA
“Of Land and Spirit: Cherokee Art Today”, Bascom Art Center, Highlands, NC
2015: “Conversations”, Eiteljorg Museum, Contemporary Native Art Fellows, Indianapolis, IN
“Transparent to Transcendence” Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
“Octopus Dreams”, Jomon Museum - Funabashi City, Tokyo, Japan
2014: “Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 3”, University of Michigan Art Museum, Ann Arbor
Chazen Museum, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2013: “Octopus Dreams”, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
“Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 3”, McMichaelMuseum, Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada
2012: “Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 3”, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
“Novosibirsk Biennale”, Fine Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia
“Native Art in Russia”, Museum of Fine Art, Yekaterinburg, Russia traveling
Togliatti Art Museum, Togliatii, Russia
Samara Regional Art Museum, Samara, Russia
“Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 3”, traveling,
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
2010: “Our Voice”, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC
2008: “Healing and Art”, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
2006: “The Art of a Woman”, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2005: Looks good on paper”, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, GA
“. . . of the cave”, LIFT Contemporary, Cherokee, NC
2004: “Works on Paper”, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
“Flight”, LIFT Contemporary, Cherokee, NC
2002: South Cobb Arts Alliance 15th National Juried Exhibition, Award of Merit,
Mable House Cultural Center, Mableton, GA
“Stations of the Cross”, All Saints Episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA
2001: “Our Visions, Our Voices” Seen + Heard – Atlanta Women Artists Festival
Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Hunter Museum of American Art, National Juried Exhibition, Chattanooga, TN
“Not What You Imagine”, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC
2000: “Moved by the Spirit”, Brenau University Galleries, Gainesville, GA
“Where it all began: Creation Stories”, Museum of the Cherokee Indians, Cherokee, NC
Vinson Gallery, Decatur, GA
1999: “One Hundred and Sixty 9”, Swan Coach House, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, GA
Vinson Gallery, Decatur, GA
1997: “Indian Market”, Southwest Association for Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2003-21: Dine Community Development Corporation, Board of Directors, Chinle, AZ
2014-16: Callanwolde Arts Center, Faculty, Atlanta, GA
2012: Exit Art, Internship, New York, NY
2010-12: School of Art and Design, Western Carolina University, Assistantship, Cullowhee, NC
2010-11: LIFT Contemporary, Co-Director, Cherokee, NC
2008-10: Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts, Co-Director, Cherokee, NC
2007-14: Cherokee Studies-Language Revitalization Program, Illustrator, Western Carolina University,Cullowhee, NC
GRANTS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2021: Township 10, Artist Residency, Marshall, NC
2020: Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Artist Residency for Social Engagement
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Visiting Artist in Residence
New York Foundation for the Arts, Anonymous Was A Woman grant
First Peoples Fund Resilience grant
2019: Ucross Foundation Fellowship for Native American Visual Artists, Residency
2018: Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, Founder’s Fund Grant
Coosawattee Foundation Grant
2016: Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Fellowship
2015: Eiteljorg Museum Contemporary Art Fellowship
First Peoples Fund, Artist in Business Fellowship
2011: Western Carolina University Graduate Study Grant
2009: National Native Creative Development – Individual Artist Grant
2006-07: Atlatl, Native Arts Network – National Artist Advisory Board member
2003-06: The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center – Studio Artist
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021: John Haworth, “Luzene Hill: Grounding Art in Cultural Understanding and Lived Experience”, Americans for the Arts, blog, May 4
David Romtvedt, “The artist shaping society”, WyoFile, March 16
“Breathe”, breatheeveryone.net, UCLA Ezine, Los Angeles, CA, February 1
2020: Paul Abramson, PhD, and Tania Love Abramson, MFA, “Visual and Narrative Comprehension of Trauma”, AMA Journal of Ethics, June 1
Andrew Travers, “Knots, loose ends and Luzene Hill”, Aspen Times, November 27
2019: Jillian Steinhauer, “The Art of the Unspeakable”, The New Republic, October 15
Paul Abramson, Ph.D, and Tania Love Abramson, MFA, “Charting New Territory”, Contemporary Aesthetics, February
Emma Sulkowicz, “Violence and Anguish - Luzene Hill”, Trends and Issues in Contemporary Art, April 22
WABE FM, Atlanta, GA, “City Lights” with Lois Reitzes, November 25
2018: Paul Abramson, Ph.D, and Tania Love Abramson, MFA, Art & Trauma: Honors Collegium 149, UCLA, Fall 2018
Jordan Shearer, Bemidji Pioneer, "Interactive exhibit centerpiece displays powerful message", July 1
2017: Weisman Art Museum, "7 Artists Using Their Practice to Address Gendered and Sexual Violence”, April 10
Carolina A Miranda, Los Angeles Times, "Long reads I'm diggin'", October 13
Adam Rothstein, International Sculpture Center, Re: Sculpt, "Connecting Lines through History: Portland Art
Museum's Center for Contemporary Native Art", September 20
W. Warner Wood, “Museum Anthropology, AnthroSource”, September 21
Denise Neil-Binion, First American Art Magazine, "Connecting Lines", Issue 15, Summer, 2017
KBOO FM, “Art Focus“, March 14
Micco Caporale, In These Times, "Native Art Beyond 'Ponies in a Sunset'", August 25
Aarik Danielsen, Columbia Daily Tribune, "Uncommon courage on display..." September 10
"Native Art Now!", WFYI Indianapolis, PBS, December 14
2016: Ecotone magazine, “Language Sovereignty”, Issue 20
First American Art Magazine, “Conversations: Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship 2015”, Spring, #10
2015: ARTnews online exhibition of the day, “Conversations”, Eiteljorg Museum, November 19
Sky Blue Window, “Best of the Rest”, November 13
Lou Harry, “Past infuses present in Eiteljorg fellowship show”, Indianapolis Business Journal, November 28
Wei Chen, “Luzene’s Knots: Artist tackles sexual assault art at Eiteljorg Museum”, Indianapolis Star,November 20
Martin DeWitt, “Free Falling Up”, Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship catalog, November 14
Taté Walker, “Of Drums, Dreams & Art”, Native Peoples Magazine, May-June
Diana Ensign, “Luzene Hill – Assault Becomes Art”, Nuvo, May 27, South African Art Times, May 28
Argus Leader, “Luzene’s Knots”, November 30
2014: Jagodzinski, Ally, “A Synthesis of Cultural Boundaries”, Moda Magazine
Vardaman, Wendy, “shadow weave”, Bridge Poetry Series, Chazen Museum of Art
2013: Van der Laan, Jessie, “The Investigative Mark, Drawing: An Art Form Unto Itself”, SECAC Conference
2012: Museum of Arts and Design, “Resource Guide”
2010: MacPhee, Josh, “Celebrate People’s History! : The Poster Book of Resistance and Revolution”
2009: McCuan, Jess, “A Space of Her Own”, Verve Magazine, Sept-Oct
2007: Power, Susan, “Art of the Cherokee: Prehistory to Present” University of Georgia Press
2004: Bostic, Connie, “Flights of Fancy”, Mountain Express, Oct 6
2000: Miller, Marcianne, “New Testaments”, Mountain Express, Nov 22
Williams, Laurinda, “Pick of the Week”, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nov 23
1999: Styloid Process, Emory University
Feaster, Felicia. “Time Sensitive,” Creative Loafing, Nov 27
ARTIST’S TALKS AND PANELS
2021: UCLA, Department of Humanities, Guest Artist Lecture, Zoom, Los Angeles, CA
Ucross Foundation Gallery, Artist’s Talk, Zoom, Ucross, WY
2020: IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Artist’s Talk, Zoom, Santa Fe, NM
516 ARTS, Opening Artists’ Panel, Zoom, Albuquerque, NM
Eiteljorg Museum, Artist’s Talk, Zoom, Indianapolis, IN
UCLA, Department of Humanities, Guest Artist Lecture, Zoom, Los Angeles, CA
First Peoples Fund, Artist in Business Leadership grant, review panelist
2019: Atlanta International School, Visiting Artist
Sheridan College, Artist Talk, Sheridan WY
Montana State University, Artist Talk, Billings, MT
Different Trains Gallery, gallery talk, Decatur, GA
2018: National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts grants panelist
2017: Portland Art Museum, Gallery talk, Portland, OR
Walker Art Center, artist/curator panel, Minneapolis, MN
2016: Visiting Artist, “Cherokee Artistic Expressions”, Right Path Leadership, Cherokee, NC
2015: Eiteljorg Museum, Gallery talk, Indianapolis, IN
Jackson County Library, Visiting Artist, Sylva, NC
East Tennessee State University, Visiting Artist, Johnson City, TN
2013: University of Tennessee – Visiting Artist, Knoxville, TN
2012: Western Carolina University, artist’s talk “Retracing the Trace”, Cullowhee, NC
2011: Western Carolina University, artist’s talk “Contemporary Native American Art”, Cullowhee, NC
2009: University of North Carolina at Asheville, conference/gallery talk, “Visualizing Human Rights”,Asheville, NC
2004: Western Carolina University, Visiting Artist, Cullowhee, NC
2002: All Saints Episcopal Church, artist’s talk, ”Stations of the Cross”, Atlanta, GA
2001: University of North Carolina at Asheville, gallery talk, “Not What You Imagine”, Asheville, NC
2000: Brenau University, artist/curator panel, “Moved by the Spirit”, Gainesville, GA
North Georgia College and State University, artist’s talk, “Recent Work”, Dahlonega, GA
COLLECTIONS
Bardo Fine and Performing Art Center, Western Carolina University
Cocoa Cinnamon
Coosawattee Foundation
Dartmouth College
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
Emory University
Harrah’s, Inc.
Heard Museum
Hunter Library, Western Carolina University
Larson Juhl, Inc.
Portland Art Museum
Rose Library, Emory University
