BIRTH DATE & PLACE: 1962, Philadelphia, PA EDUCATION: 1993 Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA Art Education, LEVEL I INSTRUCTIONAL CERTIFICATE 1988 Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, MAGNA CUM LAUDE Concentration in Painting 1984-86 Parsons School of Design at the American College, Paris, France. Fine Art 1982-83 Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA Foundation Art 1983 University of Grenoble, Grenoble, France. CERTIFICAT PRACTIQUE de LANGUE FRANCAISE Intensive French Language 1981-82 The Central Institute of Fine Arts Senior Middle School, Peking, China. CERTIFICATE in TRADITIONAL CHINESE PAINTING Traditional Chinese Painting 1981-82 Peking University, Peking, China. Chinese Language and Literature SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: 2008 "AWAKENING," solo exhibition, Carrboro Art Center, Carrboro, NC 2005-2008 “IMPACTED NATIONS,” Honor the Earth 3 year exhibition tour, Minneapolis, MN, NY, NM, CO, IL, SD, WI 2004-2007 “NATIVE VIEWS; Influences of Modern Culture,” Artrain USA, A Contemporary Native American Art Exhibition in Motion (3 year tour), Ann Arbor, MI 2006 “SMITHSONIAN NMAI HOLIDAY MARKET,” Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. 2006 “RELATIONS: INDIGENOUS DIALOGUE,” Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM 2006 2006 “ART of TRANSFORMATION,” Louise Jones Brown Gallery, Duke University Union, Durham, NC 2006 ALYSSA HINTON & HANNAH ALEX-GLASSER, Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle, WA 2006 GLANCE GALLERY WINTER GROUP SHOW, Glance Gallery, Raleigh, NC 2005 “BIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE DELL'ARTE CONTEMPORANEA,” Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art at the Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy 2005 “COMPOSITES by ALYSSA HINTON,” Red Hat, Inc. (Linux Server Operating Systems), Raleigh, NC 2004 SMITHSONIAN INAUGURAL FIRST AMERICANS ART MARKET, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. 2004 "EITELJORG MUSEUM 12TH ANNUAL INDIAN ART MARKET," Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, IN 2003 "EVOLVING TRADITIONS," online exhibition, New York Arts Magazine & Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, NY 2003 "COMPOSITES by ALYSSA HINTON," Bleecker Street Studio & Gallery, Carrboro, NC 2002 "WALKING IN THE SPIRIT CIRCLE" fifty-eight works in various media by American Indian Artists of North Carolina, Guilford Native American Association Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC 2002 "SPIRITUAL ARCHAEOLOGY," solo exhibition, Chase Lounge Gallery, Bates College Multicultural Center, Lewiston, ME 2002 "GRAND OPENING EXHIBITION", featured artist, EARTH American Indian Gallery, Cotton Mill Complex, Selma, NC 2002 "NATIVE DIVERSITY", solo exhibition, main gallery space, Page Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC 2001 "NC INDIAN ART MARKET 2001," NC Indian Unity Conference, Holiday Inn Bordeaux Convention Center, Fayetteville, NC 2001 "MIXED MEDIA by AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS", North Carolina Arts Gallery, Carrboro, NC 2000 "BOUNDLESS EXPRESSIONS: RENEWAL OF SPIRIT", Second Annual "Arts in Medicine" Juried Exhibition of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL 2000 "WSSU INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS WEEK 2000", Global Vista for the New Millenium, Diggs Art Gallery, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC 2000 "DIMENSIONS 2000: THE ART OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM", 35th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, Inc. & Milton Rhodes Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC 2000 "PEACE, UNITY & SOCIAL JUSTICE: THE MESSAGE OF MLK, JR.", an exhibition of celebrated artists curated for the MLK, Jr. Task Force of Cary, The Page Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC 1999 "THE RED MILLENNIUM", group exhibition, American Indian Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA 1999 "KEEPING THE CIRCLE: EXPRESSIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIVE AMERICANS", Works by the SPIRITWORKS! Group, The Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC 1999 "CHAPEL HILL PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION EXHIBITION FEATURING LOCAL ARTISTS," Chapel Hill Public Library and Chapel Hill Town Hall, NC 1999 "OFFERINGS, ALTARS IN OPEN SPACE" (Exploring the spiritual dimensions of our lives), group exhibition, Green Hill Center For North Carolina Art, Greensboro Cultural Center, Greensboro, NC 1998 "SPIRITUAL GROUND/ANCESTRAL PLANE", solo exhibition, Allenton Gallery, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC 1998 "NEW ART IN THE TRIANGLE", group exhibition, Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC 1998 "ALYSSA HINTON," collage transfers, Bradiggins Arts & Crafts Gallery, Hillsborough, NC 1998 "CULTURAL CONNECTIONS: RECLAIMED TRADITIONS", (The Eighth Annual North Carolina Native American Juried Fine Art Exhibition), Guilford Native American Association Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC 1997 "ALYSSA HINTON," reproductions, United American Indians of the Delaware Valley Museum, Philadelphia, PA COMMISSIONED WORK, COVER ART, DESIGN & PUBLIC ART: Environmental Mural Painting, Immaculata Catholic School, Durham, NC 2008 T-shirt emblem, NCSU Annual Pow Wow, Office of Native American Student Affairs, NC State University, Raleigh, NC 2008 * Designed southeastern gorget inspired image for the NASA and AISES Native American student groups as a Pow Wow fund raiser. Bag Logo Design, “Threads of HOPE” collaborative women's health and economic development project, Prevention Research Centers of The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 2007 * Designed three award winning motifs to be used for conference bags to be produced and marketed by unemployed women in rural eastern North Carolina. “Museum Without Walls - Historic Parrish Street Marker Series,” runner up proposal for permanent sidewalk exhibit, Office of Economic and Employment Development, City Hall, Durham, NC 2007 * Design conception for four weatherproof historic markers to be fabricated in glass and steel and to house historic imagery and text relating to “Black Wall Street”. CD Cover Art, Pura Fe - Tuscarora Nation Blues, Dixie Frog Records, Paris, France 2006 * Logo design used for the CD surface and the song lyrics insert American Tobacco Historic District - “Standpipe Art Project” finalist proposal for tobacco themed mural, Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse, Durham, NC 2006 * Design conception illustrating the history of the Durham tobacco industry to be painted onto the standpipe (an 80 foot high water tower). Journal cover art, “The Consultant” Annual Journal of the Consulting Foresters of America (ACF), Inc. 2005 Magazine cover art, “Spirit in the Smokies” magazine of new paradigm living, Asheville, NC, December 2003, March 2004 Large acrylic “family mandala” painting for Dr. David and Corinne Young of Young Veterinary Research Services, Turlock, CA 2004 Journal cover art, “Art of Wellbeing” holistic journal (Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point), spring 2003 Poster illustration for the 6th Annual Festival of the Autumn Moon Art & Music Celebration, The Hillsborough Arts Council, Hillsborough, NC 2002 Book cover illustration, “Nyanyan Gohn-Manan, History, Migration and Government of the Bassa,” by Dr. Syrulwa L. Somah, Associate Professor at NC A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 2002 Collaborative painting with artist Vandorn Hinnant honoring the 10th anniversary of the Challenge Greensboro Minority Leadership Development Training Program. Sponsored by the Greensboro Education and Development Council 1998 PUBLICATIONS: Article, Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, “Artistically Sharing Love of God's Creation”, The Herald-Sun, Durham, NC, January 17, 2009 http://www.heraldsun.southernheadlines.com/features/religion/61-1072638.cfm Article, Ellen Sung, “Looking Into Layers of a Life”, The Raleigh News and Observer, February 15, 2006 http://www.newsobserver.com/308/story/391331.html Essay, Lucy R. Lippard, "The Dragonfly and the Airplane," Cultural Modernism and Technology section of the exhibition catalogue for "NATIVE VIEWS; Influences of Modern Culture", Artrain USA, 2004 Book, Dawn E. Reno, The Official Price Guide to Native American Art, Randomhouse, 2003 Article, Lilyn Hester, "Artist Showcases Heritage in Autumn Moon," The News of Orange County, September 18, 2002 Article, Adam Bible, Gallery feature, Spectator Magazine, October 25, 2000 Linda Martin, "Spotlight on New Member: Alyssa Hinton", ATLATL (National Service Organization for Native American Arts) Native Arts Update, summer 1999. Article, Linda Martin, "New Faces: Alyssa Hinton", Native Peoples Magazine, May/June 1999. Article, Deanna Dunham, "Tribal Memories Come to Life", Aboriginal Voices; A Native North American News Magazine, March/April 1999. Article, Tom Patterson, "Studying at the Altar of Creativity", Winston-Salem Journal, February 7, 1999. Article, Marci Smith, "Brush with Success", The Robesonian, January 17, 1999. Article, Dave Hart, "Coming Awake Again", The Chapel Hill News, October 9, 1998. Article, Louis St. Lewis, "Images of Death and Spirituality at Somerhill", The Chapel Hill News, June 7,1998. AWARDS AND HONORS: STUDIO SUPPORT GRANT, The Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South, Durham, NC 2005 ART FOR INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL GRANT for participation in the “BIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE DELL'ARTE CONTEMPORANEA,” Florence Biennale at the Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy. Art for Indigenous Survival, Durham, NC 2005 EITELJORG MUSEUM INDIAN ART MARKET HONORABLE MENTION, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, IN 2004 ART FOR INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL GRANT for participation in the Eiteljorg Indian Art Market, through the LIFE BRIDGE FOUNDATION, AN AFFILIATE of the UNITED NATIONS. Art for Indigenous Survival, Durham, NC 2004 5TH ORANGE COUNTY OPEN STUDIO TOUR GRANT. Grass Roots Arts Inc., Carrboro, NC. 1999. KITUWAH 1999, FIRST PLACE AWARD. Kituwah American Indian Celebration of Arts, Heritage, and Education, Asheville, NC D.A. C. EXHIBITION GRANT. Collage series "Spiritual Ground/Ancestral Plane", Allenton Gallery, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC 1998 MID-ATLANTIC/NEA REGIONAL ARTS FELLOWSHIP IN PAINTING (WITH EXHIBITION TOUR). Oil Paintings. Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Baltimore, MD. 1990-92. "IMAGES '91" BEST OF SHOW AWARD. Oil painting. Juror: FAITH RINGGOLD. Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College, PA. 1991. MERION ART AND REPRO CENTER AWARD FOR PAINTING. Oil Painting. Main Line Center for the Arts 52nd Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA. 1989. ELIZABETH COYNE MEMORIAL PRIZE. Mixed Media. Woodmere Art Museum 49th Annual Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA. 1989. LECTURES/PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS: Slide lecture, "Spiritual Archaeology" opening reception, Chase Lounge Auditorium, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 2002 Interview, "Carolina Chronicles", NBC 17 WNCN TV, Raleigh, NC, 1999. Lecture, "Offerings, Altars in Open Space", Artists' talk program, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC, 1999. Lecture, "As We See Them: Images Of Our Relations", opening reception, The Museum of the Native American Resource Center, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, NC. 1999. Lecture, "Cultural Connections: Reclaimed Traditions", opening reception, Guilford Native American Association Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC. 1998 RESIDENCIES, CONSULTING & TEACHING: BACKSTAGE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Immaculata Catholic School, Durham, NC 2008 * Taught six art workshops to produce painted animal and plant related collaborative student art works for the annual "Back Stage at the Emily K" fund raiser and art auction. ART CAMP INSTRUCTOR, DAC Summer Arts Camp, The Durham Arts Council School, Durham, NC 2007 * Taught summer art camp entitled “Collaged Concerns: Ecology in Art”. “CULTURAL CONFIGURATIONS” FOUR PANEL MIXED MEDIA SEESAW YOUTH MURAL PROJECT, for the Triangle Community Foundation, American Tobacco Historic District, Durham, NC 2006 * Three month residency included researching the culture and history of Durham, Orange, Wake and Chatham counties, teaching mixed media collage and designing and constructing pine and plywood back drops for large geometric multi-collage murals. LEAD ARTIST for SEESAW STUDIO SUMMER MIXED MEDIA RESIDENCIES, Seesaw Studio Design & Business Program, Durham, NC 2006 * Taught three week-long mixed media collage workshops to high school aged children. “DREAM, DO, ACHIEVE” YOUTH MURAL PROJECT, for the Emily Krzyzewski Family Life Center (lobby), Durham, NC 2006 * Designed and constructed 6' x10' pine and plywood support grid with lauan tree design inlay which became the back drop for a 13 paneled mixed media collage mural project for at risk youth. IBM, INC. WORLDWIDE LEARNING PROJECTS ART COLLABORATION WORKSHOP, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC 2005 * Planned and facilitated an integrated arts activity for the IBM Enterprise Learning Education Kickoff program on leadership styles, team work and business goals. C.A.P.S. RESIDENCY at LAKEVIEW (alternative high school), Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC 2005 * Developed and taught “Art for Life” curriculum to court ordered youth by creating cultural connections and focusing on holistic (contextual) learning solutions. C.A.P.S. PROGRAM ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC 2004-2005 * Designed and taught middle school art residencies entitled “Collaged Concerns: Ecology in Art”. ART CAMP INSTRUCTOR, Carolina Friends School Summer Program, Durham, NC 2001-2003 * Designed and taught programs entitled “Crafts New Groove”, “Animal Art” and “Art Prints” to children ages 8-13. CULTURAL ARTS CONSULTANT, Phoenix Academy (alternative high school), Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District, Chapel Hill, NC 1998, 2002 * Developed and taught “Art for Life” curriculum to disadvantaged and at risk youth by creating cultural connections and focusing on holistic (contextual) learning solutions. ART INSTRUCTOR, East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District, Chapel Hill, NC 1998 * Taught four sections of painting, drawing, and design. ART CAMP INSTRUCTOR, “Arts Encounter” Summer Arts Intensives, The Durham Arts Council School, Durham, NC 1998 * Taught summer art courses entitled “Drawing Dynamics” and “Basic Drawing and Painting”. DRAWING INSTRUCTOR, Art School at the Art Center, Carrboro, NC 1998 * Designed and taught adult class entitled “Creative Drawing Concepts”. PAINTING & DRAWING INSTRUCTOR, George School, Newtown, PA 1993-97 * Developed curriculum and taught three levels of high school painting, drawing, sculpture, and printmaking. Courses included AP and International Baccalaureate Art and Design. Held dorm parent position for one school year. Supervised the school gallery for two consecutive years. SCULPTURE RELATED TECHNICIAN WORK: CABINETRY ASSISTANT to high-end cabinet maker, Wayne White, project commissioned by Minata Gallery, University Mall, Chapel Hill, NC 2000 *Precision chiseling and sanding for joint construction of free standing jewelry display cases. PROPS ASSISTANT, Walnut Street Theater, Phila., PA 1989 *Carpentry construction and repair of stage props. BRONZE TECHNICIAN, lost wax process. Laran Bronze Art Foundry, Chester, PA 1988 *Sand blasting, welding and chasing of bronze sculptures. SCULPTURE TECHNICIAN for sculptors Klaus Schultze and Paul Flury, project commissioned by the Munich Water Company office complex, Munich, Germany 1987 *Construction of monumental brick and concrete figurative sculptures with cast iron armatures. ASSISTANT MACHINIST, Red Star Commune Farm Machinery Plant, Peking, China 1980-81 *Metal filing, grinding, cutting and drill press work for dairy related machinery EXCERPTS from PUBLICATIONS: “While incorporating hand rendered drawings, photography, oil paint, computer graphics, wood planks and even feathers, Hinton’s art pieces remain fluid and offer unusual visual depth. The backgrounds of the pieces burst with warm colors that connote vivacity and life. At first glance, it is hard to pick out the different parts of the whole. Amidst the mixture of nature and cultural memorabilia such as coins and map fragments, Hinton subtly weaves in abstract technological images, like brain waves, to convey the interconnectedness of the world.” -Nancy Wang, "The Collage grows up at the Bryan Center’s Louise Jones Brown Gallery," The Duke University Chronicle Online, November, 2006. "Through photographic collage she illustrates some of the oral history that is prevalent among the tribes of the Southeast. While the medium she uses is very modern, her subject matter is ancient. In addition, she uses both amorphous and very literal figures, generating a multi-layered effect. In so doing, she takes iconic figures of the oral tradition, such as the deer man, and filters them through a modern lens, portraying the beauty and complexity of Indian tradition in a contemporary world." -Raquel Chapa, "Evolving Traditions," NY Arts Magazine & The Smithsonian NMAI, May, 2003. "Using layers of lush greenery, woodland textures and indigenous imagery, Tuscarora and Osage artist Alyssa Hinton celebrates her connection to the land and people of North America in organic themed collages. She composes rich visual Narratives that talk about the path she took to finding her cultural identity and a restored sense of communal belonging." -Linda Martin, "New Faces: Alyssa Hinton," Native People's Magazine, May/June 1999. "Alyssa Hinton's talent allows her to dip from the tribal memory and expose the roots of her people. By uniting human with nature and past with present, she challenges her audience to remember their own history as it really is." -Deanna Dunham, "Tribal Memories Come to Life," Aboriginal Voices; A Native North American News Magazine, March/April 1999. "Her evocative, landscape-related collages engage themes related to American Indian cultures and their spiritual traditions. Black and white images of blanket swathed Indians juxtaposed with fragments of urban road maps in her two pieces from the series The Heart of the Nation/Refugees effectively comment on the cultural displacement of North America's original inhabitants and the resultant problems faced by their descendants. Composite images that suggest cross sections of ancient burial mounds allude to the longevity of American Indian history in works such as Hinton's Ancestral Plane, Slumber, and Spiritual Archaeology/Descendants and Ancestors. And the mystical aspects of Native American religion provides the focus for Creator/Cosmos, Ancient Fire, and Light and Sound/The Fourth Day." -Tom Patterson, "Studying at the Altar of Creativity," Winston-Salem Journal, February 7, 1999.