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BIRTH DATE & PLACE: 1962, Philadelphia, PA
EDUCATION:
1993 Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
Art Education, LEVEL I INSTRUCTIONAL CERTIFICATE
Specialty; Multicultural Teaching Strategies
1988 Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Major; Painting
1984-86 Parsons School of Design at the American College, Paris, France.
Fine Art
1982-83 Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
Foundation Art & Design
1983 University of Grenoble, Grenoble, France.
CERTIFICAT PRACTIQUE de LANGUE FRANCAISE
Intensive French Language
1983 City of Grenoble, Ecole Des Beaux Arts
Live Figure Drawing
1981-82 The Central Institute of Fine Arts Senior Middle School, Beijing,
China.
CERTIFICATE in TRADITIONAL CHINESE PAINTING
Gongbi and Xieyi Painting
1981-82 Beijing University, Beijing, China.
Chinese Language and Literature
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2010 "ACROSS THE THRESHOLD - CREATIVITY, BEING & HEALING
SYMPOSIUM, University of North Carolina Program on Integrative Medicine and Duke
University Dance Program, Duke University, Durham, NC,
2010 "ONE SCORE AND FIFTEEN", Guilford Native American Association
Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2010 The 35thAnnual NC Indian Unity Conference Juried Art Show, United
Tribes of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC
2009 “WE ARE HOME,” group exhibition, Krantz Gallery at Jefferson Community
& Technical College, Louisville, KY
2008-2009 “DURHAM ART GUILD 54th ANNUAL JURIED ART SHOW” & “DURHAM ART
GUILD ANNUAL MEMBERS’ SHOWS”, The Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC
2008 "AWAKENING," solo exhibition, Carrboro Art Center,
Carrboro, NC
2005-2008 “IMPACTED NATIONS,” Honor the Earth 3 year exhibition tour
out of Minneapolis, MN, to 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 to all regions
of the USA), Ann Arbor, MI
2004, 2006 SMITHSONIAN NMAI INAUGURAL FIRST AMERICANS ART MARKET &
“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 “ART of TRANSFORMATION,” solo exhibition, Louise Jones Brown Gallery,
Duke University, Durham, NC
2006 ALYSSA HINTON & HANNAH ALEX-GLASSER, Collages & Ceramic Sculpture,
Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 HONORING SOUTH EASTERN TRIBAL ARTISANS, Capital One -Town Center Gallery,
Richmond, VA
2005-2006 GLANCE GALLERY GROUP SHOWS, 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 "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, New York City,
NY
2003 "COMPOSITES by ALYSSA HINTON & FIRE BALLS by JOSEPH GARDNER,"
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", group exhibition,
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,"
group exhibition, 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, solo exhibition, 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, solo exhibition, United
American Indians of the Delaware Valley Museum, Philadelphia, PA
AWARDS AND HONORS:
2005 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
2004 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
1999 5TH ORANGE COUNTY OPEN STUDIO TOUR GRANT.
Grass Roots Arts Inc., Carrboro, NC
1999 KITUWAH, FIRST PLACE AWARD.
Kituwah American Indian Celebration of Arts, Heritage, and Education, Asheville,
NC
1998 D.A.C. EXHIBITION GRANT.
Showing and promotion of collage series "Spiritual Ground/Ancestral Plane",
Allenton Gallery, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC
1990-92 MID-ATLANTIC/NEA REGIONAL ARTS FELLOWSHIP IN PAINTING (WITH
EXHIBITION TOUR).
Oil Paintings. Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Baltimore, MD
1991 "IMAGES '91" BEST OF SHOW AWARD.
Oil painting. Juror: FAITH RINGGOLD. Central Pennsylvania Festival
of the Arts, State College, PA
1989 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
PUBLICATIONS:
2009 Article, Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, “Artistically Sharing Love
of God's Creation”, The Herald-Sun, Durham, NC, January 17
2006 Article, Ellen Sung, “Looking Into Layers of a Life”, The
Raleigh News and Observer, January 22
2005 Journal cover art, “The Consultant” Annual Journal of the Consulting
Foresters of America (ACF), Inc.
2004 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
2003, 2004 Magazine cover art, “Spirit in the Smokies” magazine
of new paradigm living, Asheville, NC, December, March Issues
2003 Book, Dawn E. Reno, The Official Price Guide to Native American
Art, Randomhouse
2003 Journal cover art, “Art of Wellbeing” holistic journal (Greensboro,
Winston-Salem, High Point), Spring Issue
2002 Article, Lilyn Hester, "Artist Showcases Heritage in Autumn Moon,"
The News of Orange County, September 18
2000 Article, Adam Bible, Gallery feature, Spectator Magazine, October 25
1999 Article, Linda Martin, "Spotlight on New Member: Alyssa Hinton",
ATLATL (National Service Organization for Native American Arts) Native Arts Update,
Summer Issue
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
1998 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
PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
2002 Slide lecture, "Spiritual Archaeology" opening
reception, Chase Lounge Auditorium, Bates College, Lewiston, ME
1999 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
1998 Lecture, "Cultural Connections: Reclaimed Traditions",
opening reception, Guilford Native American Association Art Gallery, Greensboro,
NC
COMMISSIONS, DESIGN & PUBLIC ART:
2009 Environmental Mural Painting, Immaculata Catholic School, Durham,
NC
2008 T-shirt emblem, Office of Native American Student Affairs, NC State University,
Raleigh, NC
* Designed southeastern shell gorget inspired image for the NASA and AISES
Native American student groups as a Pow Wow fund raiser.
2007 Conference Bag Logo Design, “Threads of HOPE” collaborative women's
health and economic development project, Center for Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention of The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
2007 “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
* 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”.
2006 "Four Daughters" CD Cover Art, Pura Fe - Tuscarora Nation
Blues, Dixie Frog Records, Paris, France
2006 American Tobacco Historic District - “Standpipe Art Project” finalist
proposal for tobacco themed mural, Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse, Durham,
NC
* Design conception illustrating the history of the Durham tobacco industry to
be painted onto the standpipe (an 80 foot high water tower).
2004 “Family Mandala” large acrylic painting for Dr. David and Corinne
Young of Young Veterinary Research Services, Turlock, CA
2002 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
1999 Poster illustration for William Hinton's 80th Birthday Celebration,
Columbia University, NYC, NY
1998 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, Greensboro,
NC
RESIDENCIES, CONSULTING & TEACHING:
2008 BACKSTAGE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Immaculata Catholic School, Durham,
NC
* 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.
2008 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, NCSU Annual Pow Wow, Multicultural Student
Affairs, NC State University, Raleigh, NC
* Conducted historical / cultural research and writing, created historical / cultural
exhibit displays and solo art exhibit.
2007 ART CAMP INSTRUCTOR, DAC Summer Arts Camp, The Durham Arts Council
School, Durham, NC
* Taught summer art camp entitled “Collaged Concerns: Ecology in Art”.
2006 “CULTURAL CONFIGURATIONS” FOUR PANEL MIXED MEDIA SEESAW YOUTH
MURAL PROJECT, for the Triangle Community Foundation, American Tobacco
Historic District, Durham, NC
* 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.
2006 LEAD ARTIST for SEESAW STUDIO SUMMER MIXED MEDIA RESIDENCIES,
Seesaw Studio Design & Business Program, Durham, NC
* Taught three week-long mixed media collage workshops to high school aged children.
2006 “DREAM, DO, ACHIEVE” COLLABORATIVE YOUTH MURAL PROJECT, for the Emily
Krzyzewski Family Life Center (lobby), Durham, NC
* Three month teaching residency included designing and constructing 6' x10' pine
and plywood support grid with lauan inlay which became the back drop for a 13 paneled
mixed media collage mural for at risk youth.
2005 IBM, INC. WORLDWIDE LEARNING PROJECTS ART COLLABORATION WORKSHOP,
Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC
* Planned and facilitated an integrated arts activity for the IBM Enterprise Learning
Education Kickoff program on leadership styles, team work and business goals.
2005 C.A.P.S. RESIDENCY at LAKEVIEW (alternative high school),
Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC
* Developed and taught “Art for Life” curriculum to court ordered youth by creating
cultural connections and focusing on holistic (contextual) learning solutions.
2004-2005 C.A.P.S. PROGRAM ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Durham Arts Council,
Durham, NC
* Designed and taught middle school art residencies entitled “Collaged Concerns:
Ecology in Art”.
2001-2003 ART CAMP INSTRUCTOR, Carolina Friends School Summer Program,
Durham, NC
* Designed and taught programs entitled “Crafts New Groove”, “Animal Art” and
“Art Prints” to children ages 8-13.
2002 CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING WORKSHOP,
A Southern Season, award winning source for goumet foods, Chapel Hill, NC
1998, 2002 CULTURAL ARTS CONSULTANT, Phoenix Academy (alternative
high school), Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District, Chapel Hill, NC
* Developed and taught “Art for Life” curriculum to disadvantaged and at risk
youth by creating cultural connections and focusing on holistic (contextual) learning
solutions.
1998 ART INSTRUCTOR, East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill-Carrboro
School District, Chapel Hill, NC
* Taught four sections of painting, drawing, and design.
1998 ART CAMP INSTRUCTOR, “Arts Encounter” Summer Arts Intensives,
The Durham Arts Council School, Durham, NC
* Taught summer art courses entitled “Drawing Dynamics” and “Basic Drawing and
Painting”.
1998 DRAWING INSTRUCTOR, Art School at the Art Center, Carrboro,
NC
* Designed and taught adult class entitled “Creative Drawing Concepts”.
1993-97 PAINTING & DRAWING INSTRUCTOR, George School, Newtown,
PA
* 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.
1988-89 K.A.V.A.D. (Kids Against Violence & Drugs) PARTICIPANT,
Philadelphia, PA
* Volunteered time to African American youth group. Activities included drawing,
furniture painting, carpentry, basketball, neighborhood clean up, and various educational
excursions.
1982-83 SUMMER CAMP COUNSELOR, Sight Point Camp, Nova Scotia, Canada
* Led activities including painting, camping, fishing, daily chores, farm work,
folk dance and sports.
SCULPTURE RELATED TECHNICIAN WORK:
2000 CABINETRY ASSISTANT to high-end cabinet maker/craftsman, Wayne White,
project commissioned by Minata Gallery, University Mall, Chapel Hill, NC
*Precision chiseling and sanding for joint construction of free standing jewelry
display cases.
1989 PROPS ASSISTANT, Walnut Street Theater, Phila., PA
*Carpentry construction and repair of stage props.
1988 BRONZE TECHNICIAN, lost wax process. Laran Bronze Art Foundry,
Chester, PA
*Sand blasting, welding and chasing of bronze sculptures.
1987 SCULPTURE TECHNICIAN for sculptors Klaus Schultze and Paul Flury,
project commissioned by the Munich Water Company office complex, Munich, Germany
*Construction of monumental brick and concrete figurative sculptures with cast
iron armatures.
1980-81 ASSISTANT MACHINIST, Red Star Commune Farm Machinery Plant,
Beijing, China
*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.
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