Emmi Whitehorse bio

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emmi whitehorse
Born in Crownpoint, New Mexico, 1957
Studied at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (B.A., 1980; M.A., 1982)
Lives and works in New Mexico

Artist's Statement
Printmaking is like preliminary sketching for me-it sets new ideas into motion. The print Silent Rain is printed on rice paper, a quite durable paper that seems extremely delicate and has a transparency to it. Because I liked the way the ink looked through the paper, the image on the back became the front and the front became the back. Both are frozen while the title suggests otherwise. It is a naīve reconstruction of what I thought I remembered seeing. Silent Rain and Rushing Water are part of a continual exploration of and fascination with nature.

Selected recent exhibitions
2000	Mainsite Contemporary Art, Norman, Oklahoma Vanier Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1999	Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1998	LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe Storylines, Colorado University Art Galleries, University of Colorado, Boulder; Taos, Albuquerque, Santa Fe Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa Nourishing Hearts, Creative Hands, Hampton University Museum, Hampton, Virginia Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan
1997	Cline LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona
1996	New Art of the West 5, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana Native Streams (traveled), Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Jan Wiener Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri Jan Maiden Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Selected public collections
Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico Arizona State University, Tempe The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico Rockwell Museum, New York St. Louis Museum, Missouri Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico