Contributor: America Meredith
Swedish-Cherokee artist, America Meredith blends traditional styles from Native America and Europe with pop imagery of her childhood. The Cherokee language and syllabary figure prominently in her work, as they are the strongest visual imagery unique to her tribe.
America earned her MFA in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute and her BFA from the University of Oklahoma. She has shown throughout the United States and in Canada and Europe in the last 16 years.
Recent Awards and Fellowships
2011
• Red Cloud Art Show, 1st place, Graphics
• Five Civilized Tribes Art Show, 3rd place, Painting, 3rd place, Graphics
• Trail of Tears Art Show, Honorable Mention, Painting
• McPhee Elementary School. Weeklong residency
2010
• Northern Plains Indian Art Market, judge
• Cherokee Homecoming, Honorable Mention
• Red Cloud Art Show, Oscar Howe Memorial Award
• Trail of Tears Art Show, 2rd Place, Painting
• Heard Museum Indian Market, 2nd Pace, Mixed Media
2009
• SWAIA Indian Market, 1st Place, Abstract Water-based Painting
• National Museum of the American Indian, Visiting Artist Fellowship
• Red Cloud Indian Art Show, 2nd Place, Painting
• Trail of Tears Art Show, Honorable Mention, Painting
2008
• Cherokee Art Market, Best of Division, Painting
• San Francisco Arts Commission, Cultural Equity Individual Artist Grant
• Trail of Tears Art Show, Honorable Mention, Painting
2007
• Cherokee Homecoming, Judge’s Choice Award
• SWAIA Indian Market, IAIA Distinguished Alumni Award
• SWAIA Indian Market, 1st Place, Realistic Acrylic Painting
2006
• SF Weekly, voted best San Francisco painter of 2006, tied with Mitsy Avila Ovalles
• Lawrence Indian Arts Show, Honorable Mention, Painting
• SWAIA Indian Market, Honorable Mention, Abstract Watercolor Painting
• Trail of Tears Art Show, Honorable Mention, Painting
• Heard Museum Indian Art Market, Honorable Mention, Painting
2005
• Cherokee Homecoming, Honorable Mention
• SWAIA Indian Market, 1st Place, Realistic Miniature Painting
• San Francisco Art Institute, Graduate Fellowship, 2003–2005
