Myesha Callahan Freet
myesha@callahanfreet.com
832.640.3998
Education
- 2014
- University Of Houston, BFA cum laude, Major in Photography/Digital Media, Minor in Art History
Awards
- 2023
- Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Award
- Rasmuson Foundation Through The Harper Arts Touring Fund, administered by the Alaska State Council on the Arts and Fairbanks Arts Association
Residencies
- 2023
- In Residence Virtual Residency, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK
- 2022
- Exploration In Ephemeral Art Making Using Lumen Prints, Alaska Botanical Garden, Anchorage, AK
Solo Exhibitions
- TBD
- Solo Show, Alaska State Museum, Juneau AK
- 2024
- International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage AK
- 2019
- You'd Look Better With A Smile Group #1, Spokane Downtown Library, Spokane WA
- You’d Look Better With A Smile excerpt, Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane WA
- 2018
- You’d Look Better With A Smile Group #1, Spokane Downtown Library, Spokane WA
- You’d Look Better With A Smile Group #1, Jacklin Arts And Cultural Center, Post Falls ID
- 2015
- CallahanFreet Showcase w/ Christian Freet, Liberty Station, Houston TX
Solo Performances
- 2023
- GROW, The Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
- 2022
- NURTURE, Bunnell Street Arts Gallery, Homer, AK
Group Exhibitions
- 2023
- MOTHER, The Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
- 2022
- MOTHER, Bunnell Street Arts Gallery, Homer, AK
- Alaska Biennial, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK
- 2018
- Terrain 11, Jensen-Byrd Building, Spokane WA
- Lights Out 2018, Houston TX
- Women’s History Month, Jacklin Arts And Cultural Center, Post Falls ID
- Trajectories Seen, HCC Stafford Campus Fine Arts Center, Houston TX
- 2017
- Pushing The Boundaries, Art Seed Studios, Spokane WA
- Lights Out: An Experimental Multimedia Experience, Houston TX
- 2016
- Art Crawl Houston, Warehouse District, Houston TX
- Origins Of Fear, Little Dog Gallery, Spokane WA
- 6x6NW, Shoreline-Lake Park Arts Council, Shoreline WA
- Note To Selves: Stay Home (A Photocopy Show), Hardy And Nance Studios, Houston TX
- 2015
- Art Crawl Houston, Warehouse District, Houston TX
- 2014
- Components For An Explosive Atomic Device, Kallinen Contemporary, Houston TX
- Student Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, Houston TX
- Aurora Picture Show: Bring Your Own Beamer, Menil, Houston T
- 2013
- Student Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, Houston TX
- 2012
- Student Showcase, School Of Art University Of Houston, Houston TX
Online Exhibitions
- 2018
- Identity: An Exhibition Of Self, The Dore Collective, Atlanta GA
Curating
- 2019
- You’d Look Better With A Smile Group #2, Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane WA
- Smoke, Hillyard Library, Spokane WA
- 2018
- You’d Look Better With A Smile Group #1, Spokane Downtown Library, Spokane WA
- You’d Look Better With A Smile Group #1, Jacklin Arts And Cultural Center, Post Falls ID
- Lights Out 2018, Houston TX
- 2017
- Pushing The Boundaries, Art Seed Studios, Spokane WA
- Lights Out: An Experimental Multimedia Experience, Houston TX
- 2016
- Art Crawl Houston, Warehouse District, Houston TX
- 2015
- Art Crawl Houston, Warehouse District, Houston TX
- CallahanFreet Showcase w/ Christian Freet, Liberty Station, Houston TX
Presentation
- 2023
- Biennial Artist Talks, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage AK
- Live Stream, In Residence Virtual Residency, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage AK
- 2022
- Artist Talk: MOTHER, Bunnell Street Arts Gallery, Homer AK
- Ephemeral Lumen Printing Workshop #2, Alaska Botanical Garden, Anchorage AK
- Ephemeral Lumen Printing Workshop #1, Alaska Botanical Garden, Anchorage AK
- Introduction To Performance Art, Alaska Botanical Garden, Anchorage, AK
- Introduction To Lumen Printing, Alaska Botanical Garden, Anchorage, AK
- 2021
- Artist Talk: Artist Mothers, Bunnell Streets Arts Gallery, Homer, AK
- 2020
- Inspiration and Adaptation: Christian Freet and Myesha Callahan Freet, Bunnell Streets Arts Gallery, Homer, AK
- 2019
- You’d Look Better With Smile, Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane WA
- You’d Look Better With A Smile, Spokane Downtown Library, Spokane WA
- 2018
- You’d Look Better With A Smile Workshop #1, Jacklin Arts And Cultural Center, Post Falls ID
- Trajectories Seen Artist Talk; Review Of University Of Houston Art Department, HCC Stafford Campus Fine Arts Center, Houston TX
Print Media
- 2022
- Christina Whiting, Artists Collaborate On Exhibit Exploring the Challenges of Being Mothers and Makers, Homer News.
- 2018
- Rosemary Anderson, The Truth Behind The Smile, Nspire Magazine Summer/Fall 2018. Art 36-39.
- Chey Scott, Smile, Baby, Inlander: Summer Guide June 14-20. 142.
- Sophie Bress, The Spokesman-Review, Artist’s Portraits Equal Parts Powerful, Therapeutic, June 15. Arts And Culture 6.
Radio
- 2018
- The Art Hour Hosted By Jennifer LaRue, KYRS Radio, Spokane WA March 29
Online Periodical