EDUCATION

Master of Fine Art, Studio Art
Brigham Young University, Provo UT
August 2021 – April 2024

Bachelor of Fine Art, Graphic Design

Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
August 1985 – April 1992

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2024-2014

Southwestern Association for Indian Arts Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM

2025-2015

Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market, Phoenix, AZ

2025-2022

Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market & Festival, Indianapolis, IN

2025-2019

Autry Museum of the American West Indian Arts Marketplace, Los Angeles, CA

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2024-2022

Natural History Museum of Utah Indigenous Art Market and Festival in Salt Lake City, UT

2023-2015

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Native Art Market, Washington, DC

2022-2018

Cherokee Art Market, Tulsa, OK

2022

President’s Art Show, Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, UT

2019-2015

Native Treasure - Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Art Market, Santa Fe, NM

2019

Museum of Northern Arizona Art Market, Flagstaff, AZ

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

Hózhó + Art Heals, The BYU Weight Room Gallery, Provo, UT

2023

Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project, Modern West Fine Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

2022

Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project, The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH
Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project, Millersville University, Millersville, PA

2021

Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL

2020

The Reveal: The Jingle Dress Project, Alpine Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

2018

Unity of Light, Alpine Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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2025

Reclaiming Red, Arizona State University Northlight Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

2024

Light Handlers: Indigenous Photographers in the Southwest, Arizona State Museum, Tucson, AZ
As the Lake Fades, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT

2023

Native Impressions, Modern West Fine Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
The Modern West, Modern West Fine Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Expanding Methodologies, Utah State University, Gallery East, Price, UT
Screen Print Exhibition, Modern West Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Screen Print Exhibition, Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ
Masters of Art: Alternative Insights, Alpine Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

2022

President’s Art Show, Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, UT
Interconnected Response, The Weight Room, Provo, UT

2019

Our Home: Native Minnesota, Minnesota History Center Museum, Minneapolis, MN

AWARDS

2025

Ralph Lauren Commission, Vancouver, Canada Retail Locations

 

2024
Ralph Lauren Commission, Tokyo, Rome, London, New York City Retail Locations   
Museum Commission, Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Museum Commission, Land Offering #2, Speed Museum of Art, Louisville, KY

2023

Museum Commission, Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project, Arizona State Museum, Tucson, AZ
Best of Classification, Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market, Phoenix, AZ

2022

Museum Commission, Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Museum Commission, Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project, The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, Ohio

2020

Best of Classification, Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market, Phoenix, AZ

2019

Museum Commission, Our Home: Native Minnesota, Minnesota History Center Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Award of Excellence in Photography, Communications Arts Magazine
Best News Photo, Standing Rock NoDAPL Coverage, Native American Journalists Association, Phoenix, AZ
Best of Show, Best of Classification, Standing Rock, Standing in Unity, The Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ

2018

Best of Show and Best of Classification, Standing Rock, Standing in Unity, Cherokee Indian Market, Tulsa, OK

2016

Award of Excellence in Photography, Communications Arts Magazine

PUBLICATIONS

2024    

Park, Karilee. “Eugene Tapahe’s Hózhó + Art Heals Unearths and Elevates Our Connections to the Land.” 15 Bytes Utah’s Art Magazine, February 9, 2024.
Bennett, Greg, Merrill, Bailee, Sundwall, Hailey. “Fab 40.” Utah Valley Magazine, March/April 2024, Cover photo, 56-57,
Caito, Nick. “Photo Gallery: The Jingle Dress Project.” Trinity College, March 8, 2024.
Doyle, Shane. “The Healing Power of Art.” Cowboys & Indians Magazine, April 2024, 104-109.

2023    

Park, Karilee. “Eugene Tapahe Brings Healing to the Land and the People.” 15 Bytes Utah’s Art Magazine, November 7, 2023.
Kolpas, Norman. “Artist Spotlight: Eugene Tapahe.” Western Art & Architecture Magazine, October/November 2023.
Castillo, Adolfo. & Martin, Wendie. “Dignity and Grace, Cover Photograph.” Native American Art Magazine, October/November 2023, Cover photo, 4.
“Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project: Navajo Artist, Eugene Tapahe @ Modern West, Salt Lake City.” Juxtapoz Art & Culture, October 20, 2023.
Nelson, Kate. “The Quest for Coexistence: Mo Brings Plenty on the Cover.” Cowboys & Indians Magazine, August/September 2023, Cover photo, 102-110.
Greig, Avery. “The Modern West Explores Identity and Landscape in Utah’s Backdrop.” 15 Bytes Utah’s Art Magazine, August 11, 2023.
Bolen, Anne. “A Journey for Hope.” Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Spring 2023, Cover photo, 44.

2022    

Matthews, Tammy Rae. “Capturing His Navajo Culture: Eugene Tapahe on Photography, Art and Advocacy.” Culturs The Global Multicultural Magazine.
Millersville University. “Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project.” We The People First Night, November 4, 2022.
Kelly, Danelle. “Jingle Dancers Share Message of Healing, Hope.” Ketchikan Daily News, August 6, 2022.
Crouse, J. Tripp. “Jingle Dress Project to Bring Healing Art Form to Southeast Alaska.” Koahnic Broadcast Station, July 29, 2022.

2021

Zaru, Deena. “The Jingle Dress: The Story Behind a Native American Dance and its Power of Spiritual Healing.” Good Morning America, Nov. 15, 2021.
Allen, Krista. “’Heal the People, Protect the Sacred’: Dream Leads to Creation of Jingle Dress Project.” Navajo Times, June 30, 2021.
Tapahe, Eugene. “Standing for Unity: The Standing Rock Movement.” Self-Publication, August 2018.
Keating, Peter and Tapahe, Eugene. “The Biz: Fading Images.” ESPN The Magazine, January 2000.