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

  • 2023
  • Myesha Callahan Freet On Love And Letting Go, Francesca Du Brock, Chief Curator, Anchorage Museum, April 3.
  • 2018
  • Voyage Houston Thought Provokers Series, October 19.
  • Rosemary Anderson, Pushing The Envelope Gracefully, The Coeur D’Alene/Post Falls Press, April 19.
  • 2016
  • Jordan Davis, Note To Selves: Stay Home (A Review Of A Photocopy Show), Free Press Houston, February 9.