Academic Education
M. Ed. Secondary Education, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, completed May 2011
M. Ed. Educational Leadership, University of Alaska, Southeast, completed June 2010
Teacher Certification, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, completed May 2007
B.A. English, Teaching Emphasis, University of Washington, completed 2001
Art Education
Studied mask carving with Ron Manook, West Valley High School, Fairbanks, AK; carving and 2D Northwest Coast Design with Marvin Oliver, University of Washington; sculpture with Wendy Croskrey, University of Alaska Fairbanks; carving and Northwest Coast design with Duane Pasco and Randi Purser, Suquamish, WA; weeklong carving study with Dempsey Bob, The Evergreen State College Longhouse; printmaking workshop with Marwin Begaye, The Evergreen State College Longhouse
Art Teaching Experience
2010-2014 Alaska Native Art, Sculpture I, North Pole High School, North Pole, AK
2015-2018 Native American Art, Chief Kitsap Academy, Suquamish, WA
Solo Exhibitions and Residencies
2023 Paddling Solo, Jeffery Moose Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA
2021 Yupik Jen, Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center Sacred Circle Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 First Thursday Art Walk at King Street Station, Seattle, WA
2019 King Street Station yəhaw’ Artist Residency, Seattle, WA
2019 First Thursday Art Walk at Chief Seattle Club, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibitions and Events
2024 Celebrating 45 Years, Stoninging Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023 Salmon Culture, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK
2023 Seattle Art Fair, Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023 Alaska Native Women’s Exhibit, Sealaska Heritage Institute, Juneau, AK
2023 Indigenous Strength and Wellness, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA
2023 In The Spirit Contemporary Native American Juried Art Show, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, WA
2023 arnaq, hana’ack, smɁem, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022 Jennifer Angaiak Wood and Lea Basile-Lazarus, Jeffery Moose Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA
2022 Salmon Culture, Pratt Museum, Homer, AK
2022 In The Spirit Contemporary Native American Juried Art Show, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, WA
2022 The Homelands Collection, 2nd Edition, Raven Makes Gallery, Sisters, OR
2021 Across the Waters: Longhouse at 25, The Evergreen State University Evergreen Gallery, Olympia, WA
2021 Masks, Prints and Pedestal Art with Lillian Pitt, Jeffery Moose Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA
2021 Close to Home, ARTS at King Street Station, Seattle, WA
2021 Tradition Keepers: A Women’s Exhibition, Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA
2021 There’s No “I” In Identity, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
2020 The Homelands Collection, 1st Edition, Raven Makes Gallery, Sisters, OR
2020 Prints and 3D with Lillian Pitt, Jeffery Moose Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA
2020 Native Artists of the Salish Sea, Northwest Art Alliance, Online Exhibition
2020 Skyward, Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020 Lena | Ceara | Jennifer, Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 40th Anniversary Group Show, Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 Group print show, Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA
2019 Artist vendor – The Autry Museum Native American Art Marketplace, Los Angeles, CA
2019 In The Spirit Contemporary Native American Juried Art Show, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, WA
2019 Masks: The Art of Becoming, Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 yəhaw’ Exhibition, King Street Station, Seattle, WA
2019 Artist vendor – the Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market
2018 Fast Forward: Skateboards & Paddles, Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018 Masters of Disguise IV: Group Mask Exhibition, Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017 Tears of Duk’WibahL, Evergreen Gallery at The Evergreen State College
2017 In The Spirit Contemporary Native American Juried Art Show, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, WA
2016 In The Spirit Contemporary Native American Juried Art Show, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, WA
2014 In The Spirit Contemporary Native American Juried Art Show, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, WA
2012 University of Alaska Fairbanks Sustainable Art Show, Fairbanks, AK
2011 University of Alaska Fairbanks Sustainable Art Show, Fairbanks, AK
Awards, Honors, Artist Presentations, and Community Outreach
2024 Artist Studio carving demonstration, Burke Musuem, Seattle, WA
2024 Design Program Mentor, yəhaw’ and Sawhorse Revolution Food Sovereignty Shed Project
2024 Yup’ik mask study and workshop, AIS 170, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2023 Bill Holm Center Connections to Culture Grantee, Burke Museum, Seattle, WA
2023 Friends of Sheldon Jackson Winter Series via Zoom
2023 Volunteer Researcher at Nunalleq Archaeological Site, Quinhagak, AK
2022 MAC Speaks Artist Series via Zoom
2021 Anchorage Museum Virtual Artist Residency
2021 Olympia Woodworkers Guild Presentation via Zoom
2020 - 2021 The MAC (McMillen Artist Community) Fellow, The Robert B. McMillen Foundation
2020 - 2021 Pacific Northwest Art Fellow, Nia Tero
2019 Polar Lab: Collective, collections research for emerging Alaska Native and the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center artists at the Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK
2019 Visiting Artist for Central Kitsap School District Native American Camp
2018 yəhaw’ show Mentorship Participant
2017 Tears of Duk’WibahL International Indigenous Art Gathering, Participating Artist
2016 The Evergreen State College Longhouse Native Creative Development Grant
2016 Honoring Innovation Award, In The Spirit Contemporary Native American Juried Art Show
2012-2017 Volunteer Booth Designer, Fairbanks North Star Borough Library, Tanana Valley State Fair
2012 Second Place, UAF Sustainable Art Show
2011 Honorable Mention, UAF Sustainable Art Show
Collections
Anchorage Museum
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
Washington State Convention Center Summit Building - Entryways artwork
Private collections in Alaska, Oregon, Washington, California, Michigan, Florida, and Arizona
City of Seattle Portable Artworks Collection
Alaska Percent for Art – “As We Go Through Our Days,” Ryan Middle School, Fairbanks, AK
“The Lights Are Out,” Barnette Magnet School, Fairbanks, AK