Curriculum Vitae
Zoë Marieh Urness
Tlingit & Cherokee photographer (b. 1984, Washington) documenting the living cultures of Native America. Based between Santa Fe, Scottsdale & Jackson Hole.
Education
- 2008Brooks Institute of Photography — Photography, Santa Barbara, CA
- Skagit Valley College — Art, Mount Vernon, WA
Awards
& Honors
& Honors
- 2023LIFT Grant — Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, for The Eternal Village and the Chilkat River
- 2022Sony Alpha Female+ Grant — for Indigenous Motherhood
- 2018Pulitzer Prize Nomination, Feature Photography — World Literature Today
- 2017Best in Photography, 1st Place — Autry Museum of the American West
- 2016Best in Photography, 1st Place — SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market
- 2015Best in Black & White Photography, 1st Place — SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market
- Honors — Heard Museum
Solo
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
- 2017Keeping the Traditions Alive — Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA (through 2018)
Selected
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
- 2026“Love”: An Anthropology of Simulated Affect — Bastille Design Center, Paris · with Marina Abramović, Orlan & Ai Weiwei
- 2026Hold to This Earth — Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK · works from Tia Collection
- 2026Life Is Art Is Motherhood Is Art — KYOTOGRAPHIE, Kyoto & Tokyo
- Art Basel Miami Beach · PHOTO LA
- 2019Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists — Minneapolis Institute of Art · Frist Art Museum · Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian · Philbrook (through 2020)
- 2019Borrowing the Earth — traveling exhibition, seven museums across Russia
- 2019Beyond Standing Rock — Santa Fe, NM
- 2017Standing Rock: Art and Solidarity — Autry Museum of the American West (through 2018)
- 2017Zoë Urness & Tony Abeyta — Altamira Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Selected
Collections
Collections
- New-York Historical — New York, NY · Hsu-Tang Collection gift
- Tacoma Art Museum — Tacoma, WA
- Autry Museum of the American West — Los Angeles, CA
- Birmingham Museum of Art — Birmingham, AL
- Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West — Scottsdale, AZ
- Tia Collection — Santa Fe, NM
Selected
Press
Press
- 2026Vogue · Forbes · The Guardian
- 2018First American Art Magazine — feature
- 2017World Literature Today — cover, May 2017
- 2017Native American Art · Indian Country Today · Santa Fe Reporter
- 2016Western Art Collector · Blouin Art + Auction
Representation
- Altamira Fine Art — Scottsdale, AZ & Jackson Hole, WY
- Mountain Trails Gallery — Santa Fe, NM