Background: Eastern Band Cherokee who has lived in Baltimore, MD; Cleveland, OH; Cherokee, NC; Atlanta, GA. The artist now resides in Tulsa, OK. Education: Cleveland Institute of Art and the Atlanta College of Art, BFA with a double major in painting and photography. Corporate Collections (selected): Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC Harrah's Cherokee Casino, Cherokee NC Cherokee Hills Casino and Resort, Catoosa, OK Department of the Interior, Washington, DC Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Washington, DC St. John's Hospital- Heart Center, Tulsa, OK RoxTec A.P. Sweden, Sweden Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Tulsa, OK Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Tulsa, OK John Blair Publishing Company, Winston-Salem, NC City Hall of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee, NC Pelican Sound, Fort Lauderdale, International Plaza, Tulsa OK Solo Exhibitions (selected): 2000- Reclaiming Cultural Ownership; Challenging Indian Stereotypes, NIIPA (Native Indian/Inuit Photographer's Association) Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario. 1999- Visiting Artist: Shan Goshorn, Truman State University, MO. 1995- Walks In Two Worlds, Northeast Missouri State University, MO. - Honest Injun: Unlearning Indian Stereotypes, NIIPA, Ontario. 1994- Always Within The Sound Of The Drum, Walters Art Gallery, Tulsa, OK. 1992- Receiving Star Gift: The Work Of Shan Goshorn, Ursuline College, OH. 1991- Taken To The Water, Cherokee Heritage Museum and Art Gallery, NC Group Exhibitions (selected): 2005- BIRD2005 International Art; Beijing Jialuan Art Center, CHINA - 34th Annual Trail of Tears Art Show, BEST OF CATEGORY AWARD, Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, OK 2003- Ghost Dance (with artist Juanita Pahpodony re: repatriation), American Indian Community House Gallery, New York City. 2002- Transcultural Exchange; The Coaster Project, Worldwide Installation. 2000- Altering the Discourse; Four Native American Women Photographers Facing the Year 2000, AZ Commission on the Arts. Traveling exhibition 2000-2002. 1998- Contemporary Native American Photography; Shan Goshorn, Richard Ray Whitman and Zig Jackson, The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK. 1997- I Stand In The Center Of Good, American Indian Community House Gallery, New York City 1996- What We've Discovered: Images of Our Cultural Identity, International Quincentennial Response Traveling Exhibit (since 1993), Johannesburg, South Africa. 1995- Legacies: Contemporary Art by Native American Women, College of New Rochelle, NY. - Native American Invitational and Masters Exhibition, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK - Dispelling The Myth, Controlling The Image, American Indian Community House Gallery, New York City. 1994 - First Nations, Fratelli Allinari Photo Archives traveling exhibition, ITALY - Urban Images, American Indian Contemporary Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA