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Education
––​Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) ABD
Regional and City Planning – Community Development, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Media Art/Photography, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
​Bachelor of Applied Arts (BAS)
Photojournalism and Art, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX.
Awards & Grants
2023​ Tulsa Artists Fellowship (Tulsa, OK)
2018​ CASE-PRH Fellowship Center for Art and Social Engagement at University of Houston (Houston, TX)
2017​ Oklahoma APA (American Planners Association) Award for Outstanding Public Outreach for Women of North East Oklahoma City Photovoice Project
2016​ Light Work Artist in Resident A-I-R (Syracuse, NY)
2016​ McNair Fellowship University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
2014​ En Foco New Works Photography Fellow (NYC, NY)
2013​ Newspace Center for Photography Fellow (Portland, OR)
2013​ Art 365 grant Recipient, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition (Oklahoma City, OK)
2012​ National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) “Site Unseen”, Hardesty Art Center (Tulsa, OK)
2011​ Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition Artist Fellow (Oklahoma City, OK)
2011​ National Photography Fellow, Midwest Center for Photography (Wichita, KS)
2011​ Creative Project Grant recipient, Oklahoma visual arts council (Oklahoma City, OK)
2010​ Research Travel grant Recipient, College of Fine Arts and school of Art, University of Oklahoma
2010​ Creative Project Grant recipient, Oklahoma visual arts council (Oklahoma City, OK)
2009​ Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Docents Award Recipient, University of Oklahoma
2008​ Research Travel grant Recipient, College of Fine Arts and school of Art, University of Oklahoma
2007​ Graduate Assistant at University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
2005​ Ronald E. McNair Research Grant Recipient, Abilene Christian University (Abilene, TX)
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2022​ Deep Looking, Alexandre Hogue Gallery, Tulsa, OK.
2021 ​The Spaces Between, Melton Gallery, Edmond, OK.
2019​ To Belong, Second Floor, 21C Museum Hotels, Oklahoma City, OK.
2018 ​Black Place-making and Imagination, Project Raw Houses, Houston, TX.
2018 ​Border Blend, Leap Coffee Roasters, Oklahoma City, OK.
2014​Collaborative Self, Oklahoma State Capitol Galleries, Oklahoma City, OK.
2014 ​Mother’s Prayer, Blue Wave Fine Art Gallery, Amesbury, MA.
2014 ​Site Unseen, University of Oklahoma Tulsa, Schusterman Library, Tulsa OK.
2014​Collaborative Self, Southwestern Christian University, Oklahoma City, OK.
2013 ​Collaborative Self, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX
2013 ​Site Unseen, Hardesty Arts Center, Tulsa OK.
2012 ​Collaborative Self, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland OR.
2012 ​Collaborative self, Individual Artist of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
2011 ​The Promise Land, Lightwell Gallery, Norman, OK
2009​The Promised Land, Urban Roots, Oklahoma City, OK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 ​ The All-Black Towns of Oklahoma, The Oklahoma Center for Humanities, Tulsa, OK.
2021 ​ Views of Greenwood, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK.
2019 ​ To Belong, Henry Zarrow Center for Art and Education, Tulsa, OK.
2018 ​ Personal Space, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR.
2018 ​Mother’s Prayers, Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, Oklahoma City, OK.
2017​ State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now, The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC.
2016 ​Race, Love and Labor, University Art Museum, University at Albany, NY, (Curator) Sarah Lewis
2016 ​State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now, The Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN.
2016​ bARTer, Current Studio, Oklahoma City, OK
2016 ​State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now, The Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
2015 ​The Center is Moving Target, Kemper Contemporary Museum, Kansas City, MO.
2015 ​En Foco New Works “Mother’s Prayer” The Bronx Documentary Center, NYC, NY.
2015 ​Race, Love and Labor Tremaine Gallery, Hotchkiss School Lakeville, CT, (Curator) Sarah Lewis
2014 ​OKC125: The Underground, Oklahoma City, OK, (Curator) Romy Owens
2014​ State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now, Crystal Bridges, Bentonville, AR
2014 ​INFOCUS: Self-Published Photobooks, Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ.
2014​ Race, Love and Labor, Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, NY, (Curator) Sarah Lewis.
2014​ Art 365, Hardesty Art Center, Tulsa, OK Curator Raechell Smith
2014 ​Mother’s Prayer, Newspace Center for photography, Portland, OR.
2014 ​Art 365, [Artspace] at Untitled, Oklahoma City, OK, Curator Raechell Smith.
2013 ​24 works on Paper, Traveling exhibition Oklahoma. Curator Kristen Olds
2012 ​Fabric of Sky, MAINSITE Contemporary Art, Norman, OK.
2012 ​Domestic Borders, City Arts Center, Oklahoma City, OK.
2012 ​Made in Woodstock VI, Center for Photography, Woodstock NY.
2012 ​Shifting, Individual Artists of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK. Curator Tiffany Barber
2011 ​My Ethiopian American Self, Selam Visual Arts Festival, Toronto Canada (Invited)
2011 ​Developed Work, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS.
2011 ​The 2011 Annual Juried show, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver CO.
2011 ​The 2011 Annual Juried show, Denver Public Library, Denver CO.
2010 ​Interactive Portraits, Vermont Photo Space Gallery Essex VT.
Publications
2018​ Anh_Thuy Nguyen, The State Project: Oklahoma, Lenscratch Online, October 2018
2018​ Photography Feature, Oklahoma Today, V.68 No. 5 pp.78-87 September/October 2018
2015​ Asher Gelzer- Govatos, “Native Son: Eyakem Gulilat explores place and identity through his photography,” Oklahoma Magazine, May 21, 2015.
2015​ Aline Smithson, Lenscratch Online, August 31, 2015.
2015 ​Glenda Rice Collins, “Oklahoman’s Photography Featured in ‘State of the Art’ Exhibit”. NewsOK, January 4, 2015.
2014 ​Chad Alligood and Don Bacigalupi, “State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now,” Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, AR.
2014 ​Hannah Fressier, “Fresh AiR” Artist in residency Catalogue. Newspace Center for Photography, Portland Oregon.
2014​ Brandy McDonnell, “Collaborative Self,” The Oklahoman, September 29, 2014.
2014​ Lewis, Sarah. “Race, Love, and Labor.” Exhibition Catalogue. Dorsky Museum. September 2014.
2014 ​James D. Watts, JR. “Arts Scene: AHHA Hosts Art 365 exhibit with Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition,” Tulsa world, Sunday, May 25, 2014.
2014​ Tiffany Barber, “A View from the Top: Eyakem Gulilat’s 11:00 AM Series,” Art 365 Catalogue, pp. 32-41. ​Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, 2014.
2014 ​John Brandenburg, “Art review: Art 365 exhibit covers spectrum of senses,” The Oklahoman, March 6, 2014 http://newsok.com/article/3940510.
2014​ Brandy McDonnell, “‘Art 365’ culminates with new exhibit in Oklahoma City,” The Oklahoman, February 28th, 2014 http://newsok.com/article/3938020
2014 ​Beau Leland, “Eyakem Gulilat, Art 365 (2014),” Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDJVBuAUX38.
2013​ Tumelo Mosaka, “Site Unseen,” Hardesty Art Center catalogue essay, 2013.
2013​ James D. Watts, JR. “‘Site Unseen’ reveals hidden, changing landscape of Race Riot area,” Tulsa World, Sunday, March 31, 2013.
2012​ Erinn Gavaghan, “Hometown Glory: Shifting,” Art Focus Oklahoma, V. 27 No. 4 July/Aug. 2012.
2012​ Ariel Shanberg and Akemi Hiatt, “Made in Woodstock VI.” Web. November, 2012
2012​ Newspace Center for Photography, “In the Gallery.” Web. 2012.
2012​ Jill Anderson, “Museo® Silver Rag Collaborative Self Photography Case Study,” Magic Ink, 2012.
2011​ Kirsten Olds, “Art 365: Eyakem Gulilat,” Art Focus Oklahoma, V. 26 No. 6 Nov./Dec. 2011
2011​ Aline Smithson, Lenscratch Online, September 2011.
2011 ​Oklavision Interview, June 2011.
2011​ Tiffany Barber, “Photo Recall: Eyakem Gulilat,” Art Focus Oklahoma, V. 26 No. 3 May/June 2011.
Residencies
2016​ Light Work A-I-R, Syracuse, NY
2013​ Hardesty Arts Center, Tulsa, OK
2013​ Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2010​ The Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY