Education
2015 University of Memphis | Memphis, TN
Bachelor of Fine Arts : Studio Art
2018 Indiana University | Bloomington, IN
Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts
Master of Fine Arts : Sculpture
Awards / Fellowships / Residencies
2019 The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences, Artist in Residence,
Awarded the Mary Creety Beery Fellowship, Rabun Gap, GA (upcoming)
Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, Artist in Residence, Saugatuck, MI
Crosstown Arts Studio Residency Program, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Artist in Residence, Nebraska City, NE
2018 Vermont Studio Center, Artist in Residence, Awarded Artist Grant, Johnson, VT
The Artists' Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions Project (ACRE), Artist in Residence, Steuben, WI
2017 The Studios at MASS MoCA, Artist in Residence,
(Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art), North Adams, MA
2016 Friends of Arrowmont Scholarship - Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts
FOA Award in Studio Art – Indiana University School of Art & Design, Bloomington, IN
2015 Donald & Mary Vaughan Scholarship, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Teaching Experience
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Fluctuating Meridians, Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN
curated by Mike Calway Fagen
WOU Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Cannon Gallery of Art, Monmouth, OR
2018 R&D, 430 Gallery (of Crosstown Arts), Memphis, TN (curatorial)
de/center, Grunwald Gallery , Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Indianapolis Art Center’s 2018 Invitational Exhibition, Indianapolis Arts Center, Indianapolis, IN
Juried by Artist and Director of Exhibitions, Kyle Herrington
Set in Motion, Fuller Projects, Bloomington, IN
2017 R(d)ecent , Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Through the Open Door, Bagwell Gallery, Pellissippi State Community College, Knoxville, TN
2016 Black Gold, AUTO SHOP curated by Julie Schenkelberg at SiTE:LAB, Grand Rapids, MI
2015 Binaries, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN (curatorial)
Street Trash, The Alley, 309 West 31st Street, Baltimore, MD
(Curated by Dwayne Butcher, Virginia Overton, and Greely Myatt)
3rd Annual Best of Memphis, Box Gallery, University of Memphis, Memphis TN,
Awarded Best in Show (Juried by Joel Parsons, Director of Clough-Hanson Gallery,
Rhodes College , Memphis, TN)
New Horizons, Ned R. McWherter West Tennessee Cultural Arts Center, Jackson TN
Young Americans, Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, Memphis, TN
2014 NSEW: What Grew Us, Todd Art Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
A Look in Both Directions, Bagwell Gallery, Pellissippi State Community College, Knoxville, TN
Inspired by Marisol : A Sculptural Response, South Main Arts District, Memphis, TN
(Juried by Marina Pacini, Chief Curator of the Brooks Museum of Art, and Jennifer Sargent)
Art for Autism, ANF Architects, Memphis, TN
2013 Saudade(s), Box Gallery, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN (Solo Exhibition)
Bibliography
2019 Create! Magazine - Issue No.17 - Juried by Kate Mothes, Founder of Young Space
Fluctuating Meridians (review), Mineral House Media, by Claire Bloomfield
https://www.mineralhousemedia.com/media/2019/3/11/fluctuating-meridians-review
2018 New American Paintings, Issue 135
Juried by Anne Ellegood, Senior Curator, Hammer Museum
https://www.newamericanpaintings.com/artists/pete-hoffecker-mejia
2017 Peripheral Vision Press, Dallas, TX
Artifacts + Fictions: Interview with Bernardo Diaz
http://www.peripheralvisionarts.org/journal/pete-hoffecker-mejia
Create! Magazine – Issue III
Juried by Bridgette Mayer (Philadelphia)
Studio Visit Magazine – Volume Thirty Eight
Juried by Diana Gaston (Tamarind Institute)
2016 Canvas Creative Arts Magazine, Spring 2016
2015 Archer Malmo : University of Memphis, Promotional for Dept
Visual Memphis : What’s in Your Studio
2014 Art Talk : Video Interview, Produced by By Daniel Wildberger & Isabel Machado,
for the University of Memphis, Department of Art
2013 Memphis Flyer, Transformers, October 2013
Writing
2019 Number: Inc. Magazine, Issue No. Ninety Nine, The CMPLX: Art & Community Empowerment
Number: Inc. Magazine, Safe-Keeping – An Exploration of Mass Incarceration & the Black Family
( Review )
Number: Inc. Magazine, Issue No. Ninety Eight, Alex Paul Loza, Arts & Advocacy ( Interview )
2018 Number: Inc. Magazine, Issue No. Ninety Six, Katie Hargrave: It's Not Personal ( Review )
Related Experience
2019 National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art & Practices,
Faculty Sponsor/Mentor for University of Memphis team, D1, in the Student Cupola Contest
Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, AL
2018 Juror for the Tennessee Intercollegiate Juried Student Exhibition,
Pellisippi State Community College, Knoxville, TN
3D Shop Monitor Tech, McCalla School, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2016 Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts – Paper: Three Dimensions,
Instructor: Lauren Kussro, Gatlinburg, TN
2015 Workshop with Artist James Luna, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Fabrication Assistant, Drawing of a House (Triptych), Diana Shpungin, SiTE:LAB, Grand Rapids, MI
http://site-lab.org/project/diana-shpungin/
Fabrication Assistant, Unbounded, Ben Butler, Rice Gallery, Houston, TX
http://www.ricegallery.org/ben-butler/
Ceramic Tech / 3D Shop Assistant, University of Memphis, Memphis TN
Gallery Assistant, Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis, TN
2014 Ceramic Tech / 3D Shop Assistant, University of Memphis, Memphis TN
Box Gallery, Committee Member, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Memberships
NALAC - National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures
USLAF - US Latinx Art Forum
CAA - College Art Association of America
ISC - International Sculpture Center
2019 Assistant Professor of Art, Western Oregon University
2018 Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Art, University of Memphis,
Sculpture 1-5, and Graduate, ( Fall 2018, Spring 2019 )
2017 Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Sculpture I ( Fall 2017, Spring 2018 )
2016 Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Color & Design - 2D Studio ( Fall 2016, Spring 2017 )
2015 Associate Instructor, Indiana University, 3D Design in Studio Art( Fall 2015, Spring 2016 )