Education
2018 Indiana University | Bloomington, IN
Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts
Master of Fine Arts : Sculpture
2015 University of Memphis | Memphis, TN
Bachelor of Fine Arts : Studio Art
Awards / Fellowships / Residencies
2021 Stove Works, Artist in Residence, Chattanooga, TN (upcoming)
2019 The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences, Artist in Residence,
Awarded the Mary Creety Beery Fellowship, Rabun Gap, GA
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
2015 Donald & Mary Vaughan Scholarship, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Teaching
2019 - Present Assistant Professor of Art, Sculpture, Western Oregon University
2018 Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Art, Sculpture,
University of Memphis, (Fall 2018, Spring 2019 )
2017 – 2015 Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Sculpture I ( Fall 2017, Spring 2018 )
Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Color & Design - 2D Studio
( Fall 2016, Spring 2017 )
Associate Instructor, Indiana University, 3D Design in Studio Art
( Fall 2015, Spring 2016 )
Select Group Exhibitions
2021 SUR:biennial : Torrance Art Museum, Curated by Ismael de Anda & Max Presneill
(Director / Curator of the Torrance Art Museum), Torrence California (upcoming)
mondegreen, Tri-Star Arts, Candoro Marble Building, Knoxville, TN (upcoming)
Seemingly Familiar, Gretchen Schuette Art Gallery, Chemeketa Community College,
Salem,OR - with Artist, Heather Goodwind – (upcoming)
ESTAMOS BIEN: LA TRIENAL 20/21, El Museo del Barrio, as part of the on-site
MOPA (Museum of Pocket Art) Exhibition, curated by Roberto Jackson Harrington
New York, NY
A Glow of Satisfaction, with Artists: Sung Eun Park, Madeline Maszk, and Sarah Newsome,
Well Well Projects, Portland, OR, organized by Sung Eun Park
2020 Breaking the Mold: Decolonizing Abstraction, SoLA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
curated by Sharon Louise Barnes
Drowned Neon Rose, juried by Kirstin Lamb, ILikeYourWork.com:
Winter Juried Exhibition
2019 Fluctuating Meridians, Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN
w/ Erika Harrsch, Andrew O’Brien, and the Cognate Collective
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, 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 curator Julie Schenkelberg @ SiTE:LAB, Grand Rapids, MI
2015 Binaries, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN (curatorial)
New Horizons, Ned R. McWherter West Tennessee Cultural Arts Center, Jackson TN
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)
Young Americans, Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art,
University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Street Trash, The Alley, 309 West 31st Street, Baltimore, MD
(Curated by Dwayne Butcher, Virginia Overton, and Greely Myatt)
Bibliography
2019 Create! Magazine - Issue No.17 - Juried by Kate Mothes, Founder of Young Space
https://createmagazine.com/read/pete-hoffecker-meja
Locate Arts, Studio Visit: Pete Hoffecker Mejía, by Tracy Treadwell
https://locatearts.org/the-focus/2019/studio-visit-pete-hoffecker-mejia
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 by 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 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 ( Exhibition 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,
at the Beverly & Sam Ross Gallery ( Exhibition Review )
Related Experience
2020 1% for Art, Selection Committee Member, WOU Welcome Center
Artist Talk & Studio Visits, Eastern Oregon University, Huber Auditorium,
La Grande, OR
Juror for the Hambidge Center for the Arts and Sciences, Visual Arts Applications,
Fall 2020
2019 National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art & Practices,
Faculty Sponsor/Mentor for University of Memphis team, D1,
Student Cupola Contest, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, AL
2018 Juror for the Tennessee Intercollegiate Juried Student Exhibition,
Pellisippi State Community College, Knoxville, TN
3D Shop 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