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1314 William Street, Omaha NE, 68108
watie@watiewhite.com | 402.206.6286

2003 MFA, American University, Washington DC
1999 BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
1993 BA, Carleton College, Northfield MN

SELECTED COMMISSION / PUBLIC ART
2017
Lead Stories, Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance, Omaha NE
100 People, Omaha NE
Mural Commission, Google Inc, Council Bluffs IA
2016
Mission, Kids Against Hunger, Omaha NE
2015
Midtown Tales, Midtown Crossing, Omaha NE
The New Nebraskans, Justice for Our Neighbors-NE, Omaha NE
You are here, InCommon Community Development, Omaha NE
Mapping Leadership, Omaha Chamber of Commerce, Omaha NE
2014
State of the Art, Discovering American Art Now,
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville AR
NAC Fellowship Award, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney NE
2013
Cardiff Flash Fiction Day 2013, Wales UK
2011
Juried Show, Bowery Gallery, New York NY
Blizzard Voices, Governor’s Mansion, Lincoln NE

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS
2016
Omaha Art and Entertainment Award: Best Public Art
Visiting Artist, Hastings NE
2015
Omaha Arts and Entertainment Award: Best Public Art
Omaha Arts and Entertainment Award: Best Artist
Mid-American Arts Association: Artistic Innovation Grant, “The New Nebraskans”
58th Annual Chautauqua Exhibition of Contemporary Art: Honorable Mention
2014
Humanities Nebraska, “all that ever was, always is”
Humanities Nebraska, “The New Nebraskans”
Nebraska Arts Council, “all that ever was, always is”
City of Omaha Neighborhood Grant (3), “You Are Here”
2013
Mid-America Arts Alliance: Artistic Innovations Grant, “all that ever was, always is”
Nebraska Arts Council: Individual Artist Merit Fellowship
2010
Puffin Foundation Grant

SELECTED COMMISSION BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017
The Reader, “History Detective”, Janet Farber
2015
The Reader, “You Are Here”, David Thompson
Omaha World Herald, Familiar Faces Hang Out on Park Ave”, Casey Logan
2014
The Reader, “Watie White’s Urban Tales”, Leo Adam Biga
Omaha World Herald, “In North Omaha, Art Briefly Brings Condemned Building Life”, Casey Logan
WOWT, “House Art Tells Neighborhood Story”
KMTV, “Omaha Artist Turns Condemned Houses into Works of Art”
2013
New American Paintings, #108, Steven T Zevitas
KVNO, “White Brings Voice back to Old House”
Omaha World Herald, “Omaha Painter Turns Soon-to-be-Razed House into Art Work”
KETV, “Artist Creates Masterpiece in the Ruins”
2012
Prairie Schooner Online, Fusion#1:Work
2011
In Our Shoes: Stories from South High, cover, Alli Lopez
2010
Paper Politics, “Socially Engaged Printmaking Today”, Josh McPhee