About the Artist- Mallery Quetawki

Mallery Quetawki is from the rural Pueblo of Zuni in western New Mexico. She is the mother of two and shares residence in both Albuquerque and Zuni Pueblo. She received her B.S. in Biology with a minor in Art studio in the summer of 2009 from UNM-ABQ. She is currently the Artist-in-Residence with the Community Environmental Health Program at the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy. Her work with this program is on display in the Stanford House conference room at 1000 Stanford Dr NE Albuquerque, NM. Mallery has used art to translate scientific ideas, health impacts and research on uranium mines that are currently undergoing study in several Indigenous communities. Mallery has two self-published coloring books entitled Zuni Pottery Designs to Color and Sunfaces. She has a large-scale mural on permanent display at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center that depicts the history of the Zuni People from Creation to modern times. She also has an oil painting symbolizing the ties between the Grand Canyon and Zuni culture as part of a traveling collaboration called the Zuni Map Art Project. It is hosted by A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center. The collaborative set of art has been displayed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, NY. The Map Art was featured in a documentary by National Geographic on an episode of Wild Chronicles. The map art is also accompanied by the book entitled, A:shiwi A:wan Ulohnanne - The Zuni World by Jennifer McLerran & Jim Enote. Other noted works include a 12-piece pastel and ink set entitled “What Makes a Zuni?” on permanent display at the Zuni IHS in Blackrock, NM and a mural painted at the Ho’n A:wan Park in Zuni Pueblo.