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Education
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
2023 Carrefour, Private residence, Omaha, NE
The Letter, Boys Town High School, Boys Town, NE
Chrysalis, Boys Town High School, Boys Town, NE
100 People Installation, Elevator, Omaha, NE
100 People installation, Meta Data Center, Omaha, NE
2022 Connections: Museum of Nebraska Art Recent Acquisitions,
MONA, Hastings, NE
Nelson Mandela School Mural, Omaha, NE
The Drawing Room, Anna’s Place, Omaha NE
The Drawing Studio, Women’s Center for Advancement, Child Saving
Institute, Omaha NE
The Heroes of Minne Lusa, location TBD, Omaha NE
Clayton’s Corners, Ronald McDonald House Center,
Omaha, NE
2021 Belvedere Elementary Mural and Installation, Omaha Public Schools, Omaha NE
The Triumph Of Youth, Millard Public Schools, Omaha, NE
Emerge LNK, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
100 People, Omaha NE
2020 A Wrinkle in Time, Fort Crook Elementary School, Bellevue Public
Schools, Bellevue, NE
Wonder, Bryan Elementary School, Omaha, NE
100 People, Omaha NE (15 locations)
2019 Human Spirit/Guiding Principles, Aquarium Gallery and Studios,
New Orleans, LA
Feed The Body, Antioch for Youth and Family, Fort Smith, AR
100 People, Omaha, NE (17 locations)
Alamo Recast, Midtown Crossing, Omaha, NE
Ironclad, Ironclad Apartments, Minneapolis, MN
The Kindness of Neihardt, Millard Public Schools, Omaha, NE
2018 The Odyssey of Holling Heights, Millard Public Schools, Omaha NE
The Greatest Pirate That Ever Lived, Brownell Talbot, Omaha, NE
100 People, Omaha NE (19 locations)
2017 Centennial, Boys Town, Boys Town, NE
Paying Attention is a Form of Prayer, Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue, NE
Lead Stories, Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance, Omaha, NE
100 People, Omaha, NE (11 Locations)
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 Grandmothers of Austin,Celebrate People’s History Poster (#90),
Josh MacPhee and Jim Duignan
all that ever was, always is, Habitat for Humanity-Omaha, Omaha, NE
2013 Legends of the Name: Buffalo Soldiers in Nebraska, Todd Robinson
all that ever was, always is, Habitat for Humanity-Omaha, Omaha, NE
2012 Inside/Out, Douglas Country Youth Corrections, Omaha, NE
InCommon Ground, InCommon Community Development, Omaha, NE
2011 Youthbuild, Goodwill Industries, Omaha, NE
2010 Benson Mural Project, Omaha By Design, Omaha, NE
Nomadic Studio, DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, IL
2008 Dundee Elementary, Living Fiction, Omaha, NE
The Blizzard Voices, Designer/Co-Author, Opera Omaha, Omaha,
Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2022 Watie White, Gather, Omaha NE
2021 Barber and Watie White: Collaboration, The Chome, Omaha, NE
2020 Watie White, The Kaneko, Omaha, NE
Barber and Watie White, OutrSpaces, Omaha, NE
100 People, UNO campus, Osborne Gallery, Weber Gallery, Omaha NE
2018 Related Histories, Petshop Gallery and public locations, Omaha, NE
Watie White: Social Portraits, Fundred Reserve, Washington DC
2017 8 People, Citylight Arts Project, Omaha, NE
Watie White, Garden of the Zodiac Gallery, Omaha, NE
2016 Watie White, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
Watie White: Woodcuts, Hastings College, Hastings, NE
2013 Interior Lives, Lux Center, Lincoln, NE
2012 The Chicago Project, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Hyde Park Art Center,
Southside Hub of Production, Chicago, IL
2011 Watie White, Modern Arts Midwest, Lincoln, NE
Watie White, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
2010 Slippery Humanist Values, Jackson Street Artworks, Omaha, NE
Studio Chicago: Nomadic Studio, DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Selections: the Nebraska Biennial, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney NE
Nebraska Biennial, Gallery 1516, Omaha NE
2019 Nebraska Biennial, Gallery 1516, Omaha, NE
2018 All Or Nothing, Crystal Bridges of American Art, Bentonville, AR
2017 State of the Art, Frist Center for the Arts, Nashville, TN
State of the Art, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN
State of the Art, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
2016 State of the Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
State of the Art, Telfair Museum, Savannah, GA
2015 Art Seen: A Juried Exhibition of Artists from Omaha to Lincoln,
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
58th Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Chautauqua,
NY
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
2023
Celebrate People’s History, Museum of Design Zurich
2020
Omaha Healthy Kids, Healthy Home Star award
2019
Nebraska Biennial: Best in Class (printmaking)
Omaha Entertainment and Arts award: Best Public Art
Omaha Entertainment and Arts award: Best Artist
2016
Omaha Entertainment and Arts Award: Best Public Art
Hastings College, Visiting Artist
2015
Omaha Entertainment and Arts award: Best Public Art
Omaha Entertainment and Arts award: Best Artist
Mid-America Arts Association, Artistic Innovation Grant, The New Nebraskans
Honorable Mention, 58th annual Chautauqua exhibition of contemporary art
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 Bibliography
2022 American Medical Association Journal Of Ethics, Lead Toxicity and
Environmental Health Justice Stories in Black and White
Woodcut Portraits, Regina Idoate, PhD
Ethics Talk Podcast: AMA Journal Of Ethics, Author Interview:
“Lead Toxicity and Environmental Health Justice Stories in
Black and White Woodcut Portraits, Tim Hoff
KVNO, Brushes, Paint and unmatched teamwork, Gabriel Escalera
Midlands Business Journal, The Art Of Business: Watie White Artist
and Entrepreneur, Kara Schweiss
2021 PBS’s American Portrait, Nick Beaulieu
The Hoofbeat, A Picture Worth a Thousand Words, Deeksha Shridher
Omaha Magazine, Where Art Meets Appetite: Watie White Sets the Table, Katy Spratt Joyce
KETV, “Its what we do.’ Millard mural captures past present and future
2020 The Reader, Building “Community, Jonathan Orozco
Lincoln Journal-Star, “Image of young omaha girl, fist in the air, inspires
“The HOPE project”, Kim Carpenter
Omaha World-Herald, Powerful Image Stands Taller as “Display of Hope”
for Omaha, Kim Carpenter
Omaha World Herald, Omaha artist Watie White wants his murals to
transform areas into places of beauty,
Omaha World-Herald, Artist’s 100 People project larger than life at
Kaneko, Chris Cristen
KETV, “It really pops, it really sorta sings”
2019 Metro Monthly, “Watie White: Mastering the Profound,” Kara Schweiss
2017 KIOS.ORG, Lead Stories and 100 People: The public art of Watie White,
Michael Lyon
The Gateway (UNO), “Watie White uses art to empower local
communities”, Kamrin Baker
Omaha World-Herald, “Public art project aims to amplify voices of
minorities by highlighting their contributions,” Matthew Hansen
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 homes to life,” Casey Logan
WOWT, “House Art Tells Neighborhood Story”
KMTV, “Omaha Artist Turns Condemned Homes into Works of Art”
2013 New American Paintings #108, Steven T. Zevitas, editor
KVNO, “White brings voice back to Old House”
Omaha World Herald, “Omaha painter turns soon-to-be-razed house into artwork”
KETV, “Artist creates masterpiece in the ruins”
KMTV, “Abandoned Home Becomes Work Of Art”
2012 Prairie Schooner Online, Fusion#1:Work
2011 In Our Shoes: Stories from South High, cover, Alli Lopez editor
2010 Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today, Josh MacPhee,