_BIO
Searer grew up in a rural ranch community in Northern New Mexico, on the boarder of Colorado. She began working with animals and studying them via drawing at a young age. During her high-school years she spent most of her time working, competing and training with horses. She then moved to Brooklyn, NY, to study Fine Art at Pratt Institute.  Much of her artwork reflects the early years of her life dedicated to the coexistence and professions of working with animals.  Searer currently lives and works in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she continues to do volunteer work at an equine veterinary clinic specializing in orthopedic surgery along with an equine therapy center that works with disabled children and adults.

ARTIST STATEMENT
Much of her subject-matter has a split frame of perception.  On one regard, the subject-matter is to be perceived slightly unsettling and on the other, very common place.  She works with the idea of translating body language between the image and its audience.  The body language of an animal(humans included) is visual information- which relays emotion, hierarchy, communication, and reactions between beings.  Her subjects vary from using a physical presence to a psychological implication.  The themes for her artwork come from the use of domesticated animals (i.e. equine, bovine, canine), along with their history tied between mankind's, including advancements in society and industry.  With her artwork she ventures to illustrate a contemporary understanding and equally lost communication between people and animals.  Working primarily in large scale drawing, painting and printmaking.

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Art, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY: 2006
Major: Painting   Minor: Art History
graduated with honors

PROFESSIONAL/WORK EXPERIENCE
Currently: Preparator/ Exhibition Specialist, Albuquerque Museum
            of Art and History, Albuquerque,NM
Currently: Communications Coordinator/ ISEA2012 Albuquerque: Machine Wilderness,
            Albuquerque, NM http://isea2012.org/
2011 - Currently: Director's Council for Emerge Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM
2011: Installation Specialist/ Art Handler, Untitled Fine Art
            Services, Albuquerque,NM
2010: Project & Events Coordinator/ STREET ARTS, Albuquerque, NM
2009 - 2011: Program Coordinator/ Mural Project Manager, 516 ARTS,                    
            Albuquerque,NM
2009: Communications Coordinator/ LAND/ART NM, New Mexico http://www.landartnm.org/
2009:  Laurie Anderson's Assistant: Burning Leaves Performance,  The Natural History Museum,
            UNM, 516 ARTS, KiMo Theater - AMP Concerts,  Albuquerque, NM
2008: Gallery Manager/ Exhibitions Curator, SCA Contemporary Art,
            Albuquerque,NM
2006 - 2007: Artist Assistant, Gillian Jagger, New York, NY
2006 - 2007: Welding Professor, Educational Alliance for the Arts,
            New York,NY
2006 - 2007: Artist Assistant, Sam Wiener, New York, NY
2004 - 2006: Welding Technician, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2002 - 2007: Theater Management, BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music),
            Brooklyn, NY

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2010:   •Lead Curator, Populist Phenomenon (STREET TEXT), 516 ARTS,  Albuquerque, NM, Sept - Dec. 
Artists: Shepard Fairey, Gaia, Mark Jenkins, Alexandre Orion, Chris Stain, Slinkachu, SWOON,  Chip Thomas, Ernest Doty, Jaque Fragua, Stevan Gutierrez, Thomas Christopher Haag and Albert Rosales. PHOTOS
            •Assistant Curator, Art from the Coast (STREET TEXT), Curated by Andrew Connors, 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, NM, Sept - Dec. Artists: Chaz Bojórquez, Henry Chalfant, Gusmano Cesaretti, Gajin Fujita, John Lorne and Lady Pink. PHOTOS
            •Mural Project Coordinator, STREET ART PROJECT, Downtown ABQ Murals, 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, NM, Sept - Dec. 
Artists: Chris Stain, Thomas Christopher Haag, Chip Thomas, Ernest Doty, Jaque Fragua, Lichiban and David Polka. Youth Murals done by students from Warehouse 508 and Amy Biehl High School. PHOTOS
            •Co-curator, Unraveling Tradition, 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, NM, July - Sept. 
Artists: Mandy Greer, Miya Hannan, Sarah Hewitt, Lisa Kellner, Beili Liu, Tristin Lowe, Yelizaveta Nersesova, Ellen Rothenberg, Valerie Roybal, Alyce Santoro, Loren Schwerd and Jerilea Zempel. PHOTOS
            •Curator, Form & Function, 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, NM, Feb - April. 
Artists: AREAWARE, Eliana Arenas, Angelo Arnold, ART GENS, Roger Atkins, Julia Barello, Sonya Cramer, Roberto Gallegos, Welmoed Laanstra, Cal Lane, Maria Michails, OFFCenter, Beth Rekow and Joan Weissman. PHOTOS
            •Assistant Curator, Artificial Selection, Curated by Rhiannon Mercer, 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, NM, April - June.  
Artists: Krista Birnbaum, Steve Budin, Christina Chin, Robert Dohrmann, Travis J. Farnsworth, Sarah Hearn, Laurie Hogin, Simon Mehalek, Stephanie Metz, Andrea Polli, Adrienne Outlaw, Alison Petty, Ragguette, Gil Scullion, Luke Shaw, John Stephenson, Brad Story, Heidi Taillefer and Adrianne Wortzel. PHOTOS
2009:    •Co-curator, Here & There: Seeing New Ground, a LAND/ART exhibition, 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, NM, June - July. 
Artists: Norman Akers, Laurie Anderson, Leticia Bajuyo, Alfred Clah, Cheryl Dietz, Katie Holten, Timothy Horn, David Nakabayashi, Rachael Nez, Pipo Nguyen-duy, Shelley Niro, Lordy Rodriguez, Peter Seward, Leah Siegel and John Wenger. PHOTOS
2008:    •Curator, Swan Song: Karl Hofmann: Paintings and Installation, SCA Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM, Nov - Dec. 
Artist: Solo Exhibit, Karl Hofmann. PHOTOS
            •Co-curator, Engendered Space: Women Sculpture Exhibition, SCA Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM, Sept - Oct. 
Artists: Yumi Roth, Tsehai Johnson, Stacey Neff, Sarah Hewitt, Margaret Carlson, Madelin Coit, Lia Cooke, Aurore Chabot, Kristin Diener, Lisa Marchetti, Shirley Klinghoffer, Caroline Mak, Darby Photos, Ann Morris, Nicole Dante, C. Maxx, Paula Castillo, Molly Wakeman, Kathamann, Jeanette Hart-Mann, Julie Poitras-Santos, Julie Wills, Katy Cannon, Krista Charles, Mayumi Nishida and Rebecca Blankley. PHOTOS
            •Lead Curator, InPrint: Contemporary Print Making Exhibition, SCA Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM, Aug - Sept. 
Artists: Nicola Lopez, Marilee Salvator, Tanja Softic, Dennis McNett, Ethan Murrow, Jane Hammond, Yoshiko Shimano, Nancy Friedmann, Marilyn Kirsch, Kimiko Miyoshi, Neal Ambrose Smith, Stephanie Bridges, Brooke Steiger, Greg Tucker, Rodney Hamon, Richard Cutshall, Patrick Craig Manning, Melanie Yazzie, and Karen Doten. PHOTOS
            •Lead Curator, Inception, Mixed Media Exhibtion on Mark Making, SCA Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM, June - Aug. 
Artist: Suzanne Sbarge, Theresa Pfarr, Elen Feinberg, Margi Weir, Dan Socha, James Jacob, Seth Feriano, Matt Kazimierski, Sam Wohl, Shawn Pham Warrick Kristina Pardue and Virginia Broersma. PHOTOS
2006:    •Curator, Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Schaffler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, June - Aug
2005:    •Curator, In the Basement, works by Stephanie Colonna, Chrissy Angliker, Lisa Marchetti, Francesca Searer, Pratt Institute,                
               Brooklyn, NY, Aug - Dec

EXHIBITS
•SOLO
2006: Cheval Dérangé, President's Office Gallery: Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, March - May
•JURIED
2012: Emerging Creatives:FIGURATIVE WORKS, Creative ABQ Gallery,  Albuquerque, NM, Jan - April
2006: Undergraduate Fine Arts Juried Exhibit: Pratt Institute, The Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, March - May
•GROUP
2012: Emerge Albuquerque: ShowOff, Creative ABQ Gallery, Albuquerque, NM,  Jan
2008: Inception, SCA Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM, July - Aug
2005: In the Basement, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Nov - Jan