Shelley Horton-Trippe has lived in Santa Fe for more than 25 years with her daughter, Bess. After attending art school in Montana and receiving her MFA in Oklahoma, she travelled to France to study video with Nam June Paik. She has exhibited extensively in Europe and the U.S.; from New York's East Village to Salon d'Autumn in Paris, the Edinburgh Festival, and the Venice Biennale. In recent years, she has been awarded New Mexico Arts Division grants and four National Endowment for the Arts, Special Project Grants. Horton-Trippe currently teaches painting and drawing at the College of Santa Fe and Santa Fe Community College. http://www.shelleyhortontrippe.com/