CYRUS MEJÍA
“Art Highlights Plight of Animals”
by Joanne Rideout, Deseret News, March 29, 2001
“Butterflies of Love”
by Susan Chappell, Sun, December 10, 2002
"Silent No Longer"
by Elizabeth Hess, Best Friends magazine, November/December 2002
Cover Art
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, April 15, 2004
“Friends in Need”
by Shirley Jinkins, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 25, 2005
“Help for Best Friends”
by John McArdle, Roll Call, May 5, 2005
"Cyrus Mejia: Compassion, Depth, Vision"
by Michelle Buckalew, The Animal World, January 2006
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Utah Arts Council Traveling Exhibition
Selected Artist : 1997, 1998, 1999
St. George Art Museum
Invitation Awad : September 2000
State of Utah Permanent Collection
Purchase Award : September 2000
The Culture And Animals Foundation
Grant Recipient : March 2008, March 2009
HONORS & AWARDS
1996
Mejia: Recent Work, Fetouch Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1997
Two Red-Rock Artists, Barksdale Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1998
Mejia: Recent Work, Dixie College Gallery, St. George, Utah
1999
Spring Salon, Springville Art Museum, Springville, Utah
The Regional, St. George Art Museum, St. George, Utah
2000
Two Red-Rock Artists, Glendinning Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
2002
The Nature of Art, St. George Art Museum, St. George, Utah
2003
Group Show, NTWH Gallery, Belfast, Maine
Art and the Environment, Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
Annual Group Show, Gallery 24, Torrey, Utah
2004
Annual Group Show, Gallery 24, Torrey, Utah
2007
Best Friends Benefit, M.J. Higgins Gallery, Los Angeles, California
ARK, Best Friends Animal Society, Kanab, Utah
2009
"Animalkind", University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
"Victory Dog Prints" Casita Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
"Pits and Perception" Urban Video Project, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
2010
"Pits and Perception" Patrick Moore Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
"Pits and Perception" Artology Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Dogs in Transition: Pit Bulls and Mill Dogs" Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2003
Maricopa County Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2004
San Mateo History Museum, Redwood City, California
James R. Thompson Center, Chicago, Illinois
Russell Senate Office Rotunda, Washington, D.C.
2005
Rangers Ballpark, Arlington, Texas
Two California Plaza, Los Angeles, California
2008 - 2009
Sears Art Gallery, Dixie State College, St. George, Utah
575 PROJECT EXHIBITIONS
Cyrus Mejía