Founding artist: LETICIA BAJUYO

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A Filipinx-American interdisciplinary artist and object maker based in Oklahoma, Leticia R. Bajuyo started creating in rural Midwest flyover communities. Bajuyo received her B.F.A. from the University of Notre Dame and her M.F.A. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Bajuyo is a member of the dynamic and inclusive faculty at the School of Visual Arts at The University of Oklahoma. Prior to this professorship in Oklahoma, she served as an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, a Visiting Assistant Professor in Sculpture at the University of Notre Dame, and Professor of Art at Hanover College.

Her recent solo exhibitions include the Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery in Dallas, Texas; Beeville Art Museum in Beeville, Texas; Hall Art Gallery at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi; and Rudolph Blume Fine Art / ArtScan Gallery in Houston, Texas. Bajuyo's large-scale, site-specific artworks include creating installations at the From Waste to Art Museum in Baku, Azerbaijan; in the silos of the Site Gallery at Sawyer Yards in Houston, Texas; at the Nashville International Airport in Tennessee; and in the Tony Hillerman Library in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

In addition to exhibitions of her individual artwork, Bajuyo seeks community and welcomes collaboration by participating in artist collectives and serving on the Boards of Directors for the Mid-South Sculpture Alliance and Public Art Dialogue.