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Faith Purvey is a multidisciplinary artist and educator whose work invites human encounter in the landscapes around us. Her projects employ site-responsive installation, painting, sculpture, photography, sound and video mediums. Through a hybrid studio and public art practice, her projects explore rural and environmental topics also through partnerships with civic entities, youth, arts and nonprofits such as LACMA, State and National Parks, Girl Scouts, City of Milwaukee, LA Museum of Natural History, and more. Her 3-year project Organ Monument Oratory in the Organ Mountains of Las Cruces, NM explored topics of land use, natural + cultural histories, leave no trace ethics, and was awarded a McCune grant. 

Faith’s artwork has been exhibited at New Mexico Museum of Art, Highlands University, Michigan State, STRATA Gallery, Dean Jensen Gallery, Barnsdall Municipal Art Gallery, and she has done residencies with MoMaZoZo, Santa Fe Art Institute, Signal Fire, Helikon Arts in Turkey, and others. 

As an interdisciplinary educator, Faith has catalyzed many projects through service learning, arts integration and science-based collaborations with various subject teachers and community partners. Most recently, she worked with Conservation Science Center in Las Vegas, New Mexico on an outdoor classroom and other art-driven initiatives. 

Originally from Saint Paul, Minnesota and based in New Mexico and Los Angeles, Faith holds an MFA in Public Practice from Otis College of Art & Design.