2011
Hiding Places: Memory in the Arts
- John Michael Kohler Arts Center
- Sheboygan, Wisconsin
- Curated by Amy Chaloupka
2010
Vantage Point: Works from the Permanent Collection
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Washington, DC
Group exhibition exploring identity, history, culture and/or landscape from a Native American perspective.
When Dog Turns to Wolf
- David Krut Projects
- New York, New York
Group exhibition of four female sculptors whose work investigates the space between reality and illusion, exploring the tension between the clearly delineated and the indistinguishable.
Forget-me-not
- Tamastslikt Cultural Institute
- Pendleton, Oregon
Update of 2008 work, including native troops.
Show of Hands: Northwest Women Artists
- Whatcom Museum
- Bellingham, Washington
Survey of work from 63 northwest female artists, drawn from the past 130 years.
Marker
- PDX Contemporary Art
- Portland, Oregon
Migrations: New Directions in Native Art
- Sheldon Museum of Art
- Lincoln, Nebraska
Travelling group exhibition from the Tamarind Institute.
2009
New American Voices
- Fabric Workshop and Museum
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Exhibition featuring five artists-in-residence.
Redefining the Canvas: Edda Renouf, Ramona Sakiestewa and Marie Watt
- Eight Modern
- Santa Fe, New Mexico
Group show featuring three artists who use media and techniques associated with textiles, but who present and conceptualize their work in a way that blurs and then redefines the traditional understanding of the ‘canvas'.
Forget-me-not
- Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture
- Spokane, Washington
- Curated by Ben Mitchell
Installation of the 2008 work, updated to include troops from eastern Washington and Idaho.
Heirloom
- Missoula Museum of Art
- Missoula, Montana
- Curated by Stephen Glueckert
I Like Winners: Sport and Selfhood
- Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery
- Reno, Nevada
Group show examining how sports are used as subject matter, thematic material and form in contemporary art.
Currents: Native American Forces in Contemporary Art
- Center for Visual Art, Metropolitan State College
- Denver, Colorado
Group show featuring the work of six contemporary artists engaging in a cross-cultural dialogue between Native American legacies and contemporary art.
2008
Portraits: Six Degrees and Seven Generations
- Greg Kucera Gallery
- Seattle, Washington
Migrations: New Directions in Native American Art
- Southeast Missouri State University
- Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Travelling group exhibition from the Tamarind Institute.
Modern Art, Modern Lives: Then and Now
- Austin Museum of Art
- Austin, Texas
- Curated by Andrea Mellard
Two-part group show exploring how modern (pre-21st-century) and contemporary artists merge art and life.
Twisted Path: Native American Artists Walking in Two Worlds
- Abbe Museum
- Bar Harbor, Maine
Group show featuring artwork that reflects personal stories about tribal identity and balancing life in a complex world.
Blanket Stories: Homestead
- Center for the Arts, Jackson Hole Art Association
- Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Contemporary Northwest Art Awards
- Portland Art Museum
- Portland, Oregon
- Curated by Jennifer Gately
Exhibition of five regional artists; the inauguration of the replacement to the Oregon Biennial.
Reimagining the Distaff Toolkit
- Bennington Museum, others
- Traveling show originating in Bennington, Vermont
- Curated by Rickie Solinger
Traveling group exhibition in which each work of art has at its visible core a tool important for women's domestic labor from the 18th century through World War II.
Women’s Work: Contemporary Women Printmakers
- The Art Gym, Marylhurst University
- Marylhurst, Oregon
- Curated by Terri M. Hopkins (The Art Gym)
and John Olbrantz (Director, Hallie Ford Museum of Art)
Group show drawn from the collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer
and his Family Foundation.
Tradition and Change
- Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
- Spokane, Washington
A group show of contemporary American Indian Art.
2007
Blanket Stories: Compass
- Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College
- Beloit, Wisconsin
Custodian
- Think Tank, Seattle Art Museum
- Seattle, Washington
A summer-long installation and community sewing event celebrating the Seattle Art Museum's acquisition of Blanket stories: Sky Woman, Three Sisters, Four Pelts, Cousin Rose and Relations.
Oh So Iroquois
- The Ottawa Art Gallery
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Curated by Ryan Rice
A survey of contemporary Iroquois artists.
The 8th Northwest Biennial
- Tacoma Art Museum
- Tacoma, Washington
Tread Lightly
- PDX Contemporary Art
- Portland, Oregon
2006
Building Tradition
- Whatcom Museum of History & Art
- Bellingham, Washington
Group show drawn from the permanent collection of the Tacoma Art Museum.
Crow’s Shadow Institute Print Biennial
- Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University
- Salem, Oregon
Survey of artists who have printed at Crow's Shadow Institute in Pendleton, Oregon.
Blanket Stories: Album
- Sun Valley Center for the Arts
- Ketchum, Idaho
- Curated by Jennifer Gately
Migrations: New Directions in Native American Art
- University Gallery, University of New Mexico
- Traveling show originating in Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Curated by Marge Devon (Director, The Tamarind Institute)
Survey of graphic work by six ermerging Native American artists who work from a contemporary vocabulary.
No Reservations
- The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
- Ridgefield, Connecticut
- Curated by RIchard Klein
A large-scale group exhibition of artists whose work deals with both the deep cultural legacies and complex histories of Native peoples in the United States.
Blanket Stories: Almanac
- Nicolaysen Art Museum and Boise Art Museum
- Casper, Wyoming; and Boise, Idaho
- Curated by Ben Mitchell (Wyoming) and Sandy Harthorn (Idaho)
Neo-Sincerity
- ApexArt
- New York, New York
- Curated by Amei Wallach
Group show examining the use of humor in contemporary art.
2005
Blanket Stories: Ladder
- Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
- Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Curated by Margaret Archuleta
Blanket Stories: Receiving
- Ronna & Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art
- Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon
- Curated by Linda Brady Tesner
Everything is Drawing
- Hallie Ford Museum of Art
- Willamette University, Salem, Oregon
- Curated by Rebecca Dobkins
2004
Sewing Bee
- Interstate FIrehouse Cultural Center
- Portland, Oregon
Community-based sewing project concurrent with Ms. Watt's 2004 show at PDX Contemporary Art.
Blanket Stories
- PDX Contemporary Art
- Portland, Oregon
Continuum: Blanket Stories
- National Museum of the American Indian
- New York, New York
- Curated by Truman Lowe
Part of the Smithsonian Institution's Continuum series of exhibitions by contemporary Native American artists.
Letter Ghosts and Recent Work
- Clatsop Community College Gallery
- Astoria, Oregon
Artists Select
- Cumberland Gallery
- Nashville, Tennessee
Invitational group show. Ms. Watt was selected for inclusion by the painter James Lavadour.
2003
Artists in Residence
- Oregon College of Art & Craft
- Portland, Oregon
Group show featuring recent artists in residence at the college.
Craft Biennial
- Oregon College of Art and Craft
- Portland, Oregon
Juried exhibition of recent work by artists working in the craft tradition.
Building Tradition
- Tacoma Art Museum
- Tacoma, Washington
Group show featuring recent acquisitions to the museum's permanent collection.
Form to Function
- John Michael Kohler Arts Center
- Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Group show curated by the plumbing fixture manufacturer.
18 Women Artists
- Clatsop Community College Gallery
- Astoria, Oregon
Group show featuring prominent local women artists.
Stack
- Evergreen Galleries, The Evergreen State College
- Olympia, Washington
2002
Sitka Center Invitational
- The World Forestry Center
- Portland, Oregon
Group show featuring artists who have worked at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology.
Graphic Work
- The Governor's Gallery, Oregon State Capitol
- Salem, Oregon
- Coordinated by the Oregon Arts Commission
Sitka Collaborations
- Pacific Northwest College of Art
- Portland, Oregon
Group show featuring the results of collaborations between local and visiting artists at the Sitka Center.
PDX Window Project
- PDX Contemporary Art
- Portland, Oregon
Faculty Exhibition
- The North View Gallery, Portland Community College
- Sylvania Campus, Portland, Oregon
Group exhibition of work by the institution's arts faculty.
Slowness
- The Art Gym, Marylhurst University
- Marylhurst, Oregon
Group show featuring five women artists who work with time-consuming processes.
Sleep and Sleeplessness
- PDX Contemporary Art
- Portland, Oregon
Inaugural Exhibition
- Open Studios Press Gallery
- Boston, Massachusetts
Group exhibition.
New American Paintings
- Juried Exhibition-in-print
- Curated by Lisa Dennison (Chief Curator, Solomon Guggenheim Museum)
Each issue of publication features the work of emerging artists, selected by a guest curator. Ms. Watt's work appeared in Volume #37.
2001
Horse Tales: American Images and Icons, 1800-2000
- The Katonah Museum of Art
- Katonah, New York
- Curated by Ezra Shales
A collection of objects from fine art and popular culture that demonstrate the varied ways in which the image of the horse has infused American culture.
Bellevue Annual
- Bellevue Art Museum
- Bellevue, Washington
Annual exhibition of regional contemporary art.
PDX at CCC
- Clatsop Community College
- Astoria, Oregon
An exhibition of artists represented by PDX Contemporary Art.
Courier
- Skagit Valley College
- Mount Vernon, Washington
2000
Pedestrian
- Installation, River Overlook Park
- Portland, Oregon
An In Situ Portland Project, executed through the Regional Arts & Culture Council.
Traditional & Contemporary Native Women Artists
- Museum of Anthropology, Washington State University
- Pullman, Washington
Circle of Friends
- The Bush Barn Gallery
- Salem, Oregon
- Curated by Lillian Pitt
Group show of local contemporary Native American artists.
Open Walls
- Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
- Portland, Oregon
Unjuried, salon-style show of local contemporary art.
1999
Courier
- PDX Contemporary Art
- Portland, Oregon
Introductory Show
- PDX Contemporary Art
- Portland, Oregon
Exhibition of two artists added in 1999 to PDX's stable.
Navigation
- Installation, Friendly House
- Portland, Oregon
1998
Time and Materials
- The Art Gym, Marylhurst University
- Marylhurst, Oregon
1997
The Oregon Biennial
- Portland Art Museum
- Traveling show originating in Portland, Oregon
- Curated by Katherine Kanjo
Statewide survey of contemporary art; since supplanted by the more tightly-focused Contemporary Northwest Art Awards.
State of the Nations
- Plan B Evolving Arts
- Santa Fe, New Mexico
Group show of young Native American artists.
The Uncommon Book
- Sun Valley Center for the Arts
- Ketchum, Idaho
Group exhibition of work involving books.
1996
Traditions and Transitions
- Brattleboro Museum of Art
- Brattleboro, Vermont
Group show of traditional and contemporary Native American artists.
MFA Thesis Exhibition
- Yale University Art and Architecture Gallery
- New Haven, Connecticut