Munoz, now also known as Iyanifa Dunmininu-Iyalorisa Ajewibé, is an artist open to gallery representation and exhibition opportunities.  She has lived her life between cultures which have fueled her imagery.  Her work has been an exploration of mixed-cultural identity and the investigation of traditions preservation and regeneration. Munoz´ constant questions about inherited cultural customs have taken her through her own spiritual evolution, she has been initiated through traditional Nigerian Ifa Orisa practices and continues her search and studies in such ancient spiritual knowledge.

Her work has been part of several group and solo exhibitions in the United States as well as in Colombia. Muñoz is part of the Latin America Photography 2 Collection of the Lehigh University Art Galleries in Bethlehem, PA; as well as part of the Southwest Collection Special Collections Library of the Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX where she received her MFA degree on Photography. 

Muñoz has been recipient of several scholarships and awards; she was one of five recipients of The 2009 Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund Award, given by The Dallas Museum of Art to artists under 30 with promising careers.  She has been part of the Neo Latinos art collective since 2013. Her work is now on loan at the Santa Fe College Foundation in Gainesville, FL.


 

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Awards

2014
Puffin Foundation Grant to fund photographic production for exhibition, Teaneck,NJ.
2012
Puffin Foundation Grant to fund photographic research in Latin America, Teaneck, NJ.
2009
Civil Society Institute Award to fund artist residency at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT .
Alonzo Davis Fellowship to fund artist residency at the VCCA, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA.
The Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund Award to continue photographic research in Latin America,Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX .
2008
ICC Study Abroad Scholarship for summer abroad in Brazil, International Cultural Center of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
Texas Tech School of Art Scholarship for summer abroad in Brazil, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
National SPE Student Award, Society for Photographic Education, Cleveland, OH.
2006
AT&T Chancellors Fellowship to attend the School of Art Graduate Program, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
2004
Student Undergraduate Research Program Grant, for the completion of the exhibition catalogue Cosechando Memorias/A Harvest of Memories, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.

Publications

2009
Pterodactilo Online Magazine: Art, Literature, Linguistics and Culture, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of Texas at Austin, TX.  http://pterodactyl.com/numero6/
2006
Latin America Photography 2: Selections from the Lehigh University Art Galleries Collection Exhibition Catalog, Lehigh University Art Galleries/Museum Operation, Bethlehem, PA.
2004
Cosechando Memorias/A Harvest of Memories, BFA Thesis Exhibition Catalog, The William Paterson University of New Jersey, Department of Art, Wayne, NJ.

Collections

2007
Southwest Collection, Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
2006
Latin America Photography 2: Selections from the Lehigh University Art Galleries Collection. Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA.

Artist Residencies

2010
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.  One-month residency funded by the Civil Society Institute Awards
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA.  Three weeks residency funded by the Alonzo Davis Fellowship

Selected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

2013
Y El Me Dijo Que La Tierra Era Memoria/And He Told Me The Land Was Memory, Mauricio Suarez Copete Gallery, Consulate of Colombia, Manhattan, NY.
Cosechando Memorias/A Harvest of Memories, Plainfield Public Library, Plainfield, NJ.
Y El Me Dijo Que La Tierra Era Memoria, And He Told Me The Land Was Memory, Gallery Salon, Teaneck, NJ.
2009
Y El Me Dijo Que La Tierra Era Memoria/And He Told Me The Land is Memory, Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Landmark Arts Gallery Texas Tech University, School of Art, Lubbock, TX.
2007
Cosechando Memorias/A Harvest of Memories, Southwest Collection, Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
2006
Cosechando Memorias, Salon del Arte, Centro Colombo Americano, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
2004
Reflejos de un Viaje Surreal, Comfamiliar Risaralda, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
Reflejos de un Vije Surreal, Cine Club Borges, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.

Group Exhibitions

2016
The 4 Sons, Gitler & ____ Gallery, New York, NY.
2015
Neo-Latinos: An Exhibition of 21st Century Latino Artists, The CCM Visual Arts Gallery, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ.
Morris County Higher Educational Invitational Exhibit, The CCM Visual Arts Gallery, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ.
2014
8th Latin American Art Exhibit: Latinos Open to the World, ICAL & Johnson Public Library, Hackensack, NJ.
2013
Encuentros-Encounters, Celebrating Hispanic Heritage, Zuffal Health Center, Dover, NJ.
V ICAL Fest Art Exhibition, The Ciarco Learning Center, Hackensack, NJ.
William Paterson University Alumni Art Exhibition, Power Arts Gallery, Wayne, NJ.
2012
Island Girls, 58 Coles St Gallery, Jersey City, NJ.
Red. (First Place Award), Center City Galleries, Paterson, NJ.
Digable Arts Festival, Monroe Center, Hoboken, NJ.
2009
Pictures of People: Contemporary Portrait Photography, Visual Arts Center, TCC at Olde Towne, Portsmouth, VA.
Contemporary Dialogue in Visual Art: 25 Texas Tech University MFA Candidates, Runnels Art Gallery, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM.
MFA Photography Candidates Show, SRO Photo Gallery, Texas Tech University School of Art, Lubbock, TX.
2008
High Plains Drama, SOFA Gallery, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX.
2007
The Good Journey: Alumni Show, Power Arts Gallery, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.
Plain Art: Texas Tech University MFA Candidates, Laredo Community College, Laredo, TX
Meeting of The Minds: Photography Exchange Exhibition, University Theater Gallery, The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX.
2006
Latin American Photography 2, Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA.
2005
Colombian Artists Celebrating The Month of La Hispanidad, Newark Library, Newark, NJ.
William Paterson University Young Photographers, The Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ.
Eight Photographers Young & Underknown, The Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ.
2004
Cosechando Memorias/A Harvest of Memories, BFA Senior Thesis Show Power Arts Gallery, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.