Connie Falk has called New Mexico home since 1988, when she began her career as an academic in the field of agricultural economics at New Mexico State University. She took art classes part time at NMSU for a decade before retirement in 2013. She now paints in a studio  at the base of the Sandia Mountains, just north of Albuquerque. She has been painting en plein air since 2018 in a weekly group, PALs.


Current  and Upcoming Shows

-Cerulean Art Salon Group Show, Fusion, April 2025.
-Corrales Bosque Gallery, Corrales, NM.
-Placitas Studio Tour every year, Mother's Day weekend, Fri-Sun.

-Make an appointment to see my work in my studio in Placitas, NM.
 
In Print and Film
-Two paintings rented by an upcoming film "A Place in Hell," spring 2025.
-Four paintings rented by the Amazon Prime limited series, "The Better Sister,"  filmed in New York in summer 2024 and airing to begin May 29, 2025.
-14 paintings rented and  4 commissioned for use in the upcoming movie "Miss You, Love You," starring Allison Janney and filmed in Placitas, February 2024. One commission was used for Allison Janney to paint on at the end of the film
-The August-September 2021 issue of Southwest Art Magazine , "Ten Artists to Watch."



Art Resume

Art Shows
March 2025           Juried artist, Rio Grande Art Association show at Weems Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
Sept-Oct 2024     "New Beginnings," 2-person show at the Art Mozaik Gallery, Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM. 
Nov. 2024               Juried artist, "Encantada," RGAA annual show, Albuquerque, NM. 
Oct-Nov 2024      Invited artist, "Faces and Places, Eula Mae Edwards Museum, Clovis, NM.
Sept 2024               Juried artist, NM State Fair. 3 paintings.
August 2024         "Five Friends" show at the Placitas Presbyterian Church, Placitas, NM
May 2024               Participating artist, "Collaborations" show  by the PALs group (Plein Air Landscapers) at the Harwood Center for Art,                                               Albuquerque, NM. 
May 2024               Participating artist, Placitas Studio Tour, May 11-12, 2024
May 2024               Juried artist, Corrales Studio Tour, May 4-5, 2024.
April  2024             Participating artist, Cerulean Group Show, Gallery ABQ, Albuquerque, NM.
Spring 2024           Invited Artist, "Movers and Shakers: Artists who Teach, Lead, and Inspire," NM Cancer Center Gallery with a Cause,                                                  Albuquerque, NM. Feb. 19-May 17, 2024.
Jan. 2024                Juried artist, "Exuberance" Art Show, Art Mozaik Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. 
Dec 2023                Juried artist, Placitas Artist Series, Placitas Presbyterian Church, Placitas, NM. 
Nov. 2023               Juried artist, "Vivid" Art Show, Art Mozaik Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
Oct. 2023                Juried artist, "2nd Annual Taos Abstract Artist Collective Exhibition," Stables Gallery, Taos, NM. 
Sept. 2023              Participating artist, "About Women," Placitas Community Library, Placitas, NM. 
Sept. 2023               State Fair of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Four juried paintings. Sept. 7-17, 2023.
Fall  2023                Participating artist and show coordinator, "Rural-Urban Interface," PALs group show, 
                                       Gutierrez-Hubbell House,  Albuquerque, NM.  Aug-Sept., 2023.
Aug. 2023                Participating artist, "Chasing the Light on the Sandias," PALs (Plein Air Landscapers) group
                                       show, Wild Hearts Gallery,  Placitas, NM. 
May 2023                Invited artist, Plein air show at the Placitas Artist Series, Placitas Presbyterian Church, Placitas. NM
May 2023                 Participating artist, Placitas Studio Tour
April 2023                Selected artist, 2-person show, Jemez Fine Art Gallery, Jemez, NM.
March 2023            Participating artist, 2 paintings, "New Mexico: Sense of Place," Placitas Community Library, Placitas, NM.
Jan-Apr 2023         Show organizer and participating artist, "Open Space, Open Minds," PALs group show,
                                        Albuquerque Open Space  Visitors Center, Albuquerque, NM
Nov 2022                  Invited artist, 10 paintings, Mountainside Arts Show, Cedar Crest, NM.
Oct-Nov 2022       Invited artist, Art Mozaik Gallery , Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM. 
Sept 2022                 Participating artist, "Georgia on My Mind" Show at Corrales Fine Art Gallery, with the
                                        Southwest Artist Collective.
Sept 2022                 Juried artist, RGAA Encantada Show.
Summer 2022        Participating artist, two paintings, "Shades of Red" show at the Placitas Community Library.
April 2022                Participating artist, Placitas Studio Tour/Placitas Artist Series joint show.
March 2022            Juried artist, Masterworks of NM.  1 painting accepted from 227 entries and 47 acceptances. My painting 
                                        "Embudo Trail" won the Wilson Hurley  Enchantment Award.
April 2022                Invited 1-person show, Jemez Fine Art Gallery, Jemez, NM. 28 plein air and studio landscape paintings.

July 2021                 Juried artist, RGAA Summer Fine Art Show. 2 paintings.
Oct 2021                  Participating artist, Small works,  Encantada show, Albuquerque, NM.
Sept 2021                Juried artist, Placitas Artist Series
July 2021                 Participating artist, Placitas Library Gracie Lee Community Room grand opening. One painting.
July 2021                 Juried Artist, Rio Grande Art Association Summer Fine Art Show, Corrales, NM. Two paintings.
June 2021                Juried artist, NM Art League show “In Bloom." Three paintings.
April 2021                Participating artist, joint Placitas Studio Tour and Placitas Artist Series virtual show, Placitas, NM. One painting.
April 2021                Participating artist and show organizer, PALS Group Show, Gallery ABQ Albuquerque, NM.   

Spring 2021             Invited artist, “The Art of Quarantine” show, NM Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM. 20 paintings.
Fall 2020                   Participating artist, “Off the Wall” show, Placitas Library. One painting
Nov-Feb 2020        Juried artist, River Oaks Square Arts Center 5th Annual “5x5x5” National Competition,
                                        Alexandria, LA. Two paintings  from 292 entries and 96 applicants. 75 pieces in the show.
October 2020       Juried artist, ArtsThrive, Albuquerque Museum annual fundraiser, Albuquerque, NM. Three
                                       paintings.
March 2020           Participating artist, “Women’s Visions and Ventures,” The Gallery ABQ, Albuquerque, NM.
                                       Three paintings.
March 2020           Juried artist, “Women’s Work” 2020 show, Ghostwolf Gallery, Albuquerque, NM. Two paintings 
                                       selected from 173 pieces submitted and 33 paintings accepted.
Dec 2019                Invited artist, “The Art of Healing,” Cancer Center Show. 23 paintings.
Fall 2019                 Juried artist, two monoprints, NM State Fair, Albuquerque, NM.
Fall 2019                Participating artist, Gutierrez-Hubbell House South Valley Show, organized by the PALS
                                     Tuesday plein air group,  Albuquerque, NM. Seven paintings.
Fall 2019                Juried artist, Encantada Show, Rio Grande Art Association, Albuquerque, NM. One painting.
Fall 2019                Invited plein air artist, Placitas Garden Tour, Placitas, NM. Six paintings hung at Placitas Library, Placitas, NM.
Summer 2019     Participating artist, “Dog Days” show, Placitas Library, Placitas, NM. One painting.
Spring 2019         Participating artist, “Abstract & Surreal” show, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Albuquerque, NM.
                                     Two paintings.
Spring 2019          Participating artist, “Abstract” show, Placitas Library. Two paintings.
May 2019              Participating artist, Placitas Studio Tour, Placitas, NM
Oct 2018               Juried artist, Encantada Show, Rio Grande Art Association, Albuquerque, NM. Two paintings.
June 2018             Invited artist, One-person show, Aa Gallery, Las Cruces, NM. 21 paintings.
May 2018              Participating artist, Placitas Studio Tour.
Feb 2018               Juried artist, Placitas Artist Series, Placitas, NM.
Oct 2017               Juried artist, Placitas Artist Series.
Oct 2016               Invited artist, “North and South” show, Artifacts Gallery, Farmington, NM.
June 2013             Invited artist at the Blue Gate Gallery, North Valley Studio Loop Tour, Las Cruces, NM.

 

Plein Air Painting 
Summer 2018-
current                     Member, Plein Air Landscapers (PALS), Tuesday plein air group,
Summer 2019      Participating artist, Wild Rivers Plein Air Festival, non-juried, Questa, NM
Spring 2019          Participating artist, Jemez Springs Non-juried Paintout & Show, Jemez, NM
Fall 2018                Participating artist, Escalante Canyons Art Festival, non-juried, Escalante, UT
Fall 2016                Participating artist, Escalante Canyons Art Festival, non-juried, Escalante, UT

 

Painting Group Memberships
Cerulean Art Salon, 2023- Current
Rio Grande Art Association, 2019-current
Plein Air Painters of NM, 2019, 2022-current
PALS (Plein Air Landscapers), 2018-current
Southwest Art Collective, 2022
Women Painters West, 2022

University Art Classes
Fall 2013               Two classes of painting, focusing on color and light, and the figure, with Craig Cully
SP ‘12- SP ’13     3 semesters of self-directed painting with Craig Cully
2004 - 2011          Drawing 1 -2, and Painting 1 - 2, Medium Format Camera, NMSU

 

Art Workshops attended
2024                     Experimental Mixed Media and Collage, Lea Anderson, NM Art League, Albuquerque, NM
2024                     Plein air painting, Amery Bohling, Scottsdale School of Art, Gold Canyon, AZ
2023                     Biomorphia 7, Lea Anderson, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM.
2023                     Cold Wax Painting, Kari Bell, Artisans, Albuquerque, NM.
2023                     Cold Wax Painting and Mixed Media, Rose Marie Prins, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM.
2022                     Gel Plate Printing for Beginners, Terry Garrett, Remarque Print Workshop, Albuquerque, NM.
2021                      Working with Resins, Janet O'Neal, Remarque Print Workshop, Albuquerque, NM. Resins and
                                   mold making.
2020                       Improvisational Printmaking: Color, Shape and Layering, Jessica Krichels, Remarque Print
                                   Workshop.  Monoprint, trace monotype, collagraph, stencil.
2020                       Explorations in Image Transfer Methods Printmaking workshop, Janet O’Neal, Remarque Print
                                   Workshop. Gel  photo transfers, drypoint, collagraph
2019                       Paul Murray, oil painting workshop in conjunction with the RGAA Encantada show
2019                       Painting cattle portraits, Karen Whitmore, Artisans, Santa Fe, NM
2019                       Monoprinting & pastels, Dawn Emerson, The NM Art League, Albuquerque, NM
2019                       Painting chicken portraits, Karen Witmore, Artisans, Santa Fe, NM
2018                       Landscape painting, Bill Gallen, Santa Fe, NM
2018                       Plein air painting, Michelle Chrisman, Albuquerque, NM
2016                       Painting the figure in the landscape, Kyle Ragsdale, Artifacts Gallery, Farmington, NM
2010-2013          Various workshops with Bonnie Mandoe, Las Cruces, NM

  

Service
2024                       Volunteered to help organize the Placitas Artist Series visual arts program. 
2023                       Applied for and organized the PALs group show,  "Open Space, Open Minds," at the Albuquerque
                                    Open Space Visitors'  Center, Albuquerque, NM.
2021                        Organized the hanging system for the RGAA Summer Fine Art Show in an old adobe building in
                                     Corrales, NM.
2021                        Encantada File Master.
2021                         Mentored new file master for the RGAA Summer Fine Arts Show
2021                         Organized PALS group show at the Gallery ABQ
2019-2020           Invited twice by the Center for Biological Diversity to critique the agricultural economics
                                     components of two rounds of US Bureau of Reclamation proposals to divert the Gila River, a 
                                     proposal ultimately turned down by the Interstate  Stream Commission in June, 2020.
2020                         Mask maker and co-organizer, Sandoval Mask Makers. Our group of 50 volunteers sewed and
                                     donated more than 10,000  cloth masks and another 5,000 pre-cut masks for others to sew.
2019-2021           Treasurer, Rio Grande Art Association, Albuquerque, NM
2020-2021            Membership Chair, RGAA
2019                          Encantada Show File Master, RGAA. Selected a new website platform to modernize membership management.  Helped                                        redesign new website. Transferred membership to new online database.
1982-1985            Peace Corps Volunteer, Honduras, Central America. Worked as a small business advisor.

  

Educational Background
Ph.D.,    Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
M.B.A., Business Administration, OSU
B.A.,       English, OSU


Academic Career
1988-2013     Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business, New Mexico State University. Research and teaching programs focused on sustainable and organic production, agricultural marketing, agribusiness management, world food problems, sustainable development, financial feasibility analysis, agricultural diversification, and small farm economics. Last two years prior to retirement, served as the first recipient of the M. Eugene Sundt Honors chair, and taught two senior Honors College seminars, one on climate change and one on sustainable development in Nicaragua.