EDUCATION

University of Iowa

School of Art and Art History and Design, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

MA/MFA, expected 2027

University of Iowa

Center for the Book, Graduate College

Graduate Certificate in Book Arts and Book Studies, expected 2027

Washington University in St. Louis

Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

BFA, 2018

Valedictorian, Suma Cum Laude

Concentration in Printmaking, Second major in Anthropology with completed Latin Honors Thesis, Minor in Art History

SOLO/TWO PERSON SHOWS

2026

torn and stained and smashed, Ana Mendieta Gallery, University of Iowa, IA

2025

Cut! Rip! Poke! Interactive Boxes by Savannah Bustillo, RSVP, Iowa City, IA

kissing: Savannah Bustillo and Sophie Rogers, Merker Gallery, University of Iowa’s Center for the Book, Iowa City, IA

Armatures: Savannah Bustillo and Peter Schedit, Inez Greenberg Gallery, Bloomington Center for the Arts, Bloomington, MN

GROUP SHOWS

2026

MFA Frogman’s Group Show, Frogman’s Print Workshop, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Found in Translation: Artists Working Across Languages, UTK Gallery, Knoxville, TN

2025

Iowa Art Field: Site responsive installations, Johnson County Historic Poor Farm, Iowa City, IA

Futuros Posibles, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear Lake, MN

University of Iowa MFA Showcase, Frogman’s Print Workshop, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2024

Multiple Signatures, Marker Gallery, University of Iowa’s Center for the Book, Iowa City, IA

Latina and Latinx MN: Re/claiming Space in Times of Change, The Catherine Murphy Gallery, St. Catherine’s University, St. Paul, MN

2023

CONVEYANCE, NE Sculpture Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

NEW ART, Normandale Fine Arts Gallery, Normandale Community College, Bloomington, MN

Albuquerque Academy Alumni Art Show, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM

2022

Jerome Early Career Printmakers Exhibition, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN

2019

Shifting Points, Women’s Studio Workshop, Kingston, NY

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2026

The 2026 MCBA Prize, MCBA Main Gallery, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, upcoming

39th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA

14th Annual Juried Exhibition, Morgan Conservatory Cleveland, OH

2025

Walking Bridges: New Acquisitions from the Francis V. Gorman Collection, Quarter Gallery, University of Minnesota, MN

Bienvenidos a Iowa, Mainframe Studios, Des Moines, IA

2025 NAHP Member’s Exhibition, Concordia University, Minneapolis, MN

The Book As Art v.13: Mixed Messages, Fourth Floor Gallery, Decatur Library, Decatur, GA

2025 CBAA Members’ Juried Exhibition, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WN

Si No Sanas Hoy, Sanarás Mañana, Drewlowe Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2024

Anything That Moves: MFA Exhibition Online, University of Montana, https://mfaexhibitiononline.org/anything-that-moves/

The 2024 MCBA Prize, MCBA Main Gallery, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN

CELEBRATED: Selections from the 2023 North American Print Biennial, Maxwell Mays Gallery, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI

2023

2023 North of the 45th, DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, MI

Optical Impermanence III, Iowa State University, Iowa City, IA

Optical Impermanence III, Frogman’s Print Workshops, Council Bluffs, IA

19th Regional Juried Exhibition, Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL

Friedli Gallery’s Book Arts Exhibition, Friedli Gallery, St. Paul, MN

2022

Daily Companion, McClain’s Printmaking Supplies, https://imcclains.com

The 2022 MCBA Prize, MCBA Main Gallery, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN

Textures, Shapes, Patterns, or Forms, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

Optical Impermanence, West Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

18th Regional Juried Exhibition, Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL

Queer Printmaking and Futurity, SGCI 2022 Conference, Madison, WI

Uncommon Prints x Common Matrices, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

2021

Force: An International Exhibition, IncuArts Gallery, www.incuarts.com

2020
Stand Up Prints, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN

Habitus: Contemplative Manifesto, Lufrano Intercultural Gallery, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL

2019

2019-2021 SGCI Members Traveling Exhibition, University of Texas, Arlington, TX *Exhibition travels internationally

2018

The Fruits of Our Labor, Patton-Malott Gallery, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO

Are you Seeing What I’m Seeing?: Senior Thesis Show, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO

Slash: A Pop-Up Show, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO

Salt City Dozen Show and Portfolio Exchange, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Delta Small National Print Exhibition 2018, Bradbury Museum of Art, Arkansas State University, Pawnee, IN

2017

Creator’s Gallery Show, Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship, St. Louis, MO

Small Press Expo, Star Clipper Comic Book Shop, St. Louis, MO

For Play: A Junior Exhibition, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO

A Diamond in Hough, Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory & Educational Foundation, Cleveland, OH

RESIDENCIES AND FELLOWSHIPS

2026

Culinary Residency, The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA, upcoming

Open Studio Residency, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

2026 MFA Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2025

Finalist, Studio Residency, Women’s Studio Workshop, Kingston, NY

Finalist, Studio Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2024-2025 Graduate Engagement Corp Cohort, Office of Engagement, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2023

Classroom Print Residency, Normandale Community College, Bloomington, MN

Finalist, The Anderson Center at Tower View Jerome Emerging Artist Residency, Red Wing, MN

2021

2021-2022 Jerome Early Career Printmaker Resident, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN

2018

Fall Artist Residency, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snow Mass Village, CO

2017

American Alliance of Museums Access Fellowship, St. Louis, MO

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2026

2026 MCBA Semifinalist, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN

2026-2027 Guild of Book Workers’ Maxwell-Hanrahan Grant

2026-2027 Graduate Engagement Core Community-Engaged Research Grant, Office of Community Engagement, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2026 Printmaking Summer Research Travel Stipend, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2026 College Book Arts Association Member Support Grant

2026-2027 Stanley Award for International Research, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2025

2025 Graduate Student Senate Travel Grant Cycle 1, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2025 North American Hand Papermaking Scholarship Recipient

2025 Graduate & Professional Student Government Travel Grant, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2025 Brody Print Purchase Award, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2025 Graduate Student Senate Travel Grant Cycle 4, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2025 College Book Arts Association Travel Grant

2025 Fine Press Book Association Inclusivity Fund Grant

2024

2024 MCBA Semifinalist, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN

Elizabeth Catlett Printmaking Award, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Foil Imaging and Frogman’s Print Workshop Scholarship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2024 SGCI Emerging Printmaker Award

2022

2022-2023 Metropolitan Regional Arts Council Next Step Grant Recipient, Minneapolis, MN

2022 MCBA Prize Finalist, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN

2018

Belle Cramer Printmaking Award, Washington University in St. Louis, MO

Newman Exploration Travel Fund Grant Recipient, Washington University in St. Louis, MO

2017

Marsha Hertzman Blasingame Award in Printmaking, Washington University in St. Louis, MO

Art History & Archaeology Travel Scholarship, Washington University in St. Louis, MO

Tab Rasmussen Scholarship, Field Projects International, CICRA Field Site, Amazon Rainforest, Southeast Peru

2016

Summer Undergraduate Research Award, Washington University in St. Louis, MO

2014

1st Prize, First Year Reading Program Award, Washington University in St. Louis, MO

2013

Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Summer Seminar Scholarship Recipient

PORTFOLIO EXCHANGES

2026 MAPC, Feral, printmaking

2026 MAPC, Measured & Repeated: A Recipe Exchange, printmaking

2025 NAHP,  Joints and Seams, papermaking

2025 SGCI, Codes of Conduct, printmaking

2023, Optical Impermanence III, printmaking

2022 SGCI, Codes of Conduct, printmaking

2022 SGCI, Well-Fed!, printmaking

2022 SGCI, Chimera, printmaking

2022 SGCI, Optical Impermanence, printmaking

2020 SGCI, Habitus: Contemplative Manifesto, printmaking

PRESENTATIONS

Cut! Rip! Poke!: CBAA Community Book Art Series by Savannah Bustillo, College Book Arts Association, Zoom, 2025

Artist Talk, PS1 Close House, Iowa City, IA

2025 NAHP Conference Presentation: Savannah Bustillo & Sophie Rogers, Performing Text: Using Paper to Hold Words, Minneapolis, MN, 2025

Artist Panel, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear Lake, MN, 2025

Artist Talk, Inez Greenberg Gallery, Bloomington Center for the Arts, Bloomington, MN, 2025

2025 CBAA Embracing the Tangible Graduate Student Lightning Talks, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI, 2025

2025 SGCI Puertograbando Graduate Student Lightning Talks, San Juan, PR, 2025

Artist Panel, 2024 SGCI Print Awards, Zoom, 2024

Artist Panel, NE Sculpture Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2023

Visiting Artist Lecture and Critic, Teen Access/Print Program, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN, 2023

Visiting Artist Lecture and Critic, Normandale Community College, Bloomington, MN, 2023

Visiting Artist Lecture, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN, 2023

Visiting Artist Lecture, Walker Teen Art Council, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2022

Visiting Artist Lecture, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, MO, 2021

Visiting Artist Lecture, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM, 2018

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TEACHING

Artwork installed and displayed at FilmScene Community Movie Theater as a part of FilmScene’s Aquí y Allá Latin American Film Festival, Iowa City, Iowa, 2026

The Season of the Cellar Food Installation with Sophie Rogers, Dada Prom 2025, PS1, Iowa City, Iowa, 2025

“Long Stitch Sketchbooks” Workshop, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, 2025

2025 NAHP Handmade paper portfolio exchange organizer, Joints and Seams, Minneapolis, MN, 2025

Book Arts/Printmaking Workshop Teacher, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA, 2025 - ongoing

Mobile Event, SGCI 2025 Puertograbando, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Visiting Artist, Family Day Art-Making, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, 2024

Visiting Artist, Letterpress Demos, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, 2024

Grant Panelist, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Minneapolis, MN, 2024

Advisor for BIPOC Artist Adult Teaching Program, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN, 2023

“Community Critiques” Workshop, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN, 2023

Grant Panelist, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Minneapolis, MN, 2023

Printmaking Workshop Teacher, Fireweed Community Woodshop, Minneapolis, MN, 2022-2024

Grant Panelist, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Minneapolis, MN, 2021

Book Arts/Printmaking Workshop Teacher, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN, 2021- 2024

Screen printing Workshop Teacher, Carbondale Arts Center, Carbondale, CO, 2018

CURATORIAL WORK

Curator, Joints and Seams, 2025 NAHP Conference, Open Book, Minneapolis, MN, 2025

Curator, Mechanical Failure: The Affinity of Cyborgs, Levit Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2025

Curator, Multiple Signatures, Merker Gallery, University of Iowa’s Center for the Book, Iowa City, IA, 2024

Curator, TBD, Washington University in St. Louis, MO, 2017

EXPERIENCE

Instructor of Record, Drawing 1, University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA, upcoming

Instructor of Record, Elements of Print: An Introductory Course to Printmaking, University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA, Spring Semester 2026

Performer and Tech, Floor of the Forest by Trisha Brown, restaged and managed by Tony Orrico and Hancher Auditorium, University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA, 2025

Instructor of Record, Politics of Protest: An Introductory Course to Printmaking and Political Movements, University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA, Fall Semester 2025

Editor of Student Perspectives, Openings: Studies in Book Art, a peer-reviewed journal by the College Book Art Association

Iowa City, IA, 2025-ongoing

Secretary, Iowa Print Group, University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA, 2024-2025

Research Assistant, Iowa Print Archive, Office of Visual Materials

Iowa City, IA, 2024-2025

Printmaking Lab Monitor, University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA, 2024-2025

Educator, Walker Art Center

Minneapolis, MN, 2021- 2023

Studio Assistant in Printmaking, Papermaking, and Book Arts, Women’s Studio Workshop

Kingston, NY | 2019

Printmaking and Painting Assistant, Anderson Ranch Arts Center

Snowmass Village, CO | 2018

Co-Founder/ President of Print Club, a group to teach printmaking, book arts, and works on paper to students, Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO | 2017 – 2018 

Research Assistant and Data Analyst in Cultural Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO | 2017 – 2018

Printmaking, Papermaking, and Book Arts Studio Assistant, The Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory & Educational Foundation

Cleveland, OH | 2017 

Printmaking, Papermaking, and Book Arts Studio Assistant, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center

Washington D.C | 2016

Design Assistant, Arts on the Block, non-profit that pairs high school students with local businesses to create art

Washington D.C | 2016

Art Ambassador, Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO | 2015 – 2018

Lab monitor for the printmaking shop and book studio, Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO | 2015 – 2018

Docent, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum

St. Louis, MO | 2015 – 2018

Printmaking Assistant, Island Press

St. Louis, MO | 2015

Gallery Assistant, Turner Carroll Gallery

Santa Fe, NM | 2015

Printmaking Assistant, Tamarind Institute

Albuquerque, NM | 2014

COLLECTIONS

Special Collections, Francis V. Gorman Collection, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Special Collections, Jen Library, SCAD, Savannah, GA

Special Collections, Haas Arts Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Special Collections, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

Artist Book Collection, Herron Art Library, Indiana University/Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Special Collections, Fenwick Library, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Special Collections, Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Special Collections, Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Special Collections, Fleet Library, RISD, Providence, RI

Special Collections, Howard Milton Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Artist Book Collection, Special Collections, Baylor University Libraries, Waco, TX

Special Collections, Denison Library, Scripps College, Claremont, CA

Special Collections, McHenry Library, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA

Special Collections, Smathers Library, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Special Collections, Cabal Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Special Collections, Main Library, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Artist Book Collection, Environmental Design Library, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Visual Arts Library, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

Van Alan Clark, Jr. Library, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University, Boston, MA

Artist Book Collection, UCLA Arts Library, Los Angeles, CA

Special Collections, Kennedy Library, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA

Special Collections, Young Library, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Special Collections, Marriot Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Special Collections, William & Mary Libraries, Williamsburg, VA

Special Collections, Swarthmore College Libraries, Swarthmore, PA

Permanent Collection, Normandale Community College, Bloomington, MN

Special Collections, Hitt Library, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

Special Collections, Augustana College Library, Rock Island, IL

Book Art Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Special Collections, Shields Library, University of California, Davis, CA

Cynthia Sears Collection, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, WA

Special Collections, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS

Special Collections, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL

Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO

SGCI Permanent Collection, Kennesaw, GA

University SUArt Gallery at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

The Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory & Educational Foundation, Cleveland, OH

Bradbury Museum of Art, Arkansas State University, Pawnee, IN

PUBLICATIONS

“Dosis de arte: relatos sobre el arte en Minnesota y el resto del mundo – Futuros Posibles”,  La Voz Latina, https://

www.stpaulpublishing.com/dosis-de-arte-relatos-sobre-el-arte-en-minnesota-y-el-resto-del-mundo-futuros-posibles/, 

2025

“Inhabiting Liminal Spaces: Work by Savannah Bustillo and Delta Martin”, Artists’ Books Unshelved, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art,

https://www.biartmuseum.org/artists-books-unshelved/, 2025

“Savannah Bustillo,” Latina and Latinx MN: Re/claiming Space in Times of Change, St. Paul, MN, 2024

“Savannah Bustillo, ‘The History of Work,’”  The 2024 MCBA Prize Semi-finalists,

https://mcbaprize.org/savannah-bustillo-the-history-of-work/#more-11205\, 2024

“Interview with Savannah Bustillo, Jerome Resident and Co-op Artist”,  Highpoint Center for Printmaking,

https://www.highpointprintmaking.org/highpoint-news/2022/12/13/interview-with-savannah-bustillo-jerome-resident-and-co-op-artist, 2022

“Savannah Bustillo, ‘The History of Language,’”  The 2022 MCBA Prize Finalists,

https://mcbaprize.org/savannah-bustillo-the-history-of-language/#more-9965, 2022

“Jerome Early Career Printmaking Residency”, Press Time,  Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN, Spring/Summer 2022

“Savannah Bustillo’s Tongue Twisters in Graphite”, Sheila Regan, KFAI Minneculture Interview,

https://kfai.org/minneculture-savannah-bustillos-tongue-twisters-in-graphite/, 2021

“Jerome Early Career Printmaking Residency”, Press Time,  Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN, Fall/Winter 2021

“Anderson Ranch Arts Center exhibition puts interns in the spotlight”, The Aspen Times, Aspen, CO, 2018

Back Cover, Spring 2018 Issue, Spires Magazine, St. Louis, MO, 2018

Various artworks, Fall 2017 Issue, Spires Magazine, St. Louis, MO, 2017

“Ecofeminism Reinterpreted: Covering the Pieces Sunk and Wasted”, Critical Theory of Social Justice: Journal of

Undergraduate Research, Occidental College, L.A, CA, 2016

“Queer Im/pulses” All the Art magazine, St. Louis, MO, 2016