Jennifer Cocoma Hustis, Artist, Author, Art of Horsemanship LLC
about me
Jennifer Cocoma Hustis is known for her expressive paintings, prints, photography, sculpture and drawings of horses and wildlife. The artist uses her imagery to further her conceptual exploration of animals as messengers.
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The Oklahoma artist has a master's degree from Pratt Institute, NY. As Head Instructor and Founder of Art of Horsemanship LLC in Edmond, OK, Jennifer enjoys sharing her artistic talents and horsemanship knowledge with all ages. Art of Horsemanship LLC focuses on an excellent foundation in both fine art and horsemanship. Over the years Jennifer has partnered with museums and galleries creating interactive educational art exhibits. You can find her artwork in galleries and part of private collections in the United States and abroad. The artist also shares her personal stories about animals and the life lessons they teach through her heavily illustrated children's books. Jennifer is a member of the Cowgirl Artists of America, and is represented by Terra Rosa Art Gallery in Guthrie, OK.
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​From a very early age, Jennifer felt a very close connection to horses. This connection drove her to learn from, and assist many, professional and world-renowned horsemen and horsewomen. Jennifer believes that working with horses for herself and others, for over 40 years, directly contributed to her successful horsemanship, animal communication and has given her greater self-awareness.
Art of Horsemanship LLC maintains a broad scope of disciplines and age groups. Jennifer’s daughter has won a wheelbarrow full of buckles, saddles, and many trips to the pay window as she is an accomplished All-Around Cowgirl. She earned this by countless hours in the saddle, at 10 years old she competed in a youth trainer's challenge with a rescue horse, showed in 4-H in both English and Western events, All-Around Cowgirl and Sweetheart of the Rodeo at Edmond Jr. Rodeo, 5X Finalist NLBRA Finals (National Little Britches Rodeo Association), Jr. High Rodeo, and Top 10 in breakaway and pole bending at AQHA Youth World Championships. Jennifer's AOH students have gone on to compete in 4-H, Jr. Rodeo, Jr. Rodeo Royalty and in IEA (Interscholastic Equestrian Association) in both English and Western disciplines. The AOH facility has a classroom to learn the fundamentals of a variety of fine art media, STEM projects, and horsemanship.
After decades of training horses in multiple disciplines, in 2018, Jennifer and her Spanish Mustang began competing in Working Equitation and Western Dressage. In 2018, they earned a ranking in the top ten from the U.S.A. Confederation of Working Equitation and in the Western Dressage World Championships. In 2022, the pair earned WDAA World Reserve Champion in Musical Dressage and in 2023 earned WDAA World Reserve Champion in Horsemanship.
Buckles and ribbons aside, a great foundation in horsemanship will allow you to enjoy horses in a way you never thought you could.
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Art of Horsemanship LLC looks forward to working with you to achieve your goals in both art and horsemanship.
Contact me
JENNIFER COCOMA HUSTIS Fine Artist, Author, Illustrator, Equestrian 6500 N. Bryant Ave. Edmond, OK 73034 405 820-0013 Hustisjen@gmail.com https://www.artofhorsemanshipllc.com/ MEMBERSHIP Cowgirl Artists of America EDUCATION Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. M.F.A. The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. B.F.A. The Royal College of Art, London, UK Summer Arts Institute, Quartz Mountain, OK TEACHING EMPLOYMENT 2024-2010 Art of Horsemanship LLC 2024-1996 Edmond Fine Arts Institute 2003-2002 University of West Florida 2002-1999 Oklahoma University 2006-1996 Oklahoma Christian University 2000-1997 Oklahoma State Arts Council Artist in Residence 1995 Pratt Institute REPRESENTATION 2023 Terra Rosa Art Gallery Guthrie, OK 2016 -2004 JRB Art at the Elms OKC, OK 2006 South by Southwest Gallery, Denver, Colorado 2003 Steve Martin Gallery New Orleans, LA SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2020 Fine Arts Institute of Edmond, Edmond, OK 2018 Fine Arts Institute of Edmond, Edmond, Ok 2017 Chisholm Trail Museum Duncan, OK 2017 Fine Arts Institute of Edmond Edmond, OK 2013 Science Museum Oklahoma Oklahoma City, OK 2010 Oklahoma Christian University Edmond, OK 2009 Norick Art Center, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK 2006 JRB Art at the Elms Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK 2004 Oklahoma State Capitol Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK 2002 Steve Martin Studio, New Orleans, LA Redlands Community College Art Gallery, El Reno, OK 2001 Individual Artists of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK 1995 Individual Artists of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS AND WORKSHOPS Chisholm Trail Heritage Center Duncan, OK Science Museum Oklahoma National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Joslyn Art Museum Omaha, NE Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City and Omaha, NE PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Chisolm Trail Heritage Center Duncan, OK Art of the Oklahoma Judicial Center Oklahoma City, OK Toby Keith Foundation Oklahoma City, OK Animal Resource Center, Oklahoma City, OK St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Fred Jones Museum of Art Norman, OK Oklahoma Arts Institute, Oklahoma City, OK BOOKS Doggies written and illustrated by Jennifer Cocoma Hustis Patriot written and illustrated by Jennifer Cocoma Hustis Jennifer Cocoma Hustis, Artist-Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Prints Artster Espanta Steppe and Michelle LaVasque Dodd The Wild Horse Who Loved the Girl written and illustrated by Jennifer Cocoma Hustis Art of the Oklahoma Judicial Center Art of the Southwest PUBLIC ART New York City Cares Muralist Bronx, NY Marion County Public Library, Ocala, FL OU Medical Center Oklahoma City, OK Fine Arts Institute of Edmond Edmond, OK Seminole Mural Watching Over Art of Horsemanship LLC Edmond, OK SELECTED GROUP MUSEUM AND GALLERY EXHIBITIONS 2025 Edmond Historical Society Edmond OK Fine Arts Institute Edmond, OK 73034 2024 Chisholm Trail Heritage Center, Duncan, OK The Cowgirl Gathering Ft. Worth, TX Fine Arts Institute Edmond, OK 73034 Studio Six Paseo Arts District OKC, OK Paseo Arts and Creativity Center OKC, OK Terra Rosa Art Gallery Guthrie, OK Vibes Artist Edmond, OK 2023-24 Seven State Biennial Traveling Exhibit Nesbitt Gallery, Chickasha, OK, Museum of the Red River Idabel, Ok, Goddard Center for the Arts Ardmore, OK 2023 Terra Rosa Gallery, Guthrie, OK Vibes Artist Edmond, OK Paseo Arts and Creativity Center OKC, OK 2022 Vibes Artist Edmond, OK Paseo Arts and Creativity Center OKC, OK 2021 Fine Arts Institute of Edmond Edmond, OK Vibes Artist Edmond,OK 2020 Goddard Center for the Performing and Fine Arts, Ardmore, OK 2019 Goddard Center for the Performing and Fine Arts, Ardmore,OK Oklahoma Hall of Fame Gaylord Pickins Museum, OKC, OK 2016 JRB Art at the Elms Oklahoma City, OK 2015 Goddard Center for the Performing and Fine Arts, Ardmore, OK 2014-16 JRB Art at the ELMS OKC, OK 2007 Will Rogers World Airport, OKC OK North Fork, Oklahoma City , OK 2006 Oklahoma Christian University, Edmond, OK South By Southwest Gallery, Denver, Colorado 2005 Deland Museum, Deland, FL 2004 JRB Art at the Elms, Oklahoma City, OK 2003 Steve Martin Gallery, New Orleans, LA Live Oak Plantation, Ocala, FL Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL University Of West Florida, Pensacola, FL 2002 Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL Artel Gallery Pensacola, FL Seven State Biennial, Traveling Oklahoma Exhibit 2001 Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO IAO Gallery, OKC, OK Untitled Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK Fine Arts Institute, Edmond, OK City Arts Center, Oklahoma City, OK 2000-01 Untitled Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK 2000 Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, Shawnee, OK Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK 1999 Untitled Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK City Arts Center, Oklahoma City, OK Edmond Fine Arts Institute, Edmond, OK Oklahoma Christian University, Edmond, OK 1998 Norick Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX Living Arts, Tulsa, OK Oklahoma City Art Museum Oklahoma City, OK Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK Edmond Fine Arts Institute, Edmond, OK Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK 1997 International Juried Show, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit NJ, Donald Kuspit, Juror Oklahoma Christian University of Arts and Science, Edmond, OK Remington Park Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK Fine Arts Institute of Edmond, Edmond, OK 1996 Century Center Plaza Public Art Space, Oklahoma City, OK Fine Arts Institute, Edmond, OK Remington Park Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK Dean Lively Gallery, Edmond, OK 1995 Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, Ruth Weisberg, Juror Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK Pratt Chapel, Brooklyn, NY 1993 The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK 1992 Royal College of Art London, UK Fred Jones Lightwell Gallery, Norman, OK Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Ok 1991 New World Gallery, Norman, OK City Arts Center, OKC, OK Fred Jones Lightwell Gallery, Norman, OK Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Norman, OK Quartz Mountain National Traveling Exhibition PRIVATE COMMISSIONS Boston, Massachusetts Edinburgh, United Kingdom Longmont, Colorado Santa Fe, New Mexico Angel Fire, New Mexico San Francisco, CA Los Angeles, CA Chicago, Illinois Liberty, Illinois Highland Park, Illinois Pensacola, FL Omaha, Nebraska Boston, Massachusetts Colorado Springs, Colorado Boulder, Colorado Oahu, Hawaii Solvang, California Pittsburg, Kansas Little Rock, Arkansas St. Lewis, Missouri Belleview, Nebraska Austin, Texas Midland, Texas Duncan, Oklahoma Tulsa, Oklahoma Washington, Oklahoma Edmond, Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Guthrie, Oklahoma Jones, Oklahoma Shawnee, Oklahoma Calumet, Oklahoma Arcadia, Oklahoma Luther, Oklahoma Carnegie, Oklahoma Edinburgh, Scotland Noble, Oklahoma AWARDS 2023 Merit Award Small Works Juried Exhibit Paseo Artist’s Association OKC, OK 2002 Juror’s Award, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, FL. 1997 International Juried Show, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit NJ-Honorable Mention 1996 Artist Award of Excellence, Oklahoma Visual Artist Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK 1995 Juror’s Merit Award Salina Art Center, 1993-91 Barnett Newman Talent Scholarship GRANTS 2001 Technical Support Grant, Oklahoma Visual Artists Coalition ARTIST ASSISTANT 2000-95 MOLDMAKING ASSISTANT TO BRONZE SCULPTOR MIKE EVANS Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1995 ASSISTANT TO PAINTER JOE ANDOE New York City, New York JUROR 2024 Paseo Arts and Creativity Center OKC, OK 2014 Edmond Arts Festival Edmond, OK 2013 Oklahoma State University State 4H Art Contest 2011 Photo Slam OCAM Oklahoma City, OK 2008 Oklahoma City University juried exhibit 2003 Artel Gallery Exhibit Pensacola, FL