Ungelbah Dávila
✙ Indigenous Digital Storytelling ✙
Publications
(words and /or photos)
• Wanderlust Travel Magazine
• El Defensor Chieftain, staff reporter
• National Gallery of Art online
• El Palacio
• New Mexico Generations
• Pasatiempo (May 2024 cover and fashion week package)
• Santa Fe New Mexican Bienvenidos & Feliz Navidad magazines
• Santa Fe New Mexican’s Legacy Magazine (2023 - 2025 guest editor and contributor)
• Lonely Planet
• Wild Sam
Clients
• Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
• National Institute of Flamenco
• Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts
• Changing Woman Initiative
• Morningstar Angeline
• Ramona Emerson
• National New Deal Preservation Association
• Albuquerque Sister Cities
• TSkies Jewelry
• Relios Jewelry
• Kirk Ltd. Co
Recognition
• New Mexico Public Relations Society of America, Board Member (2025)
• Portrait commission of Cannupa Hanska Luger by National Gallery of Art (2024)
• Photo inclusion in Norton Museum of Art catalogue Rose B. Simpson: Journeys of Clay (2024)
• Minneapolis Institute of Art photo exhibit In Our Hands (2023-2024)
• Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums: Native Craft Readiness Program Coach/Mentor (2024)
• International Association of Culinary Professionals Food Photography & Styling Awards Judge (2022)
• Marvel Comics contributing artist (2022)
• The International Regional Magazine Association Silver Award: Arts and Culture Feature (2022)
• Heard Museum Library Archives
• 100th SWAIA/Santa Fe Indian Market juried art show -Honorable Mention Category 1504 (2022)
• Tlaculio 500 Years Art Show: Tortuga Gallery (2021)
• SWAIA/Santa Fe Indian Market AHA Fellowship (2020)
• SWAIA/Santa Fe Indian Market Discovery Fellowship (2019)
• 98th SWAIA/Santa Fe Indian Market juried art show - 2nd Place Category 1504 (2019)
• IM: EDGE Contemporary Exhibit (2019)
• National Newspaper Association Award: Best Serious Column & Best Breaking News Story (2013)
• American Indian Culture & Research Journal
• Truman Capote Scholarship (2011)
• Louise S. Rivard Scholarship (2011)
• Napa Valley Writers Conference Scholarship (2011)
Other
• Rockabilly on the Route Festival co-producer (2013-2017)
• La Loca Magazine creator/publisher/editor (2013-2015)
Photo Portfolio
• Cannupa Hanska Luger (artist)
• Ross Anderson (pro athlete)
• Josh Tafoya (fashion designer)
• Morningstar Angeline (actor)
• Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (artist/curator)
• Annie Benjamin (musician)
• Geo Neptune (model/artist)
• Delbert Anderson (musician)
• Patricia Michaels (fashion designer)
• Nizhoni Farms
• Robert Mirabal (musician)
• Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company
• Lightning Boy Foundation
• Amasouk (fashion company)
• TSkies Jewelry
• Relios Jewelry
• Virgil Ortiz (artist)
• Nasheen Sleuth (actor)
• Ramona Emerson (author/filmmaker)
• Deb Haaland (leader)
• Tony Abeyta (painter)
• Kathleen Wall (artist)
• Tony Jojola (artist)
• Spooner Marcus (artist)
• Joy Harjo (writer)
• Dr. Jessa Rae Growing Thunder (artist)
• Ophelia Flame (dancer)
• Kaa Folwell (artist)
• Jody Naranjo (artist)