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EDUCATION

  • Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), MFA Textiles, 2005

SOLO AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

  • Oxford Community Arts Center, Oxford, OH, three-person invitational exhibition, 2022
  • Atlanta Airport and Georgia State University, Atlanta GA, Flight Patterns, invitational exhibition, 2014-2015
  • Katara Art Center, Doha Qatar, Dressing Up, Going Out, Eating In, 4-person collaborative exhibition, 2014
  • Woven Art Fiber Art Gallery, East Lansing MI, Della Reams Apparel and Textiles, Solo Exhibition, 2007

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

  • ITAA Online Exhibition, Pivoting for the Pandemic, International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) Design Exhibition, 2020
  • Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, Las Vegas NV, Risk and Reward, ITAA Design Exhibition 2019
  • Ellington-White Contemporary Art Gallery, Artists Who Teach, Fayetteville NC, 2019
  • Art League Rhode Island, Parsing Sign and Image, Providence RI, 2018
  • Hilton Cleveland Downtown, Cleveland OH, Re-Imagine the Re-Newable, ITAA Design Exhibition, 2018
  • Palos Verdes Art Center, Wearable Expressions, Rancho Palos Verdes CA, 2017
  • Irving Arts Center, Irving TX, 5th Annual Juried International Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art,2016
  • Foundry Art Center, St. Charles MO, Form and Function, 2016
  • Providence Art Club, Providence RI, COLOR Exhibition, 2016
  • LuminArte Gallery, Dallas Texas, 4th Annual Juried International Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art,2015
  • Orange County Creatives Gallery, Laguna Beach CA, Green, 2015
  • Hilton Hotel, Charlotte NC, Strengthening the Fabric, ITAA Live Runway Exhibition,2014
  • LuminArte Gallery, Dallas Texas, 3rd Annual Juried International Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art, Islamic Art Revival Series,2014
  • Hannover Craft Organization, Hannover Germany, Bestrickened (Enmeshed) Art of Knitting, 2014
  • Skyroom, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio TX, Fabricate,Surface Design Association (SDA) Conference Fashion Show, 2013
  • Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, CO, Lines into Shapes  2011
  • Pannonia House, Breitenbrunn, Austria, Textile Art without Borders, 2011
  • Gallery of Slovak Visual Arts Union, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, Rub a Lic – Revers – Avers, 2011
  • Textile Center, Minneapolis MN, Bodies of Water, SDA Conference Fashion Show, 2011
  • Scythia, Kherson, Ukraine, Mini Textile Art 5th International Exhibition, 2011
  • some things looming gallery (sic), Reading PA, Size Matters, 2011
  • Yeiser Art Center, Paduka KY, Fantastic Fibers, 2011
  • Gdynia Museum and City Hall and Central Museum of Textiles, Gdynia and Lodz, Poland, International Baltic Mini Textile 8 Triennial, 2010
  • Kiva Auditorium, Albuquerque NM, Walk in Beauty Fashion Show, Handweaver’s Guild of America (HGA) Albuquerque NM 2010
  • The Textile Center, Minneapolis MN, Art Healing Lives,2010
  • Visarts Center, Rockville MD, Wearable Art/Unwearable Fashion,2010
  • The Foundary, Knoxville TN, Dogwood Wearable Art Show, 2010
  • St. Pieters Church, Leiden Netherlands,  Sporen (Tracks) International Textile Competition, 2010
  • Textile Center, Minneapolis MN, Metaphoric Fibers: Knit & Crochet, 2010
  • Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City MO
  • Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX
  • Stark Gallery, Texas A&M University, College Station TX
  • The Goldstein Museum of Design, University of Minnesota, St. Paul MN  
  • Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum, Logan KS Sum of the Parts, SDA Membership Traveling Exhibition 2007-2010
  • VCUQatar Gallery, Doha Qatar, VCUQatar Faculty Focus, 2009
  • Pen & Brush Galleries, New York NY, Pen & Brush Boutique Show,2009
  • Center of Southwest Studies Gallery, Durango CO, Inter Mountain Weavers Fiber Celebrated 2009
  • Hyatt Woodfield Hotel & Conference Center, Schaumberg IL, Evolving Patterns, ITAA Conference Fashion Exhibition, 2008
  • University Art Gallery, Ypsilanti, William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, Escanaba, MI, New Fibers, Fiber Arts Network, 2008
  • Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, Wearable Expressions 2008
  • Omni Los Angeles Hotel, On the Edge, ITAA Conference Fashion Exhibition, 2007
  • Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington MN, Artwear in Motion,2007
  • Folly Theater, Kansas City MO, Transgression & Transformation, SDA Conference fashion show  2007
  • Mercedes-Benz of Tacoma, Tacoma WA, 13th Annual Rags Wearable Art Show  2007
  • The Fiber Art Center, Amherst MA, 4th Juried Members Exhibit, 2007
  • Southwest School of Arts and Crafts, San Antonio, TX, Confluence of Culture, ITAA Conference Design Exhibit 2006

OTHER SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

  • Miami University Art Museum, Faculty and Alumni Exhibition, Oxford, OH, 2021
  • Iowa State University, Textile and Form, Ames IA, 2017
  • Say Si Gallery, Connections, SDA Member Exhibition,San Antonio TX, 2013
  • VCUQatar Gallery, F for Faculty, Doha Qatar, 2011-2012
  • Nash Gallery, Merge and Flow, SDA Member’s Exhibition, Minneapolis MN, 2011
  • VCUQatar Gallery, Kaleidoscope, Faculty Exhibition, Doha Qatar, 2010

JUROR AND CURATOR EXHIBITIONS           

  • ITAA Annual Design Exhibitions, various locations, Juror, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020
  • Fueled Collective, Cincinnati OH, Judge, Product Runway fashion show, International Interior Design Association of Cincinnati (IIDA) 2019
  • Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art and VCUQatar Galleries,Curator, Fashion/Textile Laboratories, Hybrid Making Tasmeem Conference, Doha Qatar 2013
  • Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City MO, Juror, Points of Departure, SDA international student exhibition 2009

FEATURED IN PUBLICATIONS

  • Pivoting for the Pandemic, ITAA Design Exhibition Catalog, 2020
  • Risk and Reward, ITAA Design Exhibition Catalog, Cary NC, 2019
  • Reimagine the Renewable, ITAA Design Exhibition Catalog, Cary, NC, 2018
  • Fiber Art Now, Volume 8, M. J. Young and Assoc., Fall River MA, 2018
  • Artistry in Fiber Vol 3: Wearable Art, Schiffer Publishing, 2017
  • The Ultimate in Wearable Art, exhibition catalog, Palos Verdes CA, 2017
  • Fiber Art Now Magazine, Excellence in Fibers Gallery, 2016
  • IARS 2016, Islamic Art Revival Series Exhibition Catalog, Irving TX, 2016
  • IARS 2015, Islamic Art Revival Series Exhibition Catalog, Irving TX, 2015
  • ArtsATL.com Atlanta’s Source for Arts News and Reviews, June 30, 2015
  • PATTERNBASE: A Collection of Contemporary Textile + Surface Design, Kristi O’Meara, Thames and Hudson, UK, 2015
  • RISD Portfolios online gallery, 2014, 2015
  • Strengthening the Fabric, ITAA Design Exhibition Catalog, Charlotte NC, 2014
  • IARS 2014, Islamic Art Revival Series Exhibition Catalog, 2016
  • RISD XYZ alumni publication, Providence RI, 2014
  • Gulf Times Newspaper, Doha, Qatar, January 28, 2014
  • Textiles:  The Art of Mankind, Mary Shoeser, Thames & Hudson Pub., 2012
  • Cutting Cloth Annual, authored article ‘Creating Wearable Forms with Knitting’, Antiquity Press, St. Helena CA, 2009
  • Evolving Patterns, ITAA 2008 Design Exhibition Catalog, Citrus Heights CA, 2008
  • Sustainable Fashion: Why Now?: A Conversation Exploring Issues, Practices, and Possibilities by Janet Hethorn, Yvon Chouinard, Fairchild Books, Inc., NY NY, 2008
  • On the Edge, ITAA Design Exhibition Catalog, Citrus Heights CA, 2007
  • Confluence of Culture, ITAA Design Exhibition Catalog, Citrus Heights CA, 2006
  • Balance, Energy, Strength, Color and Beauty, Della Reams MFA Thesis, RISD Design Publications, Providence RI  2005

AWARDS AND GRANTS

  • 3rd Place Award, Artists Who Teach, Ellington-White Contemporary and Rosenthal Art Gallery, Fayetteville NC 2019
  • Student Tech Fee Grant, digital fabric printer acquisition, Miami U. Oxford OH, 2017
  • Second Place Award, COLOR, Providence Art Club, Providence RI, 2016
  • 2nd Place Award, Innovations in Cotton, Cotton Inc., Charlotte NC, 2014
  • Faculty Research Grants, VCUQatar, Doha Qatar, 2008, 2009
  • Award of Excellence, ATEXINC, Los Angeles CA, 2007
  • Award of Excellence, Surface Design Association,Kansas City MO, 2007
  • Fresh Start Award, Self Magazine, New York NY