EDUCATION
2000.2004 University of Michigan College of Architecture + Urban Planning, Ann Arbor, MI
Master of Architecture
•Design Thesis: State of Emergency, Thesis Award (1 of 3 Awarded)
2003 Prague Program, University of Michigan
Seven week summer studio in Prague, Czech Republic + one week in Paris, France
1994.1998 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Bachelor of Fine Arts, painting
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2014 "Good News from Iran", Pasinger Fabrik, Munich Germany
2013 After Effects: Group Show
Chashama, New York, NY
2012 Scope Miami: Art Fair
Victori Contemporary, Miami, FL
2012 In Plain View: Group Show
nuartlink, Westport, CT
2012 New Prints 2012/Summer - Selected by Shahzia Sikander: A Group Show International Print Center, New York, NY
2012 I Wish One Could Measure the Feelings of Others: Solo Show
Hudson D Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2012 Dimensions Variable: A Group Show
Waterhouse and Dodd, New York, NY
2012 New Prints 2011: A Group Show
Visual Art Center, Universtiy of Texas-Austin, TX
2012 Beached: A Group Show of the 2012 Fine Arts Work Center Fellows
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
2011 New Prints 2011/Fall: A Group Show
International Print Center, New York, NY
2011 Touched by Virginia: A Group Show
Ruffin Hall Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2011 Forged Patterning: Solo Show
Aun Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011 New Prints 2011/Summer: A Group Show
International Print Center, New York, NY
2011 Supple Displacement: Solo Show
Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2011 Room For Error: A Group Show of teh 2011 Fine Arts Work Center Fellows
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
2011 New Prints 2011/Winter: A Group Show
International Print Center, New York, NY
2011 Observed, Imagined, and Recreated: A Group Show
Bronx Council on the Arts Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
2010 New Work By Keyholder Artists In Residence: A Group Show
Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
2010 Soapbox II, Benefit Auction for The Laundromat Project
Collette Blanchard Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Paper Scope: A Group Show, Curated by Hadley Planting
Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
2010 Out of the Darkness and Chaos: A Group Show
Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
2009 Prozess: A Group Show
Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
2009 DAC- Art Under the Bridge Festival
Public Art participant/nominee, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Nocturne: A Two Person Show
Ruffin Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2009 Clamoring To Become Visible: A Group Show
Brooklyn Arts Council, NY
2009 12th International Open Group Exhibition
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS
2013 The Bellagio Residency Program- The Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio, Italy
2013 La Napoul Art Foundation, La Napoul, France
2013 The MacDowell Colony, Petersborough, NH
2013 Puffin Foundation Grant, Teaneck, NJ
2013 Pollock Krasner Emergency Relief Grant, New York, NY
2012 Craft Emergency Relief Fund, Montpelier, VT
2012 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, New York, NY
2012 New York Foundation for the Arts Emergency Fund, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Smack Mellon Artist Studio Program, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2010 Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2010 BRIC Media Arts Fellowship, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Urban Initiative Artist Fellowship-Grant, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Keyholder Residency, Manhattan, NY One year residency and studio space at the Lower East Side Printshop
2009 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship-Grant, Brooklyn, NY Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts
2008 Center for Emerging Research-Scholarship, Charlottesville, VA University of Virginia
2008 University of Virginia Aunspaugh Fellow In Sculpture, Charlottesville, VA
One year residency at The University of Virginia’s art department
2007-2008 PS 122 Studio Space, Manhattan, NY
2007 Ucross Foundation Fellowship, Ucross, WY
2007 Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca, NY
2006 The MacDowell Colony, Petersborough, NH
2005 Booth Traveling Fellowship-Grant, Ann Arbor, MI
awarded by University of Michigan To research “Tehran; A Landscape of Compressed Freedoms” in Tehran/Iran
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011 Provincetown High School, Provincetown, MA
Taught a six week art class to Freshmen and Juniors on abstraction and collage.
2009 New York Art Studio, Manhattan, New York
Taught a portfolio-making class to graduate school applicants in architecture, and design
2009 The Knights, Brooklyn, New York
Graphic designer for DVD cover
2007.2009 Ellen Driscoll Studio, Brooklyn, New York
Collaborated with and assisted Ellen Driscoll on various projects.
2008 In a Circle, Brooklyn, New York
Graphic designer for CD cover, and concert materials
2008 University of Virginia Aunspaugh Fellow In Sculpture
Assist in teaching basic and advanced sculpture
2006 Kaikai Kiki and Tina Manis, Manhattan, New York
Made a model for Murakami’s White Plant in New York
2004.2005 Pompei AD, Manhattan, New York
Assisted project managers in architectural drawings and finishes of Anthropologie stores
2004 Pompei AD, Manhattan, New York
Intern/ Spring Break
Collaged final drawings for the Hamerfest water-front competition.
2004 University of Michigan, Ann Arborr, MI
Musiker Summer Discovery Instructor, Architecture
Instructed design studio, developed program briefs and instructional lectures for high school students being introduced to architecture
2003 University of Michigan, Ann Arborr, MI
Graduate Student Instructor, Basic Drawing
Chris Knapp, University of Michigan
Familiarized students with the basics of architectural drawings.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Van Der Wende, Andre, “Beached: An Exhibition of the 2011-2012 visual Arts Fellows”, Cape Cod Times, February 02, 2011
Shahamipour, Shervin, “ Monolith Images of Separation: A Note on Forged Pattern in Aun Gallery”, Golestaneh, Issue 115/November 1, 2011
Maue, Joetta, “Layers of White and Meaning”, January 19, 2011, Little Yellow Birds
Welsh, Kerrie, “The Art of Seduction & The Skeleton in the Closet”, On-Verge, October 13, 2010, On Verge
Immigrant Artist Project, “Featured Aritst”, New York Foundation for the Arts, March 19, 2010
Delarue, “Concert Review: Brooklyn Rider at the Angel Orensanz Center”, Lucid Culture, March 10, 2010, Lucid Culture
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