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Resumé
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M.A.
M.F.A
B.F.A. Magna Cum Laude
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Department
of Art and Art History, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, 2007
Department of Fiber, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI,
1996
Fiber Art & Textile Design, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah,
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Professional Experience: |
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in Residence
Lecturer
Lecturer
Programming Committee Member and Independent Curator
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Young Museum, San Francisco, CA, January 2008
Creative Arts and International Studies Divisions (Art History),
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA, 2006 - present
Department of Spatial Art (Textiles/Weaving), San Jose State University,
San Jose, CA, 2004 - 2005
Euphrat Museum, Cupertino, CA, 2004 - present |
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| Grants and Awards: |
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CSU Research Competition
San Jose State University
Arts Council Silicon Valley
Savannah College of Art and Design
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First Place, Graduate Thesis Research in Humanities and Letters
Representing San Jose State University, May 2007
Scholarship, Art History, School of Art and Design, June 2006
Applied Materials Grant: Artistic and Program Excellence for “Calling
into the Void” exhibition, Works/San Jose, April 2005
Rene Nellings Whelan Scholarship for academic excellence, Savannah,
GA, 1990 - 1994
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| Selected Lectures: |
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Textile
Society of America
University of San Francisco
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
Monterey Peninsula College
Mills College
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
San Jose State University
ArtPeople Gallery
Euphrat Museum
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Historical
Textile Lecture (forthcoming with publication)
Biennial Symposium: “Textiles as Cultural Expressions”
Honolulu, HI, September 2008
Retrospective lecture on textile work, "Women in Art" seminar
San Francisco, CA, November 2007
First Friday Lecture, "Chains: Lover and Beloved in Persian Poetry",
San Jose, CA, November 2007
Retrospective lecture on textile work, Monterey, CA, April 2007
Historical Textile lecture, Islamic Seminar
Oakland, CA, March 2007
"Permanent Madness" series (2 lectures and performance),
San Jose, CA, October 2006 - January 2007
Historical Textile Lectures, Annual Art History Symposium, April
2005 and 2006
Poetry Reading and Gallery Lecture
San Francisco, CA, July 2005
Curatorial Lecture, Cupertino, CA, March 2005
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Selected Exhibitions:
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SomArts
Gallery
de Young Museum
Palos Verdes Art Center
San Jose Museum of Art
Euphrat Museum
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
Works/San Jose
Euphrat Museum
Oliver Art Center, CCA
Intersection Gallery
Gallery 510
Works/San Jose
Euphrat Museum
Cranbrook Art Museum
Arab Cultural Center
Kensington Art Center
Ann Arbor Art Center
Kansas City Artists Coalition
Paint Creek Center for the Arts
Network Gallery
Textile Art Centre
Detroit Institute of Art
Cranbrook Art Museum
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"East
of the West" - San Francisco, CA, May 1 - 28, 2008
"Animedallion: Exploring Animal Motifs in Pearl Medallions on Central
Asian Textiles", San Francisco, CA, January 2 - 31, 2008
"Wearable Expressions", Palos Verdes, CA,
February 22 - April 20
"One Night Stand", San Jose, CA, June 6, 2007
"Material Culture" Co-Curator and Exhibiting Artist,
Cupertino, CA, March 7 - April 19, 2007
"Permanent Madness" Solo exhibition,
A Series of Events: Lectures, Performance, Installation
San Jose, CA, November 21, 2006 - January 21, 2007
"Calling Into the Void" Curator and Exhibiting Artist
San Jose, CA, September 29 - October 29, 2005
"Shared Passions" Co-Curator,
Cupertino, CA, February 15 - April 15, 2005
"Re/Present" Collaborative project with Iranian artists and
community, Oakland, CA, June 4 - 19, 2005
"Of Past and Present" Collaborative project with Iranian artists
and community, San Francisco, CA, April 25 - May 1, 2005
"Fiber 2004", Decatur, IL, October 1 - 31, 2004
"Blue", San Jose, CA, May 5-June 6, 2004
"Closing the Distance" Cupertino, CA,
January 5 - February 11, 2004
"Critical Terrain", Two-person Exhibition,
Bloomfield Hills, MI, July 21-September 3, 2000
“AMILA Annual Art Exhibit” San Francisco, CA,
November 10 - 12, 2000
“The Journey of The Eldest Princess” Solo Exhibition
Campbell, CA, July 10 - August 10, 1999
"Merging Boundaries", Ann Arbor, MI,
September 12-October 5, 1998
"What's in the Air…New Work by Young Textile Artists"
Kansas City, MO, May 2 - June 14, 1997
"Suspended in Space", Rochester, MI, May 23 - June 27, 1997
Phase II”, Network Gallery, Pontiac, MI,
December 6, 1996 - January 28, 1997
“Fiber ’96”, Textile Art Centre, Chicago, IL,
September 20 - November 23, 1996
“A Discontinuous Thread”, Detroit, MI July 26 - October 6, 1996
“Graduate Degree Exhibit”, Bloomfield Hills, MI
April 24-September 27, 1996
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Selected Publications:
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Fiberarts Magazine
The Campbell Reporter
Fiberarts Magazine
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March/April 1999, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp.51-52
July 7, 1999, Vol. 1, Issue 16, p.5
November/December, 1996, Vol. 23, No. 2, p.47
September/October 1996, Vol. 23, No. 3, p.9
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References Available Upon Request |
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