CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

1994

Master of Fine Arts, University of Arizona

SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS

	2008	*Wall Stories*, Jerusalem Fund Gallery, Washington, D.C.. March 28 - May 2
	2007	*Homes for the Disembodied II*, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Ca. March 24 - May 24
	2005	*Minuet*, Invitational, Gertrude Herber Institute of Art, Augusta, Ga. January 21 - March 18
	2004	*Three Ones*, Invitational, Space 301, Mobile, AL. July 30 - August 30
		*Internal Power*, Al-KhafGallery, Interntational Center, Bethlehem, West Bank. June 17 - July 12
		*Passages*, Inspace Gallery, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI.
	2000	*Passages*, Watkins Gallery, Queens College, Charlotte, NC.
		*Clothing the Land, Dressing the Bones*, Al Wasiti Art Center, Jerusalem. July 15 - August 2
	1998-99	*Topographia: Passages Between Worlds*, Charlotte International Airport, Charlotte, NC.
	1994	*Shapeshifters*, MFA Thesis Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tuscon, AZ.
	1993	*Memory and Loss*, Local 803 Gallery, Tuscon, AZ.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

	2008	*The Veil: Visible and Invisible Spaces*, Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO. Curated by Jennifer Heath Collom, May 16, traveling through 2011.
		*The Olive Project Exhibition*, Maruki Gallery, Hiroshima, Japan. April 6 - June 6
	2007	*Sucka Free Jams*, The Remainder Gallery, Birmingham, AL. September 22 - 30
		*Imagination Taking Form*, Cleveland County Arts Center, Shelby, NC. May 10 - June 7
		*Cycle*, Al-Haosh Gallery (Palestine Art Court), Jerusalem. March 8 - April 8
		Ethnographic and Art Museum, Birzeit University, Birzeit, West Bank. May 1 - May 30
		*Textile Monuments*, Greenhill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC. March 10 - May 10
		*The Olive Project Exhibition*, International Center of Bethlehem, West Bank. January 25 - February 26
		Ethnographic and Art Museum, Birzeit University, Birzeit, West Bank. March 1 - March 30
		Al Hoash Gallery, Jerusalem. April 1 - June 30
		Japan Bank Building, Hiroshima, Japan. July 4 - July 16
	2006	The Olive Tree Project Exhibition, Kid Ailack Gallery, Tokyo. May 8 - May 30
		North Carolina 2004-05 Grant Recipients Exhibition, Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville, NC. Curated by Virginia Spivey, March 31 - July 9.
		Made in Palestine, The Bridge, New York, NY. March 14 - April 15
		High Fiber: Transforming Material, Bank of America Plaza, Charlotte, NC. Curated by Joie Lassiter, Feb 6 - Nov 5
	2005	Made in Palestine, T. W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, VT. Oct 18 - Nov 20
		The Subject of Palestine, The Jerusalem Fund Gallery, Washington, D.C. Curated by Samia Halaby, Sept 9 - Oct 10
		Made in Palestine, SomArts, San Fransisco, CA. April 7 - 21
		The Subject of Palestine, De Paul University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL. Curated by Samia Halaby, February 24 - May 6
	2004	Three-person show, Invitational, Ada Gallery, Richmond, VA. April 2 - April 30
		Piece Process, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA. January 16 - February 28
	2003	23^rd Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show, Stanford Art Association, Stanford, CT. Juried by Dana Miller, October 4 - November 13
		A Sense of Place: Continuity and Change in the New South, Gertrude Herber Institute of Art, Athens, GA. Juried by Tom Nakashima, September 9 - October 24
		Arte de Decartes IV, Stables Gallery, Taos, NM. Juried by Larry Bell and Maye Torres
		Made in Palestine, The Station, Houston, TX. Curated by James Harithas, Tex Kershaun and Gabriel Delgado, Catalog, May 3 - September 30
		Visceral: Images of the Internal Body, Invitational, Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA. Curated by Lizzie Zucker Salts, January 11 - February 16
	2002	Piece Process, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL. Juried by Geant Amit, Catalog, September 4 - September 28
		Fiber Arts 2002, Gallery 510 Arts Guild, Ltd, Decatur, IL. Juried by Naomi Whiting Towne
		Will's Creek Survey 2002, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD. Juried by Amy Schlegel
		Fiber Celebration 2002, Licoln Center, Fort Collins, CO. Juried by Amy Evans
		Women's History Month Exhibition, Women's Center, Boise State University, Boise, ID.
	2001	Wichita National 2001, The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS. Juried by Albert Paley
	2000	Group Exhibition, Al Wasiti Art Center, Jerusalem.
		7^thInternational Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, Invitational, University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI.
	1999	Fiber Art International '99, Pittsburg Center for the Arts, Pittsburg, PA. Juried by Jason Pollen, Rebecca Stevens and Bhakti Zeik
		17^th Annual September Competition Exhibiton, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA. Juried by Beth Handler
		Stitches, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. Juried by Renie Bresken Adams
		Stitching Outside the Lines, Three-person exhibition, Rowe Arts Main Gallery, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.
	1998	Loss and Grief, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. Juried by H. Marie Aragon and Patricia Otto
	1997	10^th Annual Fiber Arts Exhibition, BASF Fibers and Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, GA.
		Phoenix Exhibition, Phantom Galleries, Sacremento, CA.
	1996	Texas National '96, Stephen F. Austin State University Gallery, Nacogdoches, TX. Juried by Faith Ringgold
	1995	13^th Biennial Invitational, Dinnerware Contemporary Gallery, Tucson, AZ.
		67^th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA. Juried by Phyllis Rosenzweig
	1994	ParticipArt, National Juried Exhibition, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ. Juried by Diana Purdue and Rebecca Akins
		Encompassing Women: Perspectives on Process, Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ. Juried by Bailey Doogan, Barbara Penn and Ellen McMahon
		Intuition: The Direction in Craft, Pan-American Juried Exhibition, Galerry of Artifacts and Treasures, Daytona Beach, FL.
		Paper/Fiber XVIII, Iowa City/Johnson County Arts Center, Iowa City, IA. Juried by Karen Stahlecker
	1993	Reclining Woman: Constructed, Installation, Sixth Congress Gallery, Tucson, AZ.
		Women and Madness, Congress Street Gallery, Tucson, AZ.

COLLECTIONS

		Kheyyam Collection
		Made In Palestine Collection
		Crocker Art Museum, Sacremento, CA

HONORS AND AWARDS

	2004	North Carolina Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship
		Junior Faculty Research Grant, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
	2003	Honorable Mention, A Sense of Place: Continuity and Change in the New South, Gertrude Herber Art Institute. Juried by Tom Nakashima
	2002	Second Place, Will's Creek Survey. Juried by Amy Schlegel
		First Place, Non-Functional Three-Dimensional category, Fiber Celebration 2002, Licoln Center. Juried by Amy Evans
	2000	Junior Faculty Summer Research Grant, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
	1999	Junior Faculty Summer Research Grant, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
		Juror's Award, September Exhibition and Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art. Juried by Beth Handler, assistant curator, MOMA, NY
		Joanne Purrington Folley Memorial Award for Excellence in Needlework, FiberArt International '99, Pittsburg Center for the Arts
	1994	Juror's Award, ParticipArt, Galeria Mesa. Juried by Diana Purdue and Rebecca Akins

CURRENT POSITION

Associate Professor, Fibers Area Head
Department of Art, University of North Carolina at Charlotte