Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION
University of Iowa, August 2008-May 2012 (with distinction)
BFA Painting, concentrations in Drawing and Intermedia (Honors)
BA Art History (Honors); and Business Studies: Arts Management
Certificate in Museum Studies

PUBLICATION
“Using Play to Envision New Narratives," Youth Media Reporter, Special Issue: Our Desired Futures (w/National Alliance for Media Arts +
Culture), April 20, 2017. http://www.youthmediareporter.org/2017/04/20/using-play-to-envision-new-narratives.

EXHIBITIONS, SCREENINGS AND PERFORMANCES

2022 Our Space is Spoken For, senior editor, post-production lead, and motion design
Founders Hall, Metropolitan State University, St Paul, MN

A World With No Need for Police, editor
Mid-Autumn Film Night, Open Eye Theatre, Minneapolis, MN

A Very Special Minnesota Garden, editor (Minnesota Opera)
Stories Sing! schools and libraries tour, various locations in Minnesota

2021 A World With No Need for Police, editor
Virtual Screening via Monkeybear's Harmolodic Workshop

2019 Zafira and the Resistance, video production, animation and projection (New Arab American Theater Works)
Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN

Red Fox White Fox by Eva Adderley, narrator and performer
Pinwheel Arts and Movement Studio, Twelfth Night Epiphany, Minneapolis, MN

2018 Law & Order: Jedi Intent, live sound design
Des Moines Social Club, BASH on Another Planet, Des Moines, IA

2017 We Had a Second Bathroom, direction and associate production
Phoenix Theater, Minneapolis, MN

The Wall by Lamia Abukhadra and Leila Awadallah, performer
Prospect Park Community Garden via The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN

We Had a Second Bathroom (workshop), direction and co-production
Southern Theater, Savage Umbrella's 2017 Night of New Works, Minneapolis, MN

2016 The Beginning of Things and Fictions, creative direction, co-production, audio production and live performance (Dance & Other Behaviors)
Southern Theater, ARTshare Guest Residency, Minneapolis, MN

Reclaiming The Narrative: Adventures in Arab Experimentalism by Leyya Tawil, co-facilitator and projectionist/performer
Bedlam Theatre Lowertown, St. Paul, MN

2015 The Deep, creative direction (Dance & Other Behaviors)
O'Shaughnessy Auditorium, Minnesota Dance Festival, St. Paul, MN

2014 Epidermis I & II, creative direction (Dance & Other Behaviors)
Public Functionary, HOTROCITY Launch Party, Minneapolis, MN

(In)humanity: A Study Through Movement (excerpts), creative direction and live performance (Dance & Other Behaviors)
Space Place Theater, UI Dance Alumni Event, Iowa City, IA

Forbidden Fruit: Gems of the Northside, board member, marketing, graphic design (Digital Divide Documentary Empowerment Project)
Capri Theater, Minneapolis, MN

(In)humanity: A Study Through Movement, creative direction and co-production (Dance & Other Behaviors)
Southern Theater, Minnesota Fringe Festival, Minneapolis, MN

Inferno, video and animation (James Sewell Ballet)
Goodale Theater, Cowles Center for Dance, Minneapolis, MN

Inferno, video and animation (James Sewell Ballet)
Hansen Theater, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN

2013 Art Is Easy in 2014 by Emily Gastineau, participating artist
Minnesota Biennial (,,,), The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN

Memoryscape, creative direction, co-production, and animation (Dance & Other Behaviors)
Intermedia Arts, Minnesota Fringe Festival, Minneapolis, MN

2012 Reflections: An Exploration of Private Moments in Public Spaces, two-artist performance (Dance & Other Behaviors)
Black Box Theater, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA

SAAH Graduating Seniors 2012, group exhibition
Eve Drewelowe Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Honors in Studio Arts 2012, group exhibition
The Ark Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Reflections: An Exploration of Private Moments in Public Spaces, two-artist performance (Dance & Other Behaviors)
Halsey Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Surrogate People Looking at Surrogate Art, solo exhibition
The Ark Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Rock the Lighthouse Benefit, group exhibition and auction
First Avenue, 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN

Corridor, solo exhibition
Blank Honors Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2011 Intimacy, two-artist exhibition
Market-Dubuque Display Space, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Kylie, 57 day performance
Iowa City, IA and Cedar Rapids, IA

Artists' Mark'it, group exhibition of collaborative works
Public Space One, Iowa City, IA

UI Engineers Without Borders Fundraiser, group exhibition and auction
Old Brick, Iowa City, IA

2010 The Dinner Party, collaborative performance, Intermedia Open House Fall 2010
Studio Arts Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2009 Karma Art, group exhibition and auction
Riverside Theatre, Iowa City, IA

LECTURES, PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS
2019 “Youth-Led Civic Action"
2019 Association of Science and Technology Centers Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario

"STEM Justice 101: Redefining STEM as a Tool for Addressing Systems of Oppression"
2019 Association of Science and Technology Centers Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario

"STEM as a Tool for Systems Change"
Transforming Learning Summit, Brooklyn Park, MN

"Consumerism was Designed for the Wealthy and We're Paying for it with Our Lives - How do we Stop It?" (youth advisor)
Free Minds, Free People, Minneapolis, MN

"STEM Justice as a Tool"
Minneapolis Partners For Youth Conference, Minneapolis, MN

2017 “Trends in Youth Media Programs"
Alliance for Community Media 2017 Annual Conference "Rivers to Cross", Minneapolis, MN

2015 “It's All About Access: Engaging Youth, Amplifying Voices and Re-Framing the 'Digital Divide'"
Twin Cities Media Alliance Fall Media Forum 2015, Minneapolis, MN

2015 “Understanding the Media”
MN Military Teen Summit, Brooklyn Park, MN

2012 “Shirin Neshat: Bridging the Gap Between Islamic Art and a Western Market”
Undergraduate Art History Society Symposium, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2011 “Public Transportation and Unsuspecting Strangers in the Work of Artist Jordan Lee Thompson”
November Shambaugh House Series, Earthwords Literary Magazine, Iowa City, IA

JURYING
Altered Esthetics Film Festival 2017, Creative Vision Award

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Lavender, "Passionately Acted 'Zafira' Spins a Cautionary Yarn on Level 9," by John Townsend. October 17, 2019.
lavendermagazine.com/our-scene/passionately-acted-zafira-spins-a-cautionary-yarn-on-level-9/

Minnesota Daily, "Reel Perspectives: The 12th Arab Film Festival," by Haley Bennett. September 21, 2017.
mndaily.com/article/2017/09/reel-perspectives-the-12th-arab-film-festival

Michelle Hand et al. (ed.), Murmurations Magazine 1, no. 3 (September, 2013).

Jessica Jenkins (ed.), Earthwords 32: 54-55. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa, 2012.

Tonja Robins et al. (ed.), Cedar Valley Divide (2012): 8, 34.

The Aberrant Parade Literary Review Online (February, 2012).