Curriculum vitae


Exhibitions, Performance and Video Screenings

 

  • “Fiber of Being” Group exhibition at Culture Lab LIC, New York, 2025
  • “We Are What We Grow” Community art exhibition at Queens Botanical Garden, New York, 2024
  • "Prayer Cocoon" Performance & one person exhibition at Voelker Orth Museum, Flushing, New York 2023
  • “Roots” Group exhibition of works by members of Textile Study Group of New York at El Barrio's Art Space PS109, New York 2023
  • "Connection" Juried group exhibition at Ceres Gallery, New York 2023
  •  “Faculty Show” Exhibition of indigo dyed leather goods, in collaboration with Marika Chasse and Jesse Moore. Fashion Institute of Technology Gallery, NY 2016
  •  “Human Touch” Textile & concept exhibition sponsored by Bernhardt Design. Wanted Design, New York 2014
  •  “Aljira Benefit Auction Exhibition” Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark 2008
  •  Video Screening "Pulsar" multimedia art festival at various locations. Caracas, Venezuela 2006
  •  Video art screening "Stay Tuned" group exhibition at The Studio Gallery, New York 2004
  •  Video art screening "Image fixe et plan fixe" multimedia arts exhibition at Immanence, Paris France and at Podewil, Berlin Germany 2003
  •  Organizer and curator for "New Works" installation art show Shelf Life Gallery New York 2001
  •  Video screening "Bathe in Blue Light" experimental music, performance event at Space Here, New York 2000
  •  Video screening "Video Night" video and performance event, Ida Lang Theater New York 1999
  •  "Currency of the Assimilation" MFA Thesis exhibition, Time Square Gallery New York 1999
  •  "Utopia and the Morning After" two person exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery New York 1995 



Workshops / Presentation 

  • Botanical dyeing and community art workshop at Queens Botanical Garden, 2024 
  • “Documenting Your Work” Professional Development Workshop for Artists at Flushing Town Hall, 2024 
  • Natural dye and textile workshop at Voelker Orth Museum, 2023 
  • Natural dye and eco-print workshop at Queens Botanical Garden and Queens Museum, 2021 
  • Demo and Exhibition at Wanted Design Show as part of NY Design Week, 2014 


In Media / Publications 

  • Prayer Cocoon, exhibit at Voelker Orth:  Queens artist explores contemporary meaning of protection & shelter in the post-COVID era” Qns.com, 2023
  • “Self-Portrait in Fabric” Interior Design Magazine, 2014
  • “In the Footsteps of Dani Song and Makoto Kishino” Intramuros, 2014
  • “Product Profile, Kishino and Song” Hospitality Design, August 2014
  • “Human Touch”, Vogue Casa Brazil, 2014
  • “Décor News” Elle Décor Italia, August 2014
  • “Taking in Videos” by W. Zimmer. The New York Times, May 23, 2004
  • “Stay Tuned” by M. Kucsera. Arts News, May 2004
  • “Video Art on Display...” by J. Sims. Records Review, May 2004
     

Education / Residency 

  • Artist, dye plant grower & community art organizer, Queens Botanical Garden
  • Japanese Textile Workshop Residency, Fujino Japan. Study of traditional textile crafts, including botanical dyeing and sericulture with Bryan Whitehead. Studied indigo dyeing with Hiroshi Noguchi, Tokyo
  • MFA Combined Media, Hunter College New York
  • BFA Painting, School of Visual Arts New York 


Grants / Awards

  • Artists in Queens Grant, funded by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), 2024
  • New Work Grant, funded by New York Foundation for the Arts, 2023
  • City Artist Corp Grant, art activity program sponsored by City of New York, 2021
  • Residency at Japanese Textile Workshop. Sponsored by Bernhardt Design, Fujino, Japan, 2013 
  • Chairman's Merit Award. School of Visual Arts. New York, 1991-1994
  • Sarah Peter Scholarship, a full tuition scholarship. Moore Collage of Arts and Design Philadelphia, 1990