Education
Temple University Tyler School of Art. Rome Program. Rome, Italy, MFA in Painting

Temple University Tyler School of Art. Philadelphia, PA. MFA in Painting Graduate Program

Wayne State University. Detroit, MI. BFA in Painting and Drawing

Wayne State University. Detroit, MI. BA Psychology

 

Grants/Fellowships
Zayed University. College of Arts and Sciences, Zayed University Research Grant, Dubai, UAE. 2005

Temple University Rome Fellowship. Temple University Rome Program, Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy, 1993 – 1994

Teaching Fellowship. Temple University Rome Program, Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy, 1994

Teaching Fellowship. Temple University Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA 1992

Future Faculty Fellowship. Temple University Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA 1992 – 1993

Steven Stoman Grant. Wayne State University Community Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI Awarded Best of Show, 1989

 

Teaching/Professional
Drexel University. Visual Studies Department. Philadelphia, PA. Assistant Professor. 2006-present

Zayed University. Art and Design. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Assistant Professor. 2003-2006

College for Creative Studies. Foundation Department. Detroit, MI. Adjunct Faculty. 2003

Traveled and worked in India and Nepal. Collected materials and sounds for my project, the paper bag test. 2001-2002

University of Washington. Extension Program. Seattle, WA. Instructor. 2000-2001

College for Creative Studies. Foundation. Detroit, MI. Adjunct Faculty. 1999

Gallery X. Neustadt, Germany. Instructor. 1996-1998

Kultur Management. Mannheim, Germany. Art Representative/Curator. Non-profit organization. 1995-1998

Temple University Tyler School of Art Rome Program. Rome, Italy. Instructor of Record. 1994

Temple University Tyler School of Art. Philadelphia, PA. Teaching Assistant. 1992

 

Selected Exhibitions
A.I.R. Gallery. 7th Biennial. TheFeministArtProject. queen nappy. curated by Cornelia Butler. Chelsea, NYC 2007

Lewis & Clark College. Third Annual Ray Warren Multicultural Symposium Exhibition. queen nappy. Video and Performance. Portland, OR 2007

Target Gallery. Stretched Tight. queen nappy. curated by Jack Rasmussen. Alexandria, VA 2006

Overground Gallery. the Paper Bag Test. Abu Dhabi, UAE 2005

Cultural Foundation. 12 Artists. the Paper Bag Test. Abu Dhabi, UAE 2004

Total Arts Gallery. 12 Artists. the Paper Bag Test. Dubai, UAE 2004

College for Creative Studies. Fine Arts Gallery. Foundation Department.
Diary Strip Mine. Detroit, MI 2003

iCapolavori Gallery. Diary Strip Mine. Seattle, WA 2001

University of Washington. Art on Loan Program. Suzzallo Reading Room.
Mary Gates Hall. Diary
Strip Mine. Seattle, WA 2000

Seattle Art Museum. Diary Strip Mine. The Pacific Northwest Annual Artist Slide Show. Seattle, WA 2000

Gallery X. Diary Strip Mine. (Gallery Representation). Neustadt, Germany, 1998

Gallery X. Mundschutz. (Gallery Representation). Neustadt, Germany, 1997

Gallery X. Dying Lips Portraits. (Gallery Representation). Neustadt, Germany, 1996

Gallery X. the Wedding: Birth to Death. (Gallery Representation). Neustadt, Germany, 1995

Gallery X. Nicht für den Ersten Blick. (Gallery Representation). Neustadt, Germany, 1994

Temple University Rome Gallery. Not For the First Glance. MFA Thesis. Rome, Italy, 1994

Tyler Gallery. Open House. Not For the First Glance. Philadelphia, PA 1993

Wayne State University. Community Arts Gallery. Body Parts. BFA Thesis. Detroit, MI 1992

Detroit Artist Market. Body Parts. Detroit, MI 1992

Detroit Artist Market. Body Parts. Detroit, MI 1991

Detroit Artist Market. Body Parts. Detroit, MI 1991

Detroit Focus Gallery. Body Parts. Detroit, MI 1990

Wayne State University. Community Arts Gallery. Body Parts. Detroit, MI 1989

 

Artist Lectures
Lewis & Clark College. Third Annual Ray Warren Multicultural Symposium. Portland, OR, 2007

College for Creative Studies. Senior Seminar. Detroit, MI 2003

 

Commissions
Klaus Steinborn, Mannheim, Germany, 1998

Pappadopoulos, Athens, Greece, Mural Project Commission, 1995-1996

 

Bibliography
Art Access, Atelier 31, Vol. 10. Nr. 4, April 2001

Nicht für den ersten Blick, "Galerie X eröffnet mit Arbeiten von Françoise Duresse." (Not for the First Glance/Look, Gallery X opens with works of Françoise Duresse.) Kultur, Die Rheinpfalz, Nr. 275, 28 November 1994

 

Artist Residencies
Can Serrat Centro de Actividades Artisticas, Barcelona, Spain. 2004

Cholamandal Artists Village, Injambakkam, Chennai, India. 2002