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

 

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Love Jazz Art Center, the Paper Bag Test, Omaha, Nebraska, 2009

Overground Gallery. The Paper Bag Test. Abu Dhabi, UAE 2006

iCapolavori Gallery. Diary Strip Mine. Seattle, WA 2001

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. Neustadt, Germany 1994

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

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

Gallery Project. Race. Curated by Peter Williams. Ann Arbor, MI 2009

Gormley Gallery. College of Notre Dame of Maryland. Baltimore, MD 2009

Universidad of San Carlos. Sala de Escuela Superior de Arte el Paranimfo. Signs of Globalization. Guatemala City, Guatemala 2009

Universidad of San Carlos Salón de exposiciones de la Facultad de Arquitectura. Signs of Globalization. Guatemala City, Guatemala 2009

Galeria Zapata. AZAG/GAZA: Mirroring War. Oaxaca, Mexico 2009

Sala 1, Galeria. From This Side. Tinoco Y Palacios. Oaxaca, Mexico 2009

Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Amazonia. Mixta 2009. Sala Janai-Iko (Casa De Imágenes En Uitoto). Leticia, Colombia 2009

Universidad del Estado del Amazonas UEA. Mixta 2009. Sala De Exposiciones Amazonas. Tabatinga, Brazil 2009

Universidad Nacional del Perú Estado Loreto. Mixta 2009. Sala Iquitos. Iquitos, Peru 2009

Biblioteca del Banco de la Republica. Mixta 2009. Sala De Exposiciones Orellana. Leticia, Colombia 2009

Casa Borda. AZAG/GAZA: Mirroring War. Taxco, Mexico 2009

Universidad Nacional De Colombia. Museo De Arte Contemporaneo. The Paper Bag Test. Sede Bogotá, 2009

Universidad Nacional De Colombia Sede Amazonia. Sala Janai-Iko (Casa De Imágenes En Uitoto). After Tractatus: Art in Amazonia. Leticia, Colombia, 2008

Universidad Nacional de Peru. Sala Iquitos. Estado Loreto. Iquitos, Peru 2008

Biblioteca Del Banco De La Republica. Sala De Exposiciones Orellana. Leticia, Colombia, 2008

Sala De Exposiciones Amazonas. Universidad Del Estado Del Amazonas Uea Tabatinga Brazil, 2008

Robischon Gallery. DIALOG: Denver. Denver, CO 2008

DNC, Queen Nappy, Denver, CO 2008

Al-Kahf Gallery. International Center of Bethlehem. Art and Social Change/Land, Culture and Memory. The Paper Bag Test. Bethlehem, Palestine 2008

Art League. Nation of Immigrants. The Paper Bag Test. Curated by Tony Ortega & Susan Sagara Bolton. Denver, CO 2008

Vox Populi. VOXXOXO. The Paper Bag Test. Curated by Sheryl Conkelton and Kirby Gookin. Philadelphia, PA 2007

A.I.R. Gallery. 7th Biennial. TheFeministArtProject. Queen nappy. Curated by Connie Butler. Chelsea, NY 2007

Lewis & Clark College. Third Annual Ray Warren Multicultural Symposium Exhibition. The Paper Bag Test. Video and Performance. Portland, OR 2007

Target Gallery. Stretched Tight. Queen nappy. Curated by Jack Rasmussen. Alexandria, VA 2006

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

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

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

Wayne State University. Community Arts Gallery. Diary Strip Mine. Detroit, MI 1992

Detroit Artist Market. Diary Strip Mine. Detroit, MI 1992

Detroit Artist Market. Body Parts. Detroit, MI 1992

Detroit Artist Market. We are in the Army Now Boy!.... Detroit, MI 1991

Wayne State University. Community Arts Gallery. We are in the Army Now Boy!.... Detroit, MI 1991

Wayne State University. Community Arts Gallery. Body Parts. Detroit, MI 1990

Detroit Focus Gallery. Body Parts. Detroit, MI 1990

 

Teaching/Professional

University of Colorado at Boulder. Art and Art History Department. Boulder, CO. Assistant Professor. 2007

Drexel University. Visual Studies Department. Philadelphia, PA. Assistant Professor. 2006-2007

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

 

Grants/Fellowships

University of Colorado at Boulder. College of Arts and Sciences. Dean's Fund for Excellence (DFE). Boulder, Colorado, 2008

University of Colorado at Boulder. Art and Art History Department, Technology Grant, Boulder, Colorado, 2008

University of Colorado at Boulder. Art and Art History Department, Technology Grant, Boulder, Colorado, 2007

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, 1990

 

Commissions

Klaus Steinborn, Mannheim, Germany, 1998

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

 

Bibliography

Michael H. Hodges. “Great 'Race' art show examines identity”, The Detroit News, July 2009

John Carlos Cantu. “Gallery Project's 'Race' a nuanced statement”, The Ann Arbor News, June 2009

Leo Adam Biga. “Color Me Black”, The Reader, June 2009

Roberta Fallon. “Hair Force: Vox’s provocative art gets to your heart”, Philadelphia Weekly, July 2007

Carey Lovelace. “Girls, Girls, Girls”, Art in America. p. 90. June/July 2007

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

Nicht für den ersten Blick, "Galerie X eröffnet mit Arbeiten von Françoise Duresse." Kultur, Die Rheinpfalz, Nr. 275, 28 November 1994

 

Artist Residencies and Artist Lectures

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

Can Serrat International Art Center, Barcelona, Spain. 2004

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

Cholamandal Artists Village, Injambakkam, Chennai, India. 2002