Sama Alshaibi
School of Art, University of Arizona
Tucson AZ ,

520-621-7575
http://samaalshaibi.com

Education

M.F.A. University of Colorado at Boulder Media Arts 2005
B.A. Columbia College, Chicago IL Photography 1999

Work History

Assistant Professor of Photography, School of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (July 2006- current) tenure track

Co-Founder of 6+: a women’s art collective (2005-current)
Assistant Professor of Media Arts, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME (Sept 2005 – July 2006) tenure track

REPRESENTATION

Sama Alshaibi is represented in the Middle East and North Africa by Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Gallery Directors: Asmaa Al-Shabibi and William Lawrie contact: info at lawrieshabibi.com

Sama Alshaibi is represented in Europe by Selma Feriani Gallery, London, UK
Gallery Owner: Selma Feriani contact: Selma at selmaferiani.com

Solo Exhibitions

2011 Vs. Him, Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, Dubai, UAE, Sept
2011 End of September: the extended version by Sama Alshaibi, Selma Feriani Gallery, London, UK, July
2010 Zero Sum Game, Selma Feriani Gallery, London, UK
2010 Between Two Rivers, Al Hoash, Jerusalem
2010 FLIGHT, Lycoming College of Art Gallery, PA
2009 Between Two Rivers, Al-Kahf Gallery, Bethlehem, West Bank
2009 SUMOUD (steadfastness), Hoffmaster Gallery at Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2006 My Apartheid Vacation (The Project Room) Zero Station, Portland, Maine
2005 Women, War, and Peace; Feminist Interventions in a Time of Conflict (in conjunction with Women’s History Month Symposium), St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN
2004 Where do the Birds Fly After the Last Sky? El Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española, Antigua, Guatemala
Where Do the Birds Fly After the Last Sky? La Fabrica Arte Contemporaneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2003 Zaman: I Remember, La Fabrica Arte Contemporaneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala

2- Person Exhibitions

2011 Bagdadi Mem/Wars, Sama Alshaibi and Dena Al-Adeeb, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkley, CA, Sept
201o JASAD: Sama Alshaibi and Ninar Esber, Mole Vanvitelliana, Adriatic Mediterranean Festival, Ancona, Italy
2009Motherhood and Revolution, Sama Alshaibi and Beth Krensky, CalArts, Valencia, CA, January
2008 Enfoco Presents: Sama Alshaibi and Myra Greene, Umbrella Arts Gallery, New York City, NY, March
We Make The Road By Walking, Sama Alshaibi and Beth Krensky, Dinnerware Arts Space, Tucson, AZ
2007 We Make The Road By Walking, Sama Alshaibi and Beth Krensky, Mizel Museum, Denver, CO
2006 Sama Alshaibi and Rozalinda Borcila, The University of Stellenbosch Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa
2005 Unveiling: Sama Alshaibi and Joel Seah, The University of Southern Maine
Martyrs, Saints & Liars, Synapse Gallery, Benton Harbor, MI (with Yana Payusova )
1999 Mythamporphasis, Big Wig, Chicago, IL (with Dagmara Mituniewicz)

EXHIBITIONS

2011
Baghdadi Mem/Wars, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkley, CA (Sept)
Breaking Ranks: Human/Nature, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA (Jan)
ArtDubai/Selma Feriani Gallery, Dubai, UAE, March
THE VEIL: Visible & Invisible Spaces - A Traveling Art Exhibition (catalogue)
*Santa Clara University, de Saisset Museum, California
*The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky
*Penelec-Bowman-Megahan Art Galleries of Allegheny College, Pennsylvania

2010
The State, Traffic Gallery, Dubai, UAE, November (Curator: Rami Farook), Catalogue
Bringing The War Home, Impressions Gallery, Bradford, UK, September (Curator: Pippa Oldfield) Catalogue
Hiwar, DARB 1718, Cairo, Egypt, September (Curator: Khadija Hamdi)
Bearing Witness: The LightWork Collection, LightWork Gallery, Syracuse, NY, July
War and The Body (in conjunction with War and the Body Conference/Imperial Museum), London, UK, June
Hiwar, Le Violon Bleu, Tunisia, May (Curator: Khadija Hamdi)
This Is Not A Love Song, The Empty Quarter, Dubai, UAE(Curator, Elie Domit)
They Welcomed Us With Flowers, Bastakiya Art Fair, Dubai, UAE (Curator: Asmaa AlShabibi)
Creative Palestinian Arts, Art Sawa, Dubai, UAE
ArtDubai/Selma Feriani Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Carrying Across, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA (Curator: Yvonne Lung)
THE VEIL: Visible & Invisible Spaces - A Traveling Art Exhibition (catalogue)
*California State University - Dominguez Hills, February
*CAS Galleries, Kean University, Union, New Jersey
*DePauw University, Richard E. Peeler Art Center

2009
Paris Photo 2009/Selma Feriani Gallery, Paris, France, November
PALESTINE, Rafia Gallery, Damascus, Syria, October
2009 UA School of Art Biennial Faculty Exhibition, UA Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, Sept
Incheon Women Artists’ Bienniale, Incheon, South Korea. August
“inside/outside & other oxymorons” sic, Levantine Cultural Center Gallery, Los Angeles, LA, June
Stories of Iraqi Artists, Reel Festival Iraq, Edinburgh, Scotland, July
BLOWOUT, Empty Quarter, Dubai, UAE, March
Mapping Palestine, ArtSchool Palestine, ArtDubai 2009, Dubai, UAE, March (catalogue)
Exhibitors Fair, Art Dubai 2009, Selma Feriani at Art Dubai, UAE, March (catalogue)
Aperture 27,000, Le Violon Bleu, London, UK, January (catalogue)
THE VEIL: Visible & Invisible Spaces - A Traveling Art Exhibition (catalogue)
* Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art, University of Connecticut at Avery Point, Jan
* Indiana University East Art Galleries, March
• Drury University Pool Art Center Galleries, October

2008
Occupied Space 2008 - Art for Palestine, AM Qattan Foundation, London, UK, October
Border Walls, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, New York, August
Harmony, Beit-Hagefen, Haifa, Israel, May
Centers and Borders: From ABC to XYZ, XYZ Gallery, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
Centers and Borders: From ABC to XYZ, Black Bridge Art Gallery, Beijing, China
THE VEIL: Visible & Invisible Spaces - A Traveling Art Exhibition (catalogue)
* Dairy Center for The Arts, Boulder, CO, April
* DePauw University, Peeler Art, IN, Sept
* University of Arkansas Fine Arts Center Gallery – Fayetteville, AR Oct.
* Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Nov
Secrets, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL, March (catalogue)
Our People, Our Land, Our Images (catalogue)
* Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN, Feb 4- May 12
* Autry National Center, Los Angeles, October 6, 2007-January 27, 2008
* AmerInd Foundation, Dragoon, dates TBD (fall/winter)
Post Tractatus (catalogue)
• Sala de Exposiciones Amazonas, Universidad Del Estado Del Amazonas UEA, Tabatinga, Brazil
• Sala Iquitos, Universidad Nacional de Peru, Estado Loreto, Iquitos, Peru
• Sala Janai-IKO (casa De Imagenes En Uitoto), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Amazonia, Leticia, Colombia
• Sala de Exposiciones Orellana, Biblioteca Del Banco de la Republica, Leticia, Colombia
Re-interpreting the Middle East II: Artists Re-thinking Today’s Terminology, Southern Graphics Council (Commandprint), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, March

2007
Sultana’s Dream, Exit Art, New York, New York, (catalogue)
Centers and Borders, Ningxia Exhibition Center, Yinchaun, China, October (catalogue)
Centers and Borders, The Gallery of School of Fine Arts, Yinchaun, China, September (catalogue)
Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China, September (catalogue)
Selection From The Collection, Darat Al Funun, Amman, September
Journey, Nobel Women’s Initiative’s First International Women’s Conference: “Women Redefining Peace in the Middle East & Beyond”, Galway, Ireland, May 29-31
Our People, Our Land, Our Images, Burke Museum, Seattle, WA, March 3 – May 27 (catalogue)
Nexus:
• Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Amazonia, Seminario Internacional de fronteras en Globalización, Leticia, Colombia
• Universidad del Estado del Amazonas, UEA, Brasil, Tabatinga, Brazil
• Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Amazonia, Semana Cultural United Nations, Leticia, Colombia
• Bliblioteca publica del Banco de la Republica, Leticia, Colombia
• Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellin, Departamento De Bibliotecas, Escuela de Artes, Medellin, Colombia
Secrets, The Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO, April (catalogue)
Bytes: Making Pictures With Ones and Zeros, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ, January

2006
Secrets:
• The Khalil Sakakini Center, Ramallah, Palestine
• Al Hoash Contemporary Art Gallery, Jerusalem
• The Virtual Gallery at Birzeit, Ramallah, Palestine
• The International Center of Bethlehem, Palestine
Religion and Personal Identity, Contemporary Art Gallery, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
Transformations – Photography of the 21st. Century, Center for the Living Arts, Mobile, AL
Our People, Our Land, Our Images, Carl Nelson Gorman Museum, Davis, CA
Re-interpreting the Middle East Beyond the Historical Stereotype
• The Khalil Sakakini Center, Ramallah, Palestine
• International Center of Bethlehem, Palestine
• The Paltel Virtual Gallery at Birzeit University, Ramallah, Palestine
Genetic ImPRINT (The Printmaking Genome Project), Southern Graphics Council Conference, Madison, WI

2005
Narratives of Land, Peoples and Identities, Al-Kahf Art Gallery, Palestine, (catalogue and featured artist for documentary film)
Afrofuturism, Soap Factory (juried by the Obsidian Arts), Minneapolis, MN
Re-interpreting the Middle East Beyond the Historical Stereotype (catalogue):
• Sisson Gallery, Henry Ford College, Dearborn, MI
• Southern Graphics Council International Conference, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington D.C.
• Mackenzie Fine Arts Center, Dearborn, Michigan
• Orfali Gallery, Amman, Jordan
• Virginia Tech University, WV
Aspiration, Society for Photography Education Juried Exhibition, Courtyard by Marriott Art Gallery, Denver, CO
Juannio, Subasta Para el Arte Contemporaneo 2005, Museo De Arte Moderno “Carlos Merida”, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Constructing Identity, College Hall Gallery, Tarrant College, Hurst, TX (Best of Show)
Salt of Differences, Susan Arndt Gallery, Denver, CO
Women’s History Month Art Exhibition, Women Studies Cottage, Boulder, CO

2004
Common Wounds, The International Center of Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Palestine
Juannio, Subasta Para el Arte Contemporaneo 2004, Museo De Arte Moderno “Carlos Merida”, Guatemala City, Guatemala
The Discourse of Others, Salon de Artes Plasticas, Mexico City, Mexico
Visiones del Norte, Academia de San Carlos, Mexico City, Mexico (catalogue)

2003
BLOOD Lines & Connections, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
SAVVY, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO, 2003 (Goueter Missouri Collection Prize for Diatribes)

SCREENINGS

2011
End of September, Houston Palestine Film Festival, May 15th- 25th, Houston, Texas
End of September, Dreams of A Nation Palestine Film Festival, Feb 2nd-6th, Columbia University, NY, NY
Baghdadi Mem/Wars, Georgia 13 Video Installation Screening, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 9-12.

2010
Chicken; Sweep; Sissy, Zoom Contemporary Art Festival (curated by Arte East, fringe festival of Miami Basel), Miami, FL, Dec 1st-Dec 5th
End of September, Al Kassaba International Film Festival, Ramallah, Palestine, Oct 7th.
Dust To Dust: Remains in the Desert, Salon Covadonga, Roma, Mexico, August 6th
Bagdhadi Mem/Wars, In These Rooms, Zayed University Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
End of September, Toronto Palestine Film Festival, Canada, Oct 2nd -8th
End of September, The Chicago Palestinian Film Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, Il, April
Chicken; Sweep; Sissy, The Multi Cultural Caucus Video Art Screening, SPE, Philadelphia, PA, March

2009
The Bride Wears Orange, 17 Days Video Art Exhibition, Western Michigan University, Nov
Where The Birds Fly, MidEastCut (International festival for alternative film and video)
Copenhagen/Denmark & Helsinki/Finland (Opens January 29)
The Bride Wears Orange, Continuum Video Festival, Continuum, Tucson, Arizona, Feb20-21
All I Want For Christmas, 1st Video Art Festival, All Art Now Foundation, Damascus, Syria, January

2008
All I Want For Christmas, Jordan Short Film Festival, Amman, Jordan (Nov 16-20)
All I Want For Christmas and Goodbye to the Weapon, Happy Days, Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2008, Greece (Nov 13-24)
All I Want For Christmas, Palestinian Film Week, Al-Balad Theater, Amman , Jordan (Nov 2-11)
All I Want For Christmas, DOKUFEST 2008, Prizren, Kosovo, August 6th (JURIED)
A Day of Collaborative Performance (performance with the 6+ collective), Bronx Museum, NYC, NY, SATURDAY, MAY 17,
All I Want For Christmas, SPE Multicultural Caucus Video Festival, Denver, CO (March 15)

2007
All I Want For Christmas, CinemaEast Film Festival, NY, NY, November (Nov 10-15th)
All I Want For Christmas, School of Art Faculty Exhibition, Museum of Art, University of Arizona, August 23- Oct 21 (catalogue)

2006
Utopia, Plugged In Fest III, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME, March 4-12 (Juried)

2005
Where The Birds Fly, Mizna Third Annual Arab Film Festival, Minneapolis, MN, November 11-17 (Juried)
From The New World (video installation), Afrofuturism, Soap Factory (in conjunction with the Obsidian Arts), Minneapolis, MN (Juried)
Milsma, Multiplex Film Festival, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN, July 4-6 (Juried)

2004
Diatribes, PREFACIO, La Fabrica Arte Contemporaneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala (Invitational)
Forest Through The Trees, Sense Data: an evening of audio-visual arrangements, Soiled Dove, Denver, CO (co-curator)

2003
Soiled Live, Soiled Dove, Denver, CO (Invitational)
The Place to Be: Music For Ruins, A.D.A.P.T. Festival: Visual Soundings, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO (Invitational)
The Place to Be: Music for Ruins, Experimental DVDs Screening, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (Invitational)

PUBLICATIONS

2008 “Suha Shoman’s Stop For God’s Sake,” Darat al Funun
2007 “A Way Through: Understanding Modern Palestinian Narratives,” Social Dynamics Oceanic Worlds/Bordered Worlds, published by Centre for Africa Studies at University of Capetown, Volume 33 / Number 2/ December, pp. 204-223 (article co-authored with Dr. Marvin Gladney). Essay and artwork.
“Review” of Oraib Toukan’s Counting Memories catalogue, published by Darat Al Funun, pp. 56-59.
Refuge & Rejection, Arizona State University. Interview and artwork.

2006 “Memory Work in the Palestinian Diaspora,” Frontiers: A Journal of Women’s Studies 27:2 (Peer Reviewed, winter) p30-52, cover. Essay and artwork.
“Works of Witness,” Hayden’s Ferry Review 39 (Fall/Winter, 2007) Artwork.

2004 “Xing Danwen’s disCONNEXION, Muriel Hasburn and Art Train,” National Graduate Seminar Journal (Summer)

CATALOGUES

2011
Contact Sheet, essay by Dr. Nada Shabout, Light Work Annual 2011, published by Light Work (forthcoming)

2010
The State, published by Traffic Gallery, essay by Rami Farook, Dubai, UAE
Contemporary Practices - Visual Arts from The Middle East, “Algurabaa’ (The Strangers)” essay by Dr. M. Neelika Jayawardane, Volume 7, pp 140-149, published in Dubai, UAE.
Contemporary Practices - Visual Arts from The Middle East, “Hiwar: Review” review by Timo Kaabi-Linke, Volume 7, pp 120-130, published in Dubai, UAE.
Bringing The War Home, “Recent Photographic Responses to Conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan” text by Pippa Oldfield, “Forward” by Hillary Roberts (Senior Curator of Photographs at the Imperial War Museum, published by Impressions Gallery, UK.
Jasad #6, cover and insert pages, Lebanon
Hiwar, text by Khadija Hamdi, published by Le Violon Blue, Tunisia
Creative Palestinian Arts, text (various authors including Reem Fekri), published by Art Sawa, Dubai, UAE
This is Not A Love Song, text by Elie Domit, published by The Empty Quarter Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2009
Beyond Borders, text by Rose Issa, published by Rafia Gallery, Syria
Mapping Palestine, text by Nicola Gray and Samar Martha, published by ArtSchool Palestine
Aperture 27,000, text by Salma Tuqan, published by Salma Feriani Gallery

2008
Encyclopedia of Arab American Artists (from the series: Artists of the American Mosaic), text by Fayeq S. Oweis, published by Greenwood Publishing Group
Secrets, texts by Maymanah Farhat and Lucy L. Lippard, published by the 6plus collective in conjunction with University of South Florida
Occupied Space 2008 – Art for Palestine, published by A.M. Al Qattan Foundation
Dokufest 2008, published by the US Embassy in cooperation with the Dokufest film festival

2007
“Palestinian Women Artists", text by Reem Fadda, research by Rula Khoury, published by Al Hoash Palestinian Art Court.
"Our People, Our Land, Our Images: International Indigenous Photographers", texts by Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie and Veronica Passalacqua, published by C.N. Gorman Museum
"Secrets", texts by Maymanah Farhat and Lucy L. Lippard, published by the 6plus collective in conjunction with University of South Florida
We Make The Road by Walking, texts by Doris Bittar, Dr. Ella Shohat and Georgina Kolber, published by Mizel Museum
"Sultana’s Dream", texts by Jaishri Abichandani, Uzma Z. Rizvi and Lisa Varghese, published by Exit Art and the South Asian Women’s Art Collective
CinemaEast Film Festival Catalogue, published by ArteEast, NYC, NY.
Pingyao International Photography Festival Catalogue, published by Pingyao, China.
"Centers and Borders: Artwork from China and the United States", text by Dr. George Rivera, published by Artnauts

GRANTS / AWARDS

2010
Faculty Research Development Grant, University of Arizona (Juried - project grant)
Creative Palestinian Arts, Art Sawa, Dubai, UAE (juried-Third Place)

2009
College of Fine Arts Faculty Small Grants, University of Arizona (travel to Philadelphia)
College of Fine Arts International Travel Grant, University of Arizona (travel to UAE)
The Junior Faculty Conference Grant, International Affairs, University of Arizona (travel ArtDubai)

2008
Honorable Mention, Excellence in Photographic Teaching, The Center (at Santa Fe, National Teaching Award)
Crystal Apple Faculty Recipient, Society for Photography Education, USA. (National Teaching Award)

2007
College of Fine Arts Small Grants, University of Arizona’s College of Fine Arts Dean’s Fund for Excellence (for exhibition We Make The Road By Walking)
Beyond The Call of Duty Award, Deans office, College of Fine Arts, University of Arizona
Feminist Review Trust, London, UK (for exhibition “Secrets”)

2006
Tucson Pima Arts Council Mini Grants Award, Arizona (travel to Jerusalem for “Secrets” exhibition)
College of Fine Arts International Travel Grant, University of Arizona (travel to the West Bank)
Faculty Senate Research Grant, University of Southern Maine (pre-production/research grant for feature film)

2005
CAS Faculty Development Travel Grant, University of Southern Maine (travel to the West Bank)
Honorable Mention, Camera Arts Magazine National Photography Competition (selected photographs from Zaman)
University Graduate Teaching Excellence Award, University of Colorado at Boulder

2004
Beverly Sears Award, The Gambil Family Endowment Grant (video production grant: Where the Birds Fly)
Professional Development Grant, University of Colorado Graduate Program (travel grant to NYC)
Mark Addison New Media Grant, Boulder, Colorado (experimental video: Milsma)
Best of Show, Constructing Identity, College Hall Gallery, Tarrant College, Hurst, Texas (photo: Keep in Flight)

2003
Goueter Missouri Collection Prize, St. Louis, MO (interactive video: DIATRIBES)
Professional Development Grant, University of Colorado Graduate Program (equipment grant for interactive video/installation: The 5th Box)
Professional Development Grant, University of Colorado Graduate Program, CO (photo project: Zaman)

2002
Ronald M. Bernier Research Award for Asian/Tribal Art, Studio Arts (photo project: Zaman)

2001
Illinois Arts Council Grant, Individual Artist (photo project: DOWNTIME)

2000
Illinois Arts Council Grant, Individual Artist (photo project: DOWNTIME)

FELLOWSHIPS

2004 The National Graduate Seminar Fellow, The Photography Institute, Columbia University, New York City, NY (summer)
2003 Center for Humanities and Arts Fellow theme ‘WAR’, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (academic year appointment)

RESIDENCIES

2010 Artist-in-Residence, Light Work, New York, project “Baghdadi Mem/Wars” in collaboration with artist Dena Al-Adeeb. January
2008 Artist-in-Residence at Darat Al Funun (The Khalid Shoman Foundation), Amman, Jordan
2007 Artist-in-Residence at Darat Al Funun (The Khalid Shoman Foundation), Amman, Jordan, May/June
2005 Artist-in Residence / Exhibitor. Project: “Birthright”, Shaping Communities in Times of Crisis, Narratives of Land, Peoples and Identities Conference, The International Center of Bethlehem, Palestine, Nov 6-12

CONFERENCES / PUBLIC LECTURES / APPEARACES

2010
Artist Talk, paper “Contemporary Art in Palestine/Iraq”, Near Eastern Studies Seminar University of Arizona, Dec 2nd.
Panelist, paper “The Tale of Two Exiles”, MESA 2010 Conference, San Diego, CA, Nov 16
Artist Talk, “In These Rooms”, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Nov 3d
Artist Talk, “Flight”, Lycoming College of Art Gallery, PA, Sept 16th
Directors Q&A, The Gene Siskel Center at The Palestinian Chicago Film Festival, April 23
Visiting Artist Talk, “SUMOUD”, State University of New York at Oswego, NY, Jan 28th.

2009
Panelist, “Photography Now!”, Society for Photographic Education Southwestern Conference
Amphitheater High School, Tucson, AZ, Nov 12
Artist Talk, “Slide Slam”, Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ, Oct 17th.
Visiting Artist, Paper “SUMOUD”, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, Oct 15-16.
Visiting Lecturer, Topic: “Palestine Perspectives Today” (invited by Political Studies/Near Eastern Studies 441 (invited by David J. Dunford), Oct. 8th.
Panelist,Topic: “Iraqi Refugees in Jordan: a silence broken” Colloquium Series, UA Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Arizona, April 23
Visiting Artist, San Juan College, Farmington, New Mexico, April 25-26
Panelist, “Positive Change,” Union Gallery, University of Arizona, January 23rd.
Panelist, “Beyond Counterstance,” Arts in the One World Conference, CalArts, January 17th.

2008
Artist Talk, “Our Land, Our People, Our Images,” Amrind Foundation, AZ, Oct 19th.
Panelist, Paper: “Border Identities: Negotiating the Line in Contemporary Middle Eastern Art” Developing and Assessing Intercultural Competence, CERCLL, Tucson, AZ, Oct 9-12th.
Visiting Artist Talk, Paper: “Women, War and Violence”, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, Oct 4th.
Panelist, Conversations Across Religious Traditions, University of Arizona, April 4th.
Panelist, Collaboration and Feminist Practice, Bronx Museum, NYC, NY, March 2
Artist Talk and Nueva Luz Signing, Peer Gallery in Chelsea, NYC, NY, March 1st, time TBA.
Panelist, We Make The Road By Walking: an Interfaith Collaboration, In Perfect Harmony Symposium, University of Arizona, Tucson, March 16th.

2007
Directors Talk, CinemaEast Film Festival, IFC Theater, NYC, NY, November 13th.
Panelist, Paper: “Without Papers” (co-authored with Dr. Marvin Gladney), MESA 2007 Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, Nov 17-20
Panelist, Workshops for K-12 teachers, Center for Middle East Studies, University of Arizona, Paper: Facts on The Ground: an update on daily life in the West Bank, April 14th
Panelist, Gender and Identity in the Middle East and Latin America, workshops for K-12 teachers, Center for Middle East Studies, University of Arizona, Feb 3, Paper: “Gender and Art in the West Bank Refugee Camps”

2006
Chair, panel, “Expressions under Duress: Palestinian Creative and Visual Arts”, MESA 2006 Annual Conference, Boston, MA, Nov 18-21.
Visiting Lecturer, Topic: “Art, Identity and Material Culture in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict”, Near Eastern Studies Graduate Seminar (invited by Prof. Leila Hudson), University of Arizona, Nov 9th
Visiting Lecturer, Topic: “Art and Activism in the Occupied Palestinian Territories”, 441 Political Studies/Near Eastern Studies (invited by David J. Dunford), Oct. 16th
Visiting Artist, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA , Oct 12th
Panelist and Exhibitor. Paper: “Emails From Palestine: An Electronic Witness to the Palestinian Apartheid,” Project: “My Apartheid Vacation,” AUESTA Conference, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa, July 9-12.
Panelist. Paper: “The Idea of Home: Memory Work in The Palestinian Diaspora”, Mapping Arab Diasporas Conference, Center for Arab American Studies, University of Michigan, Dearborn, April 27-29
Panelist and Exhibitor. Panel: “Women Imaging Women”. Project: “Birthright,” International Indigenous Photographers Conference & Exhibition, University of California, Davis April 7-9
Panelist / Exhibitor. Paper: “The Body as a Vehicle of Protest”, Portfolio: “Body/Body Question”, Genetic ImPRINT (The Printmaking Genome Project), Southern Graphics Council Conference, Madison, WI, March 30-April 3

2005
Main Character, ROOTS (Documentary directed by Wafa Jamil and produced by Walid Atallah), shot in Bethlehem, Ramallah, Budrus and Hebron, West Bank
Visiting Artist. Foothills Academy, Wheat Ridge, CO, October 7th
Exhibitor. Project: “Re-interpreting The Occupation of One’s Land”, Southern Graphics Council International Conference, Washington D.C. March 30- April 3

2004
Exhibitor and Co-curator. Project: “Goodbye to the Weapon” and “Self-Portrait One”’, War Conference, Center of Humanities Spring Colloquium, University of Colorado, March

2003
Poster Session, presentation: “Women Artists in New Media”, University of Colorado Gender and Information Technology Four Campus Symposium, Denver, CO, April 11th

Other Exhibitions

Turning Our Tongues (in conjunction with 6+ art collective and the young women of Dheisheh Refugee Camp)
- Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual Conference, Boston, USA, 2006
- The Nobel Women’s Initiative International Conference, Galway, Ireland, 2007
- Women on the Move: Refugees, Migration and Exile, University of the West of England, Bristol.
- Invent-L Conference 2007: Imaging Place, Gainesville, USA, 2007
- “Sultana’s Dream”: SWACC’s 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Exit Art, NY, NY, USA, 2007

2007 Auction, Dinnerware, Tucson, AZ
2006 Photography Now, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2005 Histories and Futures Restored, CU Art Museum, CO
2004 Colectiva, La Fabrica Arte Contemporaneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala
WAR, Gallery Sovereign, Boulder, CO (co-curator with Dr. George Rivera)
Risque, auction exhibition for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
2003 Priceless, The Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO
Articulations, La Fabrica Arte Contemporaneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2002 Women and the Expression of Art, Small Cultural Center, University of Colorado, Boulder
Chicago in the Year 2000 (collective):
• The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
• The Water Tower, Chicago, IL
• The Chicago Cultural Center, IL
• www.chicagointheyear2000.org, 2000, 2001, 2002

COLLECTIONS

Public National and International Collections

The Photography Institute Archive at The Getty Research Institute, The Getty Museum, CA, USA (as part of the Photography Institute Archive)
The Gorman Museum, CA, USA
The Prints Collection Archive, The University of Mississippi, MS, USA
The Corcoran College of Art & Design, Washington D.C., USA
St. Louis Artists’ Guild, MO, USA
LightWork Collection, NY, USA
En Foco Collection, NY, USA
The ‘Colorado Collection’, CU Art Museum, CO, USA
The University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA
Henry Ford Community College, MI, USA
Nadour Collection, Germany
The Khalid Shoman Foundation - Darat Al Funun, Jordan
Barjeel Art Foundation (Sheikh Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi) – UAE
Farook Collection, Traffic Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Museum of Tunisia, Tunisia
The International Center of Bethlehem, West Bank