Artist CV
RESIDENCIES
Kripalu. Stockbridge, Massachussets. June 2023.
European Ceramic Workshop Center. Oisterwijk, The Netherlands. March-June 2022.
Atlanta Central Library. Atlanta, Georgia, USA. November 2021- January 2022.
World of Co. Sofia, Bulgaria. October 2020.
Nieuw en Meer. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. January- March 2020.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Untitled. Nieuw en meer. Post-Residency Solo Show. Amsterdam, NL. March 2020.
Juju. Porter Performing Arts Center. Solo Show. Covington, Georgia. November 2019.
The High Rise. The Goat Farm Arts Center. Group Show. Atlanta, Georgia. October 2019.
Sevdah. Galeria Preporod. Group Show. Sarajevo, Bosnia. August 2019.
Changing Course. Brickworks Gallery. Atlanta, Georgia. March 2019.
Magnify. The Masquerade. Atlanta, GA. March 2018.
Romance with Words. Space 2 Gallery. Atlanta, GA. November 2017.
Beirut Design Week. MENA Design Research Center. Lebanon, Beirut. May 2016.
The Power of Ideas in Art. Guangdong University, Art Faculty. Guangzhou, China. October 2014.
Heaven and Earth. Moma Art Space, Guangzhou, China. October 2014.
Heaven and Earth. U.S. Consulate, Guangzhou, China. September 2014.
Transcendence. Dulumpinar Gallery, Kutahya, Turkey. April 2014.
Reweaving the Eternal Circle. Mary Oligvie Gallery, University of Oxford. Oxford, UK. June 2013.
Barcelona Showcase. Global Art Agency, Casa Gaudi Batillo. Barcelona, Spain. April 2013.
Untitled. The Little Gallery, Oxford, UK. March 2013.
Having Saved Myself for You. U*Space Art Gallery Group Exhibit, Atlanta, GA. March 2012- April 2013.
Remembering Trayvon. Auburn Avenue Research Library Exhibit, Atlanta, GA. December 2011 -April 2012.
Dilli Haat Exhibit. Ministry of Tourism and Textiles. New Delhi, India. 2011.
An Art Affair. Stanford University Organizing Committee for the Arts Exhibit, Stanford, CA. 2008.
SELECTED PERFORMANCE ART
Gandhi & King: A Commemoration of Gandhi’s 150th Birthday. Featured Performer. Stanford University. 2019.
Pulitzer Prize Centennial. Featured Performer. St. Petersburg Palladium Theater. 2016.
A Dream Remembered in Word and Song. Mezzo Soprano. Stanford University. 2016.
Sounds of the Civil Rights Movement. Featured Performer. St. Petersburg Palladium Theater. 2015-2017.
First Nubian Cultural Festival. Lead Performer. Wadi Halfa & Khartoum, Sudan. Spring 2012.
Passages of Martin Luther King. Musical. Palestinian National Theater. Jerusalem & West Bank. Spring 2011.
Beyond My Circle. Lead Performer. National Theater of Uganda. Kampala, Uganda. Fall 2009.
AIDA Broadway Musical. Title Role. Ramshead Theatrical Society. Spring 2009.
Bringing King to China Musical. Mezzo Soprano. National Theater of China. Beijing, China. Summer 2007.
Talisman Acapella Tour. Mezzo Soprano. Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa. Spring 2006.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
ArtsATL, Atlanta, USA. 2019.
Danwei, Guangzhou, China. 2014.
Beirut Design Week, Beirut, Lebanon. 2016.
Rare Rising, London, United Kingdom. 2013.
The Oxonian Review, Oxford, United Kingdom. 2013.
SELECTED ARTS ADVOCACY WORKSHOPS & ARTIST TALKS
Art Lecture. City & Guilds of London Art School. London, UK. Artist Talk, February 2023.
Sculpting African Masks. EKWC. Oisterwijk, The Netherlands. Artist Talk, March 2022.
Aesthetics of Africa. Beirut Design Week & Migrant Community Center. Beirut, Lebanon. Workshop, May 2016.
Art in Post-Conflict Somaliland. Abaarso Tech. Abaarso, Somaliland. Conflict Mediation, November 2015.
The Power of Ideas in Art. Guangdong University, Art Faculty. Guangzhou, China. Public Talk, October 2014.
The Historicity of Gospel Music. United States Consulate. Guangzhou, China. Public Talk, August 2014.
The African-American Women Artist. Auburn Avenue Library. Atlanta, GA. Public Talk, July 2014.
Freedom's Ring in Freedom's Fall. Dumlupinar University. Kutahya, Turkey. Public Talk, April 2014.
Reweaving the Eternal Circle. St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford. London, England. Public Talk, May 2013.
Modern Nubia in the Sudan. Sudan TV & Ashorooq TV via Dal Group. Khartoum, Sudan. Interview, March 2013.
Social Awareness Through the Arts. AIF. Workshop. Khariyar, Orissa; Gujarat, Kutch, India. Spring 2011.
EDUCATION
University of Oxford, St. Antony’s College, Oxford, UK | M.Phil. International Development Studies, 2013
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA | B.A. (Hons.) Critical Race Theory, Spanish, and Mandarin, 2010
Peking University, Beijing, China | International Exchange Program, 2009