PUBLIC ART/COLLECTIONS

Legacy Cancer Healing Center, Tualatin, OR

Behavioral Health Center, Public Art Collection, Portland, OR

Regional Arts and Culture Council, Small Public Works, Portland, OR

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, Vancouver, WA

Integrative Hood River, Hood River, OR

Cascade Wellness Center, Hood River, OR

COMMISSIONS

2022 Community Khayamiya, Installation, World Dance and Rhythm Camp, Englewood Church, Yakima, WA

2020 Water Blessing: Video and Textile Installation, Royal Ball Fundraiser, Hood River, OR

2019 Water Dance: Video and Textile Installation, Collaboration with Sylvianne Whiting, Masquerade Ball,

Hood River, OR

2014 Does My Head Look Big in This, Set Design Collaboration with Tony Award winning director Rachel Harry,

Hood River Valley High School Theatre, Hood River, OR

SOLO EXHIBITS

2018 Baraka: The Blessing of Water, "The Nook" at Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR

2006 Leaves, Trees, and Shimmies, Jeans @ 110, Hood River, OR

2004 Middle Eastern Rhythms, Collage of the Gorge, White Salmon, WA

2002 Middle Eastern Rhythms, Raven’s Camp Gallery, Woodland, WA

1999 Hybrid Portraiture, Art on Eighth, Ellensburg, WA

1999 Hybrid Portraiture, Billy Mac’s, Ellensburg, WA

1999 Hybrid Portraiture, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

1998 A Weaving of Multicultural Experience, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg,

GROUP EXHIBITS

2024. Homelands Within for Portland Textile Month Origin Stories Event, co-curator with SWANA Stitch and

participating artist, SWANA Rose Culture and Community Center, Portland, OR

2023. Sewn Threads/Cut Threads for Portland Textile Month Mixed Identities Event, co-curator with SWANA Stitch.

and participating artist, SWANA Rose Culture and Community Center, Portland, OR

2023 SWANA Showcase: Dimensions, SWANA Rose Culture and Community Center, Portland, OR

2021 Mother River, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR

2019 Teachers as Artists, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA

2019 Off the Wall, Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR

2018 Beyond the Demo, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA

2017 Artists of Color Expo & Symposium, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA

2017 Beyond the Demo, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA

2017 Water Is Life, Raices Cultural Center, Highland Park, NJ

2017 Benefit for Standing Rock: Re: Definition, Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA

2017 Heart and Soul: Women Artists, Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR

2014 Who Are You? Juried Show, CoCA Georgetown Gallery, Seattle Design Center, Seattle WA

2012 Trees, Group Invitational, Stevenson Library, Stevenson, OR

2011 Trees, Group Invitational, Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR

2011 Face Off, Group Invitational, Benjamin-Benjamin Gallery, Portland, OR

2010 Relics of Light, Arts West, Seattle, WA

2009 Art Lexicon, Group Invitational, Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR

2008 Authentic Hybrids, Curator and Participating artist, Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR

2008 Interpretation, Group Invitational, Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR

2007 Over the River, Through the Woods, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR

2007 Social Justice, Group Invitational, Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR

2007 Gorge Artists Open Studios, Hatchery Studio Arts Building, White Salmon, WA

2005 White Salmon Christmas: Open Studio, Hatchery Studio Arts Building, White Salmon, WA

2005 Gorge Artists Create, The Dalles Art Center, The Dalles, OR

2005 Nights in White Salmon: Open Studio, Hatchery Studio Arts Building, White Salmon, WA

2005 Group Invitational, La Roz Gallery, White Salmon, WA

2004 Exploring the Tree of Life, Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR

2004 Celebrate the Gorge, Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR

2004 Gorge Artists Create, The Dalles Art Center, The Dalles, OR

2000 Art Raising in the Barn: Bringing Art to Our Rural Community, Raven's Camp Gallery, Woodland, WA

1999 Central Washington Artists Juried Show, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA

1999 Central Washington University Student Art Show, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Ellensburg, WA

1998 Central Washington Artists Juried Show, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA

1998 Central Washington University Student Art Show, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Ellensburg, WA

1992 Ethnic Women Artists, Greensboro Cultural Center, Greensboro, NC

1992 Women Artists, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC

AWARDS

2023 Oregon Arts Commission Career Opportunity/Ford Foundation Grant: Study with master Khayamiya artist in

Cairo, Egypt

2018 Scholastic Art and Writing Alumni Micro-grant

2012 College Board Western Regional Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Arts

2008 Oregon Arts Commission Career Opportunity Grant: Study with master Arabic calligrapher Kanaan Kanaan

2007 White Salmon Centennial Logo and Poster Design Competition, White Salmon, WA

2005 I’m Dreaming of a White Salmon Christmas Poster Competition, White Salmon, WA

2001-2002 Diversity Fellowship, Full Graduate Tuition, Portland State University, Portland, OR

1998 Race Unity Award $150, Central Washington Artists Juried Show, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA

1998 Lloyd Garretson Award $150, Central Washington Artists Juried Show, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA

1998 Farrell Scholarship in Art, full tuition and travel to research art in Egypt, Central Washington University,

Ellensburg, WA

1998 Best Visual Display, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

1997 Farrell Scholarship in Art, full tuition, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

PUBLICATIONS

Sam Bowker and Seif El Rashidi, “Art of the Tentmakers,” American University in Cairo Press, 2025 (upcoming)

Kalliopi Monoyios, “Out of the Shadow: Artists Respond to the Total Solar Eclipse,” Observations: Scientific American (blog). September 27, 2017.

Blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/out-of-the-shadow

Julia Sanders, “Processing Through Art: Students Respond to the Election Through Art,” Today’s OEA, Portland, OR, Spring 2017.

Samuel Lowry, “Painting Nature’s Vibrations,” Columbia Gorge Magazine, September 2007.

Chip Dombrowski, “Seeing Green,” The Worldlink,” February 22, 2007.

https://theworldlink.com/news/seeing-green/article_7932529d-aa4b-5517-bc65-90acaa56f657.html

Tomi Owens, “Two Rivers, One Artist,” Arts in the Gorge Magazine, Hood River, OR, March 2006.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

2024 Adjunct Instructor, Drawing Courses, Columbia Gorge Community College, The Dalles and Hood River, OR

2022 Online Presenter, Representing the Sacred: Developing Meaningful Patterns in Visual Arts Classrooms,

Educator Workshop—The Art of the Islamic World Across the Curriculum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art,

New York, NY

2021-2022 Board Member and Gallery Committee Member, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR

2020-2021 AP Art & Design Table Leader for AP Art & Design Reading, The College Board

2020 OEA Webinar: Virtual Show and Tell, Member Successes in Distance Learning, OEA, Portland, OR

2019 Presenter, “Using Instagram to Document Process and Build Community in AP and Advanced Art Classes,”

NAEA Conference, Boston, MA

2018 Poster Design selection, The Brief: Juried Call for Posters for March for Our Lives, Ad Age, New York, NY

2018-2020 The Arts Academic Advisory Committee, The College Board, New York, NY

2017-2021 AP Art & Design Development Committee, Advanced Placement Program, The College Board, Princeton, NJ

2008-present Art Instructor, AP Drawing, Advanced Drawing, and Independent Study Drawing, Hood River Valley High

School, Hood River, OR

2017-2021 AP Art & Design Exam Reader, The College Board, Salt Lake City, UT

2017 Art Instructor, Integrating Art and Text: Professional Development Workshop for Teaching Artists, Arts in

Education of the Gorge, Hood River, OR

2009-2016 Art Coordinator and Instructor, Columbia Gorge Peace Village, Mosier, OR

2014-2015 Mentor for first year teacher through the New Teacher Center

2014 Praxis Exam Reader for Art

2011 Panelist, Artist2Artist Professional Development Workshop, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR

2011 Presenter, "Digital Photography: The Academic Equalizer," AP Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA

2008 Guest speaker, Oregon Cultural Trust Day of Culture, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR

2008 - 2010 Gallery Committee, Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR

2002 - 2008 Art Instructor, Cascade Locks Community School, Cascade Locks, OR

2004 - 2007 Illustrator, THE POLISHING STONE MAGAZINE.

2006 Education and Outreach Committee, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR

2006 Art Work Donation: Bite of the Gorge: Arts in Education Fundraiser, Hood River, OR

2005 Visiting Artist, Third World Feminism Class, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR

2004 Visiting Artist, Maryhill Museum Summer Teacher Institute, Goldendale, WA

2000 Arts Coordinator: Raven’s Camp Nonprofit Organization, Woodland, WA

2000 Art Instructor, Using Art to Explore Cultural Identity, Raven's Camp, Woodland, WA

2000 Visiting Artist, Calligraphy and Geometry in Middle Eastern Art, Wishram School, Wishram, WA

1998 Gallery Volunteer, Clymer Museum of Art, Ellensburg, WA

1995 Gallery Volunteer, Chihuly Glass Exhibit, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA

1992 Feminism Panelist, Women Artists Show, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC

EDUCATION

2002 MEd, visual art teaching endorsement, summa cum laude, Portland State University, Portland, OR

1999 BA in Studio Art, painting concentration, cum laude, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

1990-1991 Pratt Institute, Foundation studio classes, Brooklyn, NY