TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023-present
Assistant Professor of Senior Project, Art in Community and Professional Practice, MCAD, Minnesota.
Assistant Professor of Intro to Painting, Senior Project and Storytelling: Narrative Studio, MCAD, Minnesota.
2022-2023
Adjunct Professor of Senior Project (2 terms) and Graduate Critique Seminar, MCAD, Minnesota.
Artist Mentorship for Rimon- The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council, Minnesota.
Grades Teacher Assistant, City of Lakes Waldorf School, Minnesota.
2021-2022
Dayton Hudson Visiting Distinguished Teacher/Artist in the Department of Art and Art History, Carleton College, Minnesota.
Adjunct Professor of Critical Studies, MCAD, Minnesota.
Artist Talk, jGirls Magazine
Adjunct Professor of Senior Project and Graduate Critique Seminar, MCAD, Minnesota.
Adjunct Professor of Foundation Drawing-II and Storytelling: Narrative Studio, MCAD Minnesota.
Adjunct Professor for Portfolio Preparation Online: Drawing for HS & Transfer Students, CE MCAD, Minnesota.
2020-2021
Adjunct Professor of Grad Crit Seminar (2 terms), MFA- MCAD, Minnesota.
Curating After hours, Quarter Gallery, Department of Art, University of Minnesota
Adjunct Professor of Drawing, University of Minnesota
Artist Talk, Adath Study Group, Minnesota
Artist Talk, Palestinian art of resistance, Augsburg University, Minnesota
Artist Mentorship for Rimon- The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council, Minnesota.
Adjunct Professor of Foundation Drawing-II (4 terms) and Critical Studies (3 terms), MCAD, Minnesota.
Adjunct Professor of Drawing at the Natural History Bell Museum, Continuing Education, MCAD, Minnesota.
Adjunct Professor of Digital Drawing, University of Minnesota (2 terms).
Adjunct Professor of Design, Augsburg University, Minnesota.
2018-2019
Artist Mentorship for Rimon- The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council, Minnesota.
Artist Talk, Rimon- The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council, Minnesota.
Artist Talk, Carleton College, Northfield, MN.
Artist Talk for Centre College- Danville, KY, Imagining Home: Cultural and Religious Identities in Diaspora.
Curatorial Work: "Same Sky" group exhibition, Ya'ad, Israel.
"A Contested Home” Project Presentation at The Human Rights Initiative Research Symposium, Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota.
“A Contested Home” Project Presentation at the Human Rights Salon, University of Minnesota.
Adjunct Professor of Critical Studies and Intro to Painting, MCAD, Minnesota.
2016-2017
Adjunct Professor of Drawing, University of Minnesota.
Art Instructor at Yachad, JCC, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Instructor of Drawing workshop on a Carleton College alumni cruise.
Artist Talk, Carleton Alumni association.
Artist Talk, Rimon- The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council.
2014-2015
Adjunct Professor of Digital Tool Box and Drawing, University of Minnesota.
Adjunct Professor of Principles of Pre-Production, Art Institutes International, Minneapolis.
2013-2014
Adjunct Professor of Drawing, University of Minnesota.
Artists’ Lab-Arts Facilitator, Jewish Artists’ Laboratory, Sabes Jewish Community Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Artist-In-Residence, Sabes Jewish Community Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Director of the Regis After-School Art Initiative Program at the University of Minnesota.
2012-2013
Visual Arts Teacher of Drawing-1, Drawing-2, and Drawing-3 at FAIR Downtown High School, Minneapolis.
Director of the Regis After-School Art Initiative Program at the University of Minnesota.
Adjunct Professor of Intermediate Broadcast Graphics and of Introduction to Broadcast Graphics,
Art Institutes International, Minneapolis.
Adjunct Professor of Painting, University of Minnesota (2 terms).
2011-2012
Instructor of Drawing, University of Minnesota (4 terms).
Instructor for the “Innovation and Experimentation” Regis After-School Art Initiative Program,
a collaboration between the U of M with the FAIR Downtown High School.
2010-2011
Sheehy Internship at the Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota.
Instructor of Drawing, University of Minnesota. Including a five week workshop "Improvisation for the Artist/Teacher" with
Erkki Huovinen, visiting associate professor in Finnish Studies, School of Music.
Committee member, NAGAS (North American Graduate Art Survey).
Teaching Assistant. Assisted in the following three courses at the University of Minnesota:
Concepts in Visual Art (with Margaret R. Pezalla-Granlund), Drawing (Alexis Kuhr),
Concepts in Visual Art (Rolf H. Belgum).
2007-2008
Designer and Motion Animator, Scripps Networks, Knoxville, TN.
Graphic Designer, Media South, Knoxville, TN.
Graphic Designer, DoubleJay Creative Production and Promotion, Knoxville, TN.
2004-present
Freelance design: websites, advertising, branding, quarterly bulletin, brochure,
business card and project presentations (including video), wedding invitations, and logo design.
EDUCATION AND PUBLICATIONS
2023-2024
Artist to Artist Interview, Rosalux Gallery Newsletter
2019
Civios Interview: A Contested Home: Healing Through Art and Storytelling
2018
(In process) anthology Difficult Conversations: Collaborative art practices across political divides, edited by Alla Myzelev. State University of New York (SUNY) Geneseo
“A Contested Home: Memory, Commemoration and Rights Related to the Forced Migration of Palestinians in the Galilee”, CLA Agency news story
2013
"Imitation, Interaction and Imagery" in Arts and Humanities in Higher Education 12.2 (4/13).
2010-2012
MFA in Painting and Drawing, University of Minnesota, with a Minor in Museum Studies.
2001-2006
B.Des., Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel.
Majored in Visual Communication, with Graphic Design specialty and Animation subspecialty.
Spring 2005
Student exchange program in Illustration, University of the Arts (Universität der Künste), Berlin.
1993-1996
Misgav Regional High School, Israel. Majors: Art & Bible Studies.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2022-2023
Minnesota State Arts Board - Creative Support for Individuals grant
AWSNA Practicing Teacher grant
2021-2022
MCAD, Professional Development Support Grant
Minnesota State Arts Board - Creative Support for Individuals grant
2020-2021
VAF, Midway Contemporary Art grant.
MCAD, Faculty Senate Professional Development Grant
2019-2020
MCAD, Faculty Professional Development Grant
2017-2018
Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative, Visual Arts grant.
Human Rights Initiative Research Fund, University of Minnesota.
2015
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Fellowship.
2012
Minnesota State Fair-Fine Arts: Honorable Mention in Category #1: Oil/Acrylic/Mixed Media,
Additional Sponsored Awards: 1st Place-College of Visual Arts, 1st Place-North Hennepin Community College.
2011
Josephine Lutz Rollins Fellowship, University of Minnesota.
2010
Young Artist Academy Award, International New Media Art Triennial, Beijing Film Academy, Beijing, China.
Graduate Conference Travel Award, University of Minnesota.
College of Liberal Arts Graduate Scholar Fellowship, University of Minnesota.
2009
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Graduate Fellowship (to study art in Berlin).
2007
Smoky Mountain Quilters Twenty-Seventh Annual Quilt Show, Innovative Design Award.
2004
Design Boom Kitchen Design Competition, Honorable Mention, Cologne, Germany.
EXHIBITION
2023-2024
Solo:
Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
Soo Visual Arts Center at Coulee Bank, Saint Paul, MN.
Group:
9 Mile Gallery, Edina, MN.
Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
Minnesota Museum of American Art, Together, Saint Paul, MN.
Groveland Gallery, Future, Minneapolis, MN.
Groveland Gallery, Artist Salon, Minneapolis, MN.
2022
Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN.
The Paramount Center for the Arts in St. Cloud, MN.
2021
Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
Carleton College, Boliou Hall Gallery, Northfield, MN.
Group:
2023
Soo Visual Arts Center at Phoenix on the River,
2022
Tychman Shapiro Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
The Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield, MN.
2021
Cancer Never Had Me, Hillstrom Museum of Art, St. Peter, MN.
After hours, Quarter Gallery, Department of Art, University of Minnesota.
The Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield, MN.
What Is Truth, Minneapolis, MN.
2019
1 Roof 2 Airs, South Dakota Museum of Art, MN.
Carleton College, Boliou Hall Gallery, Northfield, MN.
Same Sky, group show, Ya'ad, Israel.
2017
MadeHere, A.R.T Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
Neighbors, Community Center, Karmiel, Israel.
Neighbors, Aluecha, Umm al-Fahm, Israel.
Neighbors, Zarksha Gallery, Sakhnin, Israel.
2016
Nesacafe, Social enterprise, women café, Sakhnin, Israel.
Open Studios, Misgav, Israel.
Ya’ad Creation, Art Fair, Ya’ad, Israel.
2014
Artist in Residence, Tychman Shapiro Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
2013
Aim Art Gallery, Video/Sound Faculty Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN.
2012
Chalk Slam, Artist performance, Weitz Center, Northfield, MN.
Gallery 148, MCAD, Minneapolis, MN.
Fine Arts Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair, Awarded: Honorable Mention in Category #1: Oil/Acrylic/Mixed Media;
Additional Sponsored Awards: 1st Place-College of Visual Arts; 1st Place-North Hennepin Community College, Minneapolis, MN.
Tail of The Ouroboros, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Nash Gallery, Regis Center for the Arts, Minneapolis, MN.
Concordance, Harry M. Drake Gallery, The St. Paul Academy, St. Paul, MN.
National Wet Paint, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL.
2011
Dimensions Of Indigenous, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN.
Fresh Works, Quarter Gallery, Regis Center For The Arts, Minneapolis, MN.
Erfinden - Kahla Kreativ, Porzellanikon Selb, die Museen, Germany.
Resource • Return • Recycle, Wilson Library, Minneapolis, MN.
Drawing the Human Figure, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
Um(2), Quarter Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Uncommon Visions: Jewish Textile Artists, Tychman Shapiro Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
Imagined Realities, Larson Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
2010
10 Artists in 30 Days Project, Tychman Shapiro Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
Tendence Erbgut, Grassi Museum, Leipzig Germany.
Um(1), Warren Robbins Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Borderlines of Exclusion and Inclusion, Rovaniemi, Finland.
The Beijing Film Academy 60Th Anniversary, Beijing, China.
Tendence Erbgut, Messe Frankfurt Exhibition Gmbh-Frankfurt, Germany.
The New Antiquarians, Stevens Square Center for the Arts, Minneapolis, MN.
Fresh Works, Quarter Gallery, Regis Center for the Arts, Minneapolis, MN.
F.R.E.S.H., Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN.
The Arts of Community, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN.
Women And Water Rights: Rivers of Regeneration, Boynton Health Center Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
Common Sense, Opening event installation at the Weisman Museum, Minneapolis, MN.
Go Live Go Red, Fivetwosix Gallery, Saint Paul, MN.
Foot In The Door 4, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN.
2008-2009
Erbgut, Rundgang-09, University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany.
The Mirror Stage, The Independent Museum of Contemporary Art (Imca), Cyprus.
2005-2007
Unspoken Dialogues, Ewing Gallery, Knoxville, TN.
Artists On Location, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN.
Thesis Project, Bezalel Academy 100Th Anniversary, Terminal One, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Tiles, Bezalel Academy 100Th Anniversary, Terminal One, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Rundgang, University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany.