Current Designation : Amman Campus, Chairperson, Fine Arts/Computer Graphics Dept. Asst. Professor of Art History and Studio Art

NYIT Faculty Member Since : August, 2007

Qualifications :

• Ph. D., GTF/Oxford; ABD New York University.

• M.A. University of Oregon.

• B.A. Notre Dame of Md. University.

• Other graduate study at Harvard University; L’ecole des beaux arts, Paris; Ahamadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria (Peace Corps); Pratt Art Institute, NYC; Columbia University; Reed College (Danforth Fellowship); Art Students League, NYC.

Publications :

Over 75 articles in the areas of contemporary cultural and art criticism, theory and art history & theory published in various magazines and newspapers both in the United States, Europe, South America and Japan.   Most recent:  “Role of the Arts and Environmental Management in the Secular West and in Islam:” chapter in Sustainable Management, Sustainable Development and Human Health, ed. by Laboy-Nieves, Schaffner, 2009, 
Exhibits:

• 2011  “The Himalayas Are Crying,” acrylic collage painting, Westbeth Gallery, NYC.

• 2011  7 x 7, Cairo Amman Bank Gallery, Amman, Jordan

• 2009  Sidhartha Gallery, Katmandu, Nepal, “Shrine to Melting Mountains”, Mixed Media Installation: Acrylic paint, sand, collage, pigment, lights, stone palette, 2’x1’

• 2009  Foresight Gallery/Jordan Festival of the Arts ,“Seven Sleepers,” Acrylic, 1x1m

• 2009  ”Gaza Asamoud” - acrylic painting collage (1m x1m) in mural painted by international artists, sponsored by Jordan Association of Engineers and Architects, Amman,Jordan  (SEE BELOW)

• 2008 Gaza Series 1 & 2, Acrylic Collage, 6”x6”, Westbeth Gallery, 55 Bethune St., NY, NY 

• 2007  “View of Amman,” mixed media painting, Westbeth Gallery, 55 Bethune St., NY, NY

• 2006  "Multimedia" Westbeth Gallery, 55 Bethune Street, NY, NY 10014

• 2006  "Light My Ire" multimedia, Fusion Arts Museum, 57 Stanton Street, NY, NY

Awards / Honorary Memberships :

Most recent:

• Finalist for painting/collage “Gaza Mural” in Art Scene Today online exhibition, “Abstraction of the Mind,” August, 2010. ( SEE BELOW )

Other awards:

• Rome Fellowship, GTF/Oxford, 2003.

• Annenburgh Foiundation,Center for Art Education (2001 & 2004).

• Gottlieb Foundation Grant  Award of Merit for Outstanding Performance, PS 305 PTA, 2000.

• Wash. Irving H.S. Art House Business Week Award for Instructional Innovation in Visual Arts,1997.

• National Organization of Women Grant, for  Westbeth Women Photographers Exhibit, 1997.

• NY State Senate, Catherine A. Abate, Certificate of Merit, Artistic & Cultural Achievement, July 10, 1995.

• Percent for Art Program, NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs (Bronx Community Murals 1991 Commission).

• Danforth Institute Fellowship at Reed College, Nomination Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, Scholarships at Pratt Graphics Center, Art Students League ,National Academy of Design & First Prize Printmaking, Univ. of Ore. Fellowship.

2009  ”Gaza Asamoud” - acrylic painting collage (1m x1m) in mural painted by international artists, sponsored by Jordan Association of Engineers and Architects, Amman, Jordan: