EDUCATION
1996 FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, FASHION DESIGN
2005 UNION COUNTY COLLEGE GRAPHIC DESIGN, PRINT MEDIA
2008 PRATT INSTITUTE GRAPHIC DESIGN
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2013 "SACRED VOICES" Canton Museum of Art. 12/5-3/2/14
2013 “HER STORIES” Taubman Musuem of Art, Roanoke, Virginia. 5/28-8/29
2012 SAWCC ANNUAL PRIVATE AUCTION Thomas Erben Gallery ,New York, 10/23/ 2012.
2012“Holy Lives” Therese Malone Gallery ,New Jersey, 9/20-11/21/ 2012. Opening 9/20
2012“Her Stories” Queens Museum of Art ,New York, 8/11-10/04/ 2012. Opening 8/11
2012“Muslim Eyes” Marin Community Foundation,5 Hamilton Landing,Novato, California 2/14-5/31 2012. Opening March 22
2011 “Open/Close”,Cuchifritos Gallery,NYC, September 17–October 3, 2011
2011 Saffronart,The Fuller Building, 595 Madison Avenue,October 19, 2011, NYC
2011 AKA Knowledge Academy,BRAC,305 East 140 St. Bronx.Opening Reception June 29,2011
2011 Art for Change"(dis)located",1699 Lexington Avenue,NYC January 14-April 2
2010 Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City Utah
2010 Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. “99 Most Beautiful Names” June-September
2010 Living Arts Center, Mississauga, Ontario, “Dislocation” July 8-12
2010 Therese A. Maloney Gallery, Morristown NJ, “Who we are: Contemporary Portraits”, 6/10-8/14
2010 Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica Ca, “South Asian American Art Festival”,5/1-5/8
2010 Covey Center for the Arts, 425 West Center Street, Provo, Utah, “99 Most Beautiful Names” 4/2-5/3
2010 Mica Gallery, South Kensington, London
2009 Florence Biennale,Fortezza Da Basso, Florence Italy “Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea Firenze”, 12/5-12/13
2009 ArtHouse Gallery, Atlanta GA “10000 Project”, 12/11
2009 Cair, DC “Art and the American Muslim perspective”, 8/6
2009 Art in General, NYC, “Art for Tibet”, 8/1
2009 MoCADA, Brooklyn NY, “Muslim Perspectives” part of “Muslim Voices”, 5/21-6/16
2009MPAC Art Auction, Graduate Center CUNY, 2/27
2009Theater for the New City, NYC "Freedom's Ring" 1/19- 1/20
2008 Air Gallery, NYC “Inspiration Pakistan” 7/15-7/21
2008 Air Gallery, NYC “Open to Interpretation” 7/8-7/14
2008 Art Gotham, NYC ”Square Foot Show”
2007 Cafe Buono Solo Exhibit, NJ
2007 Abrons Art Center, NYC “Changing Climate, Changing Colors 1/16-3/17
2006 Hotel Pennsylvania, NYC
2005 Monroe Center for the Arts, Hoboken,NJ
COLLECTIONS
2012 Arab American Family Support Center, Brooklyn, NY.”I Understand Now” Permanent collection through Art Connects
2010 Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, Michigan.”Ahlan Wa Sahlan” Permanent collection
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Valerie Behiery, Color, Pattern, Text in Abundance, Islamic Arts Magazine, September 8, 2012
Elaine Pasquini, Creative Styles Abound in “Muslim Eyes” Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, May-June 2012
Fatema Zehra, Reflections of Beauty, Emel Issue 82, July 2011, p.56-57
Parimal M. Rohit, Arts Review South Asian American Arts Festival, Buzzine, May 2010
Ebru TV, Blank Canvas, 2009
TEACHING
2011-Present Henna Workshops
2011 Art For Change, childrens art workshop series
2010 START Artist Residency, Amman, Jordan, August 28- September 18
2009 MoCADA, Art workshop, June 13
2006-PRESENT Montclair Adult School
2006-2012Wayne Adult School
2004-2006International Institute of New Jersey