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EDUCATION
MFA, School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
BA, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
AWARDS
2009
First Prize, Olimpias video "Water Burns Sun" and Finnish film '"Point," KynnysKINO Disability Film Festival, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Fineland
Winner, Experimental Video Category, Olimpias video "Water Burns Sun," FOCUS Film Festival,California State University, Chico, California
2008
Pamela K. Walker Award for innovation in the use of narrative, cinematography, and filmmaking techniques, Superfest International Disability Film Festival, Berkeley, California2007
James T. Neubacher Award for advancing equal rights and opportunities for people with disabilities, Council for Disability Concerns, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MichiganBest Documentary Award for "The Ultimate Source: Pioneering Intercultural Exchange in Berlin, Germany," XII Black International Cinema, Berlin, Germany
2006
Dybvig Redstone Award for multimedia video installation, Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Grant Opportunities for Collaborative Spaces Award for accessible software design for individuals with quadriplegia, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan1998
John G. Monroe Award for best essay in the field of human rights, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
2009
Solo Show, Corporeal Distance: A Disability Culture Project with Olimpias Collaborators, Subterranean Arthouse, Berkeley, CAGroup Show, "War on Health," Emory University, School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA
Group Show, "Open Studios," Alabama Street Studio, San Francisco, CA
Video Editing, "Water Burns Sun," Olimipas Productions Video Screenings
Video Editing, "Water Burns Sun," Cape Town TV/CTV, Mobray, South Africa [Broadcasts to 2.5 million viewers in Cape Town]
Video Editing, "Water Burns Sun," Center for Contemporary Arts Film Festival, Glasgow, UK
Video Editing, "Water Burns Sun," SynnysKINO Disability Film Festival, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Video Editing, "Water Burns Sun," International Festival of Film and Video Dance, Duke University, Durham, NC
Video Editing, "Water Burns Sun," Society of Dance History Scholars Dance for Camera Film Festival, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Video Editing, "Water Burns Sun," screened at the Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Fineland
Video Editing, "Water Burns Sun," screened at Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Video Editing, "Water Burns Sun," screened at the Tramway International Arts Center, Glasgow, UK
Video Editing, "Water Burns Sun," San Francisco Art Institute Video Screening, San Francisco, CA
Video Editing, "Water Burns Sun," San Francisco Dance Center Video Screening, San Francisco, CA
2008
Videography & Video Editing, “Tiresias," London's 8th Annual International Disability Film Festival, London, England
Videography & Video Editing, “Tiresias," University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Videography & Video Editing, “Tiresias," Poetics Center, University of South Australia, Adelaide
Videography & Video Editing, “Tiresias," Central Australia Arts Access, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Videography & Video Editing, “Tiresias," Superfest International Disability Film Festival, Berkeley, California
Videography & Video Editing, “Tiresias," Society for Disability Studies, New York City, New York
Videography & Video Editing, “Tiresias," Portland Disability Arts and Culture Film Festival, Portland, Oregon
2007
Video Installation, Ann Arbor Film Festival Microcinema, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Group Show, “Memorializing Conflict,” Lionel Rombach Gallery, University of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona
Video Installation, "Clean Sheets," Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Videography & Video Editing, “Tiresias,” Extravagant Bodies Film Festival, Croatia, Serbia, and SloveniaVideography & Video Editing, “Tiresias," Split this Rock Poetry Film Festival, Washington D.C.
Videography & Video Editing, “Possessives Used As Drink [Me],” Poetry & Performance by Anne Carson, Soundscore by Stephanie Rowden, Choreography by Rashaun Mitchell, Juile Cunningham, and Andrea Weber of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Contributions from Bob Currie, Princeton University, New Jersey
Videography & Video Editing, “Possessives Used As Drink [Me],” de Young Museum, San Francisco, California
Videography & Video Editing, “The Ultimate Source: Pioneering Intercultural Exchange in Berlin,” XXII Black International Cinema, Berlin, Germany
2006
Videography & Video Editing, “Possessives Used As Drink [Me],” Carpenter Center for the Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massaschusetts
• 2006, Group Show, “In Circulation,” Corthenius Gallery, Berlin, Germany
• 2006, Videography & Video Editing, “Possessives Used As Drink [Me],” Duderstadt Video Studio, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 2006, Group show, “All Student Show,” Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 2006, Group show, “From Where We Are Calling,” Warren Robbins Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 2006, Group show, “Non Compos Mentis,” Warren Robbins Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 2005, Group show, “Displacement,” Work Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 2005, Slide presentation and artist talk, hosted by Amherst Art Alliance, Nacul Center, Amherst, Massachusetts
• 2005, Group show, “The Body,” Open Square Gallery, Holyoke, Massachusetts
• 2004, Group show, Leverett Art Gallery, Leverett, Massachusetts
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
• 2008, Rackham Research Grant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 2007, Center for the Education of Women Research Grant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 2007, Rackham Hewlett International Travel Grant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 2006, Center for International & Comparative Studies (CICS) Fellowship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 2006, Center for European Studies (CES) Fellowship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 2006, Institute for Research on Women & Gender (IRWG) Graduate Student Research Grant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 2006, Rackham Hewlett International Travel Grant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Phoenix Society Scholarship to attend the World Burn Congress in Vancouver, Canada (2007), Sacramento, California (2006), Baltimore, Maryland (2005), Chapel Hill, North Carolina (2004), Cleveland, Ohio (2003), Phoenix, Arizona (2002)
• 2000, Christopher Brodigan Fund Grant, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
• 1999, Davenport Research Grant, Wesleyan University, Middletown,
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• 2009, Program Manager, BayKids, San Francisco, California
• 2007, Graduate Student Instructor, “Senior Thesis Integrative Projects,” University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 2006, Graduate Student Instructor, “Senior Thesis Integrative Projects,” University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 2006, Teaching Assistant, “Exploring Self & Society through Photography,” University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 2006, Graduate Student Instructor, “Art & Design Perspectives II: Society,” University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 2006, Graduate Selection Committee, School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 2005, Graduate Student Instructor, “Art & Design Perspectives IV: Technology & the Environment,” University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 2004, Head Teacher, Fine Art, Capacidad Summer Program, Amherst, Massachusetts
• 2001-2002, Art Instructor, Athlone Children’s Home, Cape Town, South Africa
• 2001-2002, Art Assistant, Wola Nani International, Cape Town, South Africa
• 2000, Teaching Assistant, Student Art Forum, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
ART RESIDENCIES
• 2008, Alabama Art Studios, San Francisco, California
• 2006, Elsewhere Artist Residency Program, Greensboro, North Carolina
• 2003-2005, Member, Canal Gallery Artist Studios, Holyoke, Massachusetts
