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Solo Exhibitions and Large Installations

2019
Ambrosia, 411 Monmouth Storefront, Jersey City, NJ

2018
Chakra-Vyuha Walking Labyrinth, Riker Hill Art Park, Livingston, NJ
DuskLit: One night interactive art festival, Seligmann Center, Sugarloaf, NY
SAFETY FIRST: Sacrifices made in the name of security in the early 21st century, Chashama, Matawan, NJ
Soothsayer, Wildflower Sculpture Garden, South Mountain Reservation, Millburn, NJ
President of the Knife Club, Index Art Center, Side Gallery, Newark, NJ

2017
Booty, 73 See Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Bad Bitches, The Hive, MCAW, Chester, NJ
Remote Viewing, North Willows, Montclair, NJ

2016
Haunting at the Hive, The Hive, Chester, NJ
Cut, Skin, Peel, Flay: New Carvings for Found Things, {LIPS} Living Performance Incubator Space, Newark, NJ
New Works, from Alice Yard Residency, Port of Spain, Trinidad, T&T

2012
Faculty Exhibition 2012, George Segal Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Figment Sculpture Garden, Governor’s Island, NY
OCD, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ

2010
The Golden Door, Jersey City Museum’s Invitational Mini Golf Exhibition, Jersey City, NJ
Site of Departure, Source of Arrival, curated by Kathryn Myers, Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ

2009
Enhanced: For Your Safety, Es Oro Gallery, Jersey City, NJ

2008
Resistance!, 14th Annual Book Symposium, Rutgers, Newark, NJ
Price of Freedom, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
2008 Peekskill Project, Peekskill, NY
Windows at Walsh, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
Emergence, Figment 2008, Governor’s Island, NY
Artwalking: Bedford Avenue, An Eyewash Project, Blackbird Parlour, Brooklyn, NY

2007
Red Badge of Courage, National Newark Building, Newark, NJ
Sanctuary, Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ
Noah’s Ark, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ
Sultana’s Dream, Exit Art, New York, NY
Our Man in Havana: The Vacuum Cleaner in Art, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
Vitamin W, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
Cathedral Arts Festival, Grace Church, Jersey City, NJ
Mother of God, Wonderwomen, Hosted by Mana Fine Arts, Jersey City, NJ

2005
Facing Newark, NewarkArts Exhibition, Newark, NJ
Premiere, Red Saw Gallery, Newark, NJ
Play, M.F.A. Gallery, Montclair, NJ

2004
Open House: Artists Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Art Museum, NY


Group Exhibitions

2019
Privilege, Jersey City Theater Company, Jersey City, NJ
Between Wisdom and Madness, Index Art Center

2018
Caribbean Digital 2018, Alice Yard, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies
Terror and Pleasure in Plein Air, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
24th Annual Book Symposium, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ
So What, Gallery Aferro / WBGO, Newark, NJ
Art Lotto, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ
Montclair State University Faculty Exhibition, Long Beach Island Foundation, LBI, NJ
NOISE IN THE ATTIC, North Willows Attic Residency Open House, Montclair, NJ
approachingVibrancy, Morris Arts, Morristown, NJ

2017
5 & Under, Creativity Caravan, Montclair, NJ
On A Different Page, NJCU, Jersey City, NJ
Site-Specific, Brassworks, curated by Kathy Imlay, Montclair, NJ
Anniversary Show, Raven Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Love is Where the Art Is, ABD Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Wearable Art, Raven Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Nasty Women, ABD Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2016
22nd Annual Book Symposium, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ
Queen of Angels: When a Church Dies, Ar+chaeology, NJIT, Newark, NJ
Haunting at the Hive, The Hive, Chester, NJ
In Flux, Morris Arts, Morristown, NJ
The Undesirables, Paul Robeson Gallery, Rutgers, Newark, NJ
Women’s Day, Portuguese Club, Newark, NJ

2015
Faculty Exhibition 2015, George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
21st Annual Book Symposium, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ
Ornate Activate, SAWCC Annual Exhibition, Shirin Gallery, New York, NY

2014
20th Annual Book Symposium, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ

2012
SAWCC Auction, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, NY
Essex Under 35, Curated by Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ

2011
17th Annual Book Symposium, Rutgers, Newark, NJ
Disillusions, Gendered Visions of the Caribbean and its Diasporas, Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ

2010
16th Annual Book Symposium, Rutgers, Newark, NJ
IAAC Benefit Auction, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY
Material Translations, Robeson Center for the Arts, Princeton, NJ
Hair Tactics, curated by Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, The Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ

2009
15th Annual Book Symposium, Rutgers, Newark, NJ
OMG Aferro Art Party,Benefit for Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
Erasing Borders 2009, The Indo-American Arts Council
Dowd Fine Art Gallery, Cortland, NY
Crossing Art, Queens, NY
Aicon Gallery, New York, NY
Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
The Gallery at Penn College, PA
India Pop, Gershwin Hotel, New York, NY
Artists at Work, Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ  

2008
Visual AIDS, Postcards From the Edge, Metro Pictures, New York, NY
Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Biological Imperative, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
Mapping Correspondence, The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Erasing Borders 2008, The Indo-American Arts Council
Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Guild Gallery, New York, NY
Brownson Art Gallery, Purchase, NY
Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY
Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY

2007
2007 Blank Canvas Benefit, NJCVA, Summit, NJ
13th Annual Book Symposium, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
The Modified History of Downtown Newark, NJIT, Newark, NJ
In the Land of Last Refuge, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
Chashama North 2007, Pine Plains, NY
BABOOM! Ding Dong Ding, RedSaw Gallery, Newark, NJ
In the Lobby, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
New Jersey Fine Arts Annual, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
Art Reach 2007, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ 
99 Cents, Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ
Black Rock, Aferro, Newark NJ
BeauTea, Vagina Monologues Benefit, NJCVA, Summit, NJ
Waging Peace, Center for Peace, NY, NY

2006
12th Annual Book Symposium, Dana Library, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Interactive, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Newark Between Us, National Newark Building, Newark, NJ
Jailhouse Revival, NJIT Gallery, Newark, NJ
Waging Peace, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
Sleeping Deviants, White Star Bar, Jersey City, NJ
Emerge 7, Aljira, Newark, NJ
In Light, Limited Engagement, Aferro Gallery, Newark, NJ
Art Reach 2006, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
Metro Show 24, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ ~Award: Best In Show
City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
B. Beamsderfer Gallery, Highland Park, NJ
City Hall, Jersey City, NJ
Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
Ramapo College, Ramapo, NJ
Great American Store, Spring Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Unstitched, Unbound, Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York, NY
Encased, Rutgers, Newark, NJ

2005
11th Annual Book Symposium, Dana Library, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Young Blood, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ
Small Works, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY
The Great Outdoors, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
McKinsey & Co., Florham Park, NJ
Metro Show 23, City Without Walls, Traveling through 2005

2004
10th Annual Book Symposium, Dana Library, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Visual AIDS, Brent Sikkema, New York, NY
Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Metro Show 23, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
Group Show, M.F.A. Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Trash, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Trash, Instituto di Cultura, New York, NY
Trash, Casiraghi Gallery, Italy
12 & Under, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY
*Solo, A Group Show, M.F.A. Gallery, Montclair, NJ
“Cheap” Art Sale, Rocinello Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Flush, M.F.A. Gallery, Montclair, NJ

2003
9th Annual Book Symposium, Rutgers, Newark, NJ
Group Show, M.F.A. Gallery, Montclair, NJ

2002
Wunderkinder, B.F.A. Exhibition, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
University College Show 2002, New Brunswick, NJ
Book Exhibition, Mason Gross Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ


Awards/Honors
Artist-In-Residence, North Willows, Montclair, NJ March 2018
Artist-In-Residence, 23rd Annual Book Symposium, Alexander Library, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ 2017-2018 Artist-In-Residence, Alice Yard, Port of Spain, Trinidad, T&T 2016
Artist-In-Residence, 22nd Annual Book Symposium, Alexander Library, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ 2016-2017
Artist-In-Residence, 21st Annual Book Symposium, Alexander Library, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ 2015-2016
Artist-In-Residence, 20th Annual Book Symposium, Alexander Library, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ 2014-2015
Artist-In-Residence, 15th Annual Book Symposium, Dana Library, Rutgers, Newark, NJ 2009-2010
Residency, Chashama North, Pine Plains, NY 2007
Mentor Artist, ArtReach, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ 2007
Residency, Mother of God, a project of Wonderwomen, Gaia Studio, Hoboken, New Jersey 2007
Artist-In-Residence, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Outreach Program, Summit, NJ 2006
Best In Show, Metro Show 24, City Without Walls, Newark, New Jersey, 2006
Mentor Artist, ArtReach, City Without Walls, Newark, New Jersey, 2006
Fellowship, Emerge 7, Aljira, 2005
Excellence in Sculpture Award, Montclair State University, 2005
International Sculpture Center, Outstanding Student Award, Nominee 2005
Graduate Assistantship in Digital Technology, Montclair State University 2004-2005
International Sculpture Center, Outstanding Student Award, Nominee 2004


Exhibitions Juried and Curated

Curator, Anything...If You’re Brave Enough, Index Art Center, NJ 2019
Curator, Gashapon III, Creativity Caravan, Montclair, NJ 2018
Curator, TOYS, Mikail Zakin Gallery, Demarest, NJ 2018
Organizer, Benefit for Families Belong Together, Mana Fine Art, Jersey City, NJ 2018
Curator, Belonging and the Void Between, Aferro, Newark, NJ 2017
Curator, Gashapon, The Hive, MCAW, Chester, NJ 2017
Curator, Gashapon: Art Encapsuled, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ 2015
Curator, Reframe: New Compositions of Old and Found, Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ; 2011
Curator, TOYS, Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ; 2011
Curator, LUMEN, Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ; 2010
Co-curator, LILLIPUT 2, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ; 2009
Curator, Girls and Weakness, Lex Leonard Gallery, Jersey City, NJ; 2009
Curator, Boys and Power, RedSaw Gallery, Newark, NJ; 2008
Co-curator, RedSaw at Rahway, Rahway Arts Guild, Rahway, NJ; 2008
Curator, FAKES, RedSaw Gallery, Newark, NJ; 2008
Co-curator, RedSaw Invitational, RedSaw Gallery, Newark, NJ; 2007
Co-curator, Outside, Jersey City Art Tour, Waldo Lofts, Jersey City, NJ; 2007
Co-curator, LILLIPUT Tiny Art For Big People, RedSaw Gallery, Newark, NJ; 2007
Co-curator, BABOOM! Ding Dong Ding, RedSaw Benefit, RedSaw Gallery, Newark, NJ; 2007
Co-curator, SHAME, Red Saw Gallery, Newark, NJ; 2007
Juror, Interactive, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ; 2006
Co-curator, Newark Invitational, Red Saw Gallery, Newark, NJ; 2006
Curator, Escaping Freedom, works by Rune Olsen, Red Saw Gallery, Newark, NJ; 2006
Curator, TOYS, Red Saw Gallery, Newark, NJ; 2006
Curator, LUMEN, Red Saw Gallery, Newark, NJ; 2005
Co-Curator, Amos Eno Show, 2005
Juror, Global Images 2005, Gallery One, Montclair State University
Co-curator, 12 & Under at Amos Eno, New York, NY; 2005
Coordinator, M.F.A. exhibitions 2004-2005, M.F.A. Gallery, Montclair State University


Professional Organizations
Riker Hill Art Park, Artist-In-Residence, Livingston, NJ 2008 - present
Board of Directors, Printmaking Center of New Jersey, Branchburg, NJ 2010
Red Saw Gallery, Co-founder, Director 2005 - 2008
Collaboration with Agitators Collective 2007
Global Visual Dialogues, The Graduate School, Montclair State University, Founder and President 2004 - 2005


Conferences
Guest Speaker, New Jersey Book Arts Symposium, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 2018
Panel Discussion, Opposition, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 2018
Panel Discussion, “Art as Practice”, MSU Faculty Exhibition, Long Beach Island, NJ 2018
Panel Discussion, “Curator’s Choice”, Pro Arts Meer the Curators, Jersey City, NJ 2018
Guest Speaker, “Temporality and Contemporaneity in Creative Practice" Reading (the) Now, NYU, 2018
Interview, Ladder & Key 10 Point Profile, ladderandkey.com, 2017
Panel Discussion, On Belonging And The Void Between, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ 2017 Panel Discussion, “Double Duty: Agency and Cultural Production. Examining strategies to address the invisibility of South Asian artists through cultural production.” Fatal Love, Where Are We Now? Symposium, Asia Society and the Queens Museum. 2017
Interview, Uprising Art: Contemporary Caribbean Art, 2012
Panel Discussion, Princeton Arts Council, Princeton, NJ 2010
Televised Interview, ITV Gold, Long Island City, Queens, NY 2010
Panel Discussion, Erasing Borders 2009, Dowd Gallery, SUNY, New York 2009
Moderator, GIRLS AND WEAKNESS, Lex Leonard Gallery, New Jersey 2009
Guest Speaker, Resistance!, 14th Annual Book Symposium, Rutgers University, New Jersey 2008
Interview, by Noelle Williams, http://blog.rebornhome.com, New Jersey 2008
Panel Discussion, Erasing Borders 2009, Queens Museum, New York 2008
Panel Discussion, Mapping Correspondence, The Center for Book Arts, New York 2008
Critique of Detritus, Guest Curator, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ 2007
Panel Discussion. Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York. 2006


Unattributed Cameos
ABC News, June 7, 2012, Lauren Glassberg, “Live!” On Governor’s Island
Boardwalk Empire, Season 2, Episode 2. m29:30. 6’ carving of Riace Warrior head.
CSI NY, etched window of the Blackbird Parlour, Brooklyn, NY


Press and Media Mentions

Keifer, Erin. “Riker Hill Art Park has New Interactive Labyrinth” Patch.com, November 23, 2018.
“The Creativity Caravan Hosts Final Exhibition Gashapon”Baristanet.com, November 13, 2018.
Kadosh, Matt. “Sculpture artists get wild at Essex County park” Northjersey.com, May 29, 2018.
Johnson, Pat. “Art as process” The Sand Paper, May 23 2018.
Wald, Kristen. “Tiny Instrument Concert Closes Exhibition” Baristanet.com, January 6, 2018.
Bischoff, Dan. “Riker Hill: A Perfect Place for Art” The Star-Ledger, May 21, 2017.
Bellamonti, Ralph J. “Artist Interpretations of a world in transition” Asbury Park Press, November 18, 2016
Garber, Phil. “Haunting, spooky, dreamy art coming to Chester’s Hive” Observer Tribune, October 31, 2016.
Lindo, Paula. “Celebrating the Big X” Guardian T&T, September 11, 2016.
Tang, Karen.“Figment Sculpture Garden" thingsrefined.com, September 2012
Unattributed. “10 Best Interactive Summer Art Installations NYC” complex.com, July 2012
Unattributed. “Governors Island opens FIGMENT Interactive Sculpture Park” glenwoodnyc.com, June 2012
Unattributed “What can you learn from artists about engagement?" publicaddress.typepad.com, June 2012
Kartofel, Graciela. “Disillusions.” “Art Nexus” January 2012
Unattributed. “College to Host Exhibition of Collage” njtoday.net, November 2011
Bischoff, Dan. “Art at Middlesex County College.” “The Star-Ledger” November 2011
Lin, Lynn. “The College Opens Multimedia Art Exhibit.” Quo Vadis Newspaper, February 2011
Dube, Ilene. “Books - Get ‘em While They Last” theartfulblogger.com, November 2010
Schenker, Dylan. “The Jersey City Mini-golf Experiment” hyperallergic.com, July 2010
Puri, Rajika. “Site of Departure, Source of Arrival” narthaki.com, May 2010
Racz, Gene. “Middlesex County College to Present Two Exhibitions” “New Brunswick Home News Tribune” January 14, 2010
Dell, Larry. “Small Art With Big Impact” “The New York Times” June 16, 2009
Reich, Ronnie. “Lilliput: Tiny Art for Big People” “The Star-Ledger” June 10, 2009
Delo, Cotton. “Little Art at Seton Hall’s Walsh Gallery” southorange.patch.com June 3, 2009
”Walking Williamsburg” “NY Arts Magazine” November 2008
Bischoff, Dan. “Lost in N.Y.” “The Star-Ledger” April 12, 2008
Bischoff, Dan. “Fabulous ‘Fakes’” “The Star-Ledger” February 13, 2008
Arney, Joe. “Faking It” “Go Newark” February 2008
Rizvi, Uzma. “Collective Utopia” “The Art Magazine” Vol. 1, No. 2. October 2007
Heller, Maxwell. “Tracks: Sultana’s Dream and the SAWCC” “The Brooklyn Rail” September 2007
Williams, Noelle. “Manipulating Manipulated or Manipulators Manipulating” “Art Players Magazine” May 2007
Bischoff, Dan. “Vacuums in art” “The Star-Ledger” April 12, 2007
Bischoff, Dan. “Viewer Participation Makes Exhibit Go” “Star-Ledger” December 8, 2006
Marinoski, Angelo. “Art Seen” “The Motif Magazine”
Duquette, Michael. “Art Comes Alive in the Walsh Gallery” “The Setonian” November 16, 2006
Bischoff, Dan. "Gallery still finding alternatives in Newark" "Star-Ledger" May 21st, 2006
Unatributted. “Hot New Gallery Opens on Broad Street” “The Newark Examiner” October 14, 2005
Bischoff, Dan. "Good things come in small formats" "Star-Ledger" November 19th, 2004
Capizzi, Carla. "Newark symposium challenges definitions of art and books" Rutgers Newark
"Trash". Video Documentary. Shown at 2004 Annual Book Symposium.
"'Cheap' Art Sale". Video documentary, Public access, Montclair, New Jersey


Publications and Catalogs
Crooked Teeth Magazine, Issue #1, Cover and featured interview, California, 2017 Companion to Public Art, Knight, Senie. John Wiley & Sons, 2016, p321-322 Ornate Activate, SAWCC Annual Exhibition, New York, 2015
Lilliput 2,Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, New Jersey 2009
Erasing Borders 2009, Indo-American Arts Council, New York 2009
Mapping Correspondence, The Center for Book Arts, New York 2008
Erasing Borders 2008, Indo-American Arts Council, New York 2008
Emergence, Figment NY, New York 2008
FAKES, RedSaw Gallery, New Jersey 2008
In the Country of Last Refuge, Aferro, New Jersey 2007
Lilliput, RedSaw Gallery, New Jersey, 2007
Art Reach Spring 2007, City Without Walls, New Jersey, 2007
Vitamin W, City Without Walls, New Jersey, 2007
New Jersey Fine Arts Annual, Noyes Museum, New Jersey, 2007
Our Man in Havana, Aferro, Newark, NJ, 2007
Newark Between Us, Newark Arts Council, New Jersey, 2007
Emerge 7, Aljira, New Jersey 2006
ArtReach Spring 2006, City Without Walls, New Jersey 2006
Unstitched, Unbound: Imprints for Change, New York 2006
Facing Newark, Newark Art Council, New Jersey 2005
M.F.A. Catalog, Montclair State University, New Jersey 2005
B.F.A. Catalog, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Jersey 2002


Education
2005 M.F.A., Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
2002 B.F.A., Mason Gross, School of the Arts, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ


Collections
Center for Book Arts, NY
Instituto di Cultura, New York, NY
PulchinoElefante, Osnago, Italy
Rutgers Alexander Library, New Brunswick, NJ
Rutgers Dana Library, Newark, NJ Telavi State University, Republic of Georgia
Private Collections

 



 

 

 

 

 

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