SAMA ALSHAIBI
Born in Basra, Iraq
E-mail: samaraena at gmail.com
samaalshaibi.com
office phone: 520-621-7575
Assistant Professor of Art
Photography Department, School of Art
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Co-founder of 6+: a women's art collective
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Prof. Sama Alshaibi
School of Art
The University of Arizona
1031 N. OLIVE
BLDG. 2/RM. 108
TUCSON, AZ 85721
THIS IS A SHORTENED CV. COMPLETE VITAE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
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EDUCATION
| 2005 | University of Colorado at Boulder, M.F.A. Photography and Media Arts |
| 1999 | Columbia College, Chicago, IL, B.A. Photography |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2009 | Sama Alshaibi, Hoffmaster Gallery at Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, September |
| 2006 | My Apartheid Vacation, Zero Station (The Project Room), Portland, ME |
2005 |
Women, War, and Peace; Feminist Interventions in a Time of Conflict (in conjunction with Women’s History Month Symposium), St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN |
2004 |
Where Do the Birds Fly After the Last Sky? El Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española, Antigua, Guatemala |
Where Do the Birds Fly After the Last Sky? La Fabrica Arte Contemporaneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala |
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Zaman: I Remember, La Fabrica Arte Contemporaneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala |
2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
| 2008 | We Make The Road By Walking, Sama Alshaibi & Beth Krensky, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts Space, Tucson, AZ, April (sponsored by University of Arizona's Conversations Across Religious Traditions) | |
| 2008 | Enfoco Presents: Sama Alshaibi and Myra Greene, Umbrella Arts Gallery, New York City, NY, March | |
| 2007 | We Make The Road By Walking, Sama Alshaibi & Beth Krensky, Mizel Museum, Denver, CO, October | |
| 2006 | Sama Alshaibi & Rozalinda Borcila, University of Stellenbosch Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa, July | |
| 2005 | Unveiling: Sama Alshaibi and Joel Seah, The University of Southern Maine Gallery | |
| Martyrs, Saints & Liars, Synapse Gallery, Benton Harbor, MI (with Yana Payusova ) | ||
| 1999 | Mythamporphasis, Big Wig, Chicago, IL (with Dagmara Mituniewicz) | |
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
| 2008 | Re-interpreting the Middle East II: Artists Re-thinking Today's Terminology, Southern Graphics Council (Commandprint), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, March |
| 2007 | Sultana’s Dream, Exit Art, New York, New York, (catalogue) |
| 2006 | Secrets, The International Center of Bethlehem, Palestine, September |
| Genetic ImPRINT (The Printmaking Genome Project), Southern Graphics Council Conference, Madison, WI, April | |
| 2005 | Afrofuturism, Soap Factory (juried by the Obsidian Arts), Minneapolis, MN |
| Juannio, Subasta Para el Arte Contemporaneo 2005, Museo De Arte Moderno “Carlos Merida”, Guatemala City, Guatemala | |
Re-interpreting the Middle East Beyond the Historical Stereotype (catalogue):
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| Aspiration, Society for Photography Education Juried Exhibition, Courtyard by Marriott Art Gallery, Denver, CO
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| 2004 | Juannio, Subasta Para el Arte Contemporaneo 2004, Museo De Arte Moderno “Carlos Merida”, Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Constructing Identity, College Hall Gallery, Tarrant College, Hurst, TX (Best of Show) | |
| 2003 | SAVVY, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO (Goueter Missouri Collection Prize for Diatribes) |
| 2001 | Experimentals, Zone Zero, www.zonezero.com, 2001, 2000 |
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
| 2008 | Border Walls, Shelter Island, New York, August (catalogue) |
| Harmony, Beit-Hagefen, Haifa, Israel, May | |
| Secrets, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL, March (catalogue) | |
Our People, Our Land, Our Images, (catalogue) |
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After Tractatus: Art in Amazonia (catalogue) |
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THE VEIL: Visible & Invisible Spaces - A Traveling Art Exhibition (catalogue) |
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| 2007 | Centers and Borders,Ningxia Exhibition Center, Yinchaun, China, October (catalogue) |
Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China, September (catalogue) |
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Selection From The Collection, Darat Al Funun, Amman, September |
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Centers and Borders,The Gallery of School of Fine Arts, Yinchaun, China, September (catalogue) |
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| Journey, Nobel Women's Initiative's First International Women's Conference: “Women Redefining Peace in the Middle East & Beyond”, Galway, Ireland, May 29-31 | |
Secrets, The Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO, April |
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Our People, Our Land, Our Images, Burke Museum, Seattle, WA, March 3 – May 27 (catalogue) |
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Bytes: Making Pictures With Ones and Zeros, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ, January |
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| Our People, Our Land, Our Images, (catalogue) American Indian Community House, New York, NY, January 12- Feb 14 | |
| Secrets, The Paltel Virtual Gallery at Birzeit University, March | |
| 2006 | Secrets • The Khalil Sakakini, Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine, November • Al Hoash Contemporary Art Gallery, East Jerusalem, December |
| Religion and Personal Identity, Contemporary Art Gallery, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA | |
Transformations– Photography of the 21st. Century, Center for the Living Arts, Mobile, AL |
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Our People, Our Land, Our Images, Carl Nelson Gorman Museum, Davis, CA, April (catalogue) |
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Re-interpreting the Middle East Beyond the Historical Stereotype |
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| 2005 | Narratives of Land, Peoples and Identities, Al-Kahf Art Gallery, Palestine, (catalogue and featured artist for documentary film) |
Salt of Differences, Susan Arndt Gallery, Denver, CO |
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Women’s History Month Art Exhibition, Women Studies Cottage, Boulder, CO |
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| 2004 | Common Wounds, The International Center of Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Palestine |
The 2004 National Graduate Seminar Fellows Exhibition, The LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY |
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The Discourse of Others, Salon de Artes Plasticas, Mexico City, Mexico |
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Visiones del Norte, Academia de San Carlos, Mexico City, Mexico (catalogue) |
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| 2003 | BLOOD Lines & Connections, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO |
SCREENINGS AND PERFORMANCES
| 2008 | All I Want For Christmas, DOKUFEST 2008, Prizren, Kosovo, August 6th |
| A Day of Collaborative Performance (performance with the 6+ collective), Bronx Museum, NYC, NY, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2008, 12:00 to 6:00 pm | |
| All I Want For Christmas, SPE Multicultural Caucus Video Festival, Denver, CO (March 15) curated by Carola Dreidemie |
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| 2007 | All I Want For Christmas, CinemaEast Film Festival, NY, NY, November (Nov 10-15th) |
| All I Want For Christmas, School of Art Faculty Exhibition, Museum of Art, University of Arizona, August 23- Oct 21 (catalogue) | |
| 2006 | Utopia, Plugged In Fest III, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, ME, March 4-12 (Juried) |
| Where The Birds Fly, Al-Kahf Cave, Bethlehem, Palestine, Feb 15-17 (Invitational) | |
| 2005 | Where The Birds Fly, Mizna Third Annual Arab Film Festival, Minneapolis, MN, November 11-17 (Juried) |
From The New World (video installation), Afrofuturism, Soap Factory (in conjunction with the Obsidian Arts), Minneapolis, MN (Juried) |
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Milsma, Multiplex Film Festival, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN, July 4-6 (Juried) |
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| 2004 | Diatribes, PREFACIO, La Fabrica Arte Contemporaneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala (Invitational) |
| Forest Through The Trees, Sense Data: an evening of audio-visual arrangements, Soiled Dove, Denver, CO (co-curator) | |
| 2003 | Soiled Live, Soiled Dove, Denver, CO (Invitational) |
The Place to Be: Music For Ruins, A.D.A.P.T. Festival: Visual Soundings, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO (Invitational) |
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The Place to Be: Music for Ruins, Experimental DVDs Screening, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (Invitational) |
PUBLICATIONS (ARTICLES AND ESSAYS )
| 2007 | "A Way Through: Understanding Modern Palestinian Narratives," Social Dynamics Oceanic Worlds/Bordered Worlds, published by Centre for Africa Studies at University of Capetown, Volume 33 / Number 2/ December, pp. 204-223 (article co-authored with Dr. Marvin Gladney). Essay and artwork. |
| “Review” of Oraib Toukan’s Counting Memories, catalogue, published by Darat Al Funun, pp. 56-59. | |
| 2007 | “Works of Witness,” Hayden’s Ferry Review 39 (Fall/Winter, Due out January) artwork |
| 2006 | “Memory Work in the Palestinian Diaspora,” Frontiers: A Journal of Women’s Studies 27:2 (Peer Reviewed, Fall) essay and artwork |
| 2004 | “Xing Danwen’s disCONNEXION, Muriel Hasburn and Art Train,”National Graduate Seminar Journal |
ARTWORK PUBLISHED IN CATALOGUES / BOOKS
| 2008 | Encyclopedia of Arab American Artists (from the series: Artists of the American Mosaic), text by Fayeq S. Oweis, published by Greenwood Publishing Group |
| 2007 | Palestinian Women Artists: the Land = the Body = the Narrative, text by Reem Fadda, research by Rula Khoury, published by Al Hoash Palestinian Art Court. |
We Make The Road by Walking, texts by Doris Bittar, Dr. Ella Shohat and Georgina Kolber, published by Mizel Museum |
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Sultana’s Dream, texts by Jaishri Abichandani, Uzma Z. Rizvi and Lisa Varghese, published by Exit Art and the South Asian Women’s Art Collective |
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Centers and Borders: Artwork from China and the United States, text by Dr. George Rivera, published by Artnauts |
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"Our People, Our Land, Our Images: International Indigenous Photographers" , texts by Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie and Veronica Passalacqua, published by C.N. Gorman Museum |
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OTHER GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2007 | School of Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona,Tucson, AZ |
| Dinnerware Annual Auction, Dinnerware Contemporary Art Space, Tucson, AZ | |
| 2006 | Photography Now, Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ |
| 2005 | Histories and Futures Restored, CU Art Museum, Boulder, CO |
| 2004 | Colectiva, La Fabrica Arte Contemporaneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala |
WAR, Gallery Sovereign, Boulder, CO (co-curator with Dr. George Rivera) |
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Risque, auction exhibition for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO |
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| 2003 | Workspace Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO |
Priceless, The Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO |
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Articulations, La Fabrica Arte Contemporaneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala |
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| 2002 | Women and the Expression of Art, Small Cultural Center, University of Colorado, Boulder |
Chicago in the Year 2000 (collective):
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| 1999 | Columbia College Honors Exhibition, 11th Street Gallery |
COMMUNITY PROJECTS EXHIBITIONS
Turning Our Tongues (in conjunction with 6+ art collective and the young women of Deheisheh Refugee Camp)
- Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual Conference, Boston, USA, 2006
- The Nobel Women’s Initiative International Conference, Galway, Ireland, 2007
- Submerged Entropy: Recovering Cultural Voice, Michigan, USA, 2007
- Invent-L Conference 2007: Imaging Place, Gainesville, USA, 2007
- “Sultana’s Dream”: SWACC’s 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Exit Art, NY, NY, USA, 2007
- TOAST< Sible-Wolle, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 2007
REPRESENTATION
| Guatemala | La Fabrica Arte Contemporaneo. Guatemala City |
FELLOWSHIPS
| 2004 | The National Graduate Seminar Fellow, The Photography Institute, Columbia University, New York City, NY (summer) |
| 2003 | Center for Humanities and Arts Fellow theme ‘WAR’, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (academic year appointment) |
GRANTS / AWARDS (SELECTED)
| 2008 | Crystal Apple Faculty Recipient, Society for Photography Education, USA. (National Teaching Award) |
| College of Fine Arts Small Grants, University of Arizona's College of Fine Arts Dean's Fund for Excellence (for exhibition We Make The Road By Walking) | |
| 2007 | Feminist Review Trust, London, UK (for exhibition “Secrets”) |
| Beyond The Call of Duty Award, Dean's office, College of Fine Arts, University of Arizona | |
| 2006 | Tucson Pima Arts Council Mini Grants Award, Arizona (international travel grant) |
| College of Fine Arts International Travel Grant, University of Arizona | |
| USM Faculty Senate Research Grant, University of Southern Maine (video research/pre-production grant for Absent-Present) | |
| 2005 | CAS Faculty Development Travel Grant, University of Southern Maine |
Honorable Mention, Camera Arts Magazine National Photography Competition (selected photographs from Zaman) |
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| Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, National Teaching Award | |
University Graduate Teaching Excellence Award, University of Colorado at Boulder |
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| 2004 | Beverly Sears Award, The Gambil Family Endowment Grant (video production grant: Where the Birds Fly) |
Professional Development Grant, University of Colorado Graduate Program |
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Mark Addison New Media Grant, Boulder, Colorado (experimental video: Milsma) |
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Best of Show, Constructing Identity, College Hall Gallery, Tarrant College, Hurst, Texas (photo: Keep in Flight) |
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| 2003 | Goueter Missouri Collection Prize, St. Louis, MO (interactive video: DIATRIBES) |
Katherine and Jacob Lamont Grant, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO (interactive video: DIATRIBES) |
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Professional Development Grant, University of Colorado Graduate Program (equipment grant for interactive video/installation: The 5th Box) |
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Professional Development Grant, University of Colorado Graduate Program, CO (photo project: Zaman) |
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| 2002 | Ronald M. Bernier Research Award for Asian/Tribal Art, Studio Arts (photo project: Zaman) |
| 2001 | Illinois Arts Council Grant, Individual Artist (photo project: DOWNTIME) |
| 2000 | Illinois Arts Council Grant, Individual Artist (photo project: DOWNTIME) |
Bibliography (SELECTED)
| 2008 | Featured Artist, The Justice Issue, The Coup Magazine, Spring |
| 2007 | CinemaEast Meets West, CinemaEast Festival review by Shahnaz Habib, The Reeler, Nov 7th. |
| Main Features, interview with Brett Hendrickson, Refuge and Rejection,Arizona State University, October. | |
| Featured Artist, Commentary: Hannah Frieser, Director of Light Work, Nueva Luz Magazine/ En Foco, 12:1. | |
Bridging The Empathy Gap, review by Amelia Ishmael, Boulder Weekly, June 2nd. |
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| The Unearthing of Secrets: Palestinian Art, 6+ and a Series of Transgressions, article by Maymanah Farhat, The Electronic Intifada, April 25, 2007. | |
| Secrets interview on "Hemispheres", KGNU Independent Community Radio, Front Range, Colorado, May 1st. | |
| Our People, Our Land, Our Images, article by Veronica Passalacqua, American Indian Art Magazine, Winter 2006, p.50-57, 90. | |
The Unearthing of Secrets: Palestinian Art, 6+ and a Series of Transgressions, article by Maymanah Farhat, ArteEast – ArteNews, March 2007. |
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BYTES Exhibit Creates Buzz, review by Alexandria Kassman, Arizona Daily Wildcat, Jan 11 |
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| 2006 | Alshaibi & Borcila, South Africa exhbition forward by Dr. M. Neelika Jayawardane, July 2006 |
| Transformation, article by Thomas B. Harrison, Mobile Press-Register, May 7 | |
| Art New England Magazine, Unveiling review by Lauren Fensterstock, Jan/Feb issue | |
| 2005 | National Photography Competition article by Althea Mock, CameraArts Magazine October/November issue |
Ambitious Festival Celebrates Arab Cinema. Mizna 3rd Annual Arab Film Festival review by Colin Covert, Start Tribune, Nov 10 |
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The Personal is Geopolitical. Mizna 3rd Annual Arab Film Festival Review by Caroline Palmer, Pioneer Press, MN, Nov 8 |
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Hearye! Hearye! Unveiling review by Ian Paige, The Portland Phoenix, Sept 28 |
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The Future is Now. Afrofuturism review by Katie Wilber, The Minnesota Daily, Sept 29 |
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Black to The Future. Afrofuturism review by Mary Abbe, Star Tribune, Sept 23 |
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| Afrofuturism Maps Trajectory of Race and Technology. Afrofuturism review by Rashard Zanders, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, September 14 | |
Agendas, Technology on Display. Futures and Histories Restored review by Elizabeth Marglin, The Daily Camera, April 10 |
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Symposium to Debate Women in Battles. Women, War and Peace review by Megan O’Neil, The Observer, March 18 |
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Prisoners of Perception. Martyrs, Saints & Liars exhibition review by Andrew S. Hughes, South Bend Tribune, January 7 |
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| 2004 | Arte de la Pedagogia, Difusión de la academia y la cultura. Año 5 Vol.1 No.17, review by George Rivera Ph.D, October |
Gallery Sovereign Demonstrates the Power of Political Art. WAR exhibition review by J. Gluckstern, The Daily Camera, March 4 |
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Face to Face with ‘WAR’: Colloquium Addresses Conflict, Its Causes and Consequences. Interview and article by Cheryl Nedderman, Colorado Daily, March 2 |
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| 2003 | Complete the ‘Diatribe’. Review of Diatribes in the BLOOD Lines & Connection exhibition review by Elizabeth Decoursey, Colorado Daily, November 18 |
| Social Studies, BLOOD Lines and Connections. Exhibition review by Michael Paglia, Westword, October 30 | |
International Perspectives at MCA. BLOOD Lines & Connections exhibition review by J. Gluckstern, Daily Camera, October 19 |
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| Blood’ Scales Man’s Nature, Place. BLOOD Lines & Connections exhibition review by Voelz Chandler, Rocky Mountain News, October 3 | |
| Sama Alshaibi. Zaman : I remember exhibition review by Edwin Siekavizza, El Periodico Guatemala, Nov 4 | |
Beyond U.S.A. BLOOD Lines Mines a Streak of Protest. BLOOD Lines & Connection exhibition review by Susan Froyd, Westword, October 3 |
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CU Grad Students Take On Current Events at the Dairy Center. Priceless exhibition review by J. Gluckstern, The Daily Camera, February 23 |
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Adapting to Two Worlds: Sama Alshaibi. Article by Caitlin Nagle, Colorado Daily, January 10 |
COLLECTIONS
| USA | The Photography Institute Archive at The Getty Research Institute, The Getty Museum, LA, CA |
| The Prints Collection Archive, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS | |
The Corcoran College of Art & Design, Washington D.C. |
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| The Gorman Museum, Davis, CA | |
The ‘Colorado Collection’, CU Art Museum, CO |
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The University of Illinois at Chicago, The University Library, Chicago, IL |
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Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI |
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St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO |
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Mark and Polly Addison, Boulder, CO |
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Sherry Wiggins, Boulder, CO |
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| Jordan | Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan |
| Orfali Gallery, Amman, Jordan | |
| Kuwait | Rana Sadik, Shuwaikh, Kuwait |
| Palestine | The International Center of Bethlehem, Bethlehem, West Bank |
Dr. Nuha Khoury, Bethlehem, West Bank |
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| Joseph Handal, Ramallah, West Bank | |
Wafa Jamil, Ramallah, West Bank |
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| Guatemala | María Elena Vides de Ovalle, Guatemala City |
Silvanna de Chinchilla, Guatemala City |
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Paola Mancylla, Guatemala City |
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| Eduardo Betancourt, Guatemala City | |
Beatriz Triay, Guatemala City |
RESIDENCIES
| 2008 | Artist-in-Residence, 6+ art collective residency at University of Stellenbosch, South Africa |
| 2007 | Artist-in-Residence, Darat Al Funun (The Khalid Shoman Foundation), Amman, Jordan, May |
| 2005 | Artist-in Residence / Exhibitor. Project: “Birthright”, Shaping Communities in Times of Crisis, Narratives of Land, Peoples and Identities Conference, The International Center of Bethlehem, Palestine |
CONFERENCES / PUBLIC LECTURES
| 2008 | Panelist, Conversations Across Religious Traditions, University of Arizona, April 4th. |
| Artist Talk, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, March 18th. | |
| Artist Talk, Photography Department, Columbia College Chicago, March 19th. | |
| Round Table, Collaboration and Feminist Practice, Bronx Museum, NYC, NY, SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2008, 3:00 pm (6+ collective) | |
| Artist Talk, Peer Gallery in Chelsea, NYC, NY, March 1st, time TBA | |
| 2007 | DIrector's Talk, CinemaEast Film Festival, IFC, NYC, NY, November 14th |
| Panelist, Paper: “Without Papers” (co-authored with Dr. Marvin Gladney), MESA 2007 Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, Nov 17-20 | |
| Panalist. Paper: "Facts on the Ground: an update of life in the West Bank", workshops for K-12 teachers, Center for Middle East Studies, University of Arizona, April 14th. | |
| Panalist, Gender and Identity in the Middle East and Latin America, workshops for K-12 teachers, Center for Middle East Studies, University of Arizona, Feb 3rd | |
| 2006 | Chair, panel, “Expressions under Duress: Palestinian Creative and Visual Arts” , MESA 2006 Annual Conference, Boston, MA, Dec 18-21. |
Visiting Artist, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA , Oct 12th |
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| Panelist and Exhibitor. Paper: “Emails From Palestine: An Electronic Witness to the Palestinian Apartheid.” Project: “My Apartheid Vacation”, AUESTA Conference, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa, July 9-12. | |
| Panelist. Paper: “The Idea of Home: Memory Work in The Palestinian Diaspora”, Mapping Arab Diasporas Conference, Center for Arab American Studies, University of Michigan, Dearborn April 27-29 | |
Panelist and Exhibitior. Panel: "Women Imaging Women". Project: “Birthright,” International Indigenous Photographers Conference & Exhibition, University of California, Davis April 7-9 |
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Panelist and Exhibitor. Paper: “The Body as a Vehicle of Protest”, Project: “Body/Body Question”, Genetic ImPRINT (The Printmaking Genome Project), Southern Graphics Council Conference, Madison, WI, March 30-April 3 |
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| 2005 | Main Character, ROOTS (Documentary directed by Wafa Jamil and produced by Walid Atallah), shot in Bethlehem, Ramallah, Budrus and Hebron, West Bank |
| 2005 | Visiting Artist. Foothills Academy, Wheat Ridge, CO, October 7th |
Exhibitor. Project: “Re-interpreting The Occupation of One’s Land”, Southern Graphics Council International Conference, Washington D.C. March 30- April 3 |
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| 2004 | Exhibitor and Co-curator. Project: “Goodbye to the Weapon” and “Self-Portrait One”’, War Conference, Center of Humanities Spring Colloquium, University of Colorado, March |
| 2003 | Poster Session, presentation: “Women Artists in New Media”, University of Colorado Gender and Information Technology Four Campus Symposium, Denver, CO, April 11th |