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Education

PhD 2005/06 Cross-Cultural Indigenous Art Research Darwin, Australia (unfinished) Charles Darwin University, NT – Australia

MFA 2000 Summa Cum Laude Printmaking University of Wisconsin-Madison

BFA 1997 Magna Cum Laude Printmaking Art Academy of Cincinnati

Areas of Specialization

Community Artist
Cross Cultural Ritual Artist
Leadership Through Arts (LTA)
Art and Mindfulness Workshops
Mentor
Visual Art Printmaking
Mandala Art
Curator

Professional Experience

2019 Healing Mandala Workshop for women, Moorman Studios, Cincinnati, OH
2019 Word Refugee Day Mandala Event, Xavier University and Wave Pool, Cincinnati, OH
2019 Friday Orange Series Curator, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati, OH
2018 Performance Art at the Table and Storytelling, Moorman Studios, Cincinnati, OH
2018 Rain Delay, Performance Art at the Table and Storytelling, Moorman Studios, Cincinnati, OH
2018 Lotus Blossoms program, as well as at Indiana University Mandala Art Residency for India Week, Bloomington, Indiana
2018 Community Prayer Flag Collaboration Event at the Moorman Studio, Cincinnati, OH
2017 Artist in Residency painting workshop, 5th Graders, University of Milwaukee High School, Milwaukee
2017 Healing Mandala Art workshop for grieving mothers sponsored by Mother Love, at Moorman Studios, Cincinnati, OH
2017 Mandala Community Art, Contemporary Art Center, Children’s Art Opening of Artist Ugo Rondinone, Cincinnati OH
2016 CET Arts Video Interview
2016 Mandala Leadership Event for High Five Hair Salon at Moorman Studios, Cincinnati, OH
2016 Mandala Art for the community and Artswave at Kennedy Heights Art Center, Cincinnati OH
2016 Mandala Art for the Community at Kennedy Heights Art Center, Cincinnati OH
2015 Artists Reaching Classrooms, TAFT Museum, Cincinnati, OH
2015 Commissioned Artwork for Protons Building, Cincinnati Children’s
2015 Commissioned Artwork, Core Values of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
2014 Scripps School Educator, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati OH
2013 Commissioned Artwork for Children’s Hospital Cancer Center, Cincinnati,OH
2012 Commissioned Artwork for Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati OH
2012-14 Teaching artist for Autistic adults, Starfire Council of Cincinnati OH
2012-14 Teaching artist for after school programs through, Carnegie Art Center,KY
2011 Adjunct Faculty, Part Time, Printmaking, Art Department, NKU, KY
2009-14 Artist Reaching Classrooms through the Taft Museum Cincinnati, OH
2006-09 Visiting Art Consultant, Srishti School of Art, Design, and Technology, Bangalore, India
2005 Cross Cultural Art Workshop with Aboriginal Community, Darwin – NT, Australia
2002-04 Part time teaching artist for the Community Education, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati- OH
2002 Part Time Summer, teaching artist, ArtWorks, Job Training for Teens, Cincinnati, USA
2001 Lecturer – Graduate and Undergraduate Level – Printmaking, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Exhibitions – Solo Shows

2014 “Bindu – The First Circle” – Gallery One at Brazee Street Studios, Cincinnati, OH
2013 “Imprint of Life”, January 2010, Xavier University Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 45207
2009 “Samsara”, August 2009, Clay Street Press, Cincinnati OH
2005 “Faces of India” – Exhibition of Photographs, Pendleton Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
2001 “Sacred Thread” – International Exhibition of current prints, The Nehru Center, Cultural Wing of the High Commission of India, 8 Audley Street, London W1K I HF- England
2000 “Traditions and Beyond” at Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI, USA

International and National Group Exhibitions

2014 “Women’s International Show” – YWCA, Cincinnati, OH
2014 “So they say – Wisdom and Foolishness” – NKU Printmakers, The Carnegie Art Center, Covington, KY
2014 “The University Club group show, Cincinnati, OH
2013 “International Sister Cities Exhibition of Prints”, Nancy, France
2013 “Multicultural Expressions of Faith” – Xavier University National Exhibition,Cincinnati OH
2013 “Dream Clouds and Butterfly Kisses” – 5th Street Gallery, Cincinnati,OH
2013 “In Your Dreams” Northern Kentucky University, KY
2012 “International Sister Cities Exhibition of Prints”, Pendleton Art Center, Cincinnati
2012 “International Sister Cities Exhibition of Prints”, Netherland Hilton Hotel, Cincinnati OH
2011 “Femme”, Kennedy Heights Art Center, Cincinnati OH
2010 “Worlds of Wonder and Whimsy”, August 15th, Mary Barr Rhodes, Studio Cincinnati OH 45214
2010 “Chennai Revisited”, Noble Sage gallery, London, England
2009 “Prints and more Prints”, Clay Street Press, Cincinnati, OH
2007 “India Through the eyes of its Woman”, The Noble Sage Art Gallery, London, England
2007 “Maya”, Women’s Exhibition, Artworld Gallery in Chennai, India
2013 “Women – A World of Inspiration” National Portrait Gallery, London England
2006 “An Instance of This”, The Other Gallery, Banff Art Center, Alberta, Canada
2005 “Decahedron – The Force of Creative Command” at Flinders St. Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2005 “India at Arad”, International Biennale of Art, Romania
2005 “India at Arad”, Indian participation at Arad Biennale Romania
2005 Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi, India
2004 “Feminine Eye” – The Galerie Sara Arakkal, 10th to 24th December 2004, Bangalore, India
2004 “Artmantram”, Bangalore International Art Festival, Chitra Kala Parishid, Bangalore, India
2004 “Women’s Group Show”, Exhibition of women’s work, Jundt Art Museum, Spokane WA

Awards, Fellowships and Grants

2015 Commissioned Art for Children’s Hospital, Proton Therapy Center, Union Township, Cincinnati, OH
2014 First Artist in Residence at Brazee Street Studios
2013 Purchase Award, Multicultural Expressions of Faith – Xavier University National Exhibition,Cincinnati OH
2012-13 Commissioned Art works for Children’s Hospital of Cincinnati, OH
2012-13 Artswave “Healthy Art” grant from Carnegie Art Center, Covington KY
2008 Fist Full of Films, 2007 Galah Awards, Finalist, Darwin, NT – Australia
2005 PhD Research Scholarship, Charles Darwin University, NT – Australia
2001 “Highly Mentioned Award”, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, NJ, USA
2001 Deans Club Graduate Student Research Award, School of Education, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, UW Fellowship and Vilas Award
1997 Winner of Praga-Press Student International Competition, sponsored by Praga Industries Co., Ltd. Ontario, Canada and American Print Alliance

Conferences Presented

2008 29th Annual National Women’s Studies Association conference June 19-22, 2008, Cincinnati – OH
2005 “Crossing Cultures”- A joint postgraduate conference, Australian National University and Charles Darwin University: The Museum and Art Gallery, Darwin – NT, Australia
2005 National Women’s Studies Conference – “Asian and Pacific Women: Indigenous and Diasporic”, Southern Connecticut University, New Haven CT
2004 National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference, “Women in the Middle: Borders, Barriers, Intersections” Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2001 Panelist in “The World of Women Artists” at the “Feminism: A World Power 2001 National Conference,” organized by the Chicago Women’s Caucus for the Arts, Chicago, IL
2001 “Pencil to Paper, the International works on Paper Symposium” – 27th July, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Visiting Artist, International and National Workshops and Lecture

2012 CCC Spiritual Art Camp, 30 July-3 August 2012, Christ Church,Cincinnati OH
2012 Sacred Journal Workshop, Transfiguration Spiritual Center, Cincinnati OH
2012 Sacred Journal Book Arts Workshop,”Synchronicity in Art and Spirit” Tiger Lily Press, Cincinnati, OH
2011 Narrative Art Workshop” through mixed Media printmaking Techniques, Northern Kentucky University at the Printmaking Department, True Body Project classes at Women Writing for a Change, Cincinnati OH
2011 Mandala Workshop,’One Night One Craft’ at Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
2009 Visiting Artist, Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island
2008 Visiting Artist at Rhodes College, Art Department and Asian Studies Department, TN
2005-08 Visiting Artist and Art Colloquium series, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2005-08 VCross Cultural Art Exchanges with Indigenous women from the Northern Territory of Australia
2004 Visiting Artist Lecture, University School of Milwaukee, WI
2003 Invitational International Visiting Artist and collaboration work with artists at Buku-Larrngay Mulka Art Center in Yirrkala, Northern Territory, Australia
2002 Invitational Artists Talk ‘Women Sacred Ritual Traditions: Painted Prayers to Mother Earth’, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2002 Invitational Visiting Artist and Talk ‘Women Sacred Ritual Traditions:Painted Prayers to Mother Earth, Printmaking Department, University of Gonzaga, Spokane, WA

Curated Exhibitions

2012 “The Art of Storytelling – Traditional and Contemporary Art from India”, Northern Kentucky University
2009 “Metamorphosis”, Change and Continuity’, PAC Gallery and Phyllis Weston and Annie Bolling Gallery, Cincinnati OH
2009 “Metamorphosis”, Change and Continuity’, PAC Gallery and Phyllis Weston and PAC Gallery, Cincinnati OH
2009 “Metamorphosis”, Change and Continuity’, PAC Gallery and Phyllis Weston and ArtWorks Gallery, Cincinnati OH
2004 Aboriginal Prints: “Yolngu Fertility”, Arcade Gallery, Jundt Art Museum, Spokane, Washington, USA

Professional Affiliations

National Alliance for Media Art + Culture
College Art Association
Tigerlily Press
Midwest America Print Council

Gallery Representation

Jana Manuelpillai,
Director The Noble Sage Art Gallery
2A Fortis Green,
Barnet London, N2 9EL, www.thenoblesage.com

Permanent Collections

Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati OH
Children’s Hospital Cancer Center, Cincinnati, OH
Protons Center, Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati OH
Clay Street Press, Cincinnati, OH
Charles Darwin Art Gallery, Darwin, Australia
Flinders St. Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Jundt Art Museum, Spokane, WA
Porter Butts Gallery, Madison, WI
Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
Steendrukkerij Amsterdam Print Studio
Northern Editions, Northern Territory University, Darwin, Australia
Basil Hall Edition, Darwin, Australia
Safe Harbor, Child Advocacy Center, Madison, WI
Many private Individual art collectors