1964 Born in USA
MFA Visual Arts; Columbia University; New York, NY
MA Adelphi, Elementary Education; New York, NY
BA Libral Arts, Sarah Lawrence College; Bronxville, NY
Currently lives and works in New York City, USA
Solo Exhibitions
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2019 |
I Can’t Sleep: Homage to a Uyghur Homeland - Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York, NY |
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2017 |
Living Shrines - Gulf Photo Plus, Dubai, UAE |
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2016 |
RISE - Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, Washington |
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2015 |
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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2014 |
Brunei Gallery, SOAS, University of London, UK |
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2014 |
Behind the Dunes - Kashya Hildebrand, London, UK |
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2013 |
Living Shrines of Uyghur China - Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY |
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2012 |
Desert Mazar - UC Berkeley, Institute of East Asian Studies, Berkeley, CA |
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2011 |
After Night - Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, NY |
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2010 |
Sacred Rapture - Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich, Switzerland |
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2009 |
Pulse (Solo Project) - Daneyal Mahmood Gallery |
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2009 |
Rencontres D’Arles, Nan Goldin Curator, Arles, France |
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2009 |
Unrevealed - Daneyal Mahmood Gallery, New York, NY |
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2006 |
Traces of Devotion - Nelson Hancock Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
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2005 |
Sufi Mystical Experiences in Contemporary Xinjiang - Georgetown University, Washington, DC |
Group Exhibitions
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2018 |
Tianshui Biennial - Gansu Province, P.R.C. |
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2018 |
How Many Miles to Babylon? - Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York, NY |
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2015 |
Beyond 1 - Tanja Grunert Gallery, New York, NY |
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2011 |
Sacred Spaces - SLPS Global, New York, NY |
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2010 |
Gimme Shelter - Mixed Greens, New York, NY |
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2009 |
Living and Dreaming - Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY |
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2009 |
HOW CHINESE - Gallery 456, New York, NY |
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2009 |
PS:Parsing Spirituality - Affirmation Arts, New York, NY |
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2008 |
If Love Could Have Saved You…You Would Have Lived Forever - Bellwether Gallery, NYC, NY |
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2008 |
Cosmological Embeddedness or The Flying Spaghetti Monster - Higher Pictures Gallery, NYC, NY |
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2007 |
Fall Vernissage - Dinaburg Arts, NYC, NY |
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2007 |
KINZ, TILLOU + FEIGEN (By Invitation Only), New York, NY |
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2006 |
Lie of the Land - Murray Guy Gallery, NYC, NY |
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2003 |
Spiritual Hunger - Daniel Silverstein Gallery, NYC, NY |
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2003 |
Violent Violence - Art et Amicitiae, Curator Elin O’Hara Slavick, Amsterdam, NL |
Awards
| 2018. | Artist in Residence - View Art Gallery, Lanzhou, China |
| 2016 | Asian Cultural Council Grant Recipient |
| Asian Cultural Council Grant Recipient | |
| The Watermill Center Residency Program; RISE Experimental video and performance work | |
| 2012 | CICRP, French Ministry of Culture Grant; Commission for Marseills 2013, EU Cultural Capital |
| 2009 | Bronx Museum Artist In the Marketplace Fellow |
| 2003 | Resident Salzburg Fine Arts Academy, Hallein Austria |
| 2001 | Hayward Prize, American Austrian Foundation, Juror: Lynne Cooke |
| 2000 | Merit Scholarship, Columbia University |
Publications
| 2013. | Living Shrines of Uyghur China, Monograph, by Lisa Ross, Published by the Monacelli Press |
| 2012 | Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review, University of California, Berkeley |
| 2010 | YVI Magazine, Issue 4, Uyghur Holy Sites, p.26-29 |
| 2009 | Daylight Magazine Multimedia, To Mark a Prayer, (Collaborative Video Podcast) |
| 2008 | Steppe Magazine, Summer 2008, On Ancient Central Asian Tracks, (p.50-80) |
Lectures/Presentations
| 2019 | Asia Art Archive, New York |
| 2018 | View Art Gallery, Lanzhou, PRC |
| 2017 | Gulf Photo Plus, Dubai, UAE |
| 2015 | Shirin Neshat, Susan Meiselas and Lisa Ross in Conversation; Moderator Carey Lovelace; Watermill Center |
| Harvard University, Symposium, Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| 2014 | Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Universtiy of London, UK |
| Islamic Soundscape in China - University of London, SOAS, UK | |
| 2013 | Artist Talk, Rubin Museum of Art |
| Sufi Shrines in Uyghur China - Sarah Lawrence College, New York | |
| 2012 | Shamans, Buddhists and Muslim Saints: The Layered History of the Desert Mazar - University of California, Berkeley |
| A Photographic Pilgrimage, Artist’s Talk - University of California, Berkeley | |
| 2010 | Clifford Chance LLC, New York, NY |
| 2009 | Art Asia Week, Conversation with Nan Goldin, New York, NY |
| Independent Curators International, New York, NY | |
| Clifford Chance LLC, New York, NY | |
| 2007 | Artists Talk on Art - School of Visual Arts, New York, NY |
| 2006 | Lie of the Land - Murray Guy Gallery, New York, NY |
| Central Eurasian Conference Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | |
| Turkish Studies Conference - l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France | |
| 2005 | International Conference on Sufism, Music, and Culture - Tlecmen, Algeria |
Collections
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Joy of Giving Something, Inc. USA
Higashikawa Awards Collection, Hokkaido, Japan
Teaching Experience
| 2013-15 | Parsons School of Design – Adjunct Professor Arts and Media Technology, Conceptual Landscape |
| 2012 | Gotham Academy of the Arts – Brooklyn, New York. Funding through Clifford Chance LLC. |
| 2000-02 | Columbia University – School of the Arts, Adjunct Professor in Photography |
| 1990-98 | Harvey Milk School – Director of photography, video and arts programming for LGBTQ and homeless youth. Supervision, educator, curator |