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Aphrodite Désirée Navab CV website: http://aphroditenavab.net/ email: [email protected] ​

EDUCATION

Ed.D. Teachers College, Columbia University

Ed.M. Teachers College, Columbia University

MA Teachers College, Columbia University

AB Harvard University

SOLO EXHIBITIONS/SOLO PERFORMANCES

2018 The Homeling, Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Roxana Fabius, director of A.I.R Gallery ​ The Homeling, public performance, curator-led discussion by Roxana Fabius ​ 2016 The Blind Owl Meets the Hunger Artist. Studio 26 Gallery, New York, NY ​ 2013 I Am Not a Miniature. SOHO20 Chelsea, New York, NY ​ Friend/Doost/Philos. Performance art sponsored by The Feminist Art Project in conjunction with SOHO20 Chelsea. ​ SOHO20 Chelsea, New York, NY 2011 Super East-West Woman: Forty Pillars. SOHO20 Chelsea, New York, NY ​ The Undoing, Performance art in the series curated by Anne Apparu: The Hostess Never Lies. Johannes Vogt Gallery, ​ New York, NY Super East-West Woman’s Sufi Dance: Egypt. Skylight Gallery, New York, NY ​ 2010 Super East-West Woman’s Sufi Dance. Performance art, Zora Space, New York, NY ​ She Speaks Greek Farsi. SOHO20 Chelsea, New York, NY ​ HermAphrodite. Performance art. Zora Space, New York, NY ​ 2009 Call Me Anar. Performance art. SOHO20 Chelsea, New York, NY ​ She Speaks Greek Farsi. ICC Athens, Greece ​ 2008 Selected Works sponsored by Washington Square Review. New York University, Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, New York, NY 2007 Super East-West Woman: Living on the Axis, Fighting Evil Everywhere. Rhonda Schaller Studio, New York, NY ​ 2005 Tales Worth Retelling. Charles Culpeper Photography Gallery, New York, NY ​ Re-Collecting Iran. Brown Gallery, Duke University, Durham, NC ​ 2004 Super East-West Woman. Laval University, Quebec, Canada ​ 2004-05 Re-Collecting Iran. Grinter Gallery of International Art, Gainesville, FL, Amy Vigilante curator. ​ ​ 2004 I Am Not A Persian Carpet. Gallery 1401, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Harris Fogel curator ​

2003 Navab: Selected Works. Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL. Bernice Steinbaum, curator ​ 2002 Tales Worth Retelling Macy Gallery, New York, NY ​ What Is Home After Exile? An Iranian-American Homecoming. Exhibition in conjunction with the 17th Annual International ​ History and Theory Conference. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 2000 Tales Left Untold. Macy Gallery, New York, NY ​ 1998 Portraits of Uzbekistan. The Harriman Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY ​ 1997 Village Women of Pakistan. Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA ​

INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS/PERFORMANCES

2019-20 Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Men of Steel, Women of Wonder: Modern American Heroes in ​ Contemporary Times curated by Alejo Benedetti, AR ​ 2017 Scope Miami, Studio 26 Gallery Art Expo New York, Studio 26 Gallery Scope New York, Studio 26 Gallery 2016 Art Beijing, Studio 26 Gallery Art New York/Context, New York. Studio 26 Gallery 2015 Art Basel, Miami. Studio 26 Gallery 2014 The Blind Owl Meets the Hunger Artist in the invitational group exhibition Are We Already Gone? curated by Negi ​ Sharifzadeh, Flicker Lab, Soho, NY 2011 The Undoing in the performance series curated by Anne Apparu: The Hostess Never Lies, Vogt Gallery, New York, NY ​ ​ ​ Acted as Flower Girl in Aaron Schimberg’s film: Go Down Death ​ Sabzi and Me, Zora Space, New York, NY ​ 2010 HermAphrodite (2010), DCTV Firehouse, Soho, NY 2009 Through the Lens: Photography from the Permanent Collection, Lowe Art Museum,University of Miami. Denise M. Gerson, ​ curator 2008 Highlights from the Photography Collection: University of Florida’s Photographic Legacy.Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida 2008-2013 The Veil: Visible and Invisible Spaces, Jennifer Heath curator, editor, The Veil: Women Writers on Its History, Lore, and ​ ​ Politics (University of California Press, 2008). Traveling Multimedia Exhibition 2008 Change/Cambio at G.A.S.P. (Gallery, Artists, Studio, Projects) Gallery, Boston, MA ​ Zam Zam Arts; Figurine. Exploring the Muslim Woman’s Experience. Touchstone Gallery, Washington D.C. ​ Picturing Mary. Orleans Street Gallery, St. Charles, IL ​ Making Home. Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD ​ 2007 Tenuous Transport, in Luis Camnitzer’s collaboration, Last Book ​ Trauma Queen. Mediterranean Hotel, Athens, Greece ​ Emergence. Hadieh Shafie, curator. Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD ​ Access: A Feminist Perspective. Rhonda Schaller Gallery. New York, NY ​ 2006 Self-Portraits: A Show For Peace. Traveling Exhibition. Offizyna Art Space & Świnoujście Art Museum Szczecin, Poland. ​ Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy. MAC - Museo Arte Contemporaneo, Santa Fe, Argentina. MACRO - Museo Arte Contemporaneo Rosario, Rosario, Argentina. http://self.engad.org 2005 Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 2002 University of California, Los Angeles, CA New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA 2001 New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA 2000 Disney Coronado Springs Resort, Orlando, FL Campus Center Gallery, Hilo, HI Greenwich Arts Council, Greenwich, CT 1999-00 Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center, New York, NY 1999 Adelphi-Soho Center, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 The Border Project Space, New York, NY. The Love Labyrinth in the group exhibition The Border 1 curated by Jamie ​ ​ ​ ​ Martinez 2017-18 Lowe Art Museum, FL. Exhibition from their permanent collection 2017-18 Harn Museum of Art, FL. Exhibition from their permanent collection 2011 Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY 2010 Between the Lines, Soho20 Chelsea, New York, NY ​ Dialogue Beyond Reality, curated by Nahid Hagigat, Zoraspace, New York, NY ​ 2008 It’s Not Easy. Exit Underground. Exit Art, New York, NY ​ 2007 James Cohan Gallery, Postcards from the Edge, New York, NY 2006 Art Is Me; Art Is You, Public Art Project. Walking Exhibition. New York, NY ​ Cultural Lenses, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA 2005 College of Fine Arts 40th Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, Harn Museum of Art, FL 2004 Art Basel, College of Fine Arts 39th Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, Miami, FL 2003 College of Fine Arts, University of Florida, 38th Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, Gainesville, FL 2002 The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA 2001 The Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY College of Fine Arts, University of Florida 36th annual art faculty exhibition, FL 2000 Texas Artists Museum, Port Arthur, TX 1998-00 Macy Gallery, New York, NY 1999-00 University Art Gallery, Jonesboro, AR 1998 City Island Arts Organization, Bronx, NY Harrisburg Art Association, Harrisburg, PA Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau, MO Springfield Art Association, Springfield, MA Barrett House Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT 1998, 2000 Lafayette Art Association, LA 1998 Philadelphia Art Alliance, PA Art Forms Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Lafayette Art Association, Lafayette, LA 1997-98 Chuck Levitan Gallery, New York, NY 1997 Cincinnati Art Club, Cincinnati, OH Fitton Center for the Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH York Art Association, York, PA

EMPLOYMENT

2008-09 Faculty, School of Visual Arts. New York, NY 2004-06 Assistant Professor, College of Fine Arts, University of Florida • Photography • Area Coordinator of Photography. • Advisor and critic in MFA Graduate Photographic and Electronic Intermedia Seminar • Graduate Faculty Supervisor of Graduate Students in their teaching • Chair of 2 MFA thesis committees • Member of 3 MFA thesis committees • Advisor to 10 MFA Independent Studies • Advisor to 7 BFA High/Highest Honors Senior Thesis Projects 2002-04 Visiting Assistant Professor, College of Fine Arts, University of Florida

2000-02 Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Fine Arts, University of Florida 1999-00 Artist-in-Residence, The Crossroads School, Public Middle School, NYC 1997-98 A Adjunct Instructor of Photography, Dept. of Visual Arts, Gettysburg College, PA

COURSES TAUGHT

Beginning through Advanced Photography: still black and white, color, small through large format, Visual Literacy. Interdisciplinary Studio: Art and World Feminisms, Art Education for Elementary School Teachers, Fundamentals of Art. Graduate Seminar: Photography and Electronic Intermedia. Graduate course for methods and materials in elementary art education

PUBLICATIONS ABOUT MY ART OR WRITING

Review of my solo exhibition by Jeffrey Grunthaner. “Aphrodite Désirée Navab: The Homeling at Johannes Vogt Gallery,” in Arte Fuse. https://artefuse.com/2018/02/14/aphrodite-desiree-navab-at-johannes-vogt-gallery-125370/ ​ Review of my solo exhibition in a feature article by Stephanie Nikolopoulos, The National Herald. “Greek-Iranian Navab’s First Solo Show at Johannes Vogt Gallery.” https://www.thenationalherald.com/191259/greek-iranian-navabs-first-solo-show-johannes-vogt-gallery/ Curator’s Essay by Roxana Fabius for my solo exhibition, The Homeling, at Johannes Vogt Gallery. ​ ​ http://www.johannesvogt.nyc/aphrodite-desiree-navab/ Review of my solo exhibition by Ali Soltani, The Homeling in Eutopia. https://eutopia.us/desiree-navab/ ​ ​ ​ Fulp-Eickstaedt, Rebecca (2017). “An Interview with Aphrodite Désirée Navab.” Featured artist on Aftab committee website. www.aftabcomm.org/journal/aphrodite-desire-navab ​ Socratous, Arias (July, 2016). “Aphrodite Navab: The Ambassadress of Art and Multiculturalism.” Feature article and cover photo in the July issue of Woman of the Month in Yunaika/Woman magazine, The National Herald. Joyce, Erin (2011). “Here She is to Save the Day: Artist Aphrodite Désirée Navab’s Photographic Narrative,” in Aslan Media. http://www.aslanmedia.com/arts-culture/mideast-art/74-here-she-is-to-save-the-day-artist-aphrodite-desiree- navabs-photographic-narrative Haimelin, Lauren (2011). “Special Report: Super East-West Woman: Forty Pillars Solo Show by Aphrodite Navab,” in Luxe Immo: Contemporary Art, pp 47-49. Navab, Aphrodite (2011). De-Orientalizing Iran: The Art of Sevruguin, Neshat, Navab, and Ghazel. Lambert Academic Publishing, pp 133-164. Fourneaux, Marie-Emilie (2011). “Arts & Design: Aphrodite Désirée Navab” in Luxe Immo: Contemporary Art, pp. 62-66 Heath, Jennifer (2011). The Veil: Visible and Invisible Spaces, pp 42-43. ​ ​ Pinos, Dina (2010). “Aphrodite Désirée Navab: An Artist’s Quest in Finding a Home in Unhomeliness” in Neo Magazine. http://www.neomagazine.com/2010_09_september/22.html Kostopoulos, Eleni (2010). “In the Spotlight: Aphrodite Navab,” in The National Herald. April 3-9. Women, Windows, and the Word: Diverging Perspectives on Islamic Art (2011). Lowe Art museum. pp 4-5. ​ Soho20 Chelsea Catalog (2010), pp. 34-35. Koroxenides, Alexandra (2009). “Finding a Language and a Home in the Medium of Photography,” in the global edition of the New York Times: The International Herald Tribune. September 25, p. 27. Through the Lens: Photography from the Permanent Collection (2009). Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami. Denise M. ​ Gerson, curator. Exhibition catalogue. She Speaks Greek Farsi (2009). ICC Athens. Solo exhibition catalogue. ​ Nasrabadi, Manijeh (2009), “Children of the Revolution: A second generation of Iranian American writers confronts their fractured historical and cultural legacy,” in Hyphen Magazine, Issue 17 Spring, pp. 44-47. Nasrabadi, Manijeh (2009), “Finding our Voices,” in Tehran Bureau, Frontline, PBS.org http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/05/finding-our-voices.html Schaller, Rhonda (2007). Super East-West Woman: Living on the Axis, Fighting Evil Everywhere. Blue Pearl Press. Solo ​ ​ Exhibition Catalogue.

Fagan, Robert Jason and Hadieh Shafie (2007). Emergence. ​ ​ Sullivan, Graeme (2005), Art Practice as Research, London: Sage Publications, pp. 56-57. –––––––––. (2002). Ideas and ​ Teaching: Making Meaning from Contemporary Art, in Yvonne Gaudelius and Peg Speirs, eds. Contemporary ​ Issues in Art Education. NJ: Prentice Hall, 23-37. Pooja Shah (2004), Art Pushes Stereotypes Aside, Temple News (Philadelphia), March 4. ​ ​ How is it Shadows I Knew You Not, Columbia Record (New York), September 11, 1998. ​

PUBLISHED ART

Cover Photograph. Love and Pomegranate: New Voices Celebrating Iran, edited by Meghan Sayres (2013). Feature article by Haimelin, Lauren (2011). “Special Report: Super East-West Woman: Forty Pillars Solo Show by Aphrodite Navab,” in Luxe Immo: Contemporary Art, pp 47-49. Feature article by Fourneaux, Marie-Emilie (2011). “Arts & Design: Aphrodite Désirée Navab” in Luxe Immo: Contemporary Art, pp. 62-66. Women, Windows, and the Word: Diverging Perspectives on Islamic Art (2011). Lowe Art museum. pp 4-5. Heath, Jennifer (2011). The Veil: Visible and Invisible Spaces, pp 42-43. Pinos, Dina (2010). “Aphrodite Désirée Navab” in Neo Magazine. May. Kostopoulos, Eleni (2010). “In the Spotlight: Aphrodite Navab,” in The National Herald. April 3-9. Soho20 Chelsea Catalog, New York, NY. 2012, pp 50-51. Soho20 Chelsea Catalog, New York, NY. 2010, pp 34-35. Koroxenides, Alexandra (2009). “Finding a Language and a Home in the Medium of Photography,” in the global edition of the New York Times: The International Herald Tribune. September 25, p. 27. Exhibition Catalog. Solo Show. She Speaks Greek Farsi. ICC Athens, Greece. 2009. Exhibition Catalog. Through the Lens: Photography from the Permanent Collection, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami. Denise M. Gerson, curator. 2009. Cover Photograph. Featured portfolio. Washington Square Review. Winter 2007-8. Schaller, Rhonda (2007), Super East-West Woman: Living on the Axis, Fighting Evil Everywhere. Blue Pearl Press. Exhibition Catalog. Solo show. Cover photograph. Exhibition Catalog. Access: A Feminist Perspective. Rhonda Schaller Gallery. New York, NY. 2007. Fagan, Robert Jason and Hadieh Shafie (2007). Emergence. Cover photograph (2005), Environmentalism in the Muslim World. Richard C. Foltz (Ed.). New York: Nova Science Publishers. Cover photograph (forthcoming), L’Islam et L’Occident: Le Mythe de L’Autre. Quebec: Laval University Press. Graeme Sullivan (2005), Art Practice as Research, London: Sage Publications, pp. 56-57. Yvonne Gaudelius and Peg Speirs, eds., Contemporary Issues in Art Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002, pp. 30, 33, 34. Aphrodite Désirée Navab, “Re-picturing Photography: A Language in the Making,” Journal of Aesthetic Education 35/1 (2001), p. 70. Middle East Studies Association annual conference catalog, November 2000. Richard C. Foltz, Religions of the Silk Road, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999. Connections, The Dalton School, Spring 1999. Portraits of Uzbekistan: A Photo Essay, Communiqué 4/5, November 4, 1998. ​ Photo Metro magazine, winter 1997-98 issue.

INVITED LECTURES/TALKS

2010 Shahrzad’s Sisters: Storytelling as a Strategy for Survival. Huntington Arts Council, NY. From Mecca to Manhattan: Shahrzad’s Sisters. Muslim American Women's Voices with Robina Niaz, Soho20 Chelsea, New York, NY. Visual Self-Narration University of Florida, College of Fine Arts, Gainesville, FL. ​ 2005 The Autobiographical Art of Shirin Neshat, Ghazel and Navab. New York University, Steinhardt School of Education. ​ Super East-West Woman, Harn Museum of Art, FL. ​

2004 Between the Lines of Self and Other, Virginia Commonwealth School of the Arts, Richmond, VA. ​ 2004 Iranian Diasporic Art. The School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA. ​ Photographic Autobiographies: Three Artists from Iran. Ohio University College of Fine Arts. Athens, OH. ​ Unsaying Life Stories. Palmer Museum of Art, State College, PA. ​ 2003 Navab Retrospective. Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL. Re-Picturing Photography: A Critique of the Violent Terminology Framing the Culture of Still Photography. In conjunction ​ with the Culture of Violence exhibition, The Harn Museum of Fine Arts, Gainesville, FL. I Am Not A Persian Miniature: The Art of Hybrid Iranian Women, in the international symposium held at the University of ​ Florida--Beyond/After the Screen: The Impact of Documenta X and XI on Contemporary Film and Video Practice, Gainesville, FL. 2002 Re-picturing Self and History: Photographic Inquiry. Re-Searching the Art of Inquiry. Teachers College, Columbia ​ University, New York, NY. Tales Worth Retelling. Bicultural Ways of Knowing: Iranian American Narratives. Teachers College, Columbia University, ​ New York, NY Photography and Autobiography. The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. ​ Iran, Islam and Women. American Association of University Women. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. ​ 1999 Tales Left Untold. The Rose and the Nightingale: Persian Civilization, Art and Philosophy. Teachers College, Columbia ​ University, New York, NY 1998 Portraits of Uzbekistan. The Indo-Mongolian Society. New York University, New York, NY. ​

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Re-picturing Photography: A Language in the Making, in Photographic Theory: An Historical Anthology (2014), edited by ​ Andrew Hershberger, UK: Wiley Blackwell.http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-140519846X.html ​ Stones in a New Garden, in Love and Pomegranate: Artists and Wayfarers on Iran, edited by Meghan Sayres, Nortia Press ​ (2013). http://loveandpomegranates.meghansayres.com/ ​ http://www.nortiapress.com/portfolio-item/love-pomegranates-edited-meghan-nuttall-sayres/ De-Orientalizing Iran: The Art of Sevruguin, Neshat, Navab, and Ghazel. Lambert Academic Publishing(2011). ​ http://www.amazon.com/De-Orientalizing-Iran-Sevruguin-Comparative-Autobiographical/dp/3845405473/ref=s r_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401211150&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=De-Orientalizing+Iran%3A+The+Art+of+Sevru guin,+Neshat,+Navab,+and+Ghazel.+Lampert+Academic+Publi Kashk-e-Bademjan, in Primal Picnics: Writers Invent Creation Myths for their Favorite Foods, edited Jennifer Heath, ​ Whole World Press (2010). Photographic Truth, in Sage Encyclopedia of Identity, CA: Sage Publications (2010). ​ Tales Left Untold, in POWWOW: Charting the Fault Lines in the American Experience, Short Fiction from Then to Now, ​ edited by Ishmael Reed & Carla Blank. Da Capo Press, Perseus Books. (Jan. 2009). Tenuous Transport, in Luis Camnitzer’s collaboration, Last Book (2007-ongoing). ​ What is Home After Exile? An Iranian Greek American Homecoming, in Homelands; Women’s Journeys Across Race, Place ​ and Time. (Jan. 2007), edited by Jenesha de Rivera, Patricia Justine Tumang, Seal Press. http://www.homelandsanthology.com Unsaying Life Stories: The Autobiographical Art of Shirin Neshat and Ghazel, The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Volume ​ 41/2 (2007). Tales Left Untold (original poetry), in Let Me Tell You Where I've Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora (2006), ​ ​ ​ edited by Persis Karim, Parisa Milani, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press. Antoin Sevruguin, in Ehsan Yarshater, Ed., Encyclopedia Iranica. (New York: Bibliotheca Persica, 1982- ). ​ Transforming Images: How Photography Complicates the Picture (review essay), The Journal of Aesthetic Education, ​ Volume 37/2 (2003): 114-121. Photography and Collecting: From Private to Public, Exposure: The Journal of the Society for Photographic Education 35/1 ​ ​ (2003): 61-70. To Be or not To Be an Orientalist?: The Ambivalent Art of Antoin Sevruguin, Iranian Studies 35/1-2 (2002): 113-144. ​ To Tell a Tale, a review of Ahmad K. Jabbari, ed., Amoo Norooz and Other Persian Stories, in Iranian Studies 35/1-2 (2002). ​

Re-picturing Photography: A Language in the Making, Journal of Aesthetic Education 35/1 (2001): 69- 84. ​ MEDIA INTERVIEWS

2010-present See AGAPW in the press: http://agapw.org/site/press 2009 Television interview regarding She Speaks Greek Farsi exhibition in Athens, Greece. 2009 Good Morning Athens. Radio interview regarding She Speaks Greek Farsi exhibition in Athens, Greece. 2005 Interview regarding Super East-West Woman series aired on CKUT public radio (Nov. 2, 6-7 pm) Montréal, Canada.

READINGS

2010 FIT: Fashion Institute of Technology 2010 Columbia University 2010 New Day: Iranian and Afghan American Voices, Fashion Institute of Technology, (FIT), New York, NY. 2010 New Day: Iranian and Afghan American Voices Association of Iranian American Writers, & Association of Asian American Writers Workshop (AAWW). Readings at AAWW, New York, NY. 2010 Poetry reading, Association of Greek American Professional Women (AGAPW), New York, NY. 2010 Poetry reading at Bowery Poetry Club, NY. 2010 Poetry reading, AGAPW, New York, NY. 2008 Iranian American Writers: The Next Generation. Khakpour, Navab, Nasrabadi, & Sedarat. Co-Sponsored by Arte East, Association of Iranian American Writers, & Association of Asian American Writers Workshop (AAWW). Readings at AAWW, NYC. 2008 Tales Left Untold, Persian Arts Festival, Bowery Poetry Club, NYC. ​ 2007 Tales Left Untold, in Let Me Tell You Where I've Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora (2006), edited by Persis ​ ​ ​ Karim, Parisa Milani, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press. New York University. 2006 “What is Home After Exile? An Iranian Greek American Homecoming,” In Homelands; Women’s Journeys Across Race, Place and Time. (Jan. 2007), edited by Jenesha de Rivera, Patricia Justine Tumang, Seal Press. At the interdisciplinary conference called "Envisioning Home," sponsored by the Ph.D. Program in Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center of CUNY, NYC. 2006 Tales Left Untold, in Let Me Tell You Where I've Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora (2006), edited by ​ Persis Karim, Parisa Milani, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press. Sponsored by Arte East. Labyrinth Books, NYC.

REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATIONS

2005 “The Transnational Art of Neshat, Ghazel and Navab,” Muslims' Experiences of Globalization conference, Atlanta, GA. Sponsored by the Middle East Center for Peace, Culture and Development at Georgia State University and the Georgia Middle East Studies Consortium. 2005 “Discursive Autobiographies: The Telling-Self,” College Art Association annual conference, Atlanta, GA, 16-19 February. 2004 “Réclamer la Voix Autobiographique: L’Art de Trois Photographes Iraniennes,” L’Islam et L’Occident: Le Mythe de L’Autre, Université Laval, Québec, Canada, 16-18 November. 2004 “Unsaying Life Stories: The Autobiographical Art of Four Iranians,” National Art Education Association annual conference, Denver, CO. 2003 “I Am Not A Persian: Iranian Women Artists,” Society for Photographic Education annual conference, Austin, TX. 2003 “I Am Not A Persian Miniature: The Art of Iranian Women in Exile,” College Art Association annual conference, New York, NY. 2002 “To Be Or Not To Be An Orientalist?: The Ambivalent Art of Antoin Sevruguin,” National Art Education Association annual conference, Miami Beach, FL. 2002 “Longing to Belong: The photography of Antoin Sevruguin,” 4th Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies, Bethesda, MD. 2001 “Photography: A Language in the Making,” National Art Education Association annual conference, New York, NY.

AWARDS

2005 Empire Who’s Who Among Executive and Professional Women Educators.

2004 Who’s Who: America’s Best Teachers. 2003-04 Academic year Merit Scholarship, Teachers College, Columbia University. 2002-03 Academic year Merit Scholarship, Teachers College, Columbia University. 1999-00 Academic year Merit Scholarship, Teachers College, Columbia University. 1999 Purchase Award, College of Fine Arts, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR. 1999 Summer term Merit Scholarship, Teachers College, Columbia University. 1998 Juror’s Merit Award, Self-Portrait juried exhibition, Macy Gallery, New York. 1998 Juror’s Merit Award, City Island Arts Organization national juried exhibition. 1998 Award of Excellence, Manhattan Arts International 7th annual competition. 1997 First Prize, photography category, York (PA) Art Association 27th annual national juried competition. 1993 David McCord Prize for Outstanding Visual Artist, Harvard University.

SERVICE

2010-present Vice President: AGAPW, Association of Greek American Professional Women. http://agapw.org/site/about 2013 Chair and moderator of panel of artists in the exhibition: Women Redrawing the World Stage, including artists: Mona Hatoum, Chitra Ganesh, Milcah Bassel, Dahlia Elsayed, Farah Ossouli, Armita Raafat, Samira Abbassy, Zeina Barakeh, Nezaket Ekici. http://soho20gallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Press-Release-WRWS.pdf ​ 2010-16 Committee of Twenty: Network 20/20. http://network2020.org/committee-of-twenty/ ​ 2009-present Board of Directors: AGAPW, Association of Greek American Professional Women. 2013 Vice Chair of the Harvard College 20th year Alumni Reunion 2005-09 Editorial review board, Journal of Visual Culture and Gender. 2009-13 Interviewer for Harvard College undergraduate admissions. 2008 Alumni Gift Committee for The Dalton School 20th year Reunion. 2007 Vice Chair of the Harvard College 15th year Alumni Reunion. 2008-10 Co-chair Diversity Committee, Middle School, The Dalton School. 2007-10 Diversity Task Force, The Dalton School. 2007-10 Minority Mentor, High School, The Dalton School. 2007, 2008 Panelist, Graduate Research in Art Education Conference, Penn State & Teachers College. 2004 School of Art and Art History Digital Media Task Force. College of Fine Arts Committee for the Revision of UF’s 2002 Strategic Plan. 2004-05 University Galleries Advisory Committee. 2003-04 Area Coordinator: Photography, College of Fine Arts, University of Florida. 2000-present Graduate Faculty Supervisor of graduate students in their teaching. 2003 Critically Analyzing Photographs. Talk for docents. March 3. Harn Museum of Art. ​ 2002-present Faculty advisor, University of Florida Undergraduate Photographic Society. 2001-02 Minority mentor, University of Florida.

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL. Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy. Simone de Beauvoir Institute of Women’s Studies, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Harn Museum of Fine Arts, Gainesville, FL. Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL. Museum of Fine Arts, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR. Harriman Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY.

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Shirin Neshat Reza Aslan

Edwin and Jocelyne Stern Negin Sharifzadeh Vincent and Anne Mai Hooman Majd Murat Koprulu Marta de Radzyminski Marta Bergamaschi Maggie Pepper Aurelie Athan and Jason Keramidis Jennifer Heath-Collum Karlheinz Pichler Rhonda Schaller Robert Coles Bernice Steinbaum Ghazel Radpay John Kenneth Galbraith Maxine Greene Olga Davidson Judith Burton Sussan Babaie Graeme Sullivan Barbara Jo Revelle Sergio Vega Craig Wilkey Stephanie Spanos Olga Alexakos Demetra and Reza Taleghani