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| “Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here,” a really wonderful project created by poet Beau Beausoleil, is an exhibition of 261 artist books made by 260 international artists/artist teams from 24 countries. These books were made to reflect upon the March 5, 2007 car-bomb attack that took place in Al-Mutanabbi Street, the ancient street of booksellers, poets and writers, located at the literary and cultural heart of Baghdad, Iraq. The collection of artists’ books reflects both the targeted attack on this street of the booksellers as well as the ultimate futility of those who try to erase thought. This project is both a lament and a commemoration of the singular power of words. |
| A photograph from my series "Stories End" is included in the online exhibition "My Sense of Place" that accompanied an exhibit by Kiki and Seton Smith at Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ |
Good News:
- The Queens Council on the Arts has awarded me a
second "Su Casa" artist residency to create a
community arts project at a Queens senior center - Printed Matter selected me to be in the (now-
canceled) April Los Angeles Art Book Fair at the
Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
| 2020 is starting to look busy. |
The Freyberger Gallery at Berks State
College in Reading, PA invited me and seven
other artists to create work based on the
humanities for the exhibition:
"Engaging Perceptions: A Collaboration
of Scholars and Artists"
January 16 - February 20, 2020
I'll be exhibiting new photopolymer etchings
that continue my series about refugees:
"Time to Leave," and an installation of sewn
Risograph prints from my book project
about migrant children in US custody.
College in Reading, PA invited me and seven
other artists to create work based on the
humanities for the exhibition:
"Engaging Perceptions: A Collaboration
of Scholars and Artists"
January 16 - February 20, 2020
I'll be exhibiting new photopolymer etchings
that continue my series about refugees:
"Time to Leave," and an installation of sewn
Risograph prints from my book project
about migrant children in US custody.
| "Do You Want, Do You Need" 2019, 26.5 x 33.5" |
| The exhibition "Calamity" on the theme of the Holocaust and intolerance, will include three of my early book works from 2004, altered books about the Holocaust, curated by Dr. Catherine Lewis at Moon Gallery, Berry College, Mt. Berry, Georgia January 13 - February 13, 2020 |
| One of the etchings from my "Time to Leave" series will be on exhibit in Berlin, Germany at Institut für Alles Mögliche curated by Dorit Jordan Dotan in the exhibition "i am/ an immigrant" Opening March 5, 2020 |
Local Project Art Space,
11-27 44th Road, Long Island City, NY 11101
is exhibiting two etchings from my
"Time to Leave" series for their exhibition
"Night & Day"
February 20 - March 14, 2020
11-27 44th Road, Long Island City, NY 11101
is exhibiting two etchings from my
"Time to Leave" series for their exhibition
"Night & Day"
February 20 - March 14, 2020
Two of my artists' books will be in the exhibition
"Crossings"
curated by Maria Pisano, at Hunterdon Art Museum,
7 Lower Center St.,Clinton, New Jersey
May 10 - September 6, 2020
"Crossings"
curated by Maria Pisano, at Hunterdon Art Museum,
7 Lower Center St.,Clinton, New Jersey
May 10 - September 6, 2020
| "I Crossed Borders" |