EDUCATION
MLitt Art History
University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK
Bachelor of Arts in Business of Art and Design
Fine Arts with Concentration in Curation
Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
EXPERIENCE
Curator and Founder
Afaneen Contemporary Arts, Amman, Jordan
Art Teacher
Freelance studio workshops, Amman, Jordan
Senior Content Designer and Developer
Ringling College of Art and Design
Senior Lecture Copywriter
Ringling College of Art and Design
Lead Student Curator
Zoom-In exhibition, Ringling college galleries
Curatorial Studies Teacher’s Assistant
Role of the Curator experiential learning course, Ringling College of Art and Design
Lead Student Curator
Head To Toe exhibition, Ringling college galleries
Registrar
Ringling college galleries
Mural Artist
Nomad Spaces Pop-Up space, Amman, Jordan
Project Planner & Strategist
Art for a cause charity Pop-Up, BADWA center, Amman, Jordan
AWARDS & HONORS
2024 Woolwich Print Fair, Director’s Cut, London, UK
2024 Teravarna Art Gallery, 8th flower competition
2023 100 Best, Creative Quarterly
2023 Best of Ringling, Bronze Juror’s Award
2022 Best of art and design, Creative Quarterly 70
2021 Best of art and design, Creative Quarterly 64
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2024 Tawassul, Zara Centre, 2024
2023 Zoom In, Ringling College Galleries, Sarasota, Florida
2022 Head To Toe, Ringling College Galleries, Sarasota, Florida
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Timely Encounters, Marriott Art Ovation, Sarasota, Florida
2022 Pulse, PS340, Sarasota, Florida
2022 Borderlines, Nomad Spaces, Amman, Jordan
2022 Pulse: live painting, Waterworks, Sarasota, Florida
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Chianciano Biennale, Chianciano Terme, Italy
2024 Woolwich Print Fair, Director’s Cut, London, UK
2024 Cairo Amman Bank Artist Symposium, Amman, Jordan
2024 Small world, Blossom Art Agency, Paris, France
2023 7X7 young artists, Cairo Amman Bank Gallery, Amman, Jordan
2023 Entrevues, Blossom Art Agency, Annecy, France
2022 Tawassul, Zara Centre, Amman, Jordan
2022 Best of Ringling, Ringling College Galleries, Sarasota, Florida
2021 Tawassul, Zara Centre, Amman, Jordan
2018 10th Annual Exhibition, Bait al Weibdeh, Amman, Jordan
2017 Loop: site specific, Amman Design Week, Amman, Jordan
2016 8th Annual Exhibition, Dar Al Anda Gallery, Amman, Jordan
2015 7th Annual Exhibition, Cairo Bank, Amman, Jordan
2014 6th Annual Exhibition, Cairo Bank, Amman, Jordan
2013 5th Annual Exhibition, CAB art gallery, Amman, Jordan
2012 Our Next Generation of Artists, Jordanian Artist Association, Amman, Jordan
RESIDENCIES
2024 R.A.R.O artist residency, Barcelona, Spain
CONFERENCES / TALKS
2023 Conversation with the artists, Art Ovation Autograph Collection, Sarasota, Florida
2022 Seminar with Visiting Artist, Waterworks, Sarasota, Florida
LANGUAGES
English
Arabic
