Bio + Projects

Short Fiction

The Mercy TroupersEscape Into Life, June 2010

Bylines

Guest Posting

  • The Spaces in Between: Creative Fodder in Daily Life, The Bird Sisters, August 11, 2010
  • Mapping the Imagination at expat+HAREM
  • Hybrid Domesticities at expat+HAREM
  • Guest illustrator series at Colette Patterns, 2009-2010
  • Media + Reviews

    Projects + Experience

    • Curator + Moderator of Dialogue2010 at expat+HAREM, 2010
    • Founder, Curator of Art is Dialogue, 2009
    • Creator of #dialogue2010 hashtag on Twitter
    • Illustrator for PAWI 2008-Present; directory coordinator 2008-2009; guest lecturer Jan 2010
    • Loan facilitator for Nest www.buildanest.com, 2005-2009
    • Design Contributor, Intarsia Concept, 10/2009
    • Logo Design, Banner, Illustrations, The Knit Box, 6/2009
    • Illustrator, Else Lingerie, Illustrations for 2009 Look Book, 2/2009
    • Illustrator, Blog designer, Intarsia Concept, 12/2008 to 5/2009
    • Freelance writer, International Local Living and The Weekly Dish, Hurriyet Daily News, 2/2009-5/2010
    • Logo Design, Endo Tekstil, division of Jinlun Motosiklet, 11/2007
    • Illustrator, Pukka Living, 7/2007
    • Founder, Owner, Designer, Rose Deniz Handbags, Izmit/Kocaeli, Turkey, 2005-Present

    Speaking + visiting engagements

    Education

    2004 MFA Painting, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA

    2001 BS Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    Exhibitions

    • Art Gallery Benefit, Raritan Valley Community College, Somerville, NJ, 2010
    • Karma Sergi, Turkish-American Association, Ankara, 2010
    • Mixed Painting, Beyoglu Akademililer Sanat Merkezi, Istanbul, 2009
    • WOI, APW Arts, Long Island City, NYC, 2008
    • Dream Awake/Uyanık Ruya, Gölcuk Belediyesi Sanat Galerisi, Gölcuk, Turkey, 2007
    • Drawing Into Painting, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2006
    • Drawings, District Arts Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, 2005
    • Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 2004
    • Feelings, Painting Department, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Art Museum, 2004
    • Get In, Get Out, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Art Museum, 2003
    • Painting Department Show, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Museum, 2003
    • Xchange, Community Arts Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 2002
    • Members Show, Riverwest Art Works, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2001
    • Senior Show, Red Gym Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2000