Education

Temple University Tyler School of Art. Rome Program. Rome, Italy, MFA in Painting

Temple University Tyler School of Art. Philadelphia, PA. MFA in Painting Graduate Program

Wayne State University. Detroit, MI. BFA in Painting and Drawing

Wayne State University. Detroit, MI. BA Psychology

 

Grants/Fellowships

University of Colorado at Boulder. Art and Art History Department, Technology Grant, Boulder, Colorado, 2007

Zayed University. College of Arts and Sciences, Zayed University Research Grant, Dubai, UAE. 2005

Temple University Rome Fellowship. Temple University Rome Program, Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy, 1993 – 1994

Teaching Fellowship. Temple University Rome Program, Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy, 1994

Teaching Fellowship. Temple University Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA 1992

Future Faculty Fellowship. Temple University Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA 1992 – 1993

Steven Stoman Grant. Wayne State University Community Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI Awarded Best of Show, 1989

 

Teaching/Professional

University of Colorado at Boulder. Art and Art History Department. Boulder, CO. Assistant Professor. 2007-present

Drexel University. Visual Studies Department. Philadelphia, PA. Assistant Professor. 2006-2007

Zayed University. Art and Design. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Assistant Professor. 2003-2006

College for Creative Studies. Foundation Department. Detroit, MI. Adjunct Faculty. 2003

Traveled and worked in India and Nepal. Collected materials and sounds for my project, the paper bag test. 2001-2002

University of Washington. Extension Program. Seattle, WA. Instructor. 2000-2001

College for Creative Studies. Foundation. Detroit, MI. Adjunct Faculty. 1999

Gallery X. Neustadt, Germany. Instructor. 1996-1998

Kultur Management. Mannheim, Germany. Art Representative/Curator. Non-profit organization. 1995-1998

Temple University Tyler School of Art Rome Program. Rome, Italy. Instructor of Record. 1994

Temple University Tyler School of Art. Philadelphia, PA. Teaching Assistant. 1992

 

Selected Exhibitions

Al-Kahf Gallery, International Center of Bethlehem, Art and Social Change/Land, Culture and Memory, Bethlehem, Palestine 2008

Art League. Nation of Immigrants. The Paper Bag Test. Curated by Tony Ortega & Susan Sagara Bolton. Denver, CO 2008

Vox Populi. VOXXOXO. The Paper Bag Test. Curated by Sheryl Conkelton and Kirby Gookin. Philadelphia, PA 2007

A.I.R. Gallery. 7th Biennial. TheFeministArtProject. queen nappy. curated by Cornelia Butler. Chelsea, NYC 2007

Lewis & Clark College. Third Annual Ray Warren Multicultural Symposium Exhibition. queen nappy. Video and Performance. Portland, OR 2007

Target Gallery. Stretched Tight. queen nappy. curated by Jack Rasmussen. Alexandria, VA 2006

Overground Gallery. the Paper Bag Test. Abu Dhabi, UAE 2005

Cultural Foundation. 12 Artists. the Paper Bag Test. Abu Dhabi, UAE 2004

Total Arts Gallery. 12 Artists. the Paper Bag Test. Dubai, UAE 2004

College for Creative Studies. Fine Arts Gallery. Foundation Department. Diary Strip Mine. Detroit, MI 2003

iCapolavori Gallery. Diary Strip Mine. Seattle, WA 2001

University of Washington. Art on Loan Program. Suzzallo Reading Room. Mary Gates Hall. Diary Strip Mine. Seattle, WA 2000

Seattle Art Museum. Diary Strip Mine. The Pacific Northwest Annual Artist Slide Show. Seattle, WA 2000

Gallery X. Diary Strip Mine. (Gallery Representation). Neustadt, Germany, 1998

Gallery X. Mundschutz. (Gallery Representation). Neustadt, Germany, 1997

Gallery X. Dying Lips Portraits. (Gallery Representation). Neustadt, Germany, 1996

Gallery X. the Wedding: Birth to Death. (Gallery Representation). Neustadt, Germany, 1995

Gallery X. Nicht für den Ersten Blick. (Gallery Representation). Neustadt, Germany, 1994

Temple University Rome Gallery. Not For the First Glance. MFA Thesis. Rome, Italy, 1994

Tyler Gallery. Open House. Not For the First Glance. Philadelphia, PA 1993

Wayne State University. Community Arts Gallery. Body Parts. BFA Thesis. Detroit, MI 1992

Detroit Artist Market. Body Parts. Detroit, MI 1992

Detroit Artist Market. Body Parts. Detroit, MI 1991

Detroit Artist Market. Body Parts. Detroit, MI 1991

Detroit Focus Gallery. Body Parts. Detroit, MI 1990

Wayne State University. Community Arts Gallery. Body Parts. Detroit, MI 1989

 

Artist Lectures

Lewis & Clark College. Third Annual Ray Warren Multicultural Symposium. Portland, OR, 2007

College for Creative Studies. Senior Seminar. Detroit, MI 2003

 

Commissions

klaus Steinborn, Mannheim, Germany, 1998

Pappadopoulos, Athens, Greece, Mural Project Commission, 1995-1996

 

Bibliography

Roberta Fallon. “Hair Force: Vox’s provocative art gets to your heart”, Philadelphia Weekly, July 2007

Carey Lovelace. “Girls, Girls, Girls”, Art in America. p. 90. June/July 2007

Art Access, Atelier 31, Vol. 10. Nr. 4, April 2001

Nicht für den ersten Blick, "Galerie X eröffnet mit Arbeiten von Françoise Duresse." Kultur, Die Rheinpfalz, Nr. 275, 28 November 1994

 

Artist Residencies

Can Serrat Centro de Actividades Artisticas, Barcelona, Spain. 2004

Cholamandal Artists Village, Injambakkam, Chennai, India. 2002