EDUCATION
Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI Sept. 2021 - May 2024
Bachelors of Arts in Art Therapy
Honors
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI Dec. 2009 -Dec. 2014
Peck School of the Arts
Bachelors of Fine Arts in Fibers
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Transilient: Alverno Graduate Exhibition, Alverno Art & Cultures Gallery, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI
2022
PSYCHE, Roberta’s Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI
2021
PSYCHE: Surreal Intuitions, Sheboygan North High School, Sheboygan, WI, virtual
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025
2025 Indiana Green Invitational, group exhibition, Playhouse Art Gallery, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
Al-Nisa, group exhibition, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
30x30x30 Exhibition 2025, juried exhibition, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2024
Var Studios Collective Exhibition, juried exhibition, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Midsummer Festival of the Arts: Emerging Artists Program (Returning Mentor), group exhibition, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
For Palestine! For humanity! (Co-organizer), group exhibition, The Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2023
Var Studios Collective Exhibition, juried exhibition, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI Midsummer Festival of the Arts: Emerging Artists Program, group exhibition, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2022
Var Studios Collective Exhibition, group exhibition, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
30x30x30 Exhibition 2022, group exhibition, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2021
Var Studios Collective Exhibition, group exhibition, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Summer Collective Exhibition, group exhibition, Var Gallery, Milwaukee
This Is America 2021, group exhibition, 5 Points Art Gallery & Studios, Milwaukee, WI
2020
Var’s 7th Year & Annual Artist in Residence Exhibition, group exhibition, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
MARN 2019-2020 Mentor Mentee Exhibition, group exhibition, Between Two Galleries, Milwaukee, WI
TOUCH: A Virtual Exhibition, juried group exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, virtual
The Art of Collage II, juried group exhibition, Frank Juarez Gallery, virtual
SWAN Day MKE 2020: “Transformative Power”, group exhibition, Milwaukee Art Therapy Collective, Milwaukee, WI
2019
Var’s 6th Year & Annual Artist in Residence Exhibition, group exhibition, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Riverwest FemFest, juried group exhibition, Genesis Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Fanana Banana Muslim Creatives Art Show, juried group exhibition, Dream Lab, Milwaukee, WI
SWAN Day MKE 2019: "Water: Reflection, Ritual & Resource", group exhibition,
Urban Ecology Center-Menomonee Valley, Milwaukee, WI
Identity, juried group exhibition, Old Courthouse Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
2018
SWAN Day MKE 2018: “Women & Nature: Nourishing Our Roots”, group exhibition, Urban Ecology Center-Menomonee Valley, Milwaukee, WI
2015
Warped Milwaukee “Transitions”, juried group exhibition, The Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Second Fiber Arts Biennale: Wisconsin State of the Art, juried group exhibition, Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts, Cedarburg, WI
2014
Warped Milwaukee “MOTIF”, juried group exhibition, The Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Woven Structure, group exhibition, Kenilworth Studios, Milwaukee, WI
41st Annual Juried Show, juried group exhibition, UWM Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee,
WI
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
Aquae Nguvu Gallery and Studio April 2022-Present
Aquae Nguvu Gallery and Studio, The Marshall Building, Milwaukee, WI
HONORS
2024
JMKAC Emerging Artist Program: Mentor Artist, Sheboygan, WI Summer 2024
2023
JMKAC Emerging Artist Program: Emerging Artist, Sheboygan, WI Summer 2023
2021
Sheboygan North High School Artist-in-Residence, Sheboygan WI, Spring 2021
2019
MARNmentors Mentee, Milwaukee Artist Resource Network (MARN), Milwaukee WI, 2019-2020 Season
PUBLICATIONS
2021
Museum of Science Fiction Journal of Science Fiction, Vol 4 No 2: Middle Eastern Science Fiction Special Issue, 2021, Cover Artist
2020
Artdose Magazine, Vol 30, 2020, Cover Artist, Page 4
2019
Genre: Urban Arts, Issue No. 7 July 2019, Cover Artist, Pages 54-61, 67, 73
ARTIST TALKS
2026
2025 Indiana Green Invitational: Artist Panel, Wisconsin Studio, Overture Center for the Arts, January 10th, 2026
2025
Slow Silencing, presented by C21 and the Milwaukee Muslim Project, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, March 12th, 2025
2024
JMKAC Emerging Artist Program (Returning Mentor), Paradigm Coffee and Music, July 19th, 2024
WUWM Group Chat: Experiences as a Muslim artist in Milwaukee, May 24th, 2024
2023
JMKAC Emerging Artist Program, Paradigm Coffee and Music, July 14th, 2023
2021
Artdose Talks, Episode 31, presented by Frank Juarez, Artdose Magazine, February 10th 2021
2020
Standpoints & Circumstances Senior Class, New Studio Practice, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, October 26th 2020
The Art of Collage II Artist Talk, presented by Frank Juarez, Frank Juarez Gallery, May 16th 2020
2018
Arts and Belonging Among Muslims in Milwaukee : A Panel Discussion, presented by Professor Anna Mansson-McGinty, Professor Caroline Seymour-Jorn, and Professor Kristin Sziarto at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI, May 2nd 2018
AFFILIATIONS
Var Gallery & Studios September 2019 - Present
Artist in Residence
Milwaukee Artist Resource Network (MARN) August 2019 - Present
Member
Urban Ecology Center-Menomonee Valley June 2019 - June 2020
Urban Ecology Center Art Committee Board Member
SWAN Day Milwaukee (MKE) October 2018 - June 2019
Community Outreach Coordinator