Over the years, as a contemporary mosaicist, I have practiced hands on studio tradition and built skills in color and material planning for mosaic making applications. In additions to the ancient art of mosaics, experience in color design and visits to the archeological sites guide me through the process of simplifying the learning methods to develop hands-on experience for search and discovery.
Mosaics and color design are my strong background that support to navigate and connect the process for self motivated in humanities, arts and design, color science, and ancient history. My experience in museum workshop setting and extended day enrichment programs provide opportunities to explore new ways of seeing and making.
Ancient art of mosaics as a contemporary practice is my entry point to explore and discover new ideas through the interdisciplinary connections. Working with children who have the highest capacity, naturally and instinctively, to make associations and links for ideas among materials, techniques and objects around them educate me to see in new ways.
Art Enrichment, Drawing, 2023
Summer Art Camp, 2021
Lillstreet Art Center, mixed media camp.
Children Art Activities, 2020
JCC, Beth Emet, Evanston : Mixed media, collage, tempera paint, paper cut outs and printing with simple objects.
Guidepost Montessori School, Chicago : mosaics with cut paper tesserae
Workshop, 2019
The Lunch Bunch Craft Club: Midday Meal and Mosaics, Zhan Learning Center, Urbana, IL
In this workshop, we use some new materials such as unglazed porcelain, glass tiles and smalti with metallic flash on the top.
Workshop, 2018
Spurlock Sundays:Artful Nature:Rock and Minerals, drop in workshop, Urbana, IL
By focusing on your own style, color choices and hands on approach, you will learn how to make a mosaic pendant.
We are using natural stones, smalti and glass to create unique pieces. Leave this workshop with the skills of developing a composition, cutting stones, smalti and glass with a wheeled glass nipper, and assembling your design by using sculpt adhesive.
And other participations
Woman Made Gallery Small Works Members Show, Chicago, IL, 2023
Woman Made Gallery Small Works Members Show, Chicago, IL, 2022
Woman Made Gallery Small Works Members Show, Chicago, IL, 2021
Woman Made Gallery Small Works Members Show, Chicago, IL, 2019
Invitation to the Pictor Imaginarius, Nazzano, Italy, 2019 ( not attended)
Woman Made Gallery Small Works Members Show, Chicago, IL, 2018
9th Annual art coop, Champaign County Humane Society Show, Urbana, IL, 2018
Woman Made Midwest Open, group slide presentation, Chicago, IL 2018
8th Annual art coop Champaign County Humane Society Show, Urbana, IL, 2017
Gilbert Gallery, Urbana, IL, 2017
Bohemia, Urbana, IL, 2017
Urbana Art Expo, IL, 2016
Tay Mum Showroom, Istanbul, Turkey, 2015
Love 360, Istanbul, 2014
Holiday Exhibition, Lansing Art Gallery, MI, 2013
Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI, 2013
Studio 1219, Port Huron, MI, 2013
Artalicious, Adrian, MI, 2013
Women's City Club, Ann Arbor, MI, 2013
Education and Professional Development
MCA Teacher Institute Cohort, Chicago, 2023-2024
Artistic Development and Art Education courses from MA Community Arts with EIU, 2022
MA Community Arts courses in History and Development of Art Education, Eastern Illinois University, 2021
Lillstreet Art Center, Hand building, Chicago, IL, 2021
Lillstreet Art Center, Metals and Jewelry, Chicago, IL 2020
Stanford Continuing Studies, Unleashing Creativity Through Explorations in Mixed Media with Michael Azgour, 2018
Chicago Mosaic School, Design Fundamentals, Chicago, IL, 2016
Chicago Mosaic School, Direct Method with Matteo Randi, Chicago, IL, 2015
Ravenna Mosaic Art School Italy, Standard Intensive with Luciana Notturni, Ravenna, Italy, 2014
Chicago Mosaic School, Mosaic Jewelry Workshop, 2014
Kelley Knickerbocker’s workshop, Ann Arbor, MI, 2013
Color Studies, Josef Albers pedagogy, 2011
Color Association of the United States, Color Series, NYC, NY 2008
Essentials of Color Science, RIT Munsell Color Science Lab, Rochester, NY, 2002
BA, Applied Liberal Studies in Art (Art History focused), Communication and International Concerns, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 2001
Krasl Art Center, St.Joseph, MI various workshops, prior to 2001
Montessori Toddler Certification, Benton Harbor, MI prior to 2001
Innovation Training, Whirlpool, Benton Harbor, MI prior to 2001