Artist Registry
The White Columns Curated Artist Registry is an online platform for emerging and under-recognized artists to share images and information about their respective practices. The Registry seeks to create a context for artists who have yet to benefit from wider critical, curatorial or commercial support. To be eligible, artists cannot be affiliated with a commercial gallery in New York City.
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RESUME
EDUCATION:
2013 - Master of Arts History, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, US
2002 - MFA, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN, US
EXHIBITIONS:
Solo & Two Persons show - Selected
2025 - Mihrab: Portraits of Arab American Women, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, US.
2024 - Contain Me, Soo Visual Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, US.
2023 - Coming Home Mural on display at 2429 University Ave, St Paul, MN, US
The Great Mothers, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, US
2022 - Faces of Minneapolis Mural on display at Target Store 2500 E Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, US
Portraits from the Margins: Prints and paintings of Arab American Women. 410 Project, Mankato, MN, US
Outside of Time: Slow Journeys on Paper: Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, US
2018 - Mihrab: Portraits of Arab American Women, Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, MI, US
Arabian Lights, St. Barnabas Center for the Arts, Plymouth, MN, US
2017 - Daughters of God, The Wacpac Space, St. Paul, MN, US
2016 - Mihrab, Cyrus M. Running Gallery, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, US
Mihrab-Hermitage ‘Pilot Experiment’, Concordia Gallery, Concordia University, St. Paul, MN, US
2015 - Last Master of ‘Qutt’ Art Mural, The Wacpac Space: St. Paul, MN, US
Hend Al-Mansour Work, Gloria Die Church Gallery, St. Paul, MN, US
2014 - The Great Mother of Islam, Catherine. G. Murphy gallery, St. Kate University, St. Paul, MN
N for Niswa, Islamic Art Festival at Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE (catalogue)
2013 - Shadow Sisters, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI, US
Women, Power, Freedom and Art, Art Gallery, Wellesley College, MA
2012 - Two Birds From the East: The art of Leili and Hend, Homewood Studios, Minneapolis, MN, US
Great Mothers of Islam, Vine Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2011 - Fatimah in America-3, Northcutt Steel Gallery, Montana State University, Billings, MT. US
Group Shows - Selected
2024 - Rise, Habibi, The Crypt Gallery, London, UK.
Hope and Healing in Pandemic Times, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN, US.
2022 - Between The Stripes, Under The Stars, Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, St. Paul, MN.
Breath of Words, The Phipps Center for Art, Hudson, WI, US.
2021 - Fractal Nature, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US (catalogue)
2020 - MSP Airport Exhibition, Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, MN, US
Suffrage 100, Mercy Gallery at The Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT, US
Let’s There Be Spaces in Your Togetherness, Mizna, Minneapolis, MN, US (catalogue)
Intersectional History Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, US
2019 - I Contain Multitudes, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI, US
Continuum, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, US
2018 - Facing Disjunction, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US (catalogue)
Across The Divide, The Art Museum, Suny Potsdam, NY, US
2017 - Women of the World, Storyhouse, Chester, UK
Radical Love: Female Lust, The Crypt Gallery, London, UK
Women’s Invitational Exhibition, Eisemann Gallery, Richardson, TX, US
Turbulent Identities, Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN, US
2016 - Stand Out Prints, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN, US
Look Again: Expanding Feminist Possibilities, St Olaf College, Northfield, MN, US
2015 - Reinventing Asir, Okas Village, Abha, Saudi Arabia (catalogue)
Revolution Now, Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, US
2014 - Singapore Art Fair with Lahd Gallery, Singapore
Jerome Residency Show, Highpoint Center For Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN, US
2nd Gulf Biennial, Visual Art Center, Katara, Doha, Qatar
Labor-Migrant-Gulf Exhibition, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA, US
3rd Annual International Exhibition For Contemporary Islamic Art, Luminarte Gallery, Dallas, TX,
MN Creates, State Capitol Office Building, St Paul, MN, US
How to be A Feminist Artist, Catherine. G. Murphy gallery, St. Kate University, St. Paul, MN
2013 - Instructions for peace, Catherine Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, US
Beauty Made By the Unseen, Vine Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, US
2012 - Contemporary Islamic Art, Prince Faisal bin Fahad Center for Visual Arts, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
GRANTS & AWARDS:
2024 - Minnesota State Art Board, Creative Support for Individuals, St Paul, MN
2022 - Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (Finalist) Next Fund grant program, St. Paul, MN
Minnesota State Art Board, Creative Support for Individuals, St Paul, MN
2019 - Minnesota State Art Board, Artist Initiative grant, St Paul, MN
2018 - McKnight Visual Artist Fellowship, Minneapolis, MN
2016 - Standout prints prize in Stand Out Prints International Biennial Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN
2013 - Jerome Emerging Printmakers’ Residency at Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN
2012 - Award of Jurors in Contemporary Islamic Art exhibition, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Position # 50 among the world's most powerful Arab women in Arabian Business.com
2011 - Minnesota State Arts Board, Cultural Community Partnership Grant, St Paul, MN
Position # 74 among the world's most powerful Arab women in Arabian Business.com
2009 - Mentioned # 68 among the world's most influential Arabs in Arabian Business.com
2008 - Best in show award at the PRIDE 08 art show, Minneapolis, MN
2006 - Immigrant Status Exhibition Grant from Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2005 - Minnesota State Arts Board, Artist Initiative Grant, St Paul, MN
2004 - Finalist for the Bush Artists Fellows program, Minneapolis, MN