Research Interests
- Practice based research
- Transmedia and experimental performance making
- Visual theory
- Race and gender studies
- Studio Practices in fine arts
education
University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
PhD in Critical and Creative Practice 2023
Thesis: ‘37 Bands; Punk Practice and Post Diaspora’
Supervisors: Sara Jane Bailes and Mimi Haddon
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR, US
MFA in Visual Studies May 2012
Thesis: ‘Adrian Piper Cover Band’
Supervisor: Arnold Kemp
The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA, US
BA in Experimental Media and Performance, Gender studies June 2007
academic work
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (2023)
London, UK
Academic Supervisor – Creative Research Project Level 6
External assessment and supervision for final research projects
Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (2023)
London, UK
Programmes Manager (School of Performance and Creation)
Lead Lecturer- Production in Context (Level 4)
Lead Lecturer- Innovation in Production (level 7)
Lead Lecturer- Creative Composition (Level 4)
BIMM Institute (Music College London) 2021-2023
London, UK
Lead Lecturer- Gender and Sexuality
Lead Lecturer- Youth, Music, and Social Change
Lead Lecturer- Creative Industries and You (Level 4))
University of Sussex 2020
Brighton, UK
Doctoral Tutor- Creative production: Sound Design
Doctoral Tutor- Music, Film and Media: Foundation Course: Intro to Musicology
Internship in Brighton (IIB) 2018-2019
Brighton, UK
Office Manager/ student mentor for Erasmus funded international student internship program.
Berlin Metropolitan School 2014
Berlin, DE
Teaching Artist- critical debate
Teaching Artist- DIY Music
Rock Camp for Girls Bahrain 2013-2014
Manama, Bahrain
Co-founder, program leader
Pacific Northwest College of Art 2011-2012
Portland, OR, USA
Teaching Assistant- Introduction to Time Based Arts
Arts/ cultural work
ONCA 2019-2021
Brighton, UK
Programmer/ manager for Barge community space and gallery (2020-2021)
Community artist and curator/programmer (2019-2021)
Museum of Contemporary Craft 2011-2013
Portland, OR, USA
Gallery Assistant
exhibitions and performances
2025
University of Sussex, FINDING PIPPO Solo exhibition, Brighton, UK
2024
Klosterhof Wiblingen, Performance with my band Snoozers opening for Gossip, Ulm, Germany
Kunst!Rasen, Performance with my band Snoozers opening for Gossip, Bonn, Germany
The Roundhouse, Performance with my band Snoozers opening for Bikini Kill, London, UK
2023
Volksbühne, performance. Berlin, DE
Solo performance as apart of Legends of Entertainment – Die große Neujahrsshow
2022
Huxley’s NeuWelt, performance. Berlin, DE
Performance with my band Snoozers opening for Bikini Kill
Gruenspan, performance. Hamburg, DE
Performance with my band Snoozers opening for Bikini Kill
2021
Belvedere 21, performance. Vienna, AU
Liverpool Arab Art festival, virtual exhibition. Liverpool, UK
2020
CCA Brighton, Screening as a part of Daily Winds Tourist Information Centre, group exhibition. Brighton, UK
2019
Decolonize Fest, solo performance. London UK
Dardishi Festival CCA, solo performance. Glasgow, SCT
2018
Bent Fest, performance as DUBAIS AND THE WOLVES band. London, UK
Resonator Art; Fire and Fury, exhibition. Norman, OK US
2017
Sound Acts, solo performance. Athens, GR
Conférence Bohémienne, solo performance/installation. Antwerp, BE
Le Botanique, solo performance. Brussels, BE
2016
San Francisco Pride, solo performance. San Francisco, CA, US
AIR Antwerp, solo performance. Antwerp, BE
Berlin Feminist film festival, solo Performance/ single channel video installation. Berlin, DE
2015
künstlerhaus halle für kunst & medien, solo performance/installation. Graz, AT
Straight to Hell performance festival, solo performance/installation. Vienna, AT
Ljubljana Pride, solo performance. Ljubljana, SL
Seš-lost? Festival, solo performance. Železný Brod, CZ
2014
Creepy Teepee Festival, solo performance. Kutna Hora, CZ
Wien Woche, solo performance. Vienna, AT
Les Urbaines Festival, performance/workshop. Lausanne, SW
Peace Camp, performance/ workshop. Tbilisi, Gori, Samtredia, Batumi, Kobuleti, GE
Theater Der Welt, performance. Mannheim, DE
2013
TBA Festival, Die Unterwelt: A popera by DUBAIS. Dance, music, multichannel installation. Portland, OR, US
HBBV Build Festival, performance. Berlin, DE
2012
MDW Fair, group exhibition. Chicago, IL, US
publishing/ panels/ talks
2025
“Fairytales: The Capacity to Engage with Collective Mythology.” Capacities To: Affect Up Against Fascism. Lancaster, PA; Vancouver, BC: Imbricate! Press.
2024
Abolitionist Book Club, ongoing series of workshops, lectures and knowledge exchange sessions supported by the Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies
2023
Punk Practice and Post Diaspora, New Beginnings PGR Conference at the University of Exeter. Exeter, UK
2021
“The Sound of Silence.” FKW: Zeitschrift Für Geschlechterforschung Und Visuelle Kultur, no. 69 (2021): 53–5653–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.25595/2097.
2016
Artist talk, Pacific Northwest College of Art. Portland, OR, US.
Artist talk, Professional Practices, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland OR, US.
2015
Pecha Kucha @ Seš-lost? Festival, Železný Brod, CZ
2014
Transnational Feminist action; axis of Performance and Social Justice, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA, US.
Musical collaboration as conflict resolution, Peace Camp Georgia, Kobuleti, GE
2013
Do Muslim Girls Need Saving? taking the rock camp model to Bahrain:
Portland State University, Portland, OR, US.
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, US.
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, US.
2012
Adrian Piper Cover Band; Dissertation and installation looking at the intersection of identity art and contemporary pop culture, Pacific Northwest College of Art
Academic awards and activities
2019-2020 CHASE Doctoral Training, placement (AHRC funded)
2019 PGR Student Union Officer, University of Sussex
2018/2019 PGR representative, University of Sussex Council
2018/2019 Student Experience Committee, University of Sussex
2012 Arts Residency: Portland in Antwerp, university funded
2011 Assistant Teaching Award, Pacific Northwest College of Art
2010 Merit based partial scholarship for new MFA students, Pacific Northwest College of Art
Practical workshops/ residencies/ award
Funded Residency: Spaceness festival 2017
Project funding and residency space to create content for Spaceness Festival
Funded Residency: Art Stays, 2015 and 2012
Project funding and residency space to create content for Art Stay Festival in Ptuj, Slovenia.
Utopic Strategies: Marxist Approach to Dance 2015
Series of practical workshops looking at performance strategies of labour and collaborative choreography:
Les Urbaines Festival, Laussane, CH,
RandFilm Festival, Kassel, DE
Wien Woch, Vienna, AU
Curator in residence: NowHere gallery 2014
Curatorial residency at the NowHere gallery, Berlin, DE
Artist in residence: Odradek (Karl Marx Library) 2014
Research residency, DIY gallery and Karl Marx Library, Chemnitz, DE
Artist in residence: HBBV 2013
Artist residency, HOMEBASE location, Berlin, DE
Calligram Foundation New Works Fund 2013
Supporting new work and research generated at HBBV residency
