SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004 | Mourning Rites, Galeria Atena, San Miguel de Allende Mexico 

1996 | A Spinal Matter, Pulse Art, New York NY

1995 | A Finding Peace, 494 Gallery, New York NY

1994 | Wound Dressings, 494 Gallery, New York NY

1991 | Family of Friends, 494 Gallery, New York NY

TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS 

2012 | Remember /Reimagined, Dowd Gallery, SUNY Cortland NY

1993 | Body Politics, PS122 Gallery, New York NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2024 | Forthcoming: Bibliography, The Samuel Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, NY (Curated by

Sophie Landres)

2023 | PHOTOcentric, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY (Juried by Jessica Brier)

If You See A Tree As Blue, Make It Blue, Gallery 40, Poughkeepsie, NY (Juried by

Sarah Fortner Pierson)

Together We Will..., Outdoor Art Exhibition organized by Arts Gowanus, Brooklyn Pride, & The Old Stone House, Fence surrounding the Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY

Beneath The Surface, Olive Free Library, West Shokan, NY

2022 | From There to Here; Notions of Print and Place, Art Spaces @ Krasdale, White Plains NY

Point of View, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson NY

Women Photographers Collective of the Hudson Vallery Inaugural Exhibition, The Lace Mill Gallery, Kingston NY (Curated by Jan Nagle) 

Birds Of A Feather, Ethan Cohen Gallery at The KuBe Art Center, Beacon NY (Curated by Joseph Ayers & Ethan Cohen) 

The Narrative of Things, Holland Tunnel Newburgh, Newburgh NY (Curated by Tamara Rafkin)

2021 | Creation | Creativity, Front Room Gallery, Brooklyn NY (Curated by Stephon Mallon)

2020 | 20/20, Holland Tunnel Newburgh, Newburgh NY (Curated by Paulien Lethen and Judy

Thomas)

2019 | Art After Stonewall, Traveling Exhibition (Curated by Jonathan Weinberg, Tyler Cann, and

Drew Sawyer)

Leslie-Lohman Museum and Grey Art Gallery, New York NY

Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami Fl

Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus OH

Jewish Geographies: Jewish Space in Contemporary Art, Center for the Arts Gallery, University of Buffalo NY (Curated by Benjamin Kersten)

Queer As I, Here Arts Center, New York NY (Curated by Dan Halm)

Postcards from the Edge, Bortolami Gallery New York, NY

2018 | Leonard Fink: Out of the Camera, Leslie-Lohman Musum of Gay and Lesbian Art New York

NY (Curated by Jonathan Weinberg)

Postcards from the Edge, Gallery 524 New York NY

2017 | The Nude, Chris Davison Gallery, Regal Bag Studios, Newburgh NY (Curated by Chris

Davison)

Postcards from the Edge, Metro Pictures, New York NY

2016 | Out of the Blue, Studio Kura, Fukouka Japan

Out of the Blue Like a Rainbow, The Lightbulb Project, Newburgh NY

Out of the Blue Explorations in Cyanotype, Gallery 1361⁄2, Manchester CT (Curated by Jesseca Ferguson)

Postcards from the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York NY

2014 | Retrospective Part I 1994-2004, Center for Digital Arts, Westchester Gallery, Peekskill NY

2013 | Masterpieces of Everyday New York: Objects as Story, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center,

Parsons School of Design, New York NY (Curated by Radhika Subramaniam and Margot Bouman)

2012 | Pride Etiquette, Westbeth Gallery, New York NY (Curated by Ken Golden)

2011-12 | inSalaam inShalom, Beit Ha’ir Center for Urban Culture, Tel Aviv Israel (Curated by Gabriel Asfour/threeASFOUR)

2011 | Art from the Heart, 25 CPW, New York NY (Curated by Jo-Anneke Van Der Molen)

Peering In, Topaz Arts, Online Exhibition (Curated for CurateNYC by Todd Richmond and Paz Tanjuaquio)

Again: Reflections and Photography, Photoplace Online Gallery Annex (Juror: Sylvia de Swann)

2009 | The Map is Not The Territory, NYFA Immigrant Artist Project at D.U.M.B.O Art Under the

Bridge Festival, Brooklyn NY

ART SEP, Vente de photographies Au Profit De L’Association Pour La Recherche Sur La Sclerose En Plaques, Christie’s, Paris France (Organized by the Association on Multiple Sclerosis)

Artseen: An Auction to Benefit NYFA, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York NY

Back To The Wall (PT 2), Tribes Gallery, New York NY |

2008 | 08 à l’atelier, rue Baron le Roy Studios, Paris France

2007 | Art in a Box Benefit Exhibition, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York NY

The Square Foot Show, Art Gotham, New York NY 

2006 | 20 Years In, ICP Education Gallery, New York NY (Curated by Gerald Pryor) 

GLAAD OutAuction, Metropolitan Pavillion, New York NY

Regarding the Art of Others, Dedicated to Susan Sontag, Hosted by Artgroup, Hudson Guild Gallery II, New York NY

2004 | Night of 1,000 Drawings, Benefit, Artist Space, New York NY 2004

El Sontanito, Artes Mexico Galeria Carlos Muro, San Miguel de Allende Mexico

The Current, A.I.R. Gallery, New York NY

Body Virtual, Western Wyoming College, Rocksprings WY (Curated by April Vollmer)

Body Virtual, Westchester Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Valhalla NY (Curated by April Vollmer) 

2003 | Postcards From The Edge, Galerie Lelong, New York NY

2002 | Women’s Studio Workshop Benefit Event, Rosendale NY

1999 | Souvenirs and Documents: 20 Years, PS122 Gallery, New York NY

A Lesbian Vision: Art By Woman Who Love Women, Leslie Lohman Gay Art Foundation, New York NY (curated by Melissa Wolf, Shliac Seguin, Sally Elliott)

Art at Steepletop, The Millay Colony, Austerlitz NY

1997 | Universal Diversity 5, La Mama La Galleria, New York NY

ArtWalk NY, Benefit Auction for the Coalition for the Homeless, Puck Building, New York NY 

1996 | New Directions ’96, Barret House, Poughkeepsie NY

1995 | ArtWalk NY, Benefit Auction for the Coalition for the Homeless, Puck Building, New York NY

Domestic Landscapes, Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville NY (Curated by Eustacia Marsales and Caroline Keith)

New Directions ’95, Barret House, Poughkeepsie NY

Alter Image, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York NY (Curated by Daniel Mirer) 

1994 | Live Art, Art Project International, New York NY (Curated by Gerry Pryor) Site Readings,

Granary Books, New York NY

Sixteen, 494 Gallery, New York NY

1993 | Songs of Retribution, Richardson Anderson Gallery, New York NY

National Showcase Exhibition, Alternative Museum, New York NY (Curated by Meir Gal)

1992 | National Showcase Exhibition, Alternative Museum, New York NY

Letting Go, 494 Gallery, New York NY

1991 | Secrets: An Invitational, 494 Gallery, New York NY 

ARTWORK RENTAL FOR TELEVISION

2023 | Succession, Season 3

1 photograph 

2018 | Dietland, AMC 10-Episode Series, 2018 Premiere

3 photographs hang in a feminist safehouse 

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2019 | If You See Something, Say Something, Co-Curated with Vincent Cianni, Stephanie Heiman

and Sabine Meyer, The Carriage House, Newburgh, NY

Queries, Co-Curated with Julie Lindell, The Carriage House, Newburgh, NY

2008 | UNSEEN AMERICA: Arab Women in Brooklyn, Pomegranate Gallery, New York NY

UNSEEN AMERICA: Arab Women in Brooklyn, Gallery 1199 SEIU, Martin Luther King Jr. Labor Center, New York NY

UNSEEN AMERICA: Arab Women in Brooklyn, The Arab-American Family Support Center, Brooklyn NY

1995 | Pride and Prejudice, Co-Curated with Honor Lassalle, 494 Gallery, New York NY

Self Identified, Co-Curated with Kenneth Sean Golden and JoAnne Seador, Pulse Art, New York NY

1994 | Break Throughs: Stone Walls, Co-Curated with Kenneth Sean Golden and JoAnne Seador,

494 Gallery, New York NY

1992 | Taboo: Bodies Talk, Co-Curated with Honor Lassalle, 494 Gallery, New York NY 

COMMUNITY PROJECTS

2020 | Quarantine Zine, Issue 1, April 2020 Compilation Zine with 35 contributors

Quarantine Zine, Issue 2, May 2020 Compilation Zine with 45 contributors

2013 | SPARC, Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide, SNAP Queens Village, Queens, NY Photography workshop for 14 senior citizens followed by a month-long exhibition

2008 | UNSEENAMERICA: Arab Women in Brooklyn, New York City

Photography workshop for Arab women, in collaboration with Bread and Roses

1995-97 | Pulse Art Gallery, New York

Founder and Executive Director, membership gallery space

1991-95 | 494 Gallery, New York

Co-Founder and Acting Director, Cooperative gallery consisting of 16 women artist working with photographic media 

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, RESIDENCIES

2022 | Grant, NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in the category of Photography, New York

Foundation for the Arts, New York NY

2016 | Residency, Studio Kura, Fukuoka Japan

2012 | Residency, Constance Saltonstall Arts Colony, Ithaca NY

Stipend, Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca NY

2011 | Residency, The Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake NY

Grant, School Based Fund, School of Design Strategies, Parsons School of Design, New York NY

2008 | Grant, NYFA Fellowship in the Category of Photography, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York NY

Grant, The Greater New York Arts Development Fund of New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Administered by Brooklyn Arts Council, New York NY

Grant, Faculty Development Funds, Parsons School of Design, New York NY

2007 | Grant, Faculty Development Funds, Parsons School of Design, New York NY

1999 | Stipend, Art at Steepletop, The Millay Colony for the Arts, New York NY

1996 | Residency, The Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz NY

Travel Grant, College Art Association, Boston MA 

PUBLICATIONS AND CATALOGUES

“Re Imagining Relations”, Self-Published Book, Edition of 530, ISBN: 978-0-578-58920-6, 2020

“72 Assignments: The Foundation Course in Art & Design Today,” Edited by Chloe Briggs, PCA Press, 2013

”ART SEP,” Christies, Paris, Lot 70, 2009 “GLAADOUT Auction” Catalogue, 2006

“LIVE ART” Art Projects International, Catalogue, 1994

“Hidden Children,” Journal, Co-Editor, 1993

“Forbidden Subjects: Self-Portraits by Lesbian Artists,” Women Artists’ Monographs, 1992 . p. 29, 68-69

Some BODY in New York, “Reactors Arts Magazine” No. 11, Art Foto, France, Co-Writer, 1992. p. 1-6

“Taboo: Bodies Talk”, Exhibition Catalogue, Co-Editor, 1992

“Libido, The Journal of Sex and Sensibility” vol. 6, no. 2, Fall 1994. p. 4, 11, 15

“Libido, The Journal of Sex and Sensibility” vol. 5, no. 3, Fall 1993 . p. 2, 15

“Libido, The Journal of Sex and Sensibility” vol. 4, no. 4, Fall 1992. p. 29

“Forum Magazine” 1986. p.130 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Akin Ajayi, “Couture as Comedy and Conflict Resolution,” Forward (blog), February 9, 2012.

https://forward.com/schmooze/151101/couture-as-comedy-and-conflict-resolution/

Xnet, November 24, 2011. http://www.xnet.co.il/architecture/articles/0,14710,L-3091383,00.html

Dominique Soguel, “Photos Probe Spectrum of Female Muslim Identity,” Women’s E News, June 15, 2008.

http://womensenews.org/2008/06/photos-probe-spectrum-female-muslim-identity/

Janice Zimolzak, “Scan Art...The Revolutionary Art Form of Shari Caroline Diamond,” Punto De Vista, 2004. p. 18-19

“The Body Virtual Offers Unique View,” Sweetwater Country Guide, 2004

Marsha Meskimmon, “Women Artists’ Self-Portraiture in the Twentieth Century,” Scarlet Press, 1996. p. 116

Lissa McClure, “Review Art,” vol. 1, no. 3, 1996. p. 27-28

Umbrella, vol. 19, no.1, May 1996. p. 16

Wayne Lempka, “Review: Barrett House, Bard Show of New Art Talent” Poughkeepsie Journal, November 23, 1996. p. 1D-2D

“New York Press” vol. 7, no. 37, September 14-20. 1994

B.D., “New Directions for Women” vol. 22 no. 4, July-August 1993. p. 22

Elizabeth Hess, “Group Gropes” Village Voice, January 28, 1992

Holland Cotter, “Art in Review - National Showcase” New York Times, July 10, 1992

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1992/07/10/533492.html?pageNumber=73

Robert Atkins, “Scene & Heard” Village Voice, April 28, 1992

“Libido, The Journal of Sex and Sensibility” vol. 4, no. 3, Fall 1992 . p. 15, 59-65

William Zimmerman, “Artists Imprint Their Memories on Photographs from the Past” The New York Times, Westchester Edition, October 2, 1998. p. 28

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1988/10/02/667688.html?pageNumber=732

PRESENTATIONS, LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS

2022 | OCAC Artist Studio Visits, Curated and Hosted by Orange County Arts Council

2020 | Virtual Art Walks, Curated and Hosted by Claudia Sohrens

2018 | Continuing Education Course: Digital Projects: Constructing Images

International Center of Photography, New York NY

2017 | Workshop: Zines! Zines! Zines!

International Center of Photography Museum, New York NY

Continuing Education Course: Fine Art Digital Printing

International Center of Photography, New York NY

2012 | Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Parsons School of Design, New York NY

Lecture and Studio Visits with Fine Art Graduate Students

New Ways of Seeing: Jewish-Muslim Relations, SUNY Cortland, Cortland NY

Discussion with Sanford Gutman, Professor of History Emeritus, SUNY Cortland

2011 | Continuing Education Course: Photoshop I: Digital Imaging for Photographers

International Center of Photography, New York NY

2008 | Photography workshop for children living and/or working on the streets

Friends-International, Phnom Penh Cambodia

2007 | Brown Bag Talk, Parsons School of Design, New York NY

Visiting Artist, Presentation and Talk

SALA ArtSpace, Phnom Penh Cambodia

Workshop: Construction of Images using Collage

Reyum Art School, Phnom Penh Cambodia

Photography workshop with nine orphans

Cambodian and International Children Friend Association, Phnom Penh Cambodia

Art teacher for AIDS orphans and children at risk

Art In A Box, Phnom Penh Cambodia

2006 | Visiting Artist, Presentation and Talk

Workshop: Words into Images: Poetry and Photography

The Creative Center, New York NY

2002 | Visiting Artist, Topic: Art and Illness

New York Hospital, New York NY

2000 | Web Development Workshop, Science at the Center Kids Program

Liberty Science Center, Newark NJ

1997 | Visiting Artist, Presentation and Talk 

Artgroup, New York NY

INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS

Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art 

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Patti-Jo Alesci, New York NY

Marilyn Alva, Brooklyn NY

Lynn Breslin, New York NY

James Callahan, New York, NY

Vincent Cianni, Newburgh, NY

Paul Cossu, New York, NY

Jeanette Fintz and Jack Solomon, Surprise NY

Karen Furth, New York, NY

Theresa Galvin, Brooklyn NY

Erin Greatorex, Eustis, ME

Kate Hawes & Cassidy Haynes, Woodstock, NY

Jennifer Israel, Brooklyn NY

Julie Lindell, Newburgh NY

Lisa Mediodia, New York, NY

Tamar Samir, Newburgh, NY

Joan Silber, New York NY

Remy Toledo, New York NY

Fay Torresyap, New York, NY

Yoshihisr Tanimiura, Tokyo Japan

McKenzie Wark, Brooklyn NY 

Jillian Weiss, Kingston NY

CONFERENCES

2009 | Co-Chair: Digital Technology in Foundation Studies: If, How, and Why

College Art Association Annual Conferences, Los Angeles CA

1996 | Co-Presenter: “Lying in the Beds We Make,” Panel: “Apparitions in the Aperture: Becoming

Visible, Coming Visibly, Un-becoming Visibility”

College Art Association Annual Conference, Boston MA

1993 | Co-Presenter, Reinventing the Family Album: Theater of the Self

The America Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama, Washington DC 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2022 | Juror, Unsolicited Exhibition Program 2023-24, ApexArt, New York NY

2017 | Juror, Unsolicited Exhibition Program 2017-18, ApexArt, New York NY

2015 | Mentor, The Mentoring Program for Immigrant Artists, New York Foundation for the Arts,

New York NY 2012

Visual Arts Admissions Committee Member, Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake NY

2009 | Reviewer, A.A.S. Degree in Digital Art and Design, Queensborough Community College,

Bayside NY

2008 | Mentor, The Mentoring Program for Immigrant Artists, New York Foundation for the Arts,

New York NY

1996 | Juror, The Furor of Change, Co-Selected with Ken Bloom, Pulse Art, New York NY 

UNIVERSITY TEACHING

2020-Present

Adjunct Faculty, Pratt Institute, New York NY

Courses: Introduction to Web Design, Introduction to Adobe Illustrator

2018-Present 

Adjunct Faculty, Parsons School of Design, New York NY

Courses: Integrative Studio 1 & 2, Time, Media Studio

2002-2018 

Full-Time Faculty, Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Parsons School of Design, New York NY Curriculum Coordinator of Drawing/Imaging [2016-2017]

Courses: Media Studio, Time, Photo: Fact and Fiction

Director of BFA Photography [2013-15]

Courses: Photo Topics: Constructed Images, Junior Seminar 1 &2, Photo: Senior Thesis Tutorial, Independent Study

Curriculum Coordinator of 2D Integrated Studio [2005-2013]

Courses: Media Lab, Portfolio Workshop, 2D Integrated Studio I & II, Narrative and Story Forms

Curriculum Coordinator of Digital Design [2002-05]

Courses: Digital Design I & II, Accelerated Digital Design I & II, Laboratory I & II 

2008

Visiting Part-Time Faculty, Parsons Paris, Paris France

Course: 2 Dimensional Digital Design 

2000-2001

Part-Time Faculty, Parsons School of Design, New York NY

Courses: Digital Design I & II, Accelerated Digital Design I & II, Drawing Concepts 

1999-2000

Adjunct Instructor, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey

Courses: Experiements in Computer Art I & II 2000-01

Part-Time Faculty, Parsons School of Design, New York NY

Courses: Digital Design I & II, Accelerated Digital Design I & II, Drawing Concepts