Amirra Malak

SOLO EXHIBITS

2006                 Leaves, Trees, and Shimmies, Jeans @ 110, Hood River, OR

2004                 Middle Eastern Rhythms, Collage of the Gorge, White Salmon, WA

2002                 Middle Eastern Rhythms, Raven’s Camp Gallery, Woodland, WA

1999                 Hybrid Portraiture, Art on Eighth, Ellensburg, WA

1999                 Hybrid Portraiture, Billy Mac’s, Ellensburg, WA

1999                 Hybrid Portraiture, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

1998                                  A Weaving of Multi-cultural Experience, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

 

GROUP EXHIBITS

 

 2009                 Art Lexicon, Group Invitational, Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR

2008                                  Authentic Hybrids, Curator and participating artist, Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR

2008                 Interpretation, Group Invitational, Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR

2007                 Over the River, Through the Woods, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR

2007                 Social Justice, Group Invitational, Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR

2007                 Gorge Artists Open Studios, Hatchery Studio Arts Building, White Salmon, WA

2005                 White Salmon Christmas: Open Studio, Hatchery Studio Arts Building, White Salmon, WA

2005                 Gorge Artists Create, The Dalles Art Center, The Dalles, OR

2005                 Nights in White Salmon: Open Studio, Hatchery Studio Arts Building, White Salmon, WA

2005                 Group Invitational, La Roz Gallery, White Salmon, WA 

2004                 Exploring the Tree of Life, Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR

2004                 Celebrate the Gorge, Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR

2004                 Gorge Artists Create, The Dalles Art Center, The Dalles, OR

2000                 Art Raising in the Barn: Bringing Art to Our Rural Community, Raven's Camp Gallery, Woodland, WA

1999                 Central Washington Artists Juried Show, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA

1999                 Central Washington University Student Art Show, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Ellensburg, WA 

1998                 Central Washington Artists Juried Show, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA

1998                 Central Washington University Student Art Show, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Ellensburg, WA

1992                 Ethnic Women Artists, Greensboro Cultural Center, Greensboro, NC

1992                 Women Artists, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC

 

AWARDS

2008                 Oregon Arts Commission Career Opportunity Grant: Study with master Arabic calligrapher Kanaan Kanaan

2007                 White Salmon Centennial Logo and Poster Design Competition, White Salmon, WA

 

2005                 I’m Dreaming of a White Salmon Christmas Poster Competition, White Salmon, WA

2001-2002         Multicultural Fellowship, Full Graduate Tuition, Portland State University, Portland, OR

1998                 Bahai Faith Race Unity Award $150, Central Washington Artists Juried Show, Larson Gallery, Yakima,    WA

1998                 Lloyd Garretson Award $150, Central Washington Artists Juried Show, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA

1998                 Farrell Scholarship in Art, full tuition and travel to research art in Egypt, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

 

1998                 Best Visual Display, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

1997                 Farrell Scholarship in Art, full tuition, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

 

ARTICLES

2007                  Painting Nature’s Vibrations, Columbia Gorge Magazine,

2007                  Seeing Green, The Worldlink

2006                  Two Rivers, One Artist, New West Online Magazine

2006                  Two Rivers, One Artist, Arts in the Gorge Magazine

 

RELATED ACTIVITIES

2009                 Art Coordinator, Peace Village Camp, Mosier, OR

2008                 Guest speaker, Oregon Cultural Trust Day of Culture, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR

2008 - present   Art Instructor, Hood River Valley High School, Hood River, OR

2002 - 2008       Art Instructor, Cascade Locks Community School, Cascade Locks, OR 

2008 - present   Gallery Committee, Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR

2004 - 2007       Illustrator, THE POLISHING STONE MAGAZINE.

2006                 Education and Outreach Committee, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR

2006                 Art Work Donation: Bite of the Gorge: Arts in Education Fundraiser, Hood River, OR

2005                 Visiting Artist, Third World Feminism Class, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR

2004                 Visiting Artist, Maryhill Museum Summer Teacher Institute, Goldendale, WA

2002                 Art Work Donation: SWIFT Auction, Vancouver, WA

2001                 Art Work Donation: SWIFT Auction, Vancouver, WA. 

2000                 Arts Coordinator: Raven’s Camp Nonprofit Organization, Woodland, WA

2000                 Art Instructor, Using Art to Explore Cultural Identity, Raven's Camp, Woodland, WA

2000                 Visiting Artist, Calligraphy and Geometry in Middle Eastern Art, Wishram School, Wishram, WA

1998                 Gallery Volunteer, Clymer Museum of Art, Ellensburg, WA

1995                 Gallery Volunteer, Chihuly Glass Exhibit, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA

1992                 Feminism Panelist, Women Artists Show, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC 

 

EDUCATION

2002                 MEd, visual art teaching endorsement, summa cum laude, Portland State University, Portland, OR

1999                 BA in Studio Art, painting concentration, cum laude, Central Washington University,   Ellensburg, WA 

1990-1991         Pratt Institute, studio classes, Brooklyn, NY

 

TRAVEL

Lived in Kuwait (10 years), Egypt (2years), and Spain (3 years).