RESEARCH AREAS
Experimental Film; Video Art; New Media; Studio Pedagogy; Educational Psychology; Inclusive Education; Experiential Teaching; Caring in Education
2019
Dubai Design Week | ‘Enhancing Studio Pedagogy’ workshop | Re-Urban studio | Dubai, UAE
Helsinki International Education Film Festival | ‘Designing Learning’ Educational documentary screening | Helsinki, Finland
Education, Design and Practice - Understanding skills in a complex world | Film screening “Designing Learning” (double blind peer review) | Stevens Institute of Technology | New York, US
Canada International Conference on Education | Paper Presentation “Instructor’s Personal Qualities and Meaningful Behaviours That Positively Impact Students’ Intrinsic Motivation in Studio-Based Disciplines” | (double blind peer review) | University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada
2018
The International Conference on Advanced Research in Education | Paper Presentation “ The Pedagogy of Creative Disciplines: Teaching Techniques and Approaches That Increase Students’ Intrinsic Motivation in a Studio Classroom” (double blind peer review) | London, UK
The Undergraduate Awards 2018 Academic Program | Judging Panelist in the International Visual Arts and Design Category | Dublin, Ireland
2017
Global Academic Institute / International Academic Conference on Education & Social Sciences |Paris, France | Paper Presentation "Contextualizition of Self-Determination Theory: Teaching Strategies That Promote Students' Intrinsic Motivation Within a Studio Classroom"
Harvard University; Graduate School of Design / Symposium: After Dark: Nocturnal Landscapes and Public Spaces in the Arabian Peninsula Cambridge MA, US | Video Installation Adaptive Space co-created with Cristiano Luchetti (curated)
Contemporary Arts Conference | Istanbul, Turkey Keynote Speaker
1971 Design Space 'Coordinates + Someone Else' | Sharjah, Video Installation Adaptive Space / co-created with Cristiano Luchetti (curated)
International Short Film Festival| Clermont Fd, France Hallway, Experimental/Fashion Film Screening (curated)
2016
International Conference for Academic Disciplines | Rome, Italy Presentation of paper: "The Influence Of Inspiration In Relation To Students’ Intrinsic Motivation And Greater Creative Expression"
Seventh International Conference On The Image | Liverpool, UK | Synthetic Curiosities, Media Installation (curated)
22nd International Symposium on Electronic Art ISEA2016 Hong Kong | Synthetic Curiosities, Media Installation
XVIII Generative Arts Conference, Politecnico di Milano, Venice, Italy | Surface Decay, Single Channel Video Installation
2015
Currents New Media - International New Media Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico | Split, experimental film
UAE Innovation Week, Maraya Art Center, Sharjah, UAE | Metamorphic Authenticity, Video Installation
Contemporary Art Review - Art Habens, London, UK | Chromatic Shift, Video Installation
Art of Sound - Experimental Sound Lab, Dubai | Chromatic Shift, Sound and Video Installation
Women's Cinema and Performing Arts, London, UK | Surface Decay, Single Channel Video Installation
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, BAFTA qualifying festival, York, UK | Split, experimental film
Contemporary Arts Conference, Istanbul, Turkey | Member of the review committee, Keynote Speaker
Cinematic Arts Conference, Istanbul, Turkey | Discussant, History of Fashion Film, Paper presentation
2014
22nd International Symposium on Electronic Art ISEA2014 Dubai, UAE | Displacement, Media Installation
Loikka dance film festival, Helsinki, Finland, Candidate for Citizen Jury | Hallway, Experimental Video
Miami Fashion Film Festival, Miami, USA | Split, Experimental Film
Videofocus Art Review, Stigmart Press, Berlin, Germany | If I don't, Experimental Film
Columbia George International Film Festival, Los Angeles, California | If I don't, Experimental Film
Sharjah Art Foundation, CAAD Faculty Creative Works Exhibition, Sharjah, UAE | Hallway, Experimental Video
Dubai Culture, SIKKA Art Fair, Dubai UAE | Fragments, Single Channel Video Installation
Art Festival Sarajevo Winter, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Split, Experimental Video
Carolina Film and Video Festival, North Carolina, USA | Split, Experimental Film
WHAT DESIGN CAN DO, International Conference on Impact of Design, Amsterdam, Netherlads | Discussant
Arts in Society Conference, London, UK | Discussant, Fashion film: Art r advertising, Paper presentation
2013
Art Festival Sarajevo Winter, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Hallway, Experimental Video
College of Architecture, Art and Design, Sharjah, UAE | Fashion Film: Advertising or Art? Lecture
BHFF Film Festival, New York, USA | If I don't, Experimental Film
Moscars Film Festival, Kairo, Egypt | If I don't, Experimental Film