CV

Education

School of the Art Institute of Chicago - 2016-2018
Masters of Fine Arts - Photography
Northern Illinois University – 2011-2015
BFA Photography/Minor Japanese - Cum Laude

Exhibitions

"Root&Rise" Chicago, IL - 2019
“SWEET, Golden, Delicious”, Dekalb. IL - 2018
“Dust of the World, Washed by Droplets of Dew”, Hiketa, Japan - 2018
“Undoing, Works by Preetika Rajgariah and Zuri Washington”, Chicago, IL - 2018
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Chicago, IL- 2018
"Nevertheless - Women Depicting Women", Aurora, IL -2018
“Blackballing”, Dekalb, IL - 2015
North Branch Arts, Northbrook, IL - 2015
Panchromatic Art Collective Gallery, Dekalb, IL– 2014

Publications

Graduate Publication - 2017-2018
Panchromatic Art Collective/Zine - 2015
Lillstreet Art Gallery/Catalogue - 2014

Experience

Adjunct Associate Professor - 2022
Continuing Studies Instructor -2022
Visiting Lecturer - 2021
Writing Fellow - 2018
Teaching Assistant - 2018
Photography Lab Attendant - 2015
Gallery Preparator - 2015
LAUNCH Residency – 2015
NIU Inaugural Curator – 2015
Panchromatic Exhibition Curator– 2015
Lillstreet Art Gallery/Internship – 2014

Awards

AICAD Fellowship Nominee - 2019
John and Eunice Johnson Scholarship - 2017
Leroy Neiman Scholarship - 2017
Helen Merritt Scholarship– 2015

Skills

Digital and Traditional Photography
Large Format Photography
Black and White Film (35mm, Large Format) Development
Digital Editing
Film Scanning (35mm, Large Format, Slides)

Using Format