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)