EDUCATION

Northern Illinois University/ Master of Fine Arts

Aug  2016 - May  2019,  Dekalb, IL

Bowling Green State University/ Bachelor of Fine Arts

Aug  2012 - May  2015,  Bowling Green, OH

Henry Ford College

Aug  2010  - Aug  2012,  Dearborn, MI

College for Creative Studies

Aug  2009  - May  2010,  Detroit, MI


EXPERIENCE/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Paragon Arts Gallery / Gallery Director

September  2023- Present Portland, OR

Portland Community College- Sylvania/ Full Time Instructor

September  2019- Present Portland, OR

Instructor -Two Dimensional Design

                         Three Dimensional Design

                         Color Theory Foundations

Northern Illinois University/ Graduate Teaching  Assistant

January  2019- Present, Dekalb IL

Instructor of Record- Drawing Foundations

Northern Illinois University/ Graduate Teaching  Assistant

August  2018- December 2018, Dekalb IL

Instructor of Record- Introduction to Printmaking

Northern Illinois University/ Graduate Teaching  Assistant 

August  2017- Present, Dekalb IL

Instructor of Record- Two Dimensional Design

Northern Illinois University Art Museum/ Graduate Research  Assistant

August  2016- Present, Dekalb IL

Accession inventory through PastPerfect

Aid in installation for upcoming show

Monitor gallery during hours of operation

Northern Illinois University/Visual Arts Summer Camp

July 17-21,  2017-  Dekalb IL

Instructor- Printmaking-Serigraphy

University of Tennessee- Knoxville/ Studio Assistant

May 2017- June 2017-  Knoxville, TN

Assistant to John Douglas Powers, Associate Professor - Sculpture

NIU Jack Olson Gallery / Graduate Research Assistant

August  2016- May 2017, Dekalb IL

Installation of upcoming exhibitions

Gallery maintenance

Reception Host

Northern Illinois University/Graduate Assistantship

August  2016, Northern Illinois University- DeKalb, IL

Frogman’s Print Workshop / Archival Assistant

December  2016, Omaha, NE

Edited prints and portfolios for Frogman’s website

Organized portfolio exchanges from previous workshops

Bowling Green State University Printmaking Lab/Student Lab Assistant

August  2014- May 2015,  Bowling Green OH

Assisted students with printing, and dealing with hazardous materials.

Monitored time between student needs and upkeep of the lab.

Made sure lab was up to BGSU Art Department and NASAD guidelines.

Rosenthal Fine Art  / Art Gallery Intern

May  2014 - August 2014,  Chicago, IL

Examined and documented upcoming events pertaining to the gallery.

Aided in researching galleries around the U.S. to help with projects.

Managed documents for gallery’s art inventory.

2D Arts Association- Bowling Green State University / President           

Aug 2014- May  2015, Bowling Green, OH                                 

Delegated events/trips on and off campus

Managed budget for organization

Organized Black Swamp Arts Festival participation for 2DAA

Curated artwork for BGSU School of Art event-ArtsXtravaganza

2D Arts Association- Bowling Green State University / Vice President

Aug 2013- May  2014, Bowling Green, OH                                 

Advertised upcoming events on and off campus

Scheduled group meetings on campus

Took inventory of artwork for Black Swamp Arts Festival

Admissions and Recruitment Office Henry Ford College/ Student Ambassador

Feb 2012 - August  2012,  Dearborn, MI

Conducted tours for students interested in Henry Ford CC

Helped in answering question future students had in regards to the college.

Compiled feedback from students who completed tours

Sisson Gallery - Henry Ford College / Art Gallery Monitor

May 2011- Feb 2012,  Dearborn, MI

Ensured artwork was not tampered with

Assisted in hanging artwork for upcoming shows


AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS

Regional Arts and Culture Council Arts 3C Grant

December 2023, Portland, OR

Regional Arts and Culture Council and Open Signal’s Fresh Paint Opportunity

A grant specifically designed for artists creating a mural for the first time in their art practice.

August 2021, Portland Oregon

John X. Koznarek Memorial Scholarship Fund

May   2018, Northern Illinois University -DeKalb, IL

Northern Illinois University Fellowship

Six Graduate Students selected from the NIU Graduate School

March  2018, Northern Illinois University -DeKalb, IL

Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Purchase Award

October 2017, Topeka, KS

Dorothea Bilder Art Scholarship

May 2017, Northern Illinois University- DeKalb, IL

Helen Merritt Art Scholarship

May 2017, Northern Illinois University- DeKalb, IL

Northern Illinois University/Institutional Waiver

August  2016, Northern Illinois University- DeKalb, IL

Bowling Green State University Senior BFA Show/ Medici Circle Cup- Best of BFA Show       

March  2015 , Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery- Bowling Green, OH                                                         

Stuart R. Givens Fellowship         

April 2014 , Bowling Green State University- Bowling Green, OH

Bowling Green State University Undergraduate Exhibition/Doris Marie Herner Award    

January 2014 , Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery-Bowling Green, OH                        

State of the State Conference/ Target Scholar Recipient

March  2013 ,Bowling Green State University-  Bowling Green, OH              


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Block Party

August 2023 , Washington State University- Vancouver, Vancouver, WA

Visual Decadence

February 2023 , Southeast Gallery- Portland Community College- Portland,  OR

Sharjah Calligraphy Biennial Presents: Elevation- Beit Ibtihal 

October  2022 , Sharjah Contemporary Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE

Sorry I Missed Your Call, I Was Busy Regressing

September 2022 , Littman and White Gallery, Portland, OR

The Invocation- MFA Thesis Solo Exhibition

March 2019 , Annette and Jerry Johns Gallery

Northern Illinois University- DeKalb, IL

Al- Kitab:  A Solo Exhibition of  Handmade Books by Zeinab Saab

October  2018 , Founders Memorial Library

Northern Illinois University- DeKalb, IL

Sanctum:  Artist Books and Prints by Zeinab Saab

October 2017, Arab American Cultural Center, University of Illinois at Chicago- Chicago, IL

Rituals:  A Solo Show of  Prints and Drawings by Zeinab Saab

February  2017 , Loftworks Gallery- Cleveland, OH


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Wordplay: Print/Text/Image- Co-Curated by Edie Overturf and Kevin Haas

January 2023, - Gallery 2- Washington State University-Pullman, WA

Print/Text/Image- Co-Curated by Edie Overturf and Kevin Haas

October 2022, - Visual Arts Gallery, Mt. Hood Community College-

Portland, OR

With or Without You: America

August 2022, Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University- Philadelphia, PA 

11th International Douro Printmaking Biennial

August 2022, Alijo, Portugal

Artists, Educators, People

July  2022, MCAD MFA Gallery- Minneapolis, MN 

Curated by Edson Rosas

To Make is To Stay 

February  2022,  Galerie Camille- Detroit, MI

Curated by Nour Ballout

Flat File Exhibition 2022 

December  2021,  A.P.E. Gallery- Northampton, MA 

Converging Lines: Tracing the Artistic Lineage of the Arab Diaspora in the U.S.

September 2021, Middle East Institute- Washington D.C.

PATTERN + SEMBLANCE

July  2021, Manifest Gallery -Cincinnati, OH 

Traveling Exhibition: Halal Metropolis

May  2021, Stamps Gallery -University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Traveling Exhibition-Viscosity: Women of Print  Exhibition

May 2021, St. Louis Artist Guild- St. Louis, MO

ArteEast Legacy Trilogy

March 2021, Online Exhibition

Artifacts at the Start of the Decade

January 2021, Gardiner Gallery - Oklahoma State University- OK

Viscosity: Women of Print  Exhibition

October 2020, University of Tennessee- Knoxville

Poetry is Not a Luxury

June 2020,  San Francisco Center for the Book- San Francisco, CA

PCC Sylvania Art Faculty Exhibition

February 2020,  North View Gallery- Portland, OR

Traveling Exhibition- 

Let There Be Spaces In Your Togetherness

January 2020,  St. Cloud State University- St. Cloud, MN

March 2020,  New York Mills Cultural Center- New York Mills, MN

Traveling Exhibition: Halal Metropolis

January 2020, The University of Michigan- Dearborn- Dearborn, MI 

December 2019, Arthur Secunda Museum- Cleary University- Howell, MI

Let There Be Spaces In Your Togetherness

December 2019,  Soo Visual Arts Center-Minneapolis, MN

Elemental: Design Meets Culture and Place

September 2019, Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, MI

Halal Metropolis

August 2019, Bank Suey, Hamtramck, MI

Frogman’s Print Workshops Presents: Locality and Change

July  2019, Bancroft Street Market, Omaha NE

Upcoming: Poetry is Not a Luxury

June 2019, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY

Curator: Maymanah Farhat

Master of None: Northern Illinois University MFA Exhibition

March 2019, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

PrintAustin Presents:  Viscosity: Women of Print  Exhibition

Janaury  2019 , Link & Pin Gallery,  Austin, TX

Theotokos: New Visions of the Mother of God

December 2018, The Schvitz Ballroom, Detroit, MI

Cultivating Community: A Gathering of Perspectives

November  2018, Minnesota State Community and Tech College, Fergus Falls, MN

Convergent Narratives

October  2018, Rockford University Art Gallery, Rockford, IL

Viscosity: Women of Print  Exhibition

October  2018, Noise Gallery,  Bloomington, IN

Along Spectral Lines

October 2018, C for Courtside, Knoxville, TN

Unpacked Artist Space Presents Maktub: A Three Person Artist Book Exhibition

September  2018, Unpacked Artist Space, Chicago, IL

Cones and Rods Juried Exhibition

July  2018, Whitdel Arts Center, Detroit, MI

Boundaries, Borders, and Limits Juried Exhibition

July  2018, Remarque/New Grounds Print Workshop, Albuquerque, NM

Impromptu Exhibition

June  2018, Rubberneck Gallery, Chicago, IL

Art of the Book Juried Exhibition

May  2018,  Gallerie Renee Marie, Benicia, CA

Catapult Creative House Presents: Validity

May  2018,  Catapult Gallery, Cape Girardeau, MO

Editions Studio Miniature Book Exhibition

May  2018,  Editions Studio, Seattle WA

31st Annual WomenWorks Juried Fine Arts Show  2018

March  2018,  Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL

Juror: Karen Stahleker

Authentic Marks: 2nd Annual International Miniature Printmaking Exhibition, 2018

March  2018,  A4 Gallery- Dubai, UAE

The Printed Page III Juried Exhibition

March  2018, Abecedarian Gallery- Denver, CO

Juror: Alicia Bailey -  Curator , Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO

Paper is Part of the Picture: Contemporary Paper and Book Arts

February 2018, Anderson Gallery at Drake University, Des Moines, IA

Jurors: Sarah McCoy, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Drake University

                Mary Jones, Professor Emeritus of Art and Design, Grandview University

Unpacked Mobile Gallery Presents: Come As You Are/ Northern Illinois University’s Winter Convocation

January 2018, Unpacked Mobile Gallery, Northern Illinois University- DeKalb, IL

Abcedarian Gallery Artists’ Books Cornucopia VIII

October 2017, Art Gym Denver, Denver CO

Juror : Cynthia Nourse Thompson, Director of Graduate Programs in Book Arts + Printmaking and Studio Arts at the University of the Arts.

No Answer- Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Purchase Award

6th Annual Juried International Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art

October 2017, Irving Arts Center -Irving, TX

Juror : Dr. Linda Komaroff, Curator for the Islamic Art Collection at LACMA

2017 Bowling Green State University  Alumni Exhibition

September  2017, Bowling Green State University- Bowling Green, OH

Core New Art Space Juried Exhibition- Blue Show

May 2017, Core New Art Space- Denver, CO

Cryptic Language : Two Person Exhibition by Millicent Kennedy and Zeinab Saab

April 2017 , DeKalb Women’s Center- DeKalb, IL

Artlink 37th Annual National Print Exhibition

March  2017  , Artlink Contemporary Gallery- Fort Wayne, IN

Juror : Patrick Flaherty

Shaghaf Group Presents: Woven Heritage - International Miniature Printmaking Exhibition

March  2017 , A4 Gallery- Dubai, UAE

IllMuslims: Be Social DET Pop Up Show by Threads and Beams

March  2017  , Arab American National Museum, Dearborn MI

Northern Illinois University Winter Convocation

February 2017 , The Egyptian Theatre -DeKalb, IL

Bandolier Press Presents: The Long Walk Home

January  2017 , Union Street Gallery- Chicago Heights, IL

Vis A Vis: NIU Student and Alumni Printmaking Exhibition

January  2017 , Gallery 214 -Northern Illinois University- DeKalb, IL

Nasty Women Exhibition

January  2017 , Knockdown Center- Queens, NY

Fine Prints for a Fine Space Exhibition

November 2016 , Backspace Gallery- Northern Illinois University- Dekalb, IL

Back/To/For/Ward- NIU First Year MFA Show

November 2016 , Gallery 215-Northern Illinois University- Dekalb, IL

Pacific States Biennial North American Student Portfolio Exchange

October 2016 , East Hawai'i Cultural Center -University of Hawaii- Hilo, HI

Bowling Green State University Senior BFA Show     

March  2015 , Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery- Bowling Green, OH                                                       

Medici Circle Cup- Best of BFA Show  

Bowling Green State University Women’s Center- Celebrating Women in the Arts Exhibition               

December  2014 , Wankleman Gallery-  Bowling Green, OH                                 

LeSo Gallery Overture III Show                                   

September  2014 , LeSo Gallery,  Toledo, OH                                           

LeSo Gallery 2nd Annual Hair Show                    

February   2014 , Leso Gallery- Toledo, OH

Bowling Green State University Undergraduate Exhibition        

January 2014 , Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery-Bowling Green, OH                                 

Doris Marie Herner Award Recipient                                                                                                                 

NOW-OH 6 Exhibition                                                   

June  2013 , Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery- Bowling Green, OH                                                             

Bowling Green State University Undergraduate Exhibition                                

December  2012 , Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery- Bowling Green, OH


PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

University of Michigan  Special Collections Library

January 2022 -  Kitab Series

Ann Arbor, Mi

Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives & Rare Book Library

October 2020 -  Explosion   Artist Book,

Emory University- Atlanta, GA

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art

November 2019 At Sunset   Artist Book,

Bainbridge Island, WA

Minnesota State Tech and Community College

November 2018, Kan Wa Ma Kan , Silkscreen,

Fergus Falls, MN

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art

October  2018, Deliberately Untold Stories, Copy #2  Artist Book,

Bainbridge Island, WA

Colorado College Tutt Library Special Collections

August 2018, Deliberately Untold Stories, Copy #5  Artist Book,

Colorado Springs, CO

Oberlin College Fine Arts Library

June  2018, Deliberately Untold Stories, Copy #3  Artist Book, Oberlin, OH

Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library

June  2018, Deliberately Untold Stories, Copy #1  Artist Book, Topeka, KS

Emory University Libraries Special Collection

May 2018, Deliberately Untold Stories, Copy #4 Artist Book,  Atlanta, GA

Zayed University Printmaking Department

March 2018 , Kan Wa Ma Kan/Kon Feyakon , Silkscreens

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

University of Iowa- Library of Special Collections

December 2017, Preserved Book Purchase, Iowa City, IA,

Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library

October 2017, No Answer  Book Purchase, Topeka,  KS , October 2017

Zayed University Printmaking Department

February 2017, Jenna/Dunya, Intaglio, Duba, United Arab Emirates

Hawai’i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts

March 2017, Lighten Up/Tighten Up  Screenprint, Honolulu, HI,


RESIDENCIES/WORKSHOPS/ CONFERENCES

Dar Meso Artist Residency

June /July 2024 - Tunis, Tunisia

Vermont Studio Center

August 2023- Burlington, VT

Blue Cactus Artist Residency

July  2023- Catalonia, Spain

Incahoots Artist Residency

July  2021- Petaluma, CA

Southern Graphics Council International

March 2019- Dallas, TX

Penland School of Crafts

July 2018- Boone, NC

Southern Graphics Council International

April 2018- Las Vegas, NV

Frogman’s Printmaking Workshops

July 2017, University of Nebraska- Omaha, Nebraska

Southern Graphics Council International

March  2017, Atlanta, GA

 


VISITING ARTIST LECTURES

Visiting Artist Lecture University of Minnesota- Duluth

April 2023-Duluth, MN

This Must Be the Place

March 2021- West Virginia University 

ArteEast Legacy Trilogy- In Discussion with Hadieh Shafie

February 2021 - Virtual Artist Lecture

Can You Unmute Yourself?

December 2020- Santa Rosa Junior College

JUROR/PANELIST

Regional Arts and Culture Council- Open Signal’s Fresh Paint Mural Opportunity

September 2023 - Portland, OR

Student Art Exhibition Juror University of Minnesota- Duluth

April 2023-Duluth, MN

Regional Arts and Culture Council- Open Signal’s Fresh Paint Mural Opportunity

September 2022 - Portland, OR