Education

1999-2004
PH.D. Special Individualized Program - Art History/Visual Arts Concordia University, Montréal
Title: Walking in the City: The Motif of Exile in Performances by Krzysztof Wodiczko and Adrian Piper
Exibition: Prosthetic Self, Oboro Art Gallery, Montréal

1998-1999
Ph.D. Interdisciplinary in Arts - Art History Texas Tech University, Lubbock
Completed one year and transferred to Concordia University

1998
MFA Visual Arts - Interdisciplinary Visual Arts York University, Toronto
High Distinction Diploma

1996
Bachelor of Arts Honors - Major Theory & Art History: Minor Italian Literature University of Ottawa
Magna Cum Laude

1996
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Major Studio Arts University of Ottawa
Magna Cum Laude

1988
Bachelor of Art History - Major Art History Catholic University of Lublin (KUL), Lublin, Poland
Completed two years and immigrated to Rome, Italy

Teaching & Work Experience

Fall 2008 - Spring 2010
Professor of Art History Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida, USA Fall 2008 - Spring 2010
Post-doctoral Researcher “Walking in Exile” ICI – Berlin Institute for Cultural Inquiry, Berlin, Germany

Summer 2007
MFA Instructor “Performing Hybridity: Travel, Exile, Recuperation” University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA

Fall 2006 - Summer 2007
Professor of Art History University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Winter,2006
Co-Founder and Editor “Locus Suspectus”

Fall 2003 - Winter 2005
Part-Time Professor of Studio Arts and Art History University of Ottawa, Ottawa

Summer 2002
Co-instructor of Interdisciplinary Arts Concordia University, Montréal

Winter 2000 - Winter 2001
Instructor of Art History Concordia University, Montréal

Fall 1998
Teaching Assistant in Art History Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA

Winter 1996 - Winter 1998
Teaching Assistant in Studio Arts and Art History York University, Toronto

September 1995 - August 1996
Founder/Curator - Galerie Kinga Gallery Ottawa

Fall 1991 - Winter 1993
Teaching Assistant in Italian Department University of Ottawa, Ottawa

Fellowships & Awards

2006
Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

2005
Recherche et création: Bourse "B" Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec

2003
Renata Hornstein Graduate Fellowship in Recognition of Superior Academic Achievement
Concordia University Retired Faculty and Staff Graduate Award in Recognition of Superior Academic Achievement

2002
Rector’s Cabinet Special Funding Rector’s Cabinet, Concordia University
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canadian Embassy in Warsaw, Poland
Romer Foundation Private Funding Montréal
Recherche et création: Bourse "B" Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec

2001
Prix de Vidéographe Prix pour la meilleure oeuvre vidéographique; onzième édition de l’ÉICV
Concordia University External Grant Holder Doctoral Scholarship University of Concordia, Montréal
Doctoral Fellowship Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada

1998
Ph.D. Scholarship Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Provost Research Assistantship Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

1997
Susan Tannenbaum Scholarship Outstanding graduate video installation works
Ontario Ministry of Collages & Universities Ontario graduate scholarship

1997
The Visual Arts Grant The Best Graduate Student Exhibition (BFA), University of Ottawa
Embassy of Switzerland Award Highest standing in Italian, University of Ottawa

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