CV
promoting youth empowerment through the arts.
mixed-media artist, educator
jaiziabedania@gmail.com
650.722.0522
Present
Professor of Photography & Digital Imaging, Adelphi University, Long Island NY
Teaching Artist, Photography, Moving Image, & Mixed-Media, Brooklyn Museum NY
Teaching Artist, Documentary Film, Girl Be Heard, Brooklyn NY
Teaching Artist, New York City Street Photography Collective, Brooklyn NY
2020-2023
Professor of Digital Art, Suffolk County Community College, Long Island NY
Teaching Artist/ Muralist, Digital Age Learning, Bronx NY
Teaching Artist/ Muralist, Creative Art Works with Asa Philip Randolph H.S., Harlem NY
ColorLab Teaching Artist, Brooklyn Children’s Museum
2018-2020
Teaching Assistant, Video & Audio Production, School of Visual Arts
MFA Photo/ Video Department Assistant, School of Visual Arts
2015-2017
Middle/ High School Art Teacher, Fusion Academy
2014-2015
Middle School Art Teacher, East Palo Alto Phoenix Academy
Volunteer Coordinator, Reading Partners Silicon Valley
2010-2015
Citizen School Teacher, Cesar Chavez Academy
Teen Activities Leader, Richmond Village Beacon
Team Leader, S.O.S. Program, Seattle Parks & Recreation
2008-2010
Textile Art Instructor, Frye Art Museum with UrbanArtworks
Teen Programs Coordinator, S.T.E.P. Program, Seattle Parks & Recreation
Photography Instructor/ Volunteer Coordinator, Youth In Focus
Fashion Design Instructor, Hip Hop Academy, Umoja Peace Center
Education
MFA Photography, Video, & Related Media; School of Visual Arts, New York
BS Comprehensive Design; University of California, Davis, CA
Credential in Art Education; Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA
Certificate - Project Management, Coursera
Exhibitions, Awards, Publications, Residencies
2024
Dean’s Student Circle: Outstanding Mentor Award, Adelphi University NY
Through A Lens Diasporic, video, Ruth S. Harley Gallery, Adelphi University NY
Navigating Diaspora: Teaching to Diverse Populations, Guest Speaker, Artivism: The Art of Social Transformation
2023
Acting Up in the Classroom-- an interdisciplinary model for community engagement & personal expression, Adelphi Faculty Grant— Research Project
Mirrorself, video/ performance, Ruth S. Harley Gallery, Adelphi University NY
2021
smoking.working.crying. (a space in 3 acts), video/ sound installation, Brooklyn Museum
Guest Lecturer, NY School of Interior Design
Guest Teaching Artist, ArtXchange
Workshop Series
2020
Terms & Conditions: 0.3 Lunchbreak, virtual film screening
Thesis Exhibition, School of Visual Arts, NY
Alumni Award, School of Visual Arts, NY
2019
Four Walls, Flatiron Gallery, NY
Feminist Agenda, self-published
2018
24 hr. Chinita, public art project, NY
Chairman’s Grant, School of Visual Arts, NY
2017
Fall Salon, School of Visual Arts, NY
Woman’s Work: Water & Wood, ArtVale Gallery, Oakland CA
new maps no. 4, self-published
2015
new maps no. 3, self-published
2014
new maps no. 2, self-published
2013
First Exposures Auction, S.F. Camerawork, San Francisco CA
Road to Nowhere: solo photography exhibition, Catalyst Gallery, Seattle WA
new maps no. 1, self-published
2010
Click, quarterly journal, Seattle WA
2008
Textile Sculpture Artist in Residence, UrbanArtworks, Seattle WA