PROFILE

 

Widely exhibited/presented visual and performance artist, published performance art scholar, award-winning playwright, and graphic designer. Thirty years of experience teaching studio art, graphic design, art history, performance art and playwriting at the undergraduate and graduate level.

 

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EDUCATION

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PhD, Performance Studies/Art History/Art Education, 2005

School of Visual Arts, Penn State University, State College, PA

Thesis: Performing Identity; The Politics and Pedagogy of Witnessing the Self

Advisor: Charles Garoian, PhD

Lecturers: Jacques Derrida, Ivan Illich, Alphonso Lingis, Henry Giroux

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MFA, Studio Art, 1996

School of Visual Arts, Penn State University, State College, PA

Summa Cum Laude

Advisor: Micaela Amato, MFA

 

BFA, Studio Art, 1988

School of Art, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Major in Painting, Minor in Art History

University Gold Medal

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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

 

2018-2023, Distinguished Instructor

UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, CA

Courses: Contemporary Art, Museums of the World,

Autobiographical Collage, Beginner Drawing

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2018-2023, Adjunct Professor

Woodbury University, Burbank, CA

Courses: Basic Design, Introduction to Typography, History of Graphic Design,

History of Modern Art, History of Contemporary Art, Art & Activism, Performance Art

 

2021-2022, Visiting Online Instructor

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Courses: Mixed Media Painting, Abstract Painting

 

2013-2020, Adjunct Online Professor

Empire State College (SUNY), Saratoga Springs, NY

Courses: Digital Art & Design (Beginner and Advanced)

 

2013-2018, Adjunct Professor

Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ

Courses: Drawing, Art History (Survey)

 

2012-2016, Adjunct Professor

School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Courses: Technology in Art Education (Graduate)

 

2009-2012, Adjunct Professor

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

Courses: Performance Art, Museum Education (Graduate)

Master’s Thesis Advisor

 

2005-2015, Adjunct Professor

Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV

Courses: Introduction to Art (Online)

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2005-2013, Adjunct Professor

SUNY College at Old Westbury, Old Westbury, NY

Courses: Print Design, Foundations Design, Creative Thinking, Beginner Drawing

 

2007-2009, Adjunct Professor

Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

Courses: Contemporary Art History

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2006-2009, Adjunct Professor

Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY

Courses: Art History (Survey)

 

2004-2005, Visiting Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Art Education

Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV

Courses: Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Foundations Design, Art Education Theory, Methods & Research.

Supervised all student-teachers in pre-service field practicum.

 

2000-2003, Assistant Professor, Department of Art Education

Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA

Courses: Aesthetics & Art Criticism, Visual Culture, Foundations Design, Art Education

 

1998-1999, Adjunct Instructor

Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA

Courses: Foundations Design

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1992-1994, Lecturer

The National Theatre School of Canada, Montreal, QC

Courses: Art History (Survey) for Set, Costume and Lighting Design students and Technical Production students.

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DEPARTMENTAL/UNIVERSITY SERVICE

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Shepherd University: Served on Curriculum and Instruction Committee, Professional Education Unit Council, and Hiring Committee.

 

Kutztown University: Advisor to all art education majors; Departmental Union Council Representative;

Undergraduate Exceptions Committee; Interdisciplinary Major Committee; Coordinator of Senior Exhibition; Library Liaison;

Website and Public Relations Committee; LGBTQ+ Student Faculty advisor.

 

 

OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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MUSEUM EDUCATION​

 

2004-2014, Museum Educator/Lecturer

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Conducted gallery talks and guided tours for adult visitors in the Education and Visitor Services Departments.

Conduct guided tours (with in-gallery sketching) for children in the Department of Family Programs.

Conducted offsite lectures and studio workshops for the Department of Community and Workplace Programs.

 

1996-1998, Museum Educator

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Conducted museum tours for middle and high school students in the Department of School Programs. Provided outreach services to New York City area schools through classroom visits. Conducted museum tours for adults in the Department of Visitor Services.

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1988-1991, Museum Educator

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON

Conducted exhibition research and daily museum tours in the Young Adults Division.

Conducted studio workshops for elementary and secondary school students in the Studio Visit Program.

Created teachers’ kits, self-guided and audio-visual educational material.

Co-wrote Art Gallery of Ontario's recommendation report to the Ontario Ministry of Education

regarding the role of visual arts in the curriculum. Co-taught museum education practicum for University of Toronto pre-service teachers.

 

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SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY-BASED ARTS EDUCATION

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2022-Present, Director/Instructor

The Blank Theatre’s Young Playwrights Academy, Los Angeles, CA

Teaching online teen and young adult playwriting classes.

 

2015-2019, Instructor

Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA

Taught adult drawing and painting workshops.

 

2017-2018, Instructor

Magen David Yeshiva High School, New York, NY

Taught Graphic Design course for high school juniors and seniors.

 

2005-2011, Facilitator/Teacher

Studio in a School/New York City Department of Education, NY

Conducted citywide Blueprint training for New York City public school art teachers.

Participated in artist residency programs in New York City public schools.

Designed and delivered 14-week studio programs in collaboration with classroom teacher.

 

1991-1993, Instructor

Segal Centre (Formerly Saidye Bronfman Centre) Montreal, QC

Taught adult drawing, painting and art history courses.

 

1998-2000, Instructor of Record (PhD)                             ­­

Penn State University, State College, PA

Taught performance art and art criticism courses. Taught large-section Introductory Art Appreciation course (350 students.)

Supervised multiple teaching assistants. Team-taught combined lecture/studio course for non-majors.

 

 

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

 

2012-2015, Instructor

School of Visual Arts Summer Programs, New York, NY

Taught ESL-specific art history/art appreciation courses to incoming international students from China, Japan and South Korea.

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1996-1998, Instructor

Murray Bergtraum Adult Education Center, New York, NY

Taught English to recent immigrant adults of diverse backgrounds and cultures.

 

1992-1994, Instructor

Montreal Language School, Montreal, Canada

Taught English to Francophone adults in the business community.

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PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR

“Would I Live or Would I Die?” University of Manitoba Today, Online Magazine, 2021

“SICK,” Stageplays, Cyberpress, New York, 2021

“Have Social, Cultural or Political Events Ever Impacted A Work In Progress?” The Dramatist, July/August 2017, 22-31

“Jefferson Market University Offers First Playwriting Course,” WestView News, 2017, 13(9), 24

“Education, Activism, Performance Art: Sharing Metaphors for Cultural Work.” In T. Quinn. (Ed.), Democracy/Education, 2005, 15(3-4), 76-79

“AIDS and Art.” In D. Bégin (Ed.), One Voice, 1998, 3(4), 11-12

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GRANTS, AWARDS AND HONORS

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2021                Faculty Development Major Grant, Woodbury University

2020                First Place, Playwriting Competition, One City One Pride Arts Festival, Los Angeles

2016                Award for Excellence in Playwriting, New York International Fringe Festival

2005                Online Education Development Grant, Shepherd University

2000                Individual Artist Grant, Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art

1996                Creative Achievement Award, College of Arts and Architecture, Penn State

1996                Exhibition Grant, Dean of Graduate Research, Penn State

1994                Graduate Study Grant, Quebec Government

1991                Educator's Award, Ontario Association of Art Galleries

1990                Major Artist Grant, The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation

1987                University Gold Medal in Fine Arts, The University of Manitoba

1987                Scholarship The Simon Chang Foundation

 

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INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

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2024                Visiting Artist Lecture, Graduate Art History Program, Tel Aviv University, 2024​​

2024                “Light in Art,” Lecture, Artists Collective, Rehovot, Israel, 2024

2022                “The Joys of Self-Producing,” Online Lecture, The Dramatists Guild​

2021                “The Art of Pandemics,” College of Liberal Arts Lecture Series, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA​

2018                “Doing It All: On Being a Generalist in a Specialist World,” The Anderson Endowed Lecture Series, Penn State, State College, PA

2016                “A Life in the Arts,” Visiting Artist Lecture, State University of New York, Purchase College, Purchase, NY​

2014                “Careers in the Arts,” 50th Anniversary of Penn State’s College of Arts and Architecture, State College, PA

2009                “Video in Performance Art,” Visiting Artist Lecture and Graduate Critiques, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

2003                “Performing Identity,” Visiting Artist Lecture/Performance and Graduate Critiques, Towson State University, Baltimore, MD​

2002                “Women in Postmodern Art,” Guest Speaker, Pace University, New York, NY

 

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CONFERENCE PAPERS

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2004                “Diversity in the Classroom,” College Art Association, Seattle, WA

2003                “ReFramings: Acknowledging Queer Subtext in the Art Historical Canon,” New York City Art Teachers Association, New York, NY

2003                “A Visual Culture Class Responds to 9/11,” National Art Education Association, Minneapolis, MN

2000                “Making the Links Between Education, Activism and Performance Art;” “Art History and the Student;” National Art Education                                   Association, Los Angeles, CA

1999                “The Body of the Other,” Performing Diversity Symposium, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA

1998                “Arts Futures: The Emerging Systems Aesthetic,” Social Theory, Politics & The Arts, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA​​

1996                “The Interview with the Artist as Genre,” College Art Association, Boston, MA

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RESIDENCIES

​Desert Playwrights’ Retreat, Palm Springs, CA, April 2023

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CREATIVE WORK

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PLAYWRITING AND SOLO PERFORMANCE

2023    SICK, Hollywood Fringe Festival, The Broadwater MainStage, Los Angeles, CA

2020    SICK, One City One Pride Arts Festival, Virtual Staged Reading, Los Angeles, CA

2018    Murmurs & Incantations, The Blank Theatre/Living Room Series, Los Angeles, CA

2016    Murmurs & Incantations, NY International Fringe Festival, New York, NY          

2013    Murmurs & Incantations, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY

2011    Murmurs & Incantations, Orange Hanky Theatre, New York, NY

2010    One Man Show, Village Playwright, New York, NY

2004    A Perfect Model, CAA Annual Conference Seattle, WA

2003    Tread, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE

2000    Art History 487, Future of the Present, Franklin Furnace, New York, NY

1999    Matthew, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA

1998    Lecture, Avant-Garde-Arama, P. S. 122, New York , NY

1996    Famous in New York, Thread Waxing Space , New York, NY

1995    Call Waiting, Cleveland Performance Art Festival, Cleveland, OH

1995    Untitled Performance, Allegheny College Gallery, Meadville, PA

1995    Harvest, Edwin Zoller Gallery, State College, PA

1994    Art Imitates Life, Palmer Museum of Art Piazza, State College, PA

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EXHIBITIONS

2023    Annual Benefit Auction, Los Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles, CA

2021    The AIDS Portfolio, Online Solo Exhibition (Retrospective), www.dahnhiuni.com, (curated with essay by Amy Converse)

2018    Brave Spaces, Gottesman Library, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY (curated by Pam Koehler)

2016    Early Drawings, Solo Exhibition, Galérie Georges-André, Brooklyn, NY, Invitational

2013    Gesturing Into Consciousness, Zoller Gallery, State College, PA (curated by Micaela Amato)

2013    Enshrouded, Two-person Exhibition, Bed-Vyne Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Invitational

2011    Queer Bodies, Galeria/Cinemarosa, New York, NY (curated by Hector Cengage)

2011    The Ties That Bind, Firehouse Gallery, Bay Shore, NY (curated by LuAnn T. Palazzo)

2011    Made by Hand , Cooper Union Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Pam Koehler)

2011    Crossing Disciplines, Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Non-juried

2010    Great LGBT Photo Show, Leslie-Lohman Gallery, New York, (curated by Cora Lambert)

2009    Postcards from the Edge, Metro Pictures, New York, NY, Non-juried

2008    Un/Veiled Visions, Amelie Wallace Gallery, SUNY, Old Westbury, NY, Invitational

2007    Employees’ Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Invitational

2006    SUNY Faculty Exhibition, State University Plaza Gallery, Albany, NY, Invitational

2002    Reactions, Exit Art, New York, NY, Non-juried (catalogue)

2004    Passages, Solo Exhibition, Frank Gallery, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV, Invitational

2000    From Foundation to Ornamentation, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA (curated by Cindy Morrison and Katherine Talcott)

1998    May 17, 1998, Cornish Estate Cold Springs, NY (curated by Anton Vidokle, Regine Basha and Christoph Gerozissis)

1998    From Foundation to Ornamentation, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL (curated by Cindy Morrison and Katherine Talcott)

1998    Are You Looking At Me? Acme Art Company Gallery, Columbus, OH (curated by Chuck Cave)

1997    Video View, Artists Space, New York, NY, Non-juried

1996    I Was Here, Solo Exhibition, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Zoller Gallery, State College, PA,

1994    Sites, Solo Exhibition, Galérie Dix Quarante, Montreal, QC, Non-juried

1991    Recent Work, Two-person Exhibition, Alliance Française, Toronto, ON, Invitational

1990    Roundup '90, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON, Non-juried (catalogue)

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COLLECTIONS

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

Franklin Furnace Archives, New York, NY

Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, New York, NY

School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Various private and corporate collections, U.S., Canada, U.K., France, The Netherlands, Israel

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY (Reverse chronological order)

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Eric A. Gordon & Lori A. Zimmerman, “Queer theater thrives in L.A.: Two plays reviewed, one historic, one historical,” People’s World, June 22, 2023. https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/queer-theater-thrives-in-l-a-two-plays-reviewed-one-historic-one-historical/

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Patrick Chavis, “Hollywood Fringe 2023: SICK at the Broadwater - Review,” LA Theatre Bites,

June 16, 2023. https://latheatrebites.com/hollywood-fringe-2023-sick-broadwater-review

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Robert Garrova, “It’s Been 50 Years Since Homosexuality Was Declassified As A Mental Illness. A New Play Tells The Story,” LAist (NPR), June 14, 2023. https://laist.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/its-been-50-years-since-homosexuality-was-declassified-as-a-mental-illness-a-new-play-tells-the-story

 

Jeff Slayton, “SICK Premiere At Hollywood Fringe Festival – Interview With Playwright & Director Dahn Hiuni,” LA Dance Chronicle, May 26, 2023.

https://www.ladancechronicle.com/sick-premiere-at-hollywood-fringe-festival-interview-with-playwright-director-dahn-hiuni

 

A.A. Cristi, “SICK, Recounting 1973 Struggle To Declassify Homosexuality As A Mental Illness, Premieres At 2023 Hollywood Fringe Festival,” BroadwayWorld.com, May 24, 2023

https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/SICK-Recounting-1973-Struggle-To-Declassify-Homosexuality-As-A-Mental-Illness-Premieres-At-2023-Hollywood-Fringe-Festival-20230524

 

Olivia Clement, “FringeNYC Announces Overall Excellence Award Winners,” Playbill.com,     

August 29, 2016. http://www.playbill.com/article/fringenyc-announces-overall-excellence-award-winners

 

Talya Zax, “Learning From The Complex Jewish Stories of FringeNYC,” Forward, August 29, 2016. https://forward.com/culture/348472/learning-from-the-complex-jewish-stories-of-fringenyc/

 

Adam Feldman, “Fringe Festival 2016 reviews, Part VI,” TimeOut, August 24, 2016

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/fringe-festival-2016-reviews-part-vi-082416

 

Ran Xia, “Murmurs & Incantations,” Theater Is Easy, August 23, 2016

http://ww.theasy.com/Reviews/FringeFestival/2016/murmursandincantations.php

 

Don Adkins, “A Curated Guide to the NY Fringe Festival’s 20th Anniversary Season,” Huffington Post, August 10, 2016

 

Stephanie Swindle, “School of Visual Arts Alumnus Brings Subculture to Forefront in New Play,” PSUNews, Jul 18, 2016. https://news.psu.edu/story/417708/2016/07/18/arts-and-entertainment/school-visual-arts-alumnus-brings-subculture

 

Anaïs Digonnet, “Une exposition à New York sur la ville de Paris,” MyFrenchCity.com, Dec 13, 2015. https://myfrenchcity.com/new-york/sortir-a-new-york/musees-et-expositionsny/exposition-a-new-york-ville-de-paris-attentats-13-novembre/

 

Michael Cooper, “Protests Meet Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Klinghoffer,’” The New York Times (Image), Oct 20, 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/21/arts/music/metropolitan-opera-forges-ahead-on-klinghoffer-in-spite-of-protests.html?_r=0

 

Shaul Magid, “Butler Trouble,” Studies in American Jewish Literature, Vol. 3 #22, 2014, Penn State Press. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/553344/pdf

 

Carey Purcell, “Breaking the Fourth Wall and Getting In On the Act: Immersive Theatre Fills the Stages and Streets of New York,” Playbill.com, Aug 10, 2013. http://www.playbill.com/article/breaking-the-fourth-wall-and-getting-in-on-the-act-immersive-theatre-fills-the-stages-and-streets-of-new-york-com-208330

 

Toni Sant, Franklin Furnace and the Spirit of the Avant-Garde, London: Intellect Press, 2011

Gomez, Enrico. “The 2010 Great LGBTQ Photo Show,” The Archive, Issue 35, Fall 2010

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Christopher Marquis, “Marquis Who’s Who in America,” 2008

 

Janine White, “Past & Present Come Face To Face in Performance,” Centre Daily Times, Mar 15, 2003

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Toni Sant, “Real Performance on the Pseudo Network,” PhD Theses, NY University, 2003

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Charles Garoian, Performing Pedagogy: Towards an Art of Politics, NY: State University of NY Press, 1999

Abigail Foerstner, “Exhibit Takes Uplifting Tack,” Pioneer Press, Oct 8, 1998

 

Charles Garoian. “Repositioning the Body in Postmodern Art Education,” Journal of Multicultural and Cross-Cultural Research in Art Education, Fall 1996

 

Reina Lewis & Peter Horne, Outlooks: Lesbian and Gay Sexualities and Visual Cultures, Routledge, 1996

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ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

CURATORIAL WORK

​2015    I for Paris, Galerie Georges-André, Brooklyn, NY

2011    The Civility Show, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, State University of New York, NY

2008    Un/Veiled Visions, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, State University of New York, NY (Catalogue)

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SERVICE TO PROFESSION

2017    Contributed written entries on individual artists, The Art Story, online art resource.

2013    Designed assessment component and teacher PowerPoint packages for Graphic Design Textbook by Scott Santoro, Upper Saddle                       River, NJ: Pearson, 2013

2004    Served as peer reviewer for Design Basics (6th Edition) by David Lauer & Stephen Pentak, Wadsworth Press, 2004

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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

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2019-Present, Adjudicator

The Blank Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival Selection Committee and Future of Playwriting Prize Selection Committee

Los Angeles, CA

 

2013-Present, Research Fellow

Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP),

New York NY

 

1997-1999, Volunteer

New York City Anti-Violence Project, under the direction of Christine Quinn,

New York NY

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Dramatists Guild of America, Association of Los Angeles Playwrights, American Institute of Graphic Arts, College Art Association,

National Art Education Association, American Federation of Teachers, United University Professions

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LANGUAGES

Hebrew/English: Native speaker. French: Basic

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*Please visit www.dahnhiuni.com for artwork, writing samples, artist statement, teaching philosophy and student work.

Transcripts and references available upon request.

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