Project Resume

Bylines

• Social Media and Women’s Empowerment, Tert.am, March 13, 2010
• Social Media and Women’s Empowerment, Hürriyet Daily News, March 12, 2010
• Mapping the Imagination, expat+HAREM 12/19/2009
• Hybrid Domesticities, expat+HAREM 11/4/2009
• No Delays, but Prepare for Breakdown, Hürriyet Daily News,8/29/2009
• Got a Light? Hürriyet Daily News, 7/25/2009
• The Year of Guilty Coffee, Hürriyet Daily News, 6/15/2009

• Pass the baklava, it’s time for tea, Writing Up an Appetite, February 20, 2012
• Creative Chaos: Thriving as a Mother-Writer, Story of Mum, September 28, 2011
• The Spaces in Between: Creative Fodder in Daily Life, The Bird Sisters, August 11, 2010
• Mapping the Imagination at expat+HAREM
• Hybrid Domesticities at expat+HAREM
• Guest illustrator series at Colette Patterns, 2009-201
• Inspired by Conversation, January 13, 2010
• Inspired by Cobblestones, January 6, 2010
• Inspired by 2010, December 30, 2009
• Visual Inspiration: Location, December 16, 2009
• Inspired by Challis, December 9, 2010
• Burda Turkiye, November 25, 2009
• Back to the Drawing Table, November 18, 2009
• Meet Rose, November 13, 2009

• Hürriyet Daily News, American Artists Share their Vision of Turkey, June 5-6, 2010
• News 6, Turkey, May 30, 2010, Featured Karma Sergi at the Turkish-American Association in it’s lineup of not-to-be-missed exhibitions on live News Art program in 5 time slots
• Noted by the European Training Foundation for contribution to women’s empowerment via social media on Twitter @europa_etf
• Expat+HAREM Jan/Feb 2010 web carnival link curator
• Discovering Istanbul, the ‘hinge city’, January 29, 2010-06-08
• Turkish Daily News, Women in Sight, Illustrations for Pukka Living, September 15, 2008
• Joie de Vivre, Handbags, July 2008
• Maison Francaise Illustrations for Pukka Living, May 2008
• Turkish Daily News “Two Artists Display Artwork at Golcuk Gallery”, Friday, November 16, 2007
• Maison Francaise “Gullerin Icinden Bir Tasarimci”, May 2007, No: 144
• Turkish Daily News “Women’s Artisan Collaboration Starts at Izmit Bazaar”, March 17-18, 2007
• Daily Candy, Handbag featured in “Nesting Instinct”, October 18, 2006
• Metro Times, Editorial, Detroit, MI, March 2006
• The Detroiter, Review, Detroit, MI, February 2005
• Ambulant, Issue 2, 2005

• Family and Traditions from Anywhere, 60 sec She’s Next Interview, 12/20/2010
• Curator + Moderator of Dialogue2010 at expat+HAREM, 2010
• Founder, Curator of Art is Dialogue, 2009
• Creator of #dialogue2010 hashtag on Twitter
• Illustrator for PAWI 2008-Present; directory coordinator 2008-2009; guest lecturer Jan 2010
• Loan facilitator for Nest www.buildanest.com, 2005-2009
• Design Contributor, Intarsia Concept, 10/2009
• Logo Design, Banner, Illustrations, The Knit Box, 6/2009
• Illustrator, Else Lingerie, Illustrations for 2009 Look Book, 2/2009
• Illustrator, Blog designer, Intarsia Concept, 12/2008 to 5/2009
• Freelance writer, International Local Living and The Weekly Dish, Hurriyet Daily News, 2/2009-5/2010
• Logo Design, Endo Tekstil, division of Jinlun Motosiklet, 11/2007
• Illustrator, Pukka Living, 7/2007
• Founder, Owner, Designer, Rose Deniz Handbags, Izmit/Kocaeli, Turkey, 2005-Present

• March 24, 2011, The Evolution of an Artist and Writer in Turkey, The Global Engagement Summit at Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
• March 6-7, 2010, Women and Work conference guest blogger + videoparticipant in Turin, Italy
• February, 2010, Bursa International Women’s Association (BIWA) ‘The Art of Cultivating a Creative Life’ Silk Road Stories on Love, Rose
• January, 2010, Professional American Women of Istanbul (PAWI) ‘The Art of Cultivating a Creative Life’

Education

2004 MFA Painting, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA

2001 BS Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

• Art Gallery Benefit, Raritan Valley Community College, Somerville, NJ, 2010
• Karma Sergi, Turkish-American Association, Ankara, 2010
• Mixed Painting, Beyoglu Akademililer Sanat Merkezi, Istanbul, 2009
• WOI, APW Arts, Long Island City, NYC, 2008
• Dream Awake/Uyanık Ruya, Gölcuk Belediyesi Sanat Galerisi, Gölcuk, Turkey, 2007
• Drawing Into Painting, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2006
• Drawings, District Arts Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, 2005
• Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 2004
• Feelings, Painting Department, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Art Museum, 2004
• Get In, Get Out, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Art Museum, 2003
• Painting Department Show, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Museum, 2003
• Xchange, Community Arts Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 2002
• Members Show, Riverwest Art Works, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2001
• Senior Show, Red Gym Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2000