C.V.
Ruhee Maknojia
b.1993, Houston, Texas, USA
Lives and works in New York and Houston
Education
2019 / M.F.A Visual Arts, Columbia University
2016 / B.A. Studio Art, University of Texas at Austin
2016 / B.A. Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Selected Exhibitions
2021 / The Big Show, Group exhibition, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas
2020 / Racism: The Other American Pandemic, Eastern Connecticut State University
2019 / The Happiness Curriculum, Group exhibition, Eastern Connecticut State University
2019 / Aesthetically Functional Only, Group exhibition, 1675 Broadway, New York City
2019 / MFA Thesis Exhibition, Group exhibition, Wallach Gallery, New York City
2019 / Harlem Perspectives II, Group exhibition, Faction Art Projects, New York City
2018 / 42/18, Group exhibition, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York City
2018 / Feel That Other Day Running, Group exhibition, Time Square Space, New York City
2018 / "TEASE", Performance & Video Night, Prentis Hall, New York City
2018 / First Year MFA Show, Group exhibition, Wallach Gallery, New York City
2016 / Senior Thesis Show, University of Texas, VAC Gallery, Austin, Texas
2013 / Marchutz Art Show, IAU College, Aix-en-Provence, France
Fellowship, Grants, and Awards
2019 / St.Elmo Lady Bird Johnson Fellowship (Finalist)
2019 / V.C.U. Fountainhead Fellow (Finalist)
2018 / Dedalus Fellowship (Nominated)
2018 / Visual Arts T.A. Fellowship, Columbia University
2016 / Roy Crane Award, University of Texas at Austin
2014 / William Marion Miller Award for Language, IAU College France
2013 / Herbert Maza Academic Year Grant, IAU College France
2013 / The College of Fine Arts Scholarship, University of Texas at Austin
Teaching Experience
2021/ Lecturer, Art of Silhouettes, Manhattan Graphic Center, NY
2019 / Adjunct Professor, Beginning Painting, Columbia University, NY
2018 / Teaching Assistant, Tommy White, Advance Painting, Columbia University, NY
2018 / Teaching Assistant, Diana Cooper, Advance Drawing, Columbia University, NY
Guest Lectures, Workshops, and Panels
2020/ emPower, Guest Lecturer, Miniature Painting from Mughal and Safavid Royal Courts, Atlanta, Georgia
2020/ Crit Society, Guest Critic, Houston, Texas
2019/ Advance Painting, Guest Critic, Afarin Rahmanifar, Advance Painting, Eastern Connecticut State University
2019 / Happiness Curriculum: Guest Lecturer, Art from the South Asian Diaspora , Eastern Connecticut State University
2019/ Museum and Curatorial Studies: Guest Lecturer, Yulia Tikhonova, Eastern Connecticut State University
2019 / Ruhee Maknojia and Elan Cadiz in Discussion, Faction Arts Project, New York
2018 / Works in Progress: Radical Book Making, Guest Lecturer, Columbia University, New York
Collections
2019 / Eastern Connecticut State University, Connecticut
2019 / The LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, New York
Residency
2020/ Art Square Space Almeda, Houston, Texas, U.S.A
2019 / Box 13, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Languages
English / Native
French / Fluent in reading, writing, and speaking
Urdu / Fluent in reading, writing, and speaking
Khojki / Fluent in reading and writing only
Arabic / Intermediate in reading, writing, and speaking
Farsi / Intermediate comprehension only
Hindi / Heritage speaker
Gujrati / Heritage speaker