Rania Abdalla Kadafour 


Sewing Circles

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Rania Abdalla Kadafour
raniakadafour@gmail.com
Boston, MA

Education
2024BFA in Fibers, Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA
Professional Experience
2024 - Now

2023

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2021 - 22

2020 - 21
 Office & Studio Administrator Brookline Arts Center, MA

Administrative Assistant, Black History in Action for Cambridgeport, MA

Papermaking Teacher’s Assistant, MassArt, Boston MA
Gallery Attendant, Praise Shadows Art Gallery, Brookline MA
Communications Intern, International Studio & Curatorial Program, Brooklyn NY
Studio for Interrelated Media Department Show Curator, MassArt, Boston MA

Intern, Praise Shadows Art Gallery, Brookline MA

Design Associate, WAEVE, Boston MA
Group Exhibitions
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2021‘shapeshifter // everything is me’, Elevated Thought, Lawrence MA
‘Ancestors in Progress II’, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn NY
‘The Threads That Tie Us’, Arts Collaborative Medford MA
‘Echo Locator’, Field Projects Gallery, New York NY
‘NANO’, Pillar Gallery + Projects, Concord NH
‘Aura’, Kathryn Schultz Gallery at the Cambridge Arts Association, MA
‘A Material World’, Fenway Gallery, Boston MA
‘Where Do We Come From and Where Do We Go?’, Goethe-Institut Boston, MA
‘Her Gaze’, AM:PM Gallery, Brooklyn NY
‘Fibers Departmental Show’, MassArt, Boston MA
‘Fine Arts 3D Departmental Show’, MassArt, Boston MA
‘Rhythm & Art’, Emerson College, Boston MA
‘Annual Black Artists Union Show’, MassArt, Boston MA
‘Dreams I Imagined,’ Elevated Thought, Lawrence MA
‘Power in the Collective’, Open Space Arts, Woodbridge VA
‘Peach Fuzz’, MassArt, Boston MA
‘Unraveled’, MassArt, Boston MA
‘Annual Black Artists Union Show, MassArt’, Boston MA
‘Fibers Departmental Show’, MassArt, Boston MA
‘Every Fiber of My Being’, MassArt, Boston MA
‘Annual Black Artists Union Show’, MassArt, Boston MA
‘Studio for Interrelated Media Departmental Show’, MassArt, Boston MA
‘Studio for Interrelated Media Big Show’, MassArt, Boston MA
Pop-Up Exhibitions
2024 Guest Artist Series, Blended Concept Store, Barcelona, Spain
Awards
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2020Creative Individuals Grant, Mass Cultural Council, MA
Emerging Artist Award, ‘Aura’, Cambridge Arts Association, MA
Collective Futures Fund Sustaining Practice Grant Recipient, Tufts University, MA
Emergency Fund for Visual Artists Recipient, Cambridge Arts Association, MA
Donis A. Dondis Travel Award, MassArt, Boston MA
Fibers Departmental Show Award, MassArt, Boston MA
BIPOC Fund Grant recipient; JET Office at MassArt, Boston MA
Scholarship recipient, Kuhlman Foundation, Turnersville NJ
Scholarship recipient, Kuhlman Foundation, Turnersville NJ
Trustees 4-Year Full Scholarship, MassArt, Boston MA
Creative Arts Support Team Scholarship, American School of Doha, Qatar
Artist Talks
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2021‘Aura’ Exhibition Artist Talk, Cambridge Arts Association, MA
Panel Discussion at ‘Dreams I Imagined’, Elevated Thought, Lawrence MA
Visiting Artist, Mobius Artists Group, Boston MA
‘Every Fiber of My Being’ Exhibition Artist Talk, MassArt, Boston MA
Visiting Artist, Mission Hill Arts Festival, Boston MA
Workshops
2024 - Now
2023
2022Sewing Circle 1: Honoring the words of Marcellus Khalifa Williams (ongoing traveling project)
Fabric collage workshop with Black Girls in Art Spaces, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem MA
Frame loom weaving workshop, MassArt, Boston MA
Residencies
2024July - August | R.A.R.O Barcelona + Echo Escuela Taller, Barcelona, Spain