resume PRIYA NADKARNI 44 Rogers Place Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 email address: nadkarni.art@gmail.com   EDUCATION Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of Arts, New Brunswick, NJ....................................................................................................2004-2008 Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Printmaking Concentration Art History Minor     3.73 GPA, Dean’s List                     Governor Livingston High School, Berkeley Heights, NJ...........................................................................................................................2000- 2004 4.06 GPA   EMPLOYMENT Education and Public Programs Assistant, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY ......................... ..September 2008- November 2008 Research Assistant to James Abruzzo, Center for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Leadership, Newark, NJ ........................ July 2008-present Visual Artist (Teacher), Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ              ....................            July 2008- August 2008 Assistant Printer, Black Square Editions , New Brunswick, NJ............................................................................................... . June 2008-present Studio Assistant, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY..................................................................... .............................. May 2008- July 2008 Studio Assistant, Brodsky Center for Print and Paper, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.. ................. ...........January 2008- May 2008 Head Art Instructor, Community Center, Berkeley Heights, NJ......................................................... ........................September 2007- April 2008  Assistant of Production Manager, Arnell Group, New York, NY...........................................................................................March 2006 - July 2006 Intern, Art in General, New York, NY ......................................................................................................................................May 2005 – August 2005   PROSPECTIVE EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS Never Has She Ever, with Renee Cox, Lauren Kelley, Pamela P. Sunstrum, Hanneline Røgeberg and...................................................2008 others, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ        Rebellious Integration, Print Exchange and Touring Show ................................................................................................................................2009 ...............Anchor Graphics, Columbia College, Chicago; Southern Graphics Print Collection; School of the ...............Art Institute of Chicago, Printmedia Department   SOLO EXHIBITIONS Feminist Art Exhibition Space: Priya Nadkarni, Women’s Center, New Brunswick, NJ            ....................................................................2008   SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND COLLABORATIONS Pop Deity, Seed Gallery, Newark, NJ                                                                    ....................................................................................................2008 Gesamtkuntswerk, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ                                          .............................................................................2008 Art After Hours, Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ                              ...................................................................................................2008   AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES Magna Cum Laude                                                             ..........................................................................................................................................2008 Giza Daniels-Endesha Award                          ..........................................................................................................................................................2008 President and Founder of Association for Promoting Minorities in the Arts ..................................................................................... .. 2007- 2008 Mentor and Programming Chair for Pilot Me Mentoring Program ..........................................................................................................2006- 2008 Edward J. Bloustein Scholar                                 .....................................................................................................................................................2004 New Jersey Distinguished Scholar                                                                         ......................................................................................2004- 2008