B. 1979, Philadelphia, PA. Living and working in Taos, New Mexico.
EDUCATION
2014 M.P.S., Creative Arts Therapy & Creativity Development, with honors, Pratt Institute, NY
2012 Certificate Program, Creative Arts Therapy, The New School, NY, NY
2001 B.A, with honors, English Literature, Studio Art, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
1999 The Shakespeare Programme, British American Drama Academy, London, England, UK
CLINICAL LICENSES: LCAT - Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (NY), ATR-BC, Nationally Registered & Board-Certified Art Therapist, LPAT - Licensed Professional Art Therapist (NM), ATCS - Art Therapy Credentialed Supervisor.
TEACHING
2016 - present Adjunct Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute, Graduate Department of Creative Arts Therapy
2020 -2022 Adjunct Faculty, Southwestern College, Art Therapy and Counseling Graduate Program
2017-2020 Guest Lecturer, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
2015 Guest Lecturer, The New School, Art Therapy Department
2012-2015 Program Director & Teaching Artist, Arts in Bushwick High School Fellows Program
2010 Teaching Artist, Phoenix Academy, Court-mandated youth rehabilitation program
AWARDS
2021 First Prize, Digital Art Award; Center for Contemporary Arts National Juried Exhibition; (CCAN); Abilene, TX
2021 SURFACE: Emerging Artist of New Mexico 2021; Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
2021 REBERATION The Holy Art; London, UK; 10 X Shortlisted artist
2001 Denise Marcel Prize for Fiction
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Recall: Sculpture, Myth and Memory, Albuquerque, NM (solo)
2024 CICA Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea; International Symposium for Visual Culture
2023 PASEO Festival, Taos, NM
2023 Fragments, STRATA Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2022 Phillustration, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2022 Taos Abstract Artist Collective Inaugural Exhibition, Taos, NM
2022 Box Breath, The Wright Contemporary, Taos, NM (solo)
2022 Mixed Media Exhibition, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Exhibition for Ukraine Relief Fund, Far X Wide, NY.
2021 Mostly Monochrome, WoArtBlog, Online Exhibition, NY.
2021 DREAMLAND; Arts to Hearts Project, New Delhi, India.
2021 Straddling the Line: Between Abstraction and Representation; Waiting Room Gallery, Denver, CO.
2021 Lost & Found: Stories & Art from the Pandemic, City of Albuquerque, Public Art Urban Enhancement Division, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2021 REBERATION, The Holy Art, Juried Exhibition, London
2021 Metamorphosis: The Art of Transformation; Visionary Art Collective, Brooklyn, NY.
2021 Center for Contemporary Art National Juried Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Art, Abilene, TX
2021 SURFACE: Emerging Artists of New Mexico, 2021, Juried Exhibition, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque New Mexico
2021 Community & Social Action: A Virtual Juried Exhibition, Pratt Institute, New York, New York
2021 Juried Annual Alumni Exhibition; Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
2019 Spirituality, Health Care and the Artist, Grady Alexis Gallery, El Taller Latino Americano, NY
2018 Altars, Healing Reflections, The Living Gallery, NY
2017 The Ethical Space, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Seeking Space, Juried Exhibition, Be Electric Studios, Brooklyn, New York
2012 Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, New York
2010 ICAT: Who: What: How: Where: Why, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, New York
2005 Faces for Life, Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle, Washington
CURATORIAL
2025 In Process, Visibility & Invisibility (title TBD), Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM
2024 In Process, Exhibition (title TBD), Taos Abstract Artist Collective & Couse-Sharpe Historic Site, Taos, NM
2024 Taos Abstract Artist Collective, Spring Exhibition, Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM
2023 Taos Abstract Artist Collective, Fall Exhibition, Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM
2022 Taos Abstract Artist Collective, Inaugural Exhibition, Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM
PROJECTS
2020-present Taos Abstract Artist Collective, Co-Founder & Board President, Taos, NM
2023-present Taos Arts Council, Board Member
2015-2020 Lady Painters, Brooklyn, NY
2012-2015 Bushwick Open Studios/Arts In Bushwick, Core-Producer, Director of Community Projects
PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
2023 Brooklyn Rail
2023 Taos News
2023 RHIZO Magazine
2023 Albuquerque Journal
2023 New Mexico Magazine
2022 Two Coats of Paint
2022 Albuquerque Journal
2022 Taos News
2022 Santa Fe Literary Review
2022 RHIZO Magazine
2022 New Visionary Magazine
2022 Art & Cake LA
2021 Block Party Magazine (poetry & painting)
2021 Eclipse Zine; Winter Issue (poetry)
2021 Layover; Third Iris Zine; 2nd Issue (poetry & painting)
2021 ARTWALK magazine; issue no. 2
2021 Hyperallergic: A View from the Easel During Times of Quarantine
On becoming whole: Paul's journey through heart transplant. Art Therapy Practices for Resilient Youth: A Strengths-Based Approach to At-Promise Children and Adolescents.
New York: Routledge. Smith, L. & Yazdian Rubin, S. (Dec. 2019). In Berberian, M. & Davis, B. (Eds).
Can you help me say goodbye? Sibling loss and bereavement in the healthcare environment. Complicated grief, attachment & art therapy: theory, treatment and 14 ready-to-use protocols. London, UK: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Smith, L. & Yazdian Rubin, S. (2017). In MacWilliam, B. (Ed).
Vicarious Trauma: Supporting Bereavement and Self-Care Practice through Art Therapy for Healthcare Providers. Complicated grief, attachment & art therapy: theory, treatment and 14 ready-to-use protocols. London, UK: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Smith, L. & Yazdian Rubin, S. (2017). In MacWilliam, B. (Ed).
PRESENTATIONS
2024 V.I.S.T.A.: Transmutationist Field Journal. International Symposium for Visual Culture. CICA Museum, Czong Institute of Contemporary Art.
Gyeonggi-do, South Korea & Silver Spring, Maryland (in preparation for Sep ‘24).
2019 Children and Grief: Supporting Children of Adult Patients at End-of-Life. End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC). Advancing Palliative Care.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing & Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. New York, New York.
2019 Creating Farewell Narratives: Videography in Life Review and Creative Arts Therapy. 50th Annual American Art Therapy Association Conference: Celebrating 50
Years of Healing through Art. Kansas City, Missouri.
2019 Healing Arts in Health Care Across the Lifespan. Social Work Grand Rounds. Icahn School of Medicine. Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York.
2019 Change is Essential: Evolving Critical Pedagogies in Creative Arts Therapy to Empower New Clinicians. Fall Forum: Frameworks for Equity and Inclusion. Pratt
Institute.
2019 "When the Trust Is Broken: Diversion in Palliative Care" (Poster submission) 2019 Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care. Submitted with
Samantha Lau, MD; Bethanne Scarborough, MD; Rabbi Edith Meyerson D. Min.; Lauren Fleming, LCSW. Orlando, Florida.
2018 Co-Modal Art Therapy: Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Create a Personalized Tool for the Emotional Assessment Toolbox. Co-presented with Ana Berlin, MD,
MPH, FACS. Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care, Boston, Massachusetts.
2017 Two Brothers, One Heart: Bridging Home and Hospital through a Community of Care. Association of Child Life Professionals, 35th Annual Conference,
Las Vegas, Nevada.
2017 Lights, Camera, Therapy: Integrating Creative Arts Therapy into Live TV and Video-based experiences in a Children’s Hospital. Hofstra University,
Annual Creative Arts Therapy Conference. Hempstead, New York.
2017 Panel Keynote. Hofstra University, Annual Creative Arts Therapy Conference. Hempstead, New York.
2016 Two Brothers, One Heart: Bridging Home and Hospital through a Community of Care. 47th Annual American Art Therapy Association Conference; Art Therapy:
Traversing Landscapes of Heart and Mind. Baltimore, MD.
2016 The Fiber-Based Narrative Art Therapy Intervention: A Neurobiological and Sociocultural Framework for Treating Trauma. International Society for the Study of
Trauma and Dissociation Conference. San Francisco, California.
2015 The World As I See It: A Day of Discovery and Imagination, New York, New York. Ocular Immunology & Uveitis Foundation Symposium on Childhood Uveitis;
Childrens’ Workshop.
2015 Monsters or Dreamchasers: Youth & Media in Community Art Practice. United States Society for Education Through Art. Regional Conference. Queens Museum,
Queens, New York.