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Education

M.S.L.S. in Archival Studies, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, December 2026

B.A. in Visual Arts and Anthropology, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT, May 2019

Completed coursework toward B.F.A. in Studio Art, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, June 2016

Selected Solo and Duo Exhibitions

2025 Counter-Skin, curated by Brent Birnbaum, CHEERLEADER, Dallas, TX

Agglomeration, with Peter Abrami, Gallery 219, Dallas College Eastfield Campus, Mesquite, TX

2023 i want to be a cult leader, curated by River Shell, PRP, Dallas, TX

2022 Home, Belonging, El Khazinien, Beirut, Lebanon

Home, Belonging, Drury Gallery, Marlboro, VT

2021 ASLUT Community Quarterly 2, ASLUT, Tulsa, OK

2019 Home, Belonging, Birge Street Collective, Brattlebore, VT

2018 Playing Chicken: Visual Signifiers Without Symbolism, Drury Gallery, Marlboro, VT

2017 Existing Measures, Snyder Gallery, Marlboro, VT

White on Beige, Snyder Gallery, Marlboro, VT

2016 Public Threat, Amenities, Dallas, TX

Ways of Documentation, Amenities, Dallas, TX

E.I.O.: No Explanation Provided, Kissing Booth Collective, New Orleans, LA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026 Enthymisis, curated by Panayiotis Lamprou, Moni Poretsou, Peloponnese, Greece

Spacial Dialogues, curated by Casey Leone, The Court, TCC South Campus, Fort Worth, TX

2025 Garden Panty, curated by Jillian Wendel, Shed Show, Denton, TX

Everybody Eats, curated by River Shell, PRP, Dallas, TX

Château Show, curated by Clint Bargers and Joel Murray, Historic Aldredge House, Dallas, TX

Elysium, Kaleidoscope, Brooklyn, NY

On My Own Time ™ , Business Council of the Arts, Heritage Auctions OMOT Gallery, Dallas, TX

2024 On My Own Time ™, Business Council of the Arts, Heritage Auctions OMOT Gallery, Dallas, TX

2023 Hands, DVD Gallery, Dallas, TX

The Natural Diversity, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX

On My Own Time ™, Business Council of the Arts, Heritage Auctions OMOT Gallery, Dallas, TX

2022 ASLUT Edition 5 Launch, ASLUT, Tulsa, OK

Re:..., El Khazinien, Beirut, Lebanon

2018 Localityyy, Amenities, Dallas, TX

Great Mountains Await, Beefhaus, Dallas, TX

Wider!, Beefhaus, Dallas, TX

2017 Women’s Show, Hawn Gallery, Dallas, TX

BEEFLIX, Beefhaus, Dallas, TX

2016 Errands: A Moving Screening, Moving Truck, Dallas, TX

2015 Body Tensions, Kissing Booth Collective, New Orleans, LA

Selected Public Performances

2016 Hex-a-Rapist, Solo Performance and Collaborative Performance with Mary Walling Blackburn, Triangle Art Association, Brooklyn, NY

Presidential Fitness Exam, Anhoek School, Collaborative Performance with Mary Walling Blackburn

Awards

2024 1st Place, Business Council of the Arts, NorthPark, Dallas, TX

2023 People’s Choice, Business Council of the Arts, NorthPark, Dallas, TX

2022 1st Place, Business Council of the Arts, NorthPark, Dallas, TX

Residencies

2026 Residency, Eutopia Art Residency, Arcadia Thyself, Peloponnese, Greece

2021 Residency, Kissing Booth Collective, New Orleans, LA

2019 Residency, Birge Street Collective, Brattleboro, VT

2017 Residency, Triangle Arts Association, Brooklyn, NY

Fairs

2026 Untitled Art Fair, Houston, TX, CHEERLEADER

Selected Press

2025 Editors, “Top Five: June 12, 2025,” Glasstire.com, June 12, 2025

Sarradet, William, “Art Dirt: Manuscripts & Modern Eyes: Seeing Dublin with Hava Toobian,” Glasstire.com, May 4, 2025

Sarradet, William, “Accumulations and Thresholds: Emerging Forms in Texas Art,” Glasstire.com, February 28, 2025

Rodriguez, Alyson, “Dallas Arboretum celebrates 40th anniversary of Dallas Blooms,” KERA News, February 10, 2025

2019 “Home and Belonging: An Interview with Hava Toobian,” Khabarkeslan.com, July 22, 2019

Selected Publications

2026 Contributor, Two Left Shoes, Issue 18

2021 Contributor, ASLUT, Issue 6

2020 Contributor, ASLUT, Issue 5

2019 Holding Patterns II

2017 Holding Patterns I

Contributor, Slowness, Ear | Wave | Event, Issue 3