Exhibits|Performances
EDUCATION
2012- Zumba Teacher Training: Completed the 8 hours of teacher licensing requirements and more than 40 hours of instruction. Philadelphia, PA
2010- Forrest Yoga Teacher Training: Completed 200 hours of Anatomy and Yoga teacher training with Ana Forrest. Seattle, WA
2001-2005 B.A in Geography and Urban Studies with a Minor in English. Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1999-2001 Electronics Technology. Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA
RESIDENCIES & EXHIBITS: PAINTER
PERFORMANCES & MUSIC COMMISSIONS
-Synthetic Zero Artfilmperformance. New York City, New York. February 2011
-Old Bridge Filmmakers Showcase. Old Bridge, New Jersey. May 2011
-Festival Espacio Enter. Canary Islands, Spain. November 2010
COMMISSIONS: PAINTER
2012- Zumba Teacher Training: Completed the 8 hours of teacher licensing requirements and more than 40 hours of instruction. Philadelphia, PA
2010- Forrest Yoga Teacher Training: Completed 200 hours of Anatomy and Yoga teacher training with Ana Forrest. Seattle, WA
2001-2005 B.A in Geography and Urban Studies with a Minor in English. Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1999-2001 Electronics Technology. Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA
RESIDENCIES & EXHIBITS: PAINTER
- June 2013: Selected for 1-month Can Serrat Artist Residency, Can Serrat, Spain
- September 2012-August 2013: 1-year Visual Artist Residency at 40th St AIR Space, Philadelphia, PA
- November-December 2012: 2-week Visual Art residency at Al-Amanah Academy, Nigeria, West Africa
- March 2012: Solo painting exhibit at Tribal Home Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- September 2010: Selected artist for juried show for Reproductive Justice Arts division of Bread & Roses Community Fund.
- March 2012: Solo painting exhibit at Tribal Home Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- September 2010: Selected artist for juried show for Reproductive Justice Arts division of Bread & Roses Community Fund. Philadelphia, PA
- May 2010: Group show at Metropolitan Bakery and Café, Philadelphia, PA
- October 2009: Solo show at Metropolitan Bakery and Café, Philadelphia, PA
- April 2009: Solo show at Saturn Club Salon and Café, Philadelphia, PA
- January 2009: Solo show at Good Karma Café, Philadelphia, PA
- December 2008: Group show at Dada Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- September 2008: Group show at James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- August 2008: Participant in Black Women’s Art Festival as painter and singer with in group show at Vivant Art Collection, Philadelphia PA
PERFORMANCES & MUSIC COMMISSIONS
- September 2011: Dance for "Agnes Falling", a Keila Cordova Dances production at the Live Arts and Philly Fringe Festival
- March 2011: Dance for “Mayakara” with Gabrielle Casella at the New Jersey Electronic Arts Festival held at Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton Township, New Jersey
- January 2011: Choreography, directing and vocals for dance-opera “Lost At Sea” as part of the National Network of Ensemble Theatre’s Microfest: Philly with harpist Jesse Sparhawk, flutist Elliott Levin, cellist Deirdre Loughridge and dancers Sasha Wright and Nathan Dawley. With video by Althea Baird
- November 2010: Choreography and dance for the album release party/fashion show “Time & Space”. Fashion Designs by Ivy Glass Ecouture of Los Angeles, CA at World Café Live, Philadelphia, PA.
- July 2010: Music for film “Persistence of Forgetting”, directed and filmed by Jeremy Newman. Mount Laurel, New Jersey. This film won Award of Merit at the Accolade Film, TV, New Media and Videography Awards in La Jolla, California. It has been shown in:
-Synthetic Zero Artfilmperformance. New York City, New York. February 2011
-Old Bridge Filmmakers Showcase. Old Bridge, New Jersey. May 2011
-Festival Espacio Enter. Canary Islands, Spain. November 2010
- June 2010: Selected for the ABUN-DANCE Festival in Dans-Varmland for “Site-Specific Dance” category. Karlstad, Sweden
- May 2010: Acting for film “Astral Woman” by Cait Davis. New York City, New York. Shown at the Los Angeles Independent Women’s Film Festival in 2012
- February 2010: Dance in “Punctuate My Tempo with Your Strings” with harp player Jesse Sparhawk, chatarangui player Eric Carbonara and percussionist Julius Masri. Choreography, sound design and score by Fatima Adamu. Studio 34, Philadelphia, PA
- February 2010: Dance in "Body, Home, Displacement, Translation" with Althea Baird. Collaborative choreography. Sam Quinn Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- December 2009: Singing in “Avian” with dancers Althea Baird, Geoff Belforti and Rachel Feldman. Choreography and live vocals by Fatima Adamu. Studio 34, Philadelphia, PA
- October 2009: Site-specific dance in “Public Transport” with Sasha Wright. Sound, choreography and video by Fatima Adamu. Bus Stop Boutique, Philadelphia, PA
- October 2009: Dance in “Transverse Orientation” choreographed by Rachel Feldman. Studio 34, Philadelphia, PA
- September 2009: Singing for Live Arts/Philly Fringe production “GOLD” by Keila Cordova Dances. Old City, Philadelphia, PA
- August 2008: “My Mind on Meditation” with cellist Deirdre Loughridge. Vivant Art Collection, Philadelphia, PA
- June 15th 2008: Dance and singing “Ossatura Inhabited” with violinist Katt Hernandez. Poet-Tree-In-Motion Performance Series, The Rotunda, Philadelphia, PA
- March 2008: Singing “Lost At Sea” in the Koresh Dance Company Artists Showcase
- February 2008: Dance and Singing in “Remembrance” in the Koresh Dance Company Artist Showcase with drummer Chris Henrick. Philadelphia, PA
- August 2007: Live Arts/Philly Fringe production “GIRL 'Y'” by Keila Cordova Dances. Philadelphia, PA
COMMISSIONS: PAINTER
- June 2012: Triptych painting for private collector in Burlington, Vermont.
- May 2010: Jewish Ketubah for couple: David Kanthor and Burgundy Holiday. Pennsylvania
- March 2011: Album cover for musician: John Malamon. New Jersey