EDUCATION

2016–2019: Tamalpa Institute, Kentfield, CA, Certified Tamalpa Practitioner, RSMT/E, RSDE

1988–1990: California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA

1985–1986: New England School of Muscle Therapy, Certified Massage Therapist

1983–1985: Boston University, Boston, MA, B.S.

1982–1983: Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

1981–1983: Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024: Château d'Orquevaux Residency, Emotional Labor, Champagne-Ardenne, France

2008: The Magic Theater, San Francisco, CA

2007: Michael Rosenthal Contemporary, Subsumed, Redwood City, CA

2004: Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2003: Rebecca Bruce, Mill Valley, CA

2002: Braunstein/Quay Gallery, The Dance, San Francisco, CA

1997: Site 916, San Francisco, CA

1995: Insitu Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

1989: Martinez Annex, Diseases of The Heart, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

1988: Primitivo Gallery, Karibu Africa: A Documentary of Eastern Africa, San Francisco, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026: Materia Prima, The Great Mouth Below, collaborator Diego Lara, Chinchón, Spain

2026: Materia Prima, Time Beneath Us, collaborator Diego Lara, Chinchón, Spain

2025: Domaine de Boisbuchet, Before, Beneath, Beyond, collaborator Diego Lara, Lessac, France

2024: Galerie Diderot, Château d'Orquevaux Residency, Champagne-Ardenne, France

2024: Château d'Orquevaux Residency, Nous Sommes Ici, Champagne-Ardenne, France

2012: International Museum of Women, Making Mothers Visible, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA

2011: 7th Annual Women's Caucus For the Arts International Video Shorts Festival, New York

2010: Netanya Academy, The Jewish Identity Project, Netanya, Israel

2009: San Francisco Arts Commission and International Museum of Women, Picturing Power and Potential, Mills

College, Oakland, CA

2008: Gotthelf Art Gallery, Like Water on Rock, San Diego, CA

2007: The Finegood Art Gallery, Like Water on Rock, Los Angeles, CA

2005: American Jewish University, Like Water on Rock, Los Angeles, CA

2004: Dance of the Doomed, The Puffin Room, New York, NY

2000: Thoreau Gallery, The Water Project, San Francisco, CA

1997: Michael Rosenthal Contemporary, Redwood City, CA

1996: Sebastopol Center For The Arts, A Moment in Time, Sebastopol, CA, Merit Award & Coordinators Award

1995: Museum of Children's Art, Shocked and Awed, Oakland, CA

1994: Contemporary Museum, Snapshot, Baltimore, MD

1993: Sloan Miyasato, San Francisco, CA

1991: Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh, Hidden, Concealed and Revealed, Pittsburgh, PA

1990: Honorable Mention, Photo Metro, 15th Annual Photography Contest, San Francisco, CA

1989: The Crucible Gallery, our mother's daughters: visual and written images exploring mother/daughter ties, San

Francisco, CA

Jeanne Brewer Gallery, San Francisco, CA

The Luggage Store Gallery, Emotional Baggage, San Francisco, CA

Works/San Jose, Site of Crisis, San Jose, CA

Center for Photography at Woodstock, The Modern World – Is It Photogenic?, Woodstock, NYTrammell Crow West Pavilions, Crossing Over the White Line – Women of the 90's, Dallas, TX

Women's Caucus for Art, Dallas, TX (Catalogue)

W.O.W., Women's Film and Video Festival, New York

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, W.O.W. Women's Film and Video Festival, Buffalo, NY

Eye Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Honorable Mention

Limn, Two Heads are Better, San Francisco, CA

PERFORMANCE / CHOREOGRAPHY

2025: The Dinner Party: A Celebration of the Five Senses, Domaine de Boisbuchet, Lessac, France

2025: The Bridge, choreographer, performer, Performance L.A.B., The Milk Bar, Richmond, CA

2025: Menoparty, co-choreographer, performer, Performance L.A.B.

2024: Red Sauce, in collaboration with Susan Brilliant, Château d'Orquevaux Residency, Champagne-Ardenne, France

2024: FOMO, choreographer, Performance L.A.B.

Annual: Embodied Nature, land-based research practice, Performance L.A.B., Sea Ranch, CA

2018–Present: Performance L.A.B., member of a multigenerational group of movers, visual artists, writers, vocalists,

teachers, healers, and activists that grew out of Anna Halprin's weekly classes and continues to keep her legacy alive.

Firmly grounded in her teachings and process, the group has developed more than 100 interdisciplinary works in

response to personal lives, the natural world, and social issues. Performed and scored numerous pieces at Mountain

Home Studio, Sea Ranch, Mission Cultural Center, Milk Bar, in public spaces, and on Zoom.

2021: A Mother's Offering, performer, narrator, storyteller, Auburn, CA

2019: Natural Discourse, University of California Berkeley, Sagehen Research Center, Truckee, CA, Choreographer in

collaboration with Sasha Petrenko

2016: Rubbing Against Time, 1599 Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Choreographer in collaboration with Susan Nalaboff

Brilliant

The Artist Within, Tamalpa Institute, Kentfield, CA, solo performance

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

2016–Present: The Talking Body, Berkeley, CA. A therapeutic dance and expressive arts organization bringing classes

and workshops to individuals, organizations, and nonprofits.

1998–Present: Co-founder, Ziegler Chiropractic Wellness Center, Berkeley, CA. A health and wellness center. Manage

and execute all aspects of running a medical practice.

2013: Director, I was Born, Sharjah to San Francisco: Muslim Women on Peace, Identity and Art, spoken word

performance. Director and photographer, Muslima/Muslim Women's Art and Voices, Muslima Stories, United States

Ambassador's Portraits, International Museum of Women. Produced and edited video, Making Mothers Visible.

2011: Producer, Bad Muthaz webisodes: Una Drops Science and Juicy Throws a Party, Berkeley, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2010: Straus, Tamara. "City Hall puts focus on Women." Ovation, Women's Caucus for Art, The San Francisco

Chronicle, June, Dallas, TX

2008: Rapko, John. "The Water Project at the Thoreau Center." ARTWEEK, September 2008, pg. 15

1998: Drescher, Ruth. "Painful Issue." The Jewish Chronicle, January 15

1994: Gardiner, Li. "Margaret Silverman." SIFRUT – Literary & Arts Review, Jewish Bulletin of Northern California,

Winter, pg. 8-9

1991: Lane, Dakota. "In a word, yes." Woodstock Times, March 23, pg. 13

Taubin. "Video, 4th Annual WOW Festival, Diseases of The Heart." Village Voice, March 5; San Francisco Bay

Guardian, vol. 25 no. 5, November

PUBLICATIONS

2019: Artcorp Magazine, "Planting the Seed: My Seed, My Identity"

2012: San Francisco Chronicle, "Outdoor art installation celebrates SF moms"

2008: San Francisco Chronicle, "The Mommy Files"

Pleasanton Weekly, "Mother's Day kicks off with larger-than-life photos on outside walls of San Francisco Public

Library"

1994: Artweek, "The Water Project at the Thoreau Center"

1992: Essence Magazine, "Kicked Out"1991: The Jewish Chronicle, "Painful Issue"

Jewish Bulletin of Northern California, "Margaret Silverman," Sifrut - Literary & Arts Review

Harper Collins, "We Belong to the Land," cover photograph

Woodstock Times, "In a word, yes"

Village Voice, "Video, 4th Annual WOW Festival, Diseases of The Heart"

AWARDS

2024: Denise Diderot Grant, Château d'Orquevaux International Artists & Writers Residency

2024: Emerging Artist Grant, Château d'Orquevaux International Artists & Writers Residency

2008: The Puffin Foundation, NY, NY, Running Scenarios

RESIDENCIES

2026: Materia Prima, Chinchón, Spain

2025: Domaine de Boisbuchet, Lessac, France

2024: Château d'Orquevaux International Artists & Writers Residency, Orquevaux, France

COLLECTIONS

Diderot Collection, Champagne-Ardenne, France

Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY

Numerous private collections throughout the United States and Europe