Rabia Siddiqui

squidikiart@gmail.com

Mississippi State University

Bachelors of Fine Arts, concentration in Sculpture

May 2024

Juried Exhibitions

2023 Projected Absence – Virtual Showcase

2023 Art in Public Places The Art of Movement and Dance – Starkville, MS

2022 CAAD + CALS Exhibition – Starkville, MS

2022 50th MSU Student Juried Exhibition – Starkville, MS

2022 50th MSU Student Juried Exhibition – Starkville, MS

2021 CAAD + CALS Exhibition – Starkville, MS

Collaborative Projects

2023 Welcoming Wiggles, student led permanent installation at J.L. King Community Center - Starkville, MS

2023 Tiny Itty-Bitty Little Guys: The Cobb’s Micro Museum, student led exhibition at Lois-Dowdle Cobb Museum of Archaeology - Starkville, MS

2023 The Streetcar (Literary Arts Journal) Volume 11 – Starkville, MS

Curatorial Experience

            2023 Solstice Art Market with Starkville Area Art Council – Starkville, MS

            2023 Annual Drive Art Market with Starkville Area Art Council – Starkville, MS

            2023 Figures and Feelings (Juried Art Show and Market) – Starkville, MS

            2022 Sell Your Self (Juried Art Show and Market) – Starkville, MS

Workshops

Summer 2023 – “Grimoire Club” Mixed-Media Journaling Workshop at Soulflower Healing Arts Studio – Starkville, MS

Awards and Scholarships

2023 Tramel Memorial Endowed Scholarship

2023 Streetcar Literary Arts Journal, Editor’s Choice for Digital Art

2022 50th MSU Student Juried Exhibition, Best in Show for Foundation

Publications

2023 The Streetcar (Literary Arts Journal) Volume 11 – Starkville, MS

Affiliations

2024 Critical Stuff Collective

            2022 – 2024 The Streetcar Literary Arts Journal (Mississippi State University)

            2022 – 2024 Sculpture Club (Mississippi State University)

Professional Experience

            Fall 2022 – Spring 2024 : Sculpture Club (Co-President)

                        Organizing events for public and school engagement

            Fall 2022 – Spring 2024 : Mississippi State’s Streetcar Literary Arts Journal (Arts Editor)

                        Critiqued submissions and Organized journal

Summer 2023 : Starkville Area Arts Council (AmeriCorps VISTA)

                        Curating art vendors and galleries for largescale events with a team

                        Working with at risk communities through arts education

Fall 2019 – Fall 2022 : Clay Lyle Entomology Museum (Student Worker)

                        Databasing and Pinning/Prepping entomological specimens

Additional Skills

            Sewing, Embroidery, Welding, Woodblock Printing, Adobe Photoshop,