ART + DESIGN PROJECTS
- 2013, Urban planning article for the front page of xoJane.com
- 2013, America's Got Talent audition, nothing comes of it
- 2012, Winner of The Moth StorySlam
- 2012, Chautauqua Play and Choreography with Stacy Dawson Stearns at the Segerstrom/Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa
- 2011, Invited to participate in a performance art piece with Marina Abramovic at the Museum of Contemporary Art Annual Gala. What follows is an immersive, extraordinary two-day experience that shapes and defines the way I see the world.
- 2011, Founded a community of artists to support the Latino and minority artists living and working in Santa Ana, CA. Managed this group for two years under the direction of the City of Santa Ana Planning Office and Downtown, Inc. One of Joni's original works, a painted piano done as a commission for the Pacific Symphony of Orange County, California, is now on display in the Artists' Village in Santa Ana.
- 2011, In the Valley of Secrets", my debut album, debuts on iTunes and makes local headlines with its release: "Her lyricism stands apart in its biting honesty. In the Valley of Secrets is the breath of razorsharp brutality we've been craving."
- 2007, American Idol, vocal contestant short feature
PAINTING EXHIBITIONS
- 2012, Planet Tnez, Anaheim
- 2011, Barbecue My Heart Gallery Exhibit, Santa Ana
- 2011, Graphite Forever, Fullerton
- 2011, Red Show, Santa Ana
- 2011, Paintings on Pianos, Costa Mesa
- 2011, Dia De Los Muertos Collective Exhibit, Santa Ana
- 2010, Dia De Los Muertos Collective Exhibit, Santa Ana
- 2010, Looking Up, Santa Ana
- 2009, Printers and Lettermakers, Portland
- 2008, Transportation Agents, Tel Aviv
- 2008, Some Present Dangers, Cairo
FORMAL TRAINING
- 2015, Architecture, Portland State University
- 2008, Art, Guild of Bedouin Artists, Sinai, Egypt
- 2008, Art, University of Tel Aviv, Israel
- 2007, Poetry, Chapman University (Honors)