Born in Long Beach, CA in 1989
Lives and works Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
2020 MFA, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA
2014 BFA in Ceramics, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS
2020 A Moment of Rest, a Place for Queeraoke, an Imagined Hope..., Room Gallery, UCI, Irvine, CA
2018 Still Here, CAC 4014 UCI, Irvine, CA
Bodies That Matter, ACT UCI, Irvine, CA
(t)he/y?, Sculpture Studio UCI, Irvine, CA
2016 CSULB.FA2.114., Long Beach, CA
2015 Dysphoria: An Attempt at Reclamation, A. Thomas Ferreira Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2014 Grief: A Goodbye, Dr. Maxine Merlino Gallery, Long Beach, CA
The Deconstruction of Myself, A. Thomas Ferreira Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2013 Hope: A Wish, A. Thomas Ferreira Gallery, Long Beach, CA,
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2019 Esconderropa : Taguan Ng Damit (in collaboration with Dulce Soledad Ibarra), Max L. Gatov Gallery, CSULB, Long Beach, CA
2017 Art Talk (in collaboration with Caryn Aasness), Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2016 Unofficial Puzzle Office (in collaboration with Caryn Aasness), Chora Gallery, CSULB, Long Beach, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Infernal Baby Oil, Phase Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Rake the Darkroom, PRJCT LA, Los Angeles, CA
Backspace, PRJCT LA, Los Angeles, CA
Reconciliation Vessels, Flux Art Space, Long Beach, CA
2020 Double Play, Gatov Gallery, CSULB, Long Beach, CA
2019 Taint Modern: Somewhere in the Between, Horn Center CSULB, Long Beach, CA
Don't Ever Change, Max L. Gatov Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Spa Day, University Art Gallery, Irvine, CA
GLAMFA, Max L. Gatov Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2018 Present Tense, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
2017 Mind Games, PUMP, Long Beach, CA
P.U.P.S., The LBGTQ Center, Long Beach, CA
See/Saw, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2016 KPARK Point Fermin Park, Point Fermin Park, San Pedro, CA
Insights, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
Less Than Slash Three, Muzeo, Anaheim, CA
2014 Unfamiliarity, Oh, Hello Friend, Fullerton, CA
Insights, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
Micro Miniatures, Marilyn Werby Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2010 Untitled, Cypress College, Cypress, CA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023 Lecturer, California State University, Long Beach, CA (Intermediate/Advanced Ceramics, Beginning Handbuilding, Beginning
Wheel, Experimental Ceramics)
2022 Lecturer, California State University, Long Beach, CA (Advanced Studio Practice, Intermediate/Advanced Ceramics, Beginning
Wheel)
2021 Lecturer, California State University, Long Beach, CA (Intermediate/Advanced Ceramics)
2019 Teaching Associate, University of California, Irvine, CA (Beginning Ceramics)
Teaching Assistant, University of California, Irvine, CA (Liz Glynn, Beginning Ceramics)
Teaching Assistant, University of California, Irvine, CA (Jean Shon, Beginning Photography)
2018 Teaching Assistant, University of California, Irvine, CA (Alice Wang, Advanced Ceramics)
2017 Teaching Assistant, University of California, Irvine, CA (Liz Glynn, Beginning Ceramics)
AWARDS
2019 UCI Research and Travel Grant
2014 Flora McCarty Olson Scholarship, CSULB Ceramics
2014 Caponigro Merit Award, CSULB Ceramics
2013 Korea Travel Scholarship Recipient, CSULB Ceramics