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I am a visual artist and social practitioner specializing in hyperlocal participatory research projects which amplify grassroots perspectives on belonging, resilience, and mental well being. I use community engagement and inclusive design to gather diverse perspectives, which I interpret into hand-crafted objects, such as flags, banners, comics, zines, letterpress prints, graphite diagrams, portraits, and soft sculptures. My practice is guided by principles of accessibility, decentralization, optimism, and abundance.

Current

2023–2024: Neighborhood Visiting Artist, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

Upcoming

3/24–8/11: P L A C E: Reckonings by Asian American Artists, ICA San José, San José, CA. Opening 3/23, 6–8pm; RSVP.

4/25–27: See How I Keep Looking Up / Como Sigo Mirando Arriba / 仰望 at the Othering & Belonging Conference, Oakland, CA

Summer: Textravaganza! Workshop @ Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME.

Recent

Saturday, March 2: Keynote Speaker, Arts In Your Classroom 2024 @ Montalvo Art Center, Saratoga, CA.

10/6/2023–1/14/2024: Ordinary People @ Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA.

11/18/2023: I moderated a reading and discussion with Jenny Odell, presented by Kearny Street Workshop and the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco.

Fall 2023 speaking engagements: Composium, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY; Social Practice City University of New York (CUNY), NYC; University of San Francisco; San Francisco State University; The Oxbow School, Napa, CA; School of Visual Arts, NYC; ULF Bazar 2023, Malmö Academy of Music, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Ongoing

Contributing artist, Color Factory, Houston, NYC, and Chicago.

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Work With Me

Seeking a trilingual/quadrilingual (Spanish, English, and Cantonese and/or Mandarin) assistant/project coordinator.

Se convoca a artistas de papel picado. Seeking a papel picado artist. Spanish speakers highly encouraged.