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EDUCATION
MFA - Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
BFA - Rhode Island School of Design, RI 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 “South Brooklyn Salon”, Group Exhibition, Thomas VanDyke Gallery, NYC
2022  “Intertwined Fragments”, Solo Exhibition, Gravity Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2022  “Death Mask”, Group Exhibition, Underland Gallery, NYC
2022  “In/Between”, Group Exhibition of NYFA IAP Mentees, In/Between 2022, NY Live Arts, NYC
2021 “Sentiment”, Group Exhibition, SFA Gallery, NYC
2021  “Homegrown”, Group Exhibition, ChaShaMa Space to Show gallery, NYC
2021  “Brooklyn Seoul”, Group Exhibition, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, NYC
2019 “No-thing in Common”, Faculty Exhibition, Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, NJ
2018 “Scent of Water”, group exhibition, Takasagoyu Sento, Kofu City, Yamanashi, Japan
2018 “4th New Media Exhibition”, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
2017 Faculty Exhibition, Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, NJ
2015 “Drums on Paper”, Risograph group exhibition, The Glasshouse, Brooklyn, NY
2015 “New Ovington Village”, Group Exhibition, Bay Ridge Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Gallery, Somerset, NJ
2014 Scope Art Fair, Chashama Booth, NY, NY
2014 “Radiant Geometry”, Group Exhibition, Skylight Gallery, NYC
2012 “Metro 29”, Group Exhibition, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ 
2012 “Something Sacred”, Two Person Exhibition, Imogen Holloway Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2012 International Juried Exhibition, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ
2012 Faculty Exhibition, Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, NJ
2012 “Refresh”, Group Exhibition, PG Contemporary, Houston, TX
2011 “American Impressions: National Juried Printmaking Exhibition” William Paterson Univ. NJ
2010 "Hatching- Crossing the Line", Group Exhibition, Guerilla Art Gallery, Newark, NJ
2010 "Comvideo", Group Exhibition, Apex Art, NYC, NY
2010 "Fresh Meat", Group Exhibition, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ
2010 "Superpassage", Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2010 "Mustang Sally", TCB Art inc, Melbourne, Australia
2010 "Dream Project", Gallery GODO, Seoul, South Korea
2009 "6th Juries Exhibition", Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ
2009 "Tamil Tigers", Finley Gallery, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ. 
2009 "Excess Pounds", Index Art Center, Newark, NJ.
2009 "ASYAAF 2009", Seoul, South Korea.
2009 "Across the River", Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
2008 "Our Next Door Neighbor", Finley Gallery, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ.
2007 "The Circular Exhibition", Hun Gallery/ Ho Gallery, New York, NY/ Seoul, South Korea

AWARDS, GRANTS AND RESIDENCES
2024    Overseas Faculty Development Seminar Fellowship, Myanmar/Cambodia, Council of American
Overseas Research Centers (CAORC), State Dept Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
2023    All-in-Neighborhood grant, Citizen NYC
2023    Sunset Park Unity Mural Project grant, Brooklyn Arts Council
2022    Emergency Grant for solo exhibition, The Foundation for Contemporary Arts, NYC
2022    NYFA Immigrant Artist Program selected mentee, Brooklyn, NY
2021   Grants Panel, Middlesex County Arts Institute, NJ
2021   College Community Fund grant, RVCC Foundation, Raritan Valley Community College, NJ
2021 City Artist Corps Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts, 2021
2021 Faculty Research Grant, Raritan Valley Community College, NJ
2020 Grants Panel, Middlesex County Arts Institute, NJ
2020 Travel Fellowship to Myanmar, The Council of American Overseas Research Centers
2018 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching Nominee, Nassau Community College, NY
2018 Artist in Residence, AIR-Y, Kofu City, Yamanashi, Japan 
2017 Adjunct Research Grant, Raritan Valley Community College, NJ
2017 Artist in Residence, Soaring Gardens, Laceyville, PA
2016 Artist in Residence, Marpha Foundation, Marpha, Nepal
2014 Artist in Residency, Contemporary Artists Center, Troy, NY
2013 Civil Society Fellowship, Artist-In-Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2007 Artist-In-Residency, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, 2007
2006 Fellowship, Ox-Bow School of Art, 2006
2004 Robert Reid Award of Excellence, RISD

MURALS AND INSTALLATIONS
2024 “United Sunset Park”, two Skybridge murals supported by NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYC EDC), Bush Terminal, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NYC
2024 “Unity in Diversity: The Spirit of CPC ONE”, Chinese-American Planning Council, 45 Suffolk St, NYC
2023 “Chromatic Symphony of Greater Harlem”, supported by NYC Health + Hospitals Arts in Medicine and Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital, NYC
2023 “Color of Sound”, mural for Murray Hill Korean town revitalization, Queens, NYC
2023 “Hate is Never the Answer”, canvas mural for Nan Shan Senior Center, Flushing, Queens, NYC
2023 “Faces of Sunset Park”, shutter mural for Brooklyn Chinese-American Association, Brooklyn, NYC
2022 “Ripples of Peace and Calm”, busway asphalt mural, Union Square, NYC
2022 “Four Pillars of Support”, Resource Center, Raritan Valley Community College, NJ
2021 “Wonder”, exterior ramp wall mural, PS 230 Lower School, NYC
2021 “Embracing the Changing Season”, Arts & Design building, Raritan Valley Community College, NJ
2019 “10 Symbols of Longevity”, installation for VIA 57 West glass vitrines, NYC
2019 “Freeport Sailing Forward”, mural commission by Long Island Arts Council at Freeport, Long Island, NY
2018 “Sun, Moon, and 5 Mountains”, installation for VIA 57 West glass vitrines, NYC
2018 “On the Lotus Boat”, Exterior mural in shelter for domestic violence, Safe Horizon, Brooklyn, NYC
2017 “Growth”, School playground exterior mural, PS 205Q, Queens, NYC
2017 “Embrace”, mural for children’s playground in family shelter, Safe Horizon, The Bronx, NYC
2017 “Heroes of Our City, Our Story”, community room mural, Lincoln Center Neighborhood Center, NYC
2017 “Children of Our City”, exterior courtyard mural, Frederick Douglass Center, NYC
2017 “Our World, Our Stage”, indoor mural for cafeteria, PS 230 K, Brooklyn, NYC
2016 Outdoor mural design, PS 6X, The Bronx, NYC
2016 Paintings on Jersey barriers, Department of Transportation, Queens, NYC
2016 Indoor entrance and hallway murals, Brooklyn School of Music and Theater, Brooklyn, NYC

PUBLICATIONS
2021  “Asian Representation in the Art World: The Sentiment Art Exhibit, Sounds Like NYC EP:99
2021 “Group Exhibition: Sentiment”, July 11th, 2021, World Journal
2019 “Sailing Through History”, Long Island Herald
https://www.liherald.com/stories/sailing-through-history,113929
2018  “New Texture: New Media Art 2019”, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea