Statement

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I am inspired by ancient writing systems and pictographs. I create my personal iconography by making calligraphic markings and inventing pictographs. I collage elements from the iconography with patterns and other images to develop a narrative that shows how I connect to the world.

 

The cultural, psychological, and social aspects of my life are reflected in my artwork. As a second-generation Asian American (born and raised in the Bronx, New York), I investigate the ways those aspects affect my identity.

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Recently, I have curated group shows that focus on how artists use cross-cultural ideas and elements in their art practice.

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Selected Exhibitions

2025   (Upcoming) ”Cultural Crossroads,”St. Joseph’s University, Brooklyn, NY.

            Curator af group exhibition.

2024    "Crossroads," Hudson Park Library Gallery, NYC. Curator af group exhibition.

2022  "Passages Through Time," Hudson Park Library Gallery, NYC

2014   Group exhibition at Poe House Gallery, Bronx, NY

2012   “Strength in Symbols,” GE Cultural Fine Art Gallery, Fairfield, CT.

2011   Group Exhibition, Longyear Gallery, Margaretville, NY

2008   “Beyond the Pattern: Selections from Pfizer’s Collection,” NYC.

2007   “Black + White = Grey Matter,” Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, NYC.

2006   “Eviction,” Borough of Manhattan President’s Office, Municipal Building, NYC.

2005   “Eviction,” Asian American Arts Centre, NYC.

2002   “Unedited Library,” Washington Square Windows, public art installation, New                        York  University, NYC.

2001   “Why Asia,” public art project by Godzilla for Art in General on Canal St., NYC.

1998  “Urban Encounters: Basement to Godzilla,” New Museum, NYC.

1994   “Artist Select,” Artists Space, NYC.

           “Gathering Medicine, Art in General, NYC.

1993   “Women’s Art, Women’s Lives, Women’s Issues,” NYC Commission on the Status of                    Women, Tweed Gallery, NYC.

            “The Curio Shop,” organized by Godzilla, Artist Space, NYC.

1992   “7 Rooms, 7 Shows,” P.S. 1, NYC.

1990   “Recent Work,” Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ.

            “Recent Work,” Experimental Glass Workshop, NYC.

1988  “Yesterday,” Asian American Arts Centre, NYC.

            “Coast to Coast Book Project,” The Center for Book Arts, NYC.

1986   Public installation at John Jay College, NYC.

1985   “Another World,” Bronx River Gallery, NYC.

            “State of Mind/State of the Union,” Basement Workshop Gallery, NYC.

1984   “Speaking in Tongues,” Small Walls, NYC.

            “Artists in the Marketplace,” Bronx Museum of the Arts, NYC.

            “Metamorphosis,” Basement Workshop Gallery, NYC.

 

Other Media

1991   “Over-the-Counter Culture," visuals for a performance piece by Alvin Eng for                           Franklin Furnace at Judson Memorial Church, NYC.

1990   “Larger Than Death,” set design for Alvin Eng at La Mama, NYC.

1986   Laser Man, a Peter Wang film.

 

Commissions

2005    Cityarts, “Pieces for Peace,” public art mosaic. Conducted art workshops for New                   York City public school students; assisted in the design and fabrication of a 300-                 foot mosaic wall in a Harlem park.

1997   Percent for Art Program at CCNY Shepherd Hall at City College of NYC.

 

Awards/Grants/Residencies

2015   Assets for Artists Residency at Mass MoCa, North Adams, Massachusetts

1994   Papermaking artists’ residency at Alpha Hills Studio in Yamanashi, Japan

1987   MacDowell Colony Residency Fellowship

1986   Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

1984   “Artist in the Marketplace,” Bronx Museum of the Arts

 

Publications

1990   Mixed Blessings, Lucy R. Lippard, Pantheon,

1988   Women Artists News, “Yesterday: Reflections of Asian Childhood,” 

1986   Art Times, “Profile,” Vol. 2, No. 7,

1982   Heresies, “Women’s Pages,” Issue 14

 

Collections

Pfizer; Educational Testing Service, Princeton, N.J.; CUNY City College; Asian American Arts Centre, N.Y.C.; personal collections.

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Education

BFA, School of Visual Arts, N.Y.C.

Hunter College, N.Y.C.

Academy of Art College, San Francisco, Ca.

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