Education
Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI), Kansas City, MO BFA
Fiber and Art History Major, Certificate in Asian Studies
Exhibition
2023
(Upcoming) 2023 Kansas City Flatfile & Digitalfile, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
The Asian American Voice: Reclaiming the Narratives, MAAAY, ArtsKC Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2022
October 5 – December 10, (Un)Wavering Ideals, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
I am, NAAAP KC, ArtsKC Gallery, Kansas City, MO
https://kc.naaap.org/cpages/artskc_august_september_22
Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
2021
With Liberty and Justice, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO
2020
2020 Alumni Accomplishment Showcase, KCAI, Kansas City, MO
2019
Future Tense 2019, Surface Design Association, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, IL
Insert, Undergrads Underground, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO
Cultivate, KCAI Fiber Warehouse, Kansas City, MO
Final Impressions, KCAI William Volker Sculpture Studios, Kansas City, MO
Annual BFA Exhibition, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2018
Inter-twined, KCAI Fiber Warehouse, Kansas City, MO Currents, KCAI Fiber Warehouse, Kansas City, MO
Unearthed: Art of and from the Earth, William T. Kemper Art Gallery at Kansas State University Manhattan, KS (organized by Students for Environmental Action).
Journey to the East, Nerman Café, KCAI, Kansas City, MO (organized by Asian Culture Organization)
I Made A List So I Wouldn’t Forget, Fiber Junior Exhibition, KCAI Fiber Warehouse, Kansas City, MO
Private Narrative: Public Discourse, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO (organized by Black Artists Culture and Community Club)
2017
Input/Output, KCAI Fiber Warehouse, Kansas City, MO
Turning Point, KCAI Fiber Warehouse, Kansas City, MO
The Performative Loom: sound, rhythm, and experimental making, KCAI Crossroads Gallery, Kansas City, MO
First Cut: Prototypes & Processes from the David T. Beals III Studios for Art and Technology with Bryan Czibesz, KCAI Crossroads Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
2016
Winter Work, KCAI Fiber Warehouse, Kansas City, MO
“The Land That Yet Must Be…” Show, KCAI School for Continuing Studies, Kansas City, MO (organized by The Student Organization Committee of KC)
Awards and Recognitions
2019
2019-2021 Charlotte Street Foundation Resident
Future Tense 2019, SDA Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, IL, Third Place Award Recipient
Surface Design Association: Beyond the Surface Conference, Student Scholarship Recipient
Lucy Morgan Scholarship, Penland School of Craft
2018
Tom and Asa Johnson Scholarship, Penland School of Craft
KCAI Magic Sock Fund Grant Recipient
2017
Susan Lordi-Marker Special Project Award Recipient
Bibliography
Brown, Robert. “With Liberty and Justice,” Charlotte Street Foundation, (KC Studio, 10/11/2021)https://kcstudio.org/with-liberty-and-justice-charlotte-street-foundation/.
Taniai, Sumire Skye. Four Up And Coming Kansas City Artists You Should Know, (Aoyama Design Forum web magazine,05/19/2020) https://www.adfwebmagazine.jp/art/four-up-and-coming-kansas-city-artists.
Surface Design Association:: Future Tense 2019, All The Art, Innovations in Textiles Special Issue,Fall, 2019.
Input/Output, Fiber End of Semester Show Postcard, (Kansas City: The Fiber Department of Kansas City Art Institute, 2017).
Bradley, William Ellis, and Gould, Ben. ANTHOLOGY: Selected Works, Artist Feature, (Kansas City: The Foundation Department of Kansas City Art Institute 2016), 9-10.
Bradley, William Ellis, and Gould, Ben. ANTHOLOGY, Artist Feature, (Kansas City: The Foundation Department of Kansas City Art Institute, 2016), 15.
Artist Talk | Discussions
2022
Artist INC Kansas City WorkShare 2022, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO, April 25, 2022.
2021
Charlotte Street Foundation Studio Residency Slide Slam, Kansas City, MO June 15, 2021. https://fb.watch/79HoM7Fdq7/
2020
Charlotte Street Open Studios Q&A with Michelle Chan, Drea Dicarlo and Melinda Hedgecorth, Kansas City, MO, December 2, 2020. https://fb.watch/2QNR_Tj2jK/
Student Round Table Discussion with Sonya Clark , KCAI, H&R Block Space, Kansas City, MO, March 6 , 2020
2019
Pecha Kucha, Surface Design Conference, Artist Guild, St. Louis, MO, October 3, 2019
2018
Private Narrative: Public Discourse, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO, February 17, 2018
Professional Experience
August 2018 – January 2019
Plug Projects, Kansas City, MO
Intern
June 2017- May 2018
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
East Asian Curatorial Assistant , Durwood Intern
June 2016
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Summer Academy
August 2015 – May 2019
Jannes Library, KCAI, Kansas City, MO
Computer Lab Assistant