Jasmine Mengjiao Zhang and I performed as part of our experimental vocal project Masmine on December 14th at the Peacock Lounge for a show put together by Resipiscent. Others performing that evening included ++(…)!, Beast Nest, and Sung Kim. Click here to watch the official set recordings.

Co-Curators Shaelyn Hanes and Katherine Jemima Hamilton invited me to exhibit pieces from Portraits of My Ancestors, and Kin. for a “haunting” group exhibition at Root Division. Exhibiting artists included, Tiago Da Cruz, Ebti, Gordon D Fung & Ernest Strauhal, Heesoo Kwon, Namita Paul, Trina Robinson, Nicole K. Shaffer, Thorne, Hannah Waiters and wei.

Pulling together three bodies of work – Kin, Calling, and Portraits of My Ancestors, my thesis exhibitionserved as a meditation upon our origins both as individuals, and as members of a deep shared history, as it asked these questions; Where do we come from? Where will we go? How will we continue to remain?

The thesis exhibition was one of the last to take place at California College of the Art’s historic Oakland campus before its doors were closed, and all remaining classes were officially transferred to it’s San Francisco campus.

Andromeda Re-Imagined: A Sanctuary in Deep Playa was a multi media project originally exhibited at Burning Man, in Black Rock City Nevada in 2019. In keeping with the event’s theme that year, Metamorphosis, Andromeda Re-Imagined sought to reinterpret the original myth of Andromeda to be a tale of personal growth and female empowerment.

Participants included John Marx, architect/lead artist; Brian Poindexter, producer/visionary; Derrick Roorda, Burohappold Structural Engineer, consultant; Mary Graham, artist; Mischell Riley, artist.

Artist John Stone and I collaborated on an installation piece for the exhibition Art Advocacy Speaks. Our work The Nine honored the victims of the Charleston Church Massacre that had occurred a year prior. My drawings of the victims hung on the wall behind a bible resting on a small table. Passages admonishing violence and exalting peace were highlighted, its pages bookmarked with images of assault weapons and bullets. See event announcement here.

Culminating in an exhibition at the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Lonnie Graham’s A Conversation at the Table was a collaborative project engaging over 50 Philadelphia artists as they created community oriented works addressing three essential aspects of our humanity: the mind, body, and spirit. I was invited to participate–my piece Political Fruit engaged the house-less residents at St. John’s Hospice as I presented them with gifts of fruit wrapped in hand screen-printed silk scarves.

Participating artists and organizations included, The Clay Studio, Kimberly Camp, Amy Sarner Williams, Rachel Robbins, Mary Barrett, Emily Haworth Booth, Leroy Johnson, Carolyn Guss, Cari Freno, Mary Martin, John Stone, Sharif Bey, Clarissa Sligh, Blaise Tobia, Virginia Maksymowicz, Hana Iverson, Andrea Poulsen, Taller Puertorriqueño, Gustavo Boada, Anabelle Rodriguez, the Asian Arts Initiative, Rana Sindhikara, Rodney Camarce, Magda Martinez, Alison Park, Linda Saroem, Annie Seng, Ian Sindhikara, Sovansuny Uy, Sophie Sanders, Mary Ann Davis, Davistudio, Renee Kredell, Fukuko Imai, Criseeda J. Seals, Robert Martin, and Tara Tallman. Read about the exhibition here.