Community Art Projects and Public Installations:
June 2021 – March 2022. The People Are the Place, a community art project created in collaboration with six unhoused artists from the Ashby Shellmound encampment and Street Spirit Newspaper. The project culminated in a public installation including found object sculptures and a six
channel video projection in MLK Civic Center Park in Berkeley, as well as the March 2022 edition of Street Spirit newspaper. This project received a grant from the City of Berkeley Civic Arts Program.
March 2020 – May 2021. Why Aren’t We There Yet?, community shadow theater project created in collaboration with unhoused communities in Berkeley. The project culminated in a public, mult-media installation at 2200 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA. This project was funded by a grant from the
City of Berkeley Civic Arts Program.
January 2017 – ongoing. Homeless Shadows, series of illuminated tent installations created in collaboration with residents of homeless camps in the Bay Area. This project received a grant from the
Awesome Foundation.
February 2020, Community Makes Anywhere Home, live video projection installation at First They Came for the Homeless encampment in Berkeley, CA
December 2018 Inhabitations, community shadow theater project and video installation created in collaboration with residents of Berkeley Food and Housing Project Men’s Shelter, Berkeley, CA
September 2018 Share Your Thoughts on Homelessness, interactive illuminated tent installation created in collaboration with First They Came for the Homeless, Figment Art Festival, Oakland CA
December 2017 Empower our Needs! Interactive multi-projector installation at Old City Hall as part of a fundraiser for First They Came for the Homeless in Berkeley, CA
June 2017 Revenge Against the Corporate Aliens, Shadow puppet show created in collaboration with First They Came for the Homeless and the Bay Area Harmonica Club, Berkeley, CA
Performances and Exhibitions:
September 2022 MOTHRA Artist Residency Exhibition, Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto, Ontario
August 2022 Blood and Milk, multi-media performance with breast milk, fire and live audio feed, Richmond, CA
May-June 2022 World of Co Online Exhibition, https://worldof.co/exhibition-space/
January 2019 Creativity Unhoused, group show, Expressions Gallery, Berkeley
June 2018 Nine Streams, Video installation and spoken word performance, Berkeley, CA
February 2014 The Spring Orchestra, solo exhibition, Sticky Art Lab, Berkeley, CA
January 2013 The Lonely Langur, solo exhibition and book launch, Manzi Art Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
Grants and Residencies:
September 2022 MOTHRA Artist Residency, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
April 2022 World of Co Artist Residency, Sofia, Bulgaria (online)
June 2021 Berkeley Public Art Works Projects Grant from the City of Berkeley Civic Arts Program
March – May 2021 Artist in Residence, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
June 2020 City of Berkeley Civic Arts Program Grant for Individual Artists
January 2020 Awesome Foundation Award
August 2017 Artist in Residence, Thuy An Rehabilitation Centre for People with Disabilities, Ba Vi, Vietnam
June 2012 January 2013 Resident Outreach Artist, Cat Ba Langur Conservation Program, Hanoi, Vietnam
April 2012 Artist in Residence, Compeung Residency Program, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Education:
2008
Masters of Sustainable Heritage Development, Australian National University
2002
BFA, Photography, University of Hawaii at Manoa
