Education
2022
PhD in History of Art, The Ohio State University
2018
MA in History of Art, The Ohio State University
2015
MFA in Visual Art, Washington University in St. Louis
2013
BFA in Studio Art, Calvin University
Professional Appointments
2022-present
Assistant Professor of Art History, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO
2021-22
Assistant Curator, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Select Publications
2024
“Tactics of Virtual Memory and Trans Inscrutability in the Works of Wu Tsang,” Media-N: The Journal of the New Media Caucus 20, no. 1 (2024): 49-66.
2022
"Cleo Fariselli, Saodat Ismailova, and Jaana Laakkonen," in Breaking Water. Cincinnati, OH: Contemporary Arts Center, 2022.
"Three Betrayals: Catalina Ouyang at No Place Gallery," Runner Magazine, published March 28, 2022.
"Surrogate Humanity: Resistant Art Practices under Technoliberalism," Media-N: The Journal of the New Media Caucus 18, no. 1 (Spring 2022): 153-56.
2021
"Carolyn Lazard," "Pope. L," and "Jacolby Satterwhite," in Climate Changing: On Artists, Institutions, and the Social Environment. Columbus, OH: Wexner Center for the Arts, 2021.
"Mitch Vicieux," in Proximity. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University, Department of Art, 2021.
2019
"Travis Jarrells," in Ex:perimental; Punctu[a]tion. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University, Department of Art, 2019.
2018
"Asian Dope Boys," "Chris Dorland," "Casey Jane Ellison," "Josh Kline," "Lin Ke," and "Ad Minoliti," in An American City: Eleven Cultural Exercises (FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art), ed. Michelle Grabner. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2018.
"Cole Lu: Animal Fancy," Flash Art Online, published October 3, 2018.
Select Curatorial Work
2023
Curator, Robert O’Neal: Open to All, solo exhibition with Robert O’Neal, Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, OH)
2022
Curator, Cameron Granger: The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Heaven, solo exhibition with Cameron Granger, Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, OH)
Assistant curator, Artist-Run Spaces, group exhibition, Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, OH)
Co-curator, I Am Here Because You Were There: Archiving Transgenerational Memory Within the Korean Diaspora, online three-person exhibition with Jiwon Choi, Jesse Chun, and Kang Seung Lee
Assistant curator, C& Center of Unfinished Business, solo exhibition with C& Contemporary And, Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, OH)
Assistant curator, Breaking Water, group exhibition, Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, OH)
2021
Assistant curator, The Regional, group exhibition, Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, OH)
Curatorial team member, Heron, solo exhibition with Alexis McCrimmon, Urban Arts Space (Columbus, OH)
2020
Curatorial team member, Among the Shadows in the Intervals of Dream, three-person exhibition with Jonathan Herrera Soto, Sky Hopinka, and Sa’dia Rehman, Hopkins Hall Gallery (Columbus, OH), cancelled due to COVID-19
2019
Curatorial team member, F(r)iction, three-person exhibition with Ann Hirsch, Kara Gut, and Cole Lu, Hopkins Hall Gallery (Columbus, OH)
2018
Curatorial team member, Vista Views, solo exhibition with Lyndon Barrois Jr., Hopkins Hall Gallery (Columbus, OH)
Select Conferences and Invited Talks
2023
Presenter, Southeastern College Art Conference (Richmond, VA), “This is fiction: Reimagining Family Histories through the Archive”
Presenter, Northeast Modern Language Association Annual Convention (Niagara Falls, NY), “Perfect as Companions: Uncovering Queer Histories in China”
2022
Presenter, Southeastern College Art Conference (Baltimore, MD), “Alex Da Corte: The Allure of the Monster’s Mask”
Presenter, Future Bodies: New Media Caucus (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA), “Jacolby Satterwhite and the Cyborg’s Reanimation”
Presenter, College Art Association Annual Conference (online), “Jacolby Satterwhite: Sadomasochism and its Queer Temporalities”
2021
Moderator, LA Artcore (online), “LA Artcore: Celebrating Hanzine,” artist panel with Jinseok Choi, Scarlett Kim, Kwonyin, Saewon Oh, Yunuen Rhi, Jeong Stransky, Kayla Tange, and Caroline Yoo
Presenter, Association for Art History Annual Conference (online), “The Artist as Avatar: Redefining Materiality through LaTurbo Avedon”
2018
Presenter, Southeastern College Art Conference (Birmingham, AL), “Tuna Rice Balls: A Playful and Confrontational Performance of Asian Femininity”
Presenter, College Art Association Annual Conference (Los Angeles, CA), “Wu Tsang’s Duilian: Constructing Fictional Spaces in Chinese History”
Select Exhibitions
2024
Voices, CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea (forthcoming)
After (Work) Hours, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH (forthcoming)
Reclaiming and Celebrating AAPI Identity, McNichols Civic Center Building, Denver, CO (forthcoming)
2023
Biennial Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Philip J. Steele Gallery, Denver, CO
2020
Altered Ego, Best in Show, Mid-America College Art Association, online
2017
COEXISTING: Whenever the Heart Skips a Beat, curated by EVBG, Mehringplatz, Berlin, Germany
2017 Film Festival, Gateway Film Center, Columbus, OH
2016
Columbus Moving Image Art Review 28, Columbus, OH
Video Video Festival, F4F, Chicago, IL
Year Zero (0), The Transveral Project, St. Louis, MO
12th Athens Digital Arts Festival, Historic Centre of Athens, Athens, Greece
Art Night, Third Space Gallery, Davis, CA
Unlucky in Love, Ugly Art Room, Corvallis, OR
2015
CROTCH: Contested Territory, Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI
Indelicate, Locallective, Chicago, IL
Diva, Queens, & Superstars, The Wretched Nobles & Young Camelot, Chicago, IL
Nice Work: A Zine Library, fort gondo compound for the arts, St. Louis, MO
50/50, Center Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
St. Louis Small Press Expo, St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO
Open Projector Night Showcase, 1st Place Audience Choice, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
Buffet, Glitter Milk Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
FEAST: pleasure + hunger + ritual, The Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
Down the Rabbit Hole, The New Bohemian Gallery, Brainerd, MN
2015 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
2014
2014 Short Film Festival: Somebody’s Reality, Please Hold Magazine, St. Louis, MO
MFA First Year Exhibition, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Beyond Violet with the Emperor Scorpion, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2013
Parabola 2013: PROOF THAT 2=1, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Rapunzel, ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
Episodes, Center Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
The Best Show Ever!, (106) Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2012
[thespacebetween], Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI
10: 10 Artists - 10 Trends, Saugatuck Center for the Arts, Saugatuck, MI
Voices for the Voiceless, Division Avenue Arts Collective, Grand Rapids, MI