Education
2022
PhD in the History of Art, The Ohio State University
2018
MA in the 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
2024-present
Assistant Professor, University of Denver
School of Art & Art History and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Program
2022-2024
Assistant Professor, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
Department of Liberal Arts
2021-2022
Assistant Curator, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
Publications
2024
“How to Become a Fossil: Towards a Multispecies Future,” Cinephile 18, no. 1.
“Tactics of Virtual Memory and Trans Inscrutability in the Works of Wu Tsang,” Media-N: Journal of the New Media Caucus 20, no. 1.
2022
“Introduction,” in Cameron Granger: The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Heaven (Cincinnati, OH: Contemporary Arts Center).
"Cleo Fariselli, Saodat Ismailova, and Jaana Laakkonen," in Breaking Water (Cincinnati, OH: Contemporary Arts Center).
"Three Betrayals: Catalina Ouyang at No Place Gallery," Runner Magazine 3, no. 2.
"Surrogate Humanity: Resistant Art Practices under Technoliberalism," Media-N: Journal of the New Media Caucus 18, no. 1.
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).
"Mitch Vicieux," in Proximity (Columbus, OH: Urban Arts Space).
2019
"Travis Jarrells," in Ex:perimental; Punctu[a]tion (Columbus, OH: Urban Arts Space).
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).
"Cole Lu: Animal Fancy," Flash Art Online.
Curatorial Practice
2024
The Words We Teach: Highlighting Denver LGBTQ+ History, curator and co-organger, group exhibition, Epic Gallery, Denver, CO.
2023
Robert O’Neal: Open to All, curator, solo exhibition with Robert O’Neal, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH.
2022
Cameron Granger: The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Heaven, curator, solo exhibition with Cameron Granger, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH.
I Am Here/You Were There, online three-person exhibition with Jiwon Choi, Jesse Chun, and Kang Seung Lee, online.
Artist-Run Spaces, assistant curator, group exhibition, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH.
C& Center of Unfinished Business, assistant curator, solo exhibition with C& Contemporary And, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Breaking Water, assistant curator, group exhibition, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH.
2021
The Regional, assistant curator, group exhibition, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Heron, curatorial team member, solo exhibition with Alexis McCrimmon, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH.
2020
Among the Shadows in the Intervals of Dream, curatorial team member, three-person exhibition with Jonathan Herrera Soto, Sky Hopinka, and Sa’dia Rehman, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH (canceled due to COVID-19).
2019
F(r)iction, curatorial team member, three-person exhibition with Ann Hirsch, Kara Güt, and Cole Lu, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH.
2018
Vista Views, curatorial team member, solo exhibition with Lyndon Barrois Jr., Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH.
Presentations
2025
Presenter, “The New Idol-ogy: Subverting Historical Memory in Jiwon Choi’s Parallel,” The Wounds of Empire: Historical Feelings Across East Asia, Association for Asian Studies Conference, Columbus, OH, forthcoming.
Session Chair, The Politics of the Archive: Reimagining the Histories of the Asian Diaspora, College Art Association Conference, New York, NY, forthcoming.
2024
Session Chair and Presenter, “The Words We Teach: Highlighting Local Queer Histories through Community Engagement,” Teaching to Transgress: Art Education as a Means of Historical Recovery, Social Engagement, and Political Action, Southeastern College Art Conference, Atlanta, GA.
2023
Presenter, “This is fiction: Reimagining Family Histories through the Archive,” Multifarious Identity and Contemporary Visualization, Southeastern College Art Conference, Richmond, VA.
Presenter, “Perfect as Companions: Uncovering Queer Histories in China,” Queering Asia: Cinema and Beyond, Northeast Modern Language Association Annual Convention, Niagara Falls, NY.
2022
Presenter, “Alex Da Corte: The Allure of the Monster’s Mask,” The Nature of the Beast: Monsters and Monstrosity in Art, Southeastern College Art Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Presenter, “Jacolby Satterwhite and the Cyborg’s Reanimation,” Glitch Feminism, Race, and Technology, Future Bodies Symposium, Blacksburg, VA.
Presenter, “Jacolby Satterwhite: Sadomasochism and its Queer Temporalities,” Getting In/Formation through Queer Feminist Temporalities, College Art Association Annual Conference, online.
Presenter, “Queer Worldbuilding in Jacolby Satterwhite’s Blessed Avenue,” Annual Graduate Student Symposium, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
2021
Moderator, “LA Artcore: Celebrating Hanzine,” artist panel with Jinseok Choi, Scarlett Kim, Kwonyin, Saewon Oh, Yunuen Rhi, Jeong Stransky, Kayla Tange, and Caroline Yoo, LA Artcore, online.
Presenter, “The Artist as Avatar: Redefining Materiality through LaTurbo Avedon,” Matter, (Im)materials and Materiality: On the Life of Digital Artworks, Association for Art History Annual Conference, online.
2018
Presenter, “Tuna Rice Balls: A Playful and Confrontational Performance of Asian Femininity,” AMBUSHED! Pussy Grabs Back: Exhibitionism in Art and Performance, Southeastern College Art Conference, Birmingham, AL.
Presenter, “Wu Tsang’s Duilian: Constructing Fictional Spaces in Chinese History,” Keeping Up Appearances: Historicizing Trans and Gender Variance in and across Art History, College Art Association Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
Presenter, “Navigating Queer Safe Spaces in the Works of Wu Tsang,” Annual Graduate Student Symposium, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Exhibitions
2024
Voices, CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea.
Faculty Exhibition, Vicki Myhren Gallery, Denver, CO.
After (Work) Hours, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Reclaiming and Celebrating AAPI Identity, McNichols Civic Center Building, Denver, CO.
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, Mehringplatz, Berlin, Germany.
2017 Film Festival, Gateway Film Center, Columbus, OH.
2016
Columbus Moving Image Art Review, The Ohio State University, 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.
The Overlook(ed), Art Downtown, 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.