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EDUCATION
 

Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons)
2003-2006

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago , Illinois , USA
2002-2003

 
   
AWARDS AND GRANTS
  Greater Pittsbugh Arts Council Aritst Opportunity Grant 2007
Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant 2007
Nominee for Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Emerging Artist of the Year 2007
Heinz Fellowship for residency at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts 2006 (declined)
Samuel Rosenburgh Senior Award 2006
Senior Leadership Award 2006
Recipient of SURG (Small Undergraduate Research Grant) 2006
Elizabeth Jones Award 2006
Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts Grant 2005
Augusta Fisher Porter Junior Art Award 2005
 
 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

  Solo
Threads, Ellis Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2006
Ephemeral City, Gold Dome Multicultural Society, Oklahoma City, OK, November 2005
Made in Motherland, UC Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2005
Goldfish Ride, Zebra Lounge, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2004

Collaboration
Afterlivelihood, The Frame Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, December 2005

Group
(UPCOMING) NEW, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE, April - July, 2010
(UPCOMING) Invitational Exhibition, Central MTR Station Art Tube, Hong Kong, June 2010
(UPCOMING) Invitational Exhibition, St Paul's Chapel, Columbia Univeristy, New York City, NY, April 2010
Carrying Across
, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA, March- April 2010
Annual Invitational--7th Annual Survey of Philadelphia Artists, Fleisher Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, December 2009-January 2010
Heartstrings, Homantin Plaza, Hong Kong, November 2009
Heartstrings, Exhibition Hall, The Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong, October 2009
Transcendence, Mobart Gallery, The Drawing Room, Hong Kong, April 2009
Artist in the Neighbourhood Scheme IV Launching Exhibition, Hong Kong City Hall Lower Block, January 2008
Hong Kong Graphics Society 2007 Print Exhibition, Shaw College, Chinese University of Hong Kong, November 2007
Crossing Boundaries, Exhibition Gallery, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, Hong Kong, November 2007
Annual Exhibition, Logan Gallery, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY, July 2006
Senior Exhibition, Regina G. Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2006
27th Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, MO, February 2006
Printstallation, The Frame Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, November 2005
InExchange, Olive Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, November 2005
Untitled 2005, Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh, PA, April 2005
The Love Show, The Frame Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh, PA, February 2005
Untitled 2004, Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh, PA, April 2004
Cultural Shock, The Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong, January 2004
 
 

WORK EXPERIENCE

  Reading Specialist , Pathways Foundation, Hong Kong, 2008- present
  Research assistant, Pokit Consulting Ltd., Hong Kong, 2008- present
  Artist Educator , International Baccalaureate- Diploma Level in Visual Arts, Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong, 2006-07
  Scientific illustrator intern, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh , PA , 2005-06
  Book illustrator, Leaps and Bounds, Hong Kong, Summer 2005
  Commistioned artist, relief paintings for Gold Dome Multicultural Society, Oklahoma City, OK, May 2005
  Studio assistant, Artist Image Resource, Pittsburgh , PA , Summer 2004
  Project assistant , Tai Po Environmental Association, Hong Kong, Summer 2004
  Muralist, Child Assessment Center, Kowloon and Fanling Branch, Hong Kong, Summer 2001 and 2004
  Teacher, Access Hong Kong , Hong Kong , Summer 2003
 
 

PUBLICATIONS

  Encyclopedia Destructica: Volume Atum, Volume Bumba
  Big Straw Magazine