Education

2015 MA, Clinical Psychology, Antioch University, Los Angeles

2006 MFA, Fine Art, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles

2004 BFA, Photography and Environmental Studies, University of Washington, Seattle

Awards

2016-2017 Grant Recipient, Artist-in-Residence, Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles

2011 Grant Recipient of Creative Capacity Fund’s NextGen Arts Program

Selected Exhibitions, Performances, and Publications

2020

How Does That Make You Feel?, Curator, Southern California Counseling Center, Los Angeles, CA

2 DAY, LSH CoLab, Los Angeles, CA

2019

Gen X Summer - V3, The Los Angeles Press, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA

My Relationship to Playfulness, What’s My Thesis Podcast hosted by Javier Proenza

(1+2= TAM Forum), AMAX Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2018

Still Figuring Out A Title, Curated by David Del Francia, Private residence in Frog Town, Los Angeles, CA

2017

Short House 10-Year Anniversary and Final Show, Curator, Short House, Los Angeles, CA

Fabric of the Particular, Curator, Elephant, Los Angeles, CA

My Narrative, DCA Artist-in-Residence, Watts Labor Community Action Committee, Los Angeles, CA

2016

Artist-Run Art Fair (ARAF), Curator, Organized by Open Space, Artscape, Baltimore, MD

High Priestesses, Curator, 323 Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2015

Peak Experiences, Curator, Shangrila, Joshua Tree, CA

HAPPENING Benefit Art Auction, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Hollywood, CA

The GAIA Effect, Curated by Sarah Belden Fine Art Advisory, Paddle8 benefit for 360.org

2014 

In the City, Hanover Project, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England

Have Your Cake, Curator, monk space, Los Angeles, CA

THE HOT 100, Curated by Sarah Belden Fine Art Advisory, Paddle8 benefit for Leonardo Dicaprio Foundation

What's Your Favourite Idea?, Co-Curator with the Institute of Jamais Vu, London, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Tip the Wink, Curator, Institute Of Jamais Vu, London, England

2013 

Burrito Deluxe , Co-Curator, Shangrila, Joshua Tree, CA

Bussi Baba , Curator, Elephant, Los Angeles, CA

2012

Blast! [10]  Annual Garden Party and Fundraiser , Co-Curator of sound performances, SASSAS, Los Angeles, CA

Subterraneans, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

Fix It Up Too, SASSAS at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

Blank Land, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

Based On a True Story, Curator, Koh-i-noor, Copenhagen, Denmark

2011

Points of Departure, Jones Gallery, Long Beach, CA

New Moon, Co-Curator with Drew Dunlap, Shangrila, Joshua Tree, CA

Chain Letter II, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Chain Letter: The Swarm of Consciousness, internet-based exhibition, Coordinated by Cathy Ward & Eric Wright, London

2010

Paradise, Shangrila, Joshua Tree, CA

OFF FENCE, Curator, Art Laboratory Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Los Angeles Sustainable Art, Silver Echo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2009

Heaven on Earth, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA

Home Grown, Curator, artillerie, Berlin, Germany

The MexiCali Biennial 2009/10, La Casa del Tunel: Art Center, Tijuana; Sala de Arte UABC Mexicali and Galería Comunitaria Mexicali Rose, Mexicali, B.C.; Ben Maltz Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Street Fest 09, Transit, London, England

A Night of Artists’ Videos, Lagari, Berlin, Germany

2008

Thinking’s Cool, A Solo Show, Sea and Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Concert, Short House, Los Angeles, CA

2007

Mixed Tape, CITY ROCK broadcast, Downtown Gallery District, Los Angeles, CA

Sound Check, CITY ROCK broadcast, Chinatown Gallery District, Los Angeles, CA

Group Show, Curator, Short House, Los Angeles, CA

Alter Ego, Co-Curator, A FAR production, MorYork Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

"Cultivating Wildness Part I," Art Talk Art, Co-Curator, A FAR production, Hollyhock House, Los Angeles, CA

"Cultivating Wildness Part II," Art Talk Art, Co-Curator, A FAR production, Caltrans Building, Los Angeles, CA

2006

Chain Letter, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA

Super Sonic 2006, Barnsdall Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Sense non Sense, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Us, Our Friends, and People Who Have Done Us Favors, Fireplace Gallery, Reno, NV

2005

Letters to You, Curated by James Elaine, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Bibliography

Carolina M. Miranda, "Datebook: Japanese American photography, detailed drawings, everything Marcel Duchamp," Los Angeles Times, (February 25, 2016): Retrieved from http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-datebook-japanese-american-photography-detailed-drawings-everything-marcel-duchamp-20160224-column.html.

Oliver Basciano, "Off-space No 20: Project LOLA, London & Los Angeles," ArtReview, (June 2014): 44.

Tucker Neel, "Desert Shindig: Shenanigans at Shangrila," artillery, no. 7 (Nov Dec 2013): 34-35.

Helen Cahng, "Shangrila," Good Game, no. 1 (July 2013): 45.

MJ, "Brüche und Trennungen," berlin, Berlin, Germany, April 23, 2010. 25. 

Non-Profit Organizations

2011-2013

Board Member, Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound (SASSAS), Los Angeles, CA

2008-2009

Member, Kolonie Wedding, Berlin, Germany

2006-2008

Board Member, Foundation for Art Resources (FAR), Los Angeles, CA