Education
MFA Studio Art, University of California Davis
BFA Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art
BA Humanities, Maryland Institute College of Art
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Artist Residencies, Awards, and Fellowships
2025 MASS MoCA Residency, North Adams, MA - Full Fellowship
2024 Foundation OBRAS Residency, Evoramonte, Portugal
Blau-Gold Teaching Fellow, Root Division, San Francisco, CA - Recipient
19th National Juried Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Juried by Kelly Lindner - Best in Show
Headlands Art Center Graduate Fellowship, Sausalito, CA - Finalist
St. Elmo's Artist Residency, University of Texas, Austin, TX - Shortlisted
2023 Tropical Lab Residency, LaSalle College of Arts, Singapore
Summer Graduate Fellowship, University of California, Davis, CA
2021 World of Co Residency, Sofia, Bulgaria​
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Solo Exhibitions
2025 Blood Breath Stool, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2020 CONFESS, Smart Gallery & Studio, San Francisco, CA
2017 I Can’t Wait to Remember This, Fox Gallery MICA, Baltimore, MD​
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Select Group Exhibitions
2026 (forthcoming) Even the Softest Sound Makes Waves, The Geneva Powerhouse - A showcase by Performing Arts Workshop
slow burn, San Francisco State University Gallery, San Francisco, CA - Curated by Lorena Molina, Artist
Mapping Time, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA - Juried by Minoosh Zomorodinia, Artist
2025 Introductions, Root Division, San Francisco, CA - Juried by Makeda Best, Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs, OMCA, Cecilia Chia, Founder and Director, Glass Rice Gallery, Alison Guh, Assistant Curator, SFMOMA
Annual Juried Members' Show, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA - Juried by Anthony Graham, Senior Curator, BAMPFA
Rooted, RuthsTable, San Francisco, CA - Juried by Jun Yang, Artist
beyond self's edge, Frank-Ratchye Project Space, Root Division, San Francisco, CA - Curated by Vanessa Perez Winder
Karl: Inaugural Exhibition, Levi's Plaza, San Francisco, CA
Studio Artists, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2024 Holiday Show, Gallery 2727, Berkeley, CA
Fellow Introduction, Frank-Ratchye Project Space, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
APAture, Roxie Theater, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA
19th National Juried Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Juried by Kelly Lindner
Temporary Ground, Jan and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum, Davis, CA
2023 Playground, Praxis Space, Singapore
New Bohemia NYE, San Francisco Mint, San Francisco, CA
2022 Artist Show, 2727 Gallery, Berkeley, CA Holiday Show, 2727 Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2021 World of Co Online Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria
2020 Expand Gallery, The Virtual Art Fair: Third Edition
World of Co Online Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria
WE ARE – Matriz Woman Artists, Paris, France ARTdemic Exhibit — i19 Gallery, Orange, New Jersey
Surface Gallery: Dot Dot Dash, Nottingham, UK
Artist Circle Gallery, Olympia, Washington
Covid 19 & Social Distancing | Theartcircle
Artist as Curator, State of CA Building, San Francisco, CA
New Bohemia NYE, San Francisco Mint, San Francisco, CA
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Screening
2024 APAture: Return, Roxie Theater, San Francisco, CA
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Press​
2026 “Five Spring Art Shows Show SF Art Scene’s Endurance.” SF Examiner, Max Blue.
“At SF State, Slow Gestures Accumulate Into Acts of Resistance.” KQED, Letha Ch’ien.
“Patterns.” Synkroniciti, Katherine McDaniel.
2025 “A View from the Studio.” Hyperallergic. Lakshmi Rivera Amin
“Blue Hour.” Dart Magazine, Yuchen Hou
“Dream/Bug: An Echo Eroded by Light and Shadow.” Dart Magazine, Yuchen Hou
2024 “Am I Home? 19th National Juried Exhibition.” Axis Gallery.
2020 “Living Through a Pandemic: Artists Experiment, Inspire and Persevere.” Art and Cake LA, Kristine Schomaker.
“Winter 2020, Volume 2, No. 1: Empathy.” Synkroniciti, Katherine McDaniel.
“Elaine T. Nguyen – Online Open Mic.” Ponder Savant, Mia Savant.
“Counterclock.” Counterclock Issue 8, Sarah Feng.
2018 “In the Artist’s Studio – A Photo Essay, Part 3.” Art and Cake LA.
“Where the Flowers Bloom.” Performing Arts Workshop, Youth Art Summit, CCA, San Francisco, CA.
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Curatorial Projects
2021 Sacred Strands, i19 Gallery, Orange, New Jersey
2020 Where the Flowers Bloom, Published Anthology
2019 Conversations in Identity, Salesforce Tower, San Francisco, CA
Performing Arts Workshop, Youth Art Summit, CCA, San Francisco, CA
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Teaching & Lecture Experience
2024 Blau-Gold Teaching Fellow, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis
2023 Artist Panel Gallery 2727, Berkeley, CA
Yolo County Library Workshops, Yolo County, CA
2021 Alumni Visiting Artist World of Co, Sofia, Bulgaria
2020 Artist Talk & Studio Visit with curator of Ante Magazine, Audra Lambert, Virtual
2019 Artist Talk with World of Co Residency, Sofia, Bulgaria
2018-21 Performing Arts Workshop: Core Teaching Artist instructing grades Pre-K-12th
Creativity Explored: Art instructor for adults with cognitive disabilities
2018-20 Galileo: 3D Printing Instructor 6th-8th