EDUCATION

2012    MFA Photography, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2008    BFA Photography, California State University, Fullerton, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020

Reconstructing Slippages in Time: Between Home and Here, UCSB Multicultural Center, Santa Barbara, CA

2012   

Embodiment, MFA Thesis, Dutzi Gallery, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Embody and Echo, DBA 256 Gallery, Pomona, CA

2005   

It’s a small world, University of North Carolina, NC

Confession, University of North Carolina, NC

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020

No one remembers alone, USC Roski School of Art, Los Angeles, CA

We Are Here: Art and Asian Voices in L.A., USC Asia Pacific Museum, Pasadena, CA

2019

Singing in The Dark, A Meditation on Migration, Art Salon Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA

2018     

Reframing the Fragments, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Complement, Long Beach City College Visual & Media Arts Gallery, Long Beach

2017   

Aliens with Extraordinary Abilities, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA  Fresh, South Bay Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

2016     

Faculty Exhibition, Long Beach City College Visual & Media Arts Gallery, Long Beach, CA

Honoring our Ancestors, Avenue 50 Studio, Highland Park, CA
South of the Grapevine, Arte Americas, Fresno, CA
Embody, Boston Court Performing Arts Center, (The Golden Dragon), Pasadena, CA
Women in Light, Luxe Gallery, San Diego City College, San Diego, CA
Constructions of Disquiet, Golden West College Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA
SKIN, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2015    

Shelved Art, Newtown Arts Project, Pasadena, CA

2014    

Facts & Figures, Faculty Exhibition, Long Beach City College Visual and Media Arts Gallery
εἶδος: That Which is Seen, Thomas P. Kelly Jr. Student Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University
Crossing Borders, Gallery Gong, Seoul, South Korea
Crossing Borders, Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura – IMAC, Tijuana, Mexico
TOHYF, Encino Terrace, Encino, CA

2013    

Sacred Memories: Honoring the Dead Across Cultures, Pico House Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Wish You Were Here 12, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Gettin’ Off the Ground, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
Crossing Borders, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2012    

Crossing Borders, Emergent Art Space Juried online Exhibition
B Social, Factory, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
Alter/Altar, King Street Gallery, School of Art + Design at Montgomery College, Silver Springs, MD
Consortium, Avenue 50 Studio, Highland Park, CA
The X-Actobles, Bar Basic, San Diego, CA
Mercy, Not Sacrifice IV, Syrup Loft, Los Angeles, CA
Portraiture, ArtExchange, Long Beach, CA
MFA Advancement, Gatov Gallery, CSU, Long Beach, CA
Ventriloquists, Gatov Gallery West, CSU, Long Beach, CA

2011    

MFA Open Studios, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Lived Experience, The Huntington, Los Angeles, CA

2010     

Photography & LA, Phantom Galleries, Long Beach, CA
Collaborative, The Mezz, Los Angeles, CA
Third Eye Vision, Bar Basic, San Diego, CA
La Jolla Art & Wine Festival, Emerging Artist recipient, La Jolla, CA
International Mail Art, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
MFA Open Studios, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Object of Friction, Arty LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Other, Werby Gallery, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Introspect: Urban Art, Onyx Room, San Diego, CA
Life and Dignity, Fernando’s Hideaway, Los Angeles, CA

2008     

Family and Fiction, Progressive Gallery, Pomona, CA
Before/After, California State University, Fullerton, CA

2007     

Attachment, Art for Health, CSU, Fullerton, CA
Skin Deep, East Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, CA

2006     

Cross Process Concepts, Apogee, San Diego, CA 

AWARDS / CURATIONS / RESIDENCIES

2015     The Rema Hort Mann Foundation LA Emerging Artist nominee, CA

2015     Creative Aging (Residency cycle IV), Theatre of Hearts, Los Angeles, CA Jan-Apr

2015     Present Tense, Curator, DNJ Gallery at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2015     Characters & Conditions, Curator, Nomad Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015     Creative Visions Photography Show, Curator, ArtShareLA, Los Angeles, CA

2014     Creative Aging (Residency cycle III), Theatre of Hearts, Los Angeles, CA Sept-Dec
2014     Creative Aging (Residency cycle II), Theatre of Hearts, Los Angeles, CA July-Aug
2014     Creative Aging (Residency cycle I), Theatre of Hearts, Los Angeles, CA Feb-May

2012     First Place Winner, Crossing Borders, Emergent Art Space Juried Exhibition
2010     Emerging Artist Award, LJAWF

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Long Beach Community College, Long Beach, CA / Fall 2014 – Present
Adjunct Photography Instructor (Elements of Photography; Intro to Fine Art Photography – B&W Darkroom)

Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA / Spring 2014 – Present
Adjunct Multi-Media Instructor (Computer Graphics I, Digital Photography)

Art Institute of California, Los Angeles, CA / summer 2013 – 2016
Adjunct Photography Instructor (Photographic Post Production; Adv. Photographic Post Production; Large Format & View Camera Theory; Portraiture; Portfolio I; Digital Image Management; History of Photography; Portfolio I; Applied Portraiture; Editorial Photography)

Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA / Fall 2009 – Fall 2012
Teaching / Studio Assistant for Michael Brodsky (Computer Graphics I; Digital Photography 

Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA / Spring 2012 – Fall 2012
Teaching / Studio Assistant for Saeri Cho-Dobson (Computer Graphics I; Experimental Typography; & Professional Practice Graphic Design) 

Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA / Spring 2012
Teaching / Studio Assistant for Dmitry Kmelnitsky (Computer Graphics I)

Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA / Fall 2011
Teaching / Studio Assistant for Diane Meyer (Special Studies Bookmaking & Photography; Photography I; & Photography II)

California State University, Long Beach, CA / Spring 2011
Teaching Internship with Rebecca Sittler-Shrock (Color Photography)

WORKSHOPS / LECTURES

Artist Talk, San Diego State University, Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Center, April 2021

Artist Talk, Russell Sage College, Opalka Gallery, April 2021

Artist Talk, Chaffey College, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art Home Edition, April 2021

PhotoWorks Editing Workshop, Arts Council for Long Beach, Feb 2021

We Are Here: Panel conversation w/ Viet Thanh Nguyen, Phung Huynh, Quyen Nguyen-Le, USC Pacific Asian America Museum, Pasadena, CA Dec 2020 

We Are Here: Artist Lecture, USC Pacific Asian America Museum, Pasadena, CA Apr 18, 2020 

Lecture series: Vietnamese creative leaders of San Diego, BRIDGE, San Diego, CA Feb 8, 2019

Illuminated Recipes: Photography Instructor, Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association. Garden Grove, CA / May 2019 

Project Foto: Photography Instructor, Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association. Westminster, CA/ May 2018

AJA Project: Artist Lecture, San Diego, CA / Apr 2018

KaledioLA: The Speaker Series of the Department of Art and Art History; Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA / Apr 8, 2016

Scanning, Post-Production, & Printing:  Digital Photography Workshop, Art Institute of Los Angeles, CA / May 2, 2015

Photography & Social Media: Digital Photography Workshop, Art Institute of Los Angeles, CA / Mar 14, 2015

AiAfter Dark, Art Institute of Los Angeles, CA / Feb 7, 2015

Portraiture: Digital Photography Workshop, Art Institute of Los Angeles, CA / Dec 6, 2014

Executive & Business Portraiture: Digital Photography Workshop, Art Institute of Los Angeles, CA / Nov 8, 2014

Ai Summer Break Series: Photography & Fashion Styling, Art Institute of Los Angeles / July 8, 2014

Ai Summer Studio: Digital Photography, Art Institute of Los Angeles, CA / June 23 – June 26, 2014

AiAfter Dark: Selfies, #AiAfterDark, Art Institute of Los Angeles, CA / Apr 27, 2014

Portfolio Success: Digital Photography, Senior Saturday, Art Institute of Los Angeles, CA / Mar 29, 2014

The Business of Photography: Digital Photography, Senior Saturday, Art Institute of Los Angeles, CA / Nov 23, 2013

Lighting Techniques: Digital Photography, Senior Saturday, Art Institute of Los Angeles, CA / Oct 26, 2013

Fundamentals & Foundation: Digital Photography, Senior Saturday, Art Institute of Los Angeles, CA / Sept 14, 2013