I’m an artist and arts organizer based in Charlottesville, Virginia, originally from Los Angeles, California.
I weave and stitch social and personal histories into sculptures, performances, exhibitions and events that engage communities.
I also weave and stitch clothing and quilts for bodies and homes.
Much of my work responds to archival research, conversations, time spent outdoors, and opportunities to activate alternative spaces. I often use fabric and sewing as a central material practice.
My ten years of experience as an arts organizer/administrator/staff-person informs my art practice, my design business Dao Bao, and my day to day life. I currently work full time as the Ruffin Gallery and Visiting Artist Coordinator for University of Virginia’s Department of Art.
I am originally from Los Angeles, California. I was based in Joshua Tree, CA from 2016-2023, with stints in Oakland, CA from 2019-2023.
EXHIBITIONS
2025
Commissioned installation in University of California, Santa Barbara Ethnic and Gender Studies Library, Santa Barbara, CA (forthcoming September 2025)
Solo exhibition, Welcome Gallery/New City Arts, Charlottesville, VA (forthcoming October 2025)
2024
Phygital Care, Curated by Judit Navratil, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Direct Sow, Visible Records, Charlottesville, VA
Fallow, New City Arts Fellowship Exhibition, Welcome Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Half Dozen: The Incubator Show, McGuffey Arts Center, Charlottesville, VA
2023
New City Arts Artist Exchange, Charlottesville, VA
Emergence: Mojave Artists of Color Collective, Compound YV, Yucca Valley, CA
touch tap press handle hold, Piazza Palazzo, Los Angeles, CA
Eight Visions X Eight Artists, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Hummingbird Water, Heavy Manners Library, Los Angeles, CA
WASTELAND, Bezerk Productions, Yucca Valley, CA
Land Line, Quality Coins, Yucca Valley, CA
2021
Jumper, Real Pain, New York, NY
Crevice Show, BLM Land, Joshua Tree, CA
2020
In the Weeds, Olympia, New York, NY
Little Critters, Glass Outhouse Art Gallery, Twentynine Palms, CA
2019
Art After the Apocalypse, Beatnik Lounge, Joshua Tree, CA
A-Z West Works Popup, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
Whiz Confluxx, Royal Nonesuch Gallery, Oakland, CA
Flatrate Contemporary 2, Flatrate Contemporary, online
Pioneertown, Coyote, Stockholm, Sweden
2018
A-Z West Works Popup, Hammer Museum Bookstore, Los Angeles
2017
Work by Asian Mamas Working in the Arts, 1748 Adams, Los Angeles
Grid Log, Yucca Valley, CA
2016
Our Masters, Egyptian Art and Antiques, Los Angeles
Running Away From Home: Works on Paper, 1748 Adams, Los Angeles
Shelf Life, 1748 Adams, Los Angeles
SOLO PERFORMANCES
2023
Pee stories, 5, 6, 7, 8!: An Evening of Dance and Performance, With levi gonzalez, Jmy James Kidd, and Odeya Nini, The Firehouse, Joshua Tree, CA
2022
Lichen Lady, Ecotones BIPOC performance festival, Sibley Volcanic Park, Oakland, CA
Object Memory Archive, performance, HDTS 2022, Joshua Tree, CA
2021
Lichen Lady, VR Art Camp Commons December cohort presentation (online)
Lichen Lady, No Spectators online event, Useless Initiatives, Oakland, CA
Lichen Lady, Crevice Show, BLM Land, Joshua Tree, CA
2019
Whiz Dinner, Performance with Whiz World for SNC MFA A-I at Sagehen Creek Field Station, Truckee, CA
2018
Performance with Isaac Aronson, High-Desert Soundings experimental music festival, Joshua Tree, CA
Interns and Friends (Aronson, Doutt, Levinson, Young and Yu), the wulf., Los Angeles
2014-2016
Admit Something: Everyone you see, you say to them, “Love me.”, UCLA Undergraduate Scholarship Exhibition, Los Angeles
Gesturing to be you, UCLA Undergraduate Scholarship Exhibition, Los Angeles
True Story, performance, UCLA Undergraduate Scholarship Exhibition, Los Angeles
WORKSHOPS / COMMUNITY SPACES
2024
Studio member at McGuffey Arts Center and Visible Records, Charlottesville, VA
Woven Dust Jackets, Workshop at New City Arts Welcome Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Weaving Posters from Past to Present: UCSB Reads Art Workshop, UCSB Library, Santa Barbara, CA
2022
Founder of Sun Spot, an artist-run co-operative store and community hub at Sky Village Outdoor Marketplace, Yucca Valley, CA
Founder of The Firehouse, a collectively artist-run project space for art, events, workshops and live performances in a former fire station, Joshua Tree, CA
Founder of Desert Research Library, an artist-driven alternative library at The Firehouse, Joshua Tree, CA
2020
Teaching Artist at Yucca Valley Elementary School, Groundwork Arts
2019
Object-ify Ourselves!, performative workshop, Dream Farm Commons, Oakland, CA
Orientation, Relation, Workshop for UC Berkeley students, Royal Nonesuch Gallery, Oakland, CA
Orientation, Relation, Workshop at Joshua Tree National Park Artist’s Tea, Joshua Tree, CA
2018
Orientation, Relation, workshop/performance at Pool Show LA, Los Angeles
Arts and Rec: Elena Yu, collaborative/performative weaving workshop, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
2016
Pavilion, workshop/performance with Lucia Fontanelli, private residence, Culver City, CA
Now this is a space we can work with, performance/project space, UCLA
Sunday School, daylong peer-led workshops and performances, UCLA
VISITING ARTIST TALKS
University of Virginia, Arts Leadership (Taught by Prof. Robin Garcia), September 2024
University of Virginia, Introduction to Digital Media (Taught by Prof. Anna Hogg), September 2024
“Real Talks,” Real Time and Space Artist Residency, Oakland, CA, March 2024
Visiting Artist, MFA seminar, UC Santa Barbara (Taught by Prof. Kim Yasuda), September 2023
Ohio University, Introduction to Sculpture (Taught by Lecturer Aaron Peters), March 2023
Learning From What We Are Not, with Vanesa Zendejas, Nevada Museum of Art, October 2021
RESIDENCIES
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), Santa Barbara, CA Fall 2023-Present
New City Arts Fellowship, July 2024
Real Time and Space, Oakland, CA, March 2024
McGuffey Arts Center Incubator Program, July 2023-June 2024
Lucas Artists Residency Program, Montalvo Arts Center, June 2022
Carrizozo AIR, Carrizozo, New Mexico, November 2021
Art Camp, Mozilla Hubs VR virtual residency, October 2021
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, June 2018
ARTIST GRANTS
California Arts Council, Impact Projects grant, 2022-2023, Project grant for Desert Research Library
Center for Cultural Innovation, Quick Grant, 2023
MRH Fund, 2022-2023, Project grant for AAPI Desert project
Arts Connection, Arts Innovator Microgrant, 2022, Project grant for Lichen Lady
Center for Cultural Innovation, CALI Accelerator grant, 2020
PERFORMER (in other artists' works)
Emotional States of Zero, Linda Carmella Sibio, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York (stage manager, costume designer, performer), 2019
Future Past Perfect, Heather Delaney, MFA thesis performance, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 2014
Reflections on Variations on Dancing in the Dark, Eydie McConnell, KCHUNG at the LA Art Book Fair at MOCA, Los Angeles, 2014
Pehrformance #1: Variations on Dancing in the Dark, Eydie McConnell with Lily Spitz, Robert Medina and Nika Kolodziej, Pehrspace, Los Angeles, 2014
Huddle, Simone Forti, Dancing with the Art World symposium, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, 2013
Floor of the Forest, Trisha Brown Dance Company: The Retrospective Project, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, 2013
BECOME: Dance Night, Open Forum, Lily Spitz, ReSTORE: Westwood, Los Angeles, 2013
PUBLICATIONS (EDITOR/CONTRIBUTOR)
eclipse scores, Alex Arzt and A Magic Mountain, 2024 (contributor)
Whiz World Seven: EXTRACTION, 2022 (editor/contributor)
Whiz World Six: MUTATIONS, 2021 (editor/contributor)
IN THE WEEDS, 2020 (contributor)
amwa cookbook 01: potluck, 2020 (contributor)
CONFLUXX CLIMAXX: SUMMER OF WHIZ, 2020 (editor/contributor)
Whiz World Four: HELLMOUTH, 2019 (contributor)
Whiz World Three: BODIES, 2018 (contributor)
FAMILY: AMWA Zine 01, 2018 (contributor)
Whiz World One: THIS IS WHIZ WORLD, 2017 (contributor)