resume / CV

Education

2027 Master of Fine Arts, Illustration, Western Connecticut State University

2024 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting & Drawing, Minor in Art History, University of Connecticut

Exhibitions

2025 Religion, Drawn Here: Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Hartford, CT

2024 From Grandfather to Mother, Art Access: New Britain Call for Art, New Britain, CT

  From Mother to Daughter, Simmering Spices Art Collective, Brooklyn, NY

  Mother’s Tongue, Daughter’s Prayer, University of Connecticut B.F.A. Exhibition, Storrs, CT

   Solo Exhibition, From Grandfather to Mother, From Mother to Daughter, VAIS Gallery, Storrs, CT

2023 Apology of a Fruit, Asian American Cultural Center Group Exhibition, Storrs, CT

2022 Kermies Slow Dancing, UCONN Rainbow Center Gallery, Storrs, CT

Publications

2025 Still Hungry, Illustrative Poetry Book

Eurydice the Alien, Illustrative Poetry Book

Daughter Tongue, Poetry Zine

Unmagnolia issue 007: fanzine, Collaborative Zine

Unmagnolia issue 006: love, devotion, adoration, Collaborative Zine

2024 Vanguard 6, Vanguard Publishing House and Vietnamese Artist Collective

From Grandfather to Mother, From Mother to Daughter, Aislin Magazine

From Grandfather to Mother, From Mother to Daughter, UConn Today

Mother’s Tongue, Daughter’s Prayer, Graphic Memoir

Sore Waters, Graphic Memoir

2023 Chapters, Collaborative Virtual Zine

  Language, Marriage, Career, Virtual Comic

2022 Apology of a Fruit, Graphic Memoir

  Wind Rises, Crashing Tides Zine, Collaborative Virtual Zine

Professional Experience

2018-Present Various Private Commissions and Freelance

(Portraits, Characters, Illustrations)

2022-2024 Graphic Design and Marketing

Asian American Cultural Center, Storrs, CT

Awards, Fellowships, and Scholarships

2025 Robert H. Ellsworth Scholarship, Western Connecticut State University

W.B. Connor Trust Scholarship, Western Connecticut State University

2024 Long River Review Award, Storrs, CT

Asian American Studies Fellowship, University of Connecticut

2023 UConn IDEA Grant, University of Connecticut

Cynthia Reeves Snow Scholarship, University of Connecticut

2022 Doudera Art Scholarship, University of Connecticut

2021 University Art Scholarship, University of Connecticut