// EDUCATION
2023 MFA in Photography and Film | Virginia Commonwealth University
2020 BA in Film Studies (Emphasies in Production) | Summa Cum Laude | University of Missouri-Columbia
// SOLO EXHIBITION & PERFORMANCE
2024
“there IS and ONLY IS” | Ni Art Museum | Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
2023
“To, From”| VCUarts Depot | Richmond, VA
// SCREENING
I kept following until I realized what was true
2025 “Visions in the Nunnery” | Nunnery Gallery at Bow Arts Center | London, United Kingdom
2025 42nd Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival | BALi Kinos | Kassel, Germany
2025 “Intimate Histories” | Micro-Acts | London, United Kingdom
2025 New Year / New Work Festival | Film-Maker Cooperative | New York, NY
The Introspection of Denied Agency
2024 Official Selection of Rough Cuts Screening | Grace Street Theater | Richmond, VA
2023 Official Selection of Experimental Series – Salt Lake City | Union Theater | Salt Lake City, UT
2023 “VIDEOAKTION #4” | Raum fur drastische Mabnah | Berlin, Germany
2023 Official Selection of Odds & Ends Experimental Film Festival | Vinegar Hill Theater | Charlottesville, VA
Triangle
2024 “Made in VA” Biennial | Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art | Virginia Beach, VA
2022 East End Film Society | Oakwood Arts | Richmond, VA
2022 Official Selection of Student Experimental Film Festival | The Bundy Museum of History and Art | Binghamton, NY
2022 “It’s About Time” | Anderson Gallery | Richmond, VA
Lucid Dreams
2022 Official Selection of Los Angeles Asian Film Awards | Raleigh Studios Hollywood | Los Angeles, CA
2021 Official Selection of Wayside Film Festival | Opera House Theater | El Dorado Springs, MO
Her Diary
2020 Official Selection of Roma Prisma Film Awards | Online
2019 Jury Award Winner of Campus Movie Fest | Columbia, MO
// SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2025
26th International Open | Women Made Gallery | Chicago, IL
2024
“Two Lines of Poetry River” | Zhejiang Art Museum | Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
NextGen 11.0 | Gibbs Street Gallery | Rockville, MD
“Concentricity,” MU School of Visual Studies Alumni Exhibition | Montminy Gallery | Columbia, MO
2023
SECAC (Southeastern College Art Conference) Juried Exhibition | Try-Me Gallery | Richmond, VA
The 21st Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards | Gallery B | Bethesda, MD
“The Homecoming,” Society for Photographic Education Combined Caucus Exhibition | Rotunda Gallery at RMCAD | Denver, CO
2022
“Dream” | Decode Gallery | Tuscan, AZ
“It’s About Time” | Anderson Gallery | Richmond, VA
2021
Art Lab Project Summer 2.0 | PRMX x PRMG & Dab Art Co. | Online
“Unbounded” | Three Shadows Photography Art Centre | Xiamen, Fujian, China
2020
“Soledad” | PRMX x PRMG & Dab Art Co. | Mexico City, Mexico & Ventura, CA
// RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIP
2024
Mudhouse Residency | Agios Ioannis | Agios Ioannis, Crete, Greece
Craigardan Creative Residency and Teaching Fellowship | Elizabethtown, NY
2023
Alex Brown Foundation Artist Residency | Des Moines, IA
Post-Master’s Teaching Fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA
// GRANT AND AWARD
2024
Awardee of MAP Fund 2024
Jury Award Winner of NEXTGEN 11.0 at Rockville VisArts Center
2023
Finalist of The 21st Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards at Bethesda Urban Partnership
2022
Graduate Research Grant at Virginia Commonwealth University
2020
Cover Art Competition Winner at Collision Literary Magazine
// TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Virginia Commonwealth University
2023-24 Adjunct Professor, “Lighting and Cinematography” and “Filmmaking for Non-Majors”
2022-23 Graduate Instructor, “Moving Pixels” and “AFO Project: Film”
2021-22 Teaching Assistant, “Lighting and Cinematography,” “Senior Thesis II,” and “Advanced Production Workshop”
Visual Arts Center of Richmond
2023-24 Instructor, “Introduction to Filmmaking,” “Documentary Filmmaking: Cinema Verite,” “Audio Visual: Sound in Film,” “Video Editing with Premiere Pro,” and “Film Editing and Color-grading with DaVinci Resolve”
East Marshall Street Well Project
2022 Summer Film Camp Instructor
// PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020-21 Post-production Assistant | Peridot Films LLC. | Remote
2019-21 Video Assistant | Joint Office of Strategic Communications and Marketing, University of Missouri | Columbia, MO
2019-20 Creative Lead | Matchbook Marketing Agency (previously known as Relevant Youth) | Columbia, MO
2019-20 Event Photographer | Campus Activities & Programming Board | Columbia, MO
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