// 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
2023
“To, From”| VCUarts Depot | Richmond, VA
“Somewhere In Between” | Kansas City Library South Branch | Kansas City, KS
// GROUP EXHIBITION
2023
“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
9th Annual Juried Photography Show | Flagler County Art League | Palm Coast, FL
2020
“Soledad” | PRMX x PRMG & Dab Art Co. | Mexico City, Mexico & Ventura, CA
“Everything Going On” | Josephine Gallery | Columbia, MO
Visual Art & Desgin Showcase | Jesse Hall | Columbia, MO
2019
Undergraduate Juried Exhibition | Bingham Gallery | Columbia, MO
// SCREENING
“The Introspection of Denied Agency”
2023 VIDEOAKTION #4 | Berlin, Germany
2023 Official Selection of Odds & Ends Experimental Film Festival | Charlottesville, VA
“Triangle”
2022 East End Film Society by Oakwood Arts | Richmond, VA
2022 Official Selection of Student Experimental Film Festival | Binghamton, NY
“Lucid Dreams”
2022 Official Selection of Los Angeles Asian Film Awards | Los Angeles, CA
2021 Official Selection of Wayside Film Festival | El Dorado Springs, MO
“Her Diary”
2020 Official Selection of Short Film Corner at Cannes Film Festival | Online
2020 Official Selection of Roma Prisma Independent Film Awards | Online
2019 Jury Award of Campus Movie Fest | Columbia, MO
“LAN Party”
2019 Silver Tripod Winner (Production Design and SFX) of Campus Movie Fest | Columbia, MO
// RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIP
2023
(Forthcoming) Alex Brown Foundation Residency at Mainframes Studio | Des Moines, IA
(Forthcoming) Post-Master’s Teaching Fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA
// GRANT AND AWARD
2022 Graduate Research Grant | Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA
2022 Graduate Travel Grant | Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA
2020 Cover Art Competition Winner | Collision Literary Magazine | Pittsburgh, PA
// TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Virginia Commonwealth University
2023 Instructor | “AFO Project: Film” and “Filmmaking for Non-Majors”
2022 Instructor | “Moving Pixels”
2022 Teaching Assistant | “Senior Thesis II” and “Advanced Production Workshop”
2021 Teaching Assistant | “Lighting & Cinematography”
East Marshall Street Well Project
2022 Summer Film Camp Instructor
// PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020-21 Post-production Assistant | Peridot Films LLC. | Remote
2020-21 Student Assistant Professional | College of Education, University of Missouri-Columbia | Columbia, MO
2019-21 Video Assistant | Joint Office of Strategic Communications and Marketing | Columbia, MO
2019-20 Event Photographer | Campus Activities & Programming Board | Columbia, MO
// BIBLIOGRAPHY
Goerge Frey, “Rising: The Life of Fanxi Sun” | The Columbia Campaign | April 7, 2020
Marcus Wilkins, “Cinematic Aspirations” | Undergraduate Studies, University of Missouri | February 28, 2020
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