Education
2024 – Present
MFA in Art –– Studio Arts Option, California State University, Los Angeles
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, California State University, Los Angeles
2024
Electives in Photography, Monterrey Peninsula College
2023
BA in Art, Minor in Digital Art, University of California, Irvine
2021
General Education, Moreno Valley College & Mt. San Jacinto College
Awards & Recognitions
2025
Graduate Equity Fellowship Recipient, courtesy of CSULA Graduate Resource Center, Cal State LA, awarded AY 25-26
Joseph G. Uribe Memorial Scholarship, courtesy of CSULA Art Department, Cal State LA, awarded Fall 2025
Emeriti Association – Mary Gormly Memorial Fellowship, Cal State LA, awarded AY 25-26
2B Artist Residency, hosted by Dominic Quagliozzi
2023
UCI Art Department Honors Program
UCI Dean’s Honor List
Exhibitions
2025
“You need to be more selfish,” Solo Show, FA126A, Cal State LA, Los Angeles, CA
”Soft Launch: material projects DTLA | Inaugural Group Exhibition,” material projects DTLA, Los Angeles, CA
“The Parts That Make the Whole.” Solo Show, COMA Student Gallery, Cal State LA, Los Angeles
2024
“UCLA New Wight Biennial: Social Sediment,” New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023
“Phantom Limb”, University Art Galleries, Irvine, CA
UCI Art Department 18th Undergraduate Juried Show, University Art Galleries, Irvine, CA
OUTSIDE-IN, Catalyst Undergraduate Art Gallery, Irvine, CA
UCI Fall 2023 Tenth Thursday, Catalyst Undergraduate Art Gallery, Irvine, CA
Merge & The Open, The Art of Performance at UCI, Irvine, CA
2022
UCI Fall 2022 Tenth Thursday, Catalyst Undergraduate Art Gallery, Irvine, CA
FLOURISH, Catalyst Undergraduate Art Gallery, Irvine, CA
Professional Experience
Present
Graduate Student Representative, CSULA Art Department – Exhibition and Community Affairs Committee, Cal State LA
Treasurer, Women’s Gender, and Sexualities Studies (WGSS) Club, Cal State LA
Vice President, Studio Arts Student Society (SASS), Cal State LA (2025-26 AY)
2025
Teaching Associate, Intro to Digital Photography, Cal State LA Department, Los Angeles, CA
Teaching Assistant to Oliverio Rodriguez, Art and Design in the Community, Cal State LA Art Department, Los Angeles, CA
Mentor for Creative Entrepreneurship Opportunities (CEO) Class,
Las Fotos Project, Boyle Heights, CA
Gallery Director, FA 126, Cal State LA
Graduate Assistant to Phoebe Takeda, Intro to Fashion and Fiber Art, Cal State LA Art Department, Los Angeles
Graduate Assistant to Oliverio Rodriguez, Intro to Digital Photography/Capstone II: Production, Los Angeles, CA
Assistant to the Gallery Director, COMA Student Gallery, Cal State LA
Founding Member/Treasurer – Studio Arts Student Society (SASS), Cal State LA (2024-25 AY)
2024
Shadow Assistant to Richard Wearn, Intro to Sculpture/3D Fundamentals, Cal State LA Art Department, Los Angeles, CA
Graduate Assistant to Lori Rusch, Art History: Caves to Cathedrals, Cal State LA Art Department, Los Angeles, CA
Off Campus Advisor, Conceptual Collective Plus, UCI, Irvine, CA
2023
Gallery Intern, University Art Galleries, UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Irvine, CA
Summer Counselor, Summer Academies in the Arts, UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Irvine, CA
Teaching Artist Intern, Creative Connections, UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Irvine, CA
Website and Communications Coordinator, Student Outreach and Retention Center (SOAR Center), UCI, Irvine, CA
Arts Funding Board Chair, Associated Students of UCI (ASUCI), UCI, Irvine, CA
School of the Arts Senator, Associated Students of UCI (ASUCI), UCI, Irvine, CA
Communications Director, Catalyst Undergraduate Art Gallery, UCI, Irvine, CA
Co-Chair – UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts Climate Council, UC Irvine
President and Founder, Conceptual Collective Plus, UCI, Irvine, CA
Selected Projects
2025
Guest Panelist and Facilitator, “Night to Network,” Las Fotos Project, Boyle Heights, CA
Guest Speaker, “Artist Talk: Jo Lacangan,” Cal State LA, Los Angeles, CA
Movement Artist and Panelist, ”Unleashing Tendrils: A Web of Dances,” Automata, Los Angeles, CA
Symposium Speaker, “Artist Talk: Jo Lacangan,” 2B Artist Summer Symposium
“Hauser & Wirth James Jarvaise & Henry Taylor Learning Education Lab: Mentorship Moments 2025,” Hauser and Wirth, Participant, Los Angeles, CA
“Artist Talk: Jo Lacangan,” Monterey Peninsula College,
Monterey, CA
“Artist Talk: Jo Lacangan,” 2B Artist Residency
“The Parts That Make the Whole” Artist Talk, COMA Student Gallery, Cal State LA, Los Angeles
2023
“Think of it as money!” – Gallery Research Intern, University Art Galleries, Irvine, CA
“Affective Resistance” – Gallery Research Intern, University Art Galleries, Irvine, CA
“Navigating UCI: Profiles in Success” Panelist, ASUCI, Irvine, CA
“Resiliency Workshop” Facilitator, UCI Summer Bridge and UCI SOAR Center
Collaboration, Irvine, CA
“MOMENTS. Featuring Kaylani Renee Riley,” Curator, Catalyst Undergraduate Art Gallery, Irvine, CA