Exhibitions:

2024 of Bucking the Darkness, trio show—W83 Ministry Center, New York, NY

2023 Residency showcase—Sweet Lorraine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2016 Bearing Image, group show—W83 Ministry Center, New York, NY

2015 Residency showcase—Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2015 Industry, Industry, group show—All Angels’ Church, New York, NY

2014 My Name, My Companion, solo show—Trinity Forum Academy, Royal Oaks, MD

2013 Confluence & Conversation, duo show—Absoluter, Shanghai, China

2011 Things That Disappear, group show—696 Art District, Shanghai, China

2010 The Urbanity Project, group show—696 Art District, Shanghai China

2007 That Was Now… This is Then, group show—Asterisks Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio

Selected Speaking Engagements:

2014 Lecture, “Artistic Temperaments & The Human Condition,” Art & Faith Series, Church of the Resurrection, Washington, DC. April 20.

2013 Presentation, “Beauty & the Marketplace” Shanghai Community Theological Center, Integrate Conference,

Shanghai, China, March 18.

2012 Seminar, ”The Value of a Craft Art Lifestyle,” Dashuwujie (Greenology) Concept Store, Lifestyle Seminar,

Shanghai, China, June 20.

2012 Presentation, “Career Development in the Arts,” Paladin Learning; Shanghai, China, Feb 08.

2011 Seminar, ”A Western Art Education,” Think Act @Salon; Shanghai, China, Nov 02.

Curatorial Projects:

2015 The Longest Light, produced and co-curated with Janna Luttrell, All Angels’ Church, New York, NY

2013 Confluence & Conversation, co-curated with Faith Hampton, Absoluter, Shanghai, China

2011 Things That Disappear, produced and co-curated with J. Whitmel Earley, 696 Art District, Shanghai, China

2010 The Urbanity Project, produced and co-curated with J. Whitmel Earley, 696 Art District, Shanghai, China

2008 My Shanghai, produced and co-curated with Shannon Guo, Shanghai, China

Private Commissions:

2014 Standing Ovation -- Psalm 40, painting (130 x 110 cm), oil and graphite on canvas, Washington D.C.

2013 Convergence, painting (320 x 180 cm), gold leaf, graphite, acrylic, oil on canvas, Shanghai, China

2012 The Last Winter, painting (120 x 100 cm), gold leaf, graphite, acrylic, oil on canvas, Shanghai, China

2012 Lu Ping -- Portrait of a Name, painting (130 x 80 cm), gold leaf, photo transfer, graphite, oil on canvas, San Francisco, CA

2010 Lan Gu -- Portrait of a Name, painting (120 x 100 cm), oil and gold leaf on canvas, Shanghai, China

2010 For Freedom's Sake, painting (80 x 80 cm), acrylic and mixed-media on canvas, Boston MA

2009 Of What It Was and Will Be, painting (130 x 72 cm), oil on canvas, Beijing, China

2008 That Which is Past, painting (120 x 100 cm), gold dust and oil on canvas, Shanghai, China

Residencies:

2023 Transform Artist Residency, New York, NY

2020 Art for Change: Mental Health Awareness, India (virtual)

2015 Brooklyn Art Space/Trestle Galleries, Brooklyn, NY

2014 Trinity Forum Academy—Artist in Residence, Royal Oak, MD

Awarded a $15,000 residential fellowship to participate in a nine-month leadership development program founded for emerging leaders by Dr. Os Guinness, Senior Fellow of The Trinity Forum and The Honorable Alonzo McDonald, former CEO of McKinsey & Co.
Developed a thesis on studio work as liturgical practice, exhibited capstone work in solo show, and presented lecture/workshop series at Church of the Resurrection, Washington DC

Education:

2019 Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College, New York, NY — MSW Organizational Management & Leadership

2007 Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH — Bachelor of Science in Art Education

2007 Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH — Certificate in Art Education