Through sculptural interventions and performative measures, I explore the internalization of social endeavors. My keen interest in the psychological implications of artistic expression lead me towards work that is concept-driven and often absurdist in nature. I undertake abject performances as a means of therapeutic remedy. I create bizarre contraptions as a way of understanding and navigating my psychosocial biosphere. In other words, I am attempting to use my artistic practice as a form of dialectic behavior therapy. 

​     Action, object and utterance are all subject to the perception of others; this exterior influence is the driving force behind the self-care rituals I implement, in order to ameliorate the relationship between my inner self and outer world. From these learned self-soothing behaviors an alter-ego is born; she is inventor of odd devices, administrator of pseudoscientific countermeasures, and an actor I can both observe and divert culpability to. 

Gender norms, childhood misconceptions, and social anxiety serve as conceptual seeds that this character reacts to. The studio thus becomes a laboratory for her to experiment and concoct panaceas, and a sanctuary to process and refine external stimuli.

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Community-based art is a more recently developed practice for me. It started with projects as an arts specialist at an after-school program in Boston Chinatown. Much of my work in this category is geared towards kids; I find that working with children, teaching them about art and passing on cultural heritage is a source of immense joy. 

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I am currently receiving my MFA in Sculpture at Boston University. 

I work as a studio assistant to various artists in the Boston area, and have been known to perform odd jobs such as babysitting, catsitting, dog walking, plant watering, moving&hauling, and more...

I practice traditional Southern Chinese Lion Dance with Nüwa Athletic Club, and enjoy ballroom dance (particularly bachata and east coast swing).