Education

2026 MFA in Photography and Media Studies, CalArts

2019 BA in Art, UC Irvine

Certificate in Conflict Analysis & Resolution

Certificate in Middle East Studies

2013 BA in History + European Studies, UC Irvine‍

Minor in Archaeology

Solo Exhibitions

2026 iconographic, Mint Gallery, CalArts

2025 Greetings from… Anhedonia, Mint Gallery, CalArts

2019 City of Lights, City of Violence, Viewpoint Gallery, UCI

2018 No Man’s Land, Catalyst Undergraduate Art Gallery, UCI

Group Curation

2026 Hall of Fame, In-Service Gallery, CalArts

2025 The Pink Show, Out of Order Gallery, CalArts

2025 Almanac of Ritual Activity (CalArts School of Art MFA2 Showcase), CalArts

2025 Yes, And, D300 Gallery, CalArts

2025 8 minutes and 20 seconds, Lime Gallery, CalArts

2018 Strategies of Mobilization in OC, OC&SEAA Center, UCI

Group Exhibitions

2026 Now Trending, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA

2026 Hall of Fame, In-Service Gallery, CalArts

2026 object place memory, A402, CalArts

2026 Apt 206, 2117 W Clinton, Echo Park, CA

2026 I didn’t think I was dreaming, SHOWLA, Downtown Los Angeles, CA

2025 ParadiseParadise FoundParadise LostHell on Earth, Main Gallery, CalArts

2025 Think Big, Stevenson Blanche Gallery, CalArts

2025 The Pink Show, Out of Order Gallery, CalArts

2025 Almanac of Ritual Activity, L-Shape Gallery, CalArts

2025 Yes, And, D300 Gallery, CalArts

2025 Now Trending, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA

2025 Expo ‘25, L-Shape Gallery, CalArts

2025 8 minutes and 20 seconds, Lime Gallery, CalArts

2025 The Labor of Femininity, Annex11, CalArts

2024 14 Portraits, mm/dd/yyyy Gallery, Downtown Los Angeles, CA

2024 Sound-Off, Stevenson Blanche Gallery, CalArts

2024 Liminal Threads, UCI Grad Crit Space, UCI

2024 Now Trending, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA

2019 Now Trending, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA

2019 Of Impermanence, University Art Gallery, UCI

2019 Beginnings and Endings, UCI Writing Center, UCI

2019 Thresholds, Viewpoint Gallery, UCI

2019 This Is Catalyst, Catalyst Undergraduate Art Gallery, UCI

Experiences

2025-2026 Graduate Assistant, Photo & Media Foundation Courses, CalArts

2025-2026 Director, Out of Order Gallery, CalArts

2018-2019 Undergraduate Honors Artist-in-Residence, UCI Catherine Lord Studio

2018-2019 Director, Catalyst Undergraduate Art Gallery, UCI

2018 History Intern, UCI Special Collections & Archives/OC&SEAA

2018 Research Intern, UCI Center for Ethics & Morality Studies

2018 Student Diplomat, UCI Olive Tree Initiative, Northern Ireland, Summer 2018

2017-2018 Student Activist, UCI Deconstructing Diversity Initiative, LA/San Francisco/DC/Atlanta/NYC

2017 Student Diplomat, UCI Olive Tree Initiative, Israel/Palestine/Jordan

2013 Intern, Dalkey Castle & Heritage Center, Dublin, Ireland

Publications

2025 Self-Portrait in a Gesture, 101 Art Book: Abstract Edition, Arts to Hearts Projects, 2025

2025 “Preface I/Preface II/Preface III”, Writing from Silence to Action, 2025

2022 Wish You Were Here (2017-2022), IN A STATE OF _ : a pandemic art journal project 2020-2022, @in_a_state_of_

2019 Sign of the Cross, The Short Story Issue 2018-2019, New Forum Literary Journal, Summer 2019

2019 Lily in the Père-Lachaise Cemetery, beginnings and endings, New Forum Literary Journal, Spring 2019

Presentations

2026 CalArts MFA Artist Lecture, Foundations Course, March 19, 2026

2024 UCI Alumni Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Irvine, CA, October 8, 2024

2019 UCI History Undergraduate Conference, June 2019

2019 UCI UROP Research Symposium, May 2019

2018 UCI UROP Research Symposium, May 2018

2017 UCI Olive Tree Initiative on Palestinian Contemporary Art, August 2017

2013 UCI European Studies Colloquium, June 2013

Performances

2026 Parnaval, LACMA Parade Experiment by Rodrigo Arruda, May 2026

2026 Is this any better?, Video Performance, April 2026

2024 The light in my eyes is nothing, Video Performance, November-December 2024

Awards and Honors

2026 CalArts Student Union Thesis Grant

2026 Bartman Grant

2025 CalArts Grad Scholarship, 2025-2026

2025 CalArts Student Union Project Grant

2025 Bartman Grant

2024 CalArts Student Union MidRes Grant

2024 Bartman Grant

2024 CalArts Student Union Group Grant

2024 CalArts Grad Scholarship, 2024-2025

2019 UC Irvine Chancellor’s Award of Distinction, Class of 2019

2019 Elizabeth and Thomas Tierney Scholarship, 2018-2019

2019 UC Irvine Honors in Art Program

2018 HB and Isabel Yolen Memorial Scholarship, 2018-2019

2018 UROP Research Fellowship, 2018-2019

2018 UROP Group Research Fellowship, 2018-2019

2018 SURP Honorary Research Fellowship, Summer 2018

2017 UROP Research Fellowship, 2017-2018

2017 SURP Research Fellowship, Summer 2017

2013 Phi Beta Kappa

2013 European Studies Travel-Study Award, Honorable Mention