Arts Organizer
With experience curating exhibitions, coordinating events and managing art festivals in the Asian American community of San Francisco, I participate in an ecosystem of artists and art professionals who bring significance to our cultural agency and belonging.
Organizational Lineage
Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)
As the Director of AAWAA, I worked to ensure the creation of spaces and opportunities for Asian American women in the arts. Starting out as a volunteer in 2014, I also participated in AAWAA’s Emerging Curators Program in 2016 and went on to curate and manage many exhibitions along with AAWAA’s website and membership directory.
Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)
At APICC, I managed the organization’s signature United States of Asian America Festival (from 2018-2022) and many other programs throughout the year, cultivating skills and providing a platform for numerous artists and event producers.
Kearny Street Workshop (KSW)
KSW remains to be an organization near and dear to many in San Francisco’s AAPI arts community as a starting point for many emerging artists and curators through its annual festival, APAture. I served as APAture Festival Coordinator in 2017 and 2019 and continue to support and stay connected in community.
Key Skills & Experience
Non-profit executive leadership
Event Coordination & Curation
Event Documentation (Photo & Video)
Program Management & Administration
Communications, Marketing & Publicity
Fundraising & Development
Budgeting & Finance
Office Management
Strategic Planning
Exhibition Curation and Event Management History
2024
Dalit Dreamlands, Director, Emerging Curators Program Mentor, Asian American Women Artists Association, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, CA (curated by Manu Kaur)
2023
Jade Wave Rising, Managing Director, Asian American Women Artists Association, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA (curated by Yeu Q. Nguyen)
2022
USAAF 2022: Generations of Power, Program Manager, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, Various Locations, San Francisco, CA
Hella Tender, Managing Director, Emerging Curators Program Mentor, Asian American Women Artists Association, Various Locations in Chinatown, San Francisco, CA
2021
Sowing Agency, Exhibition Manager, Asian American Women Artists Association, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA (curated by Lisa Pradhan)
USAAF 2021: Forging Our Futures - SoMa & Chinatown, Program Manager, Various Locations, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
Political Inheritance and Popadum!, Managing Director, Emerging Curators Program Mentor, Asian American Women Artists Association, Oakland Asian Cultural Center (Oakland, CA) and I-Hotel Manilatown Center (San Francisco, CA)
2020
USAAF 2020: FINDING KINSHIP, Program Coordinator, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, Virtual streaming by various artists, San Francisco, CA
2019
Agrarianaa, Co-Curator, Asian American Women Artists Association, Japanese American Museum of San Jose and SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA (co-curated with Michelle A. Lee and Erina C Alejo)
USAAF 2019: Collective//Memories, Festival Coordinator, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, Various Locations, San Francisco, CA
APAture: DECLARE, Festival Coordinator, Kearny Street Workshop, Various Locations, San Francisco, CA
2018
USAAF 2018: Regenerative Community, Festival Coordinator, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, Various Locations, San Francisco, CA
2017
APAture: UNRAVEL, Visual Arts and Film Curator, Festival Coordinator, Kearny Street Workshop, Various Locations, San Francisco, CA
Alternative Dementia, Curator and Artist, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2016
APAture: HERE, Visual Arts and Film Curator, Kearny Street Workshop, Various Locations, San Francisco, CA
“the token show”, Curator, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Appendix, Curator, Emerging Curators Program, Asian American Women Artists Association, Pacific Heritage Museum, San Francisco, CA (co-curated with Erina C Alejo)
2014
Umbilical, Curator and Artist, Adam Douglas Kamil Gallery, UC San Diego, CA (co-curated exhibition and work in collaboration with Erina Alejo, Jayne Manuel)
2013
RERUN, Curator and Artist, Mandeville Annex Gallery, UC San Diego, CA, Russell Grant (co-curated exhibition and work in collaboration with Erina Alejo, Ren Ebel, Tanner Cook)