Education
2019
MFA, Interdisciplinary Studio, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2014
BA, Visual Arts, Africana Studies, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Exhibitions
2021
The Power of Vulnerability, Gallery 1202, Gilroy, CA
2020
Between You and Me Online Program, Contemporary Irish Arts Center LA, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Galore, MFA Exhibition, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2017
No Longer Negotiable, Nous Tous Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Foundation for Arts Resources (FAR) Bazaar, Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA
2016
ONYX Fine Arts Exhibition, Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building Gallery, Portland, OR
2015
Black Genius, Genus, Genesis, Collaborator in Jamondria Harris’ Future VeVe. NorthPortland Library, Portland, OR
2014
Reasons for Smoking, Cedar St. House, Oberlin, OH
Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio Visual Art Awards, Wehrle Gallery, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH
2013
Geographies of Self, Edmonia Lewis Center for Women and Transgender People, Oberlin, OH
2011
City Streets, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI
Teaching
2021-present
Instructor, Photography and Video Art, Harvard-Westlake School, Studio City, CA
2020-21
Visiting Teaching Artist, Online Digital Photography & Composition Workshops, Barbara Seniors Harkins Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
2019-20
Artist Mentor, Venice Arts: A Los Angeles Center for Photography & Film Education, Venice, CA
2017-19
Teaching Assistant and TA Consultant, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
ART 495 - Art Department TA Training
ART 150 - Senior Art Studio with Rodrigo Valenzuela
ART 100 - Issues in Contemporary Art with Mario Ybarra Jr.
ART 31A - Modernism C with Sami Siegelbaum
ART 31A - Modernism A with Sami Siegelbaum
Presentations & Publications
2020
Visiting Artist Lecture (Online), UCLA Summer Session
2015
"Naming a Radical Queer Girl Tumblr Aesthetic,” in collaboration with Alicia Eler. .dpi Feminist Journal of Art & Digital Culture.
“On Returning Home and Works in Progress: A Conversation with Bukola Koiki,” ART21 Magazine
2014
Mixed Remixed Festival, Featured Reader. Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
Awards
2016
Graduate Opportunity Fellowship Program, UCLA
2014
Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio - Excellence in Visual Art Grand Award
Affiliations
2017 - 2021
College Art Association
2014 - present
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Other Work
2019-20
Life Drawing Model, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA
2015-16
Life Drawing Model, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2014
Studio Assistant, Lyle Ashton Harris Studio, New York, NY