2016: Breath

Breath. I was living abroad, obsessed with the daily AQI (Air Quality Index) and the complexity of living for extended periods of time with air deemed “unhealthy” to “hazardous.” I thought about the respiratory system, its automatic nature, and our human capacity to override it. The result was a three-part study consisting of anatomical cross-section paper cuts, an anatomical flap book, and an animated (projected) pop-up book.
Collaborators: Siyu Chen, Zijie Chen, Jiawei Li, Luna Miao, Rong Sang

Exhibitions

2022 Embodied Histories, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Project Art, Medical Museum, Iowa City IA (upcoming)
2021: Book As Art V.9: Muse, Decatur Arts Alliance/Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, GA
2021: Five Points 2021, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
2021 Solo Exhibition – The Body & Story, Northwest Arts Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND
2020 Art on Paper, “Vellum Projects, Vellum Magazine” Pier 36, New York, NY
2020 Northwest Arts Center’s Americas 2020: Paperworks, Northwest Arts Center, Minot State University, ND
2020 College Book Art Association, Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2019 International Art of the Book, Rochester Public Library (Rochester, NY)
2019 Variations of the Artist Book (Philadelphia Center for the Book, Philadelphia City Hall, PA)
2019 “The Breath Series”, Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine, Spring 2019
2017 Structure Unbound (Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton OH)
2016 – Technology and the Evolution of the Book (Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, UK)
2015 – Hi Tech Lo Tech (Central Booking Art Space, New York, NY)
2014 – Kick (Gallery HO, New York, NY) (Preview)