About Me

I was born in Taiwan in 1978 and I have lived in America for most of my adult life. Since I was young I have had a love for color and form. With the support of my parents I came to Califonia in 1996 to pursue my education in art. While a student at San Francisco State University I began to focus on ceramic sculpture. After I graduating in 2003 I went back to Taiwan for a year to reconnect with my family and culture. I moved back to the Bay Area where I can live with a wider range of artists. I currently teach ceramics in several places as well as maintain a studio practice in Oakland, CA.

Artist Statement

My artwork is about human relations and the differences and similarities between individuals . I am interested in capturing universal human emotions shared by people of vastly different personalities and backgrounds. The human head is the home of our thoughts and senses. I create ceramic heads in relation to one another and other objects to convey my ideas about how we see, feel and think about other people. Often these heads are simple in construction and surface because the focus should be on the relationship between the elements of the sculptures not on the ceramic work itself.

Artist Resume

EDUCATION
San Francisco State University
Bachelors of Art,
Art major with a ceramics area emphasis, 2003


RELATED EMPLOYMENT
Ceramics Instructor - ASUC(Art Studio at the University of California, Berkeley) Berkeley, 09/07-Present
Ceramics Instructor - Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California , 04/07 ¡V Present
Store Clerk -Leslie Ceramics Supply Company, 04/06 ¡V Present
Ceramic Lab Assistant - San Francisco State University, 08/03 ¡V 07/04
Personal Assistant for Professor David Kuraoka, 06/03 ¡V 07/04
Personal Assistant for Professor Jeff Downing, 10/03 ¡V 07/04


EXHIBITIONS

2008

2007

2006

2004

ASUC Art Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, California, Faculty Exhibition

Clay on the wall, 2007 clay national, Landmark Gallery of TTU school of Art. Lubbock, Texas
Head Count, Guerrilla cafe, Berkeley, California

6x6x6x6, Lobot gallery, Oakland, California

Visions in Clay 2004, A National Juried Exhibition, Stockton, California.
24th National July Show, Franklin Square Gallery of Southport, North Carolina.
Ceramics ¡¦04. San Francisco State University Exhibit, Davis, California.
YMCA Art benefit Auction, San Francisco, California.
Degas Sculptures College Night Exhibit, De Young Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California.2003 Ceramics ¡¦03. San Francisco State University Exhibit, Davis, California.
Graduating Senior Show, San Francisco State University, California