Professional Experience
2015 – 2018 Full Time Freelance, Motion Design - NBC Sports, Complex Media, Yahoo!, CBS News, Refinery 29, Cycle Media with Eurosport and Winter Olympics 2018, Hearst, The Chew, ABC News Digital, MSNBC, A+E Networks, Nickelodeon, MSN Networks, Hilary Clinton's Presidential Campaign 2016
• Conceptualized and collaborated with creative directors, graphic designers and editors graphics to produce professional, high-quality motion graphics for on-air networks spots, news shows, on-line content for channels, social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Pintrest, animated logos, on-set monitors and digital backgrounds behind talent, branded on-line content and various other out-of-home digital signage and presentations
• Keyed out talent and objects from 4K green screen footage as well as built and designed virtual sets
• Conceived and created on brand motion graphics for show opens and graphical elements like title cards, transitions, animated info graphics like graphs, maps, charts and treating B-roll in a fast paced working environment
• Utilized existing templates to version out updated graphics on projects like MSG’s NHL Hockey broadcast promos, NBC Sports’ Premier League coverage, MSNBC's Hope and Fury documentary and A+E Network promos
• Launched Refinery 29’s Snapchat channel converting existing video and graphics content for use on Snapchat’s vertical platform
• Involved with researching stock photo B-roll and creating mock-up style frames based on creative briefs and direction from art directors • 1 of 3 designers tasked with updating the existing open and show package for ABC’s The Chew
• Art Directed and animated from scratch graphics inserts for CBS This Morning
• Lead Motion Designer on the show package for the comedy news on-line channel Seriously.tv; designing animated backgrounds, lower thirds, logos, opens in addition to photoshoping custom images for daily content producing as many as 6 original pieces of content a day
• Part of the events team animating slides for Nickelodeon’s UpFronts 2017 and Refinery 29’s NewFronts 2015 presentations
• Animator and compositor on 3 or the 6 Episodes of the Pigeons and Planes show What Had Happened Was... for Complex
• Designed and Animated 8 - 12 snaps for Eurosports Snapchat coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics coverage with Cycle Media Group
2015 - 2012 Motion Graphics Artist - Prudential Advertising
• Worked with creative team to design and animate multimedia artwork and video for marketing and promotional materials for Prudential Center, Red Bull Stadium, Prudential’s Times Square LED sign in times square and various other sports stadiums around the country for Prudential figure skating championship sponsorships Followed brand guidelines and storyboards to create on message ads and opens and title cards for inclusion in campaigne videos like the Bring Your Challenges thought leader series
• Produced and executed sizzle reels for ad campaigns for Prudential business units like Group Insurance and Retirement
• Helped pitch and concept the look and feel of stand alone Prudential branded content
• Used preexisting AfterEffects projects to update and version out new online videos with updated product information
2012 - 2010 Staff Motion Graphics Artist and Animation Curator - Big Screen Plaza
•Produced start to finish 30 sec. animated spots for Big Screen Plaza’s 30” LED screen
• Processes graphic elements for 3rd party clients for events making slide shows or logo mock-ups for the screen
• Coordinated screenings with artist, area schools, festivals and studios for gallery style opening of premiere art work
•Curatored 30 min. blocks of animation for Big Screen Plaza’s daily schedule
• Created new design themes for clientele in support of video edit or exclusively for stand alone purposes
• Participated in the team effort to produce and streamline production of policy manuals and educational materials for newly hired employees and freelance designers
2010 - 2009 Staff Motion Designer and Associate Producer - Mark Haefeli Production
• Assisted in running day-to-day office upkeep like answering phones, scheduling messenger services, attending meeting with clients and note taking, faxing and emailing clients, running equipment to and from set, assisting in location booking and on-set PA during shoots, redesigning and updating company website, coordinated vendor pick-up and drop off of media
• Motion designer on various print projects and motion graphics artist on commercials, satellite media tours, sizzle reels, electronic press kits and webisodes
• Clients included Nick Jonas, Underwriters Laboratories, Corona, and CBN
Short Films
2018 Hybrid Music Video - 5 min - Skagastrond, Iceland
2018 Cross Oceans, Dilute Culturs - 3.30 min - Brooklyn, NY
2017 The War – 3.30 min - Brooklyn, NY
2017 Cat Shoves Paw Up Automatic Feeder – 1.30 min - Brooklyn, NY
2016 The Mall – 7 min – Brooklyn NY 2016 Colonic Adventures - 1.30 min - Brooklyn, NY
2016 Single Asian Female Online – 7.30 min – Brooklyn, NY
2016 The Complete Circle – 7 min - Grand Rapids, MI; Seoul + Chechon, Korea; Brooklyn, NY
2015 Suffering is the Easy Part - 7.30 min - Jersey City + Union City, NJ; Brooklyn, NY
2013 A Life with Asperger's - 4 min – Brooklyn, NY
Awards
2016 Film Heals Award - Manhattan Film Festival
2016 Best Writing - ASIFA EAST Awards
2014 Second Place North America - Brazil Animate!
2014 Film Heals Award - Manhattan Film Festival
2014 Award of Merit: Short Documentary - The Indie Fest
2014 Best Writing - ASIFA EAST Awards
2014 Best Animation - Nontzefilmak Short Film Competition
2013 Best Documentary - Jury Award - Sacramento Music and Arts Festival
2013 Best Animation - Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood
2006 Top Honors - Festival of the Arts: Film and Video Competition
2005 Gold Addy - District Level - Animation
2005 Silver Addy - Regional Level – Animation
2005 Silver Addy - Regional Level - Illustration
Selected Screenings & Film Festivals
2018
Stop Hate with Film Festival – New York, NY - 2018
Medusa Underground Film Festival - Las Vegas, NV - 2018
Portland Unknown Film Festial – Portland, OR – 2018
Buskopolis Festival of Cinematic Oddities - Huntingdon, PA - 2018
SUBURBINALE International Film Festival- Vienna, AT - 2018
Verona International Film Festival – Vernona, IT - 2018
Wexford Documentary Film Festival - Wexford, Ireland - 2018
NewFilmmakers NY - New York, NY - 2018
LASS: Ladies Animated Shorts Screening - New York, NY – 2018
IndieWorks – Queens, NY – 2018
2017
ANNY: Animation Nights New York - New York, NY – 2017
Manhattan Film Festival – New York, NY - 2017
Asian American Filmmakers Showcase - Brooklyn NY – 2017
DC Independent Film Festival - Washington, DC - 2017
8th Cairo Video Festival - Cairo, Egypt - 2017
After School Special SVA Alumni Film and Animation Festival - New York, NY - 2017
Kaohsiung Film Festival International Short Film Competition - Kaohsiung, Taiwan - 2017
NYWIFT Fall Shorts Festival – New York, NY - 2017
Minikino Film Week - Denpansar, Bali – 2017
2016
Miami Independent Film Festival - Miami, FL - 2016
Linoleum International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival - Kyiv, Ukraine - 2016
Big Apple Film Festival - New York, NY - 2016
Melbourne Indie Film Festival - Melbourne, Australia - 2016
York Film Festival - Queens, NY - 2016
Baghdad International Film Festival – Baghdad, Iraq - 2016
Swedish International Film Festival - Stockholm, Sweden - 2016
Woodstock Film Festival - Woodstock, NY - 2016
Open Projector Night - Grand Rapids, MI - 2016
Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival - Hong Kong - 2016
Grand Off - World Independent Short Film Awards - Warsaw, Poland - 2016
Sunnyside Shorts Film Festival - Queens, NY - 2016
Society for Photographic Education Media Festival - Philadelphia, PA - 2016
Austin Asian American Film Festival - Austin, TX – 2016
Minikino Film Week - Denpansar, Bali 2016
LASS: Ladies Animated Shorts Screening - New York, NY - 2016
Coney Island Film Festival - Brooklyn, NY - 2016
Linoleum International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival - Kyiv, Ukraine – 2016
Woods Hole Film Festival – Woods Hole, MA – 2016
2015
World Film Festival – Tartu, Estonia - 2015
Women in Film Television International Short Film Showcase – Washington DC - 2015
Austin Revolution Film Festival – Austin, TX - 2015
2014
Pasadena International Film Festival - Pasadena, CA - 2014
DC Independent Film Festival - Washington DC - 2014
Society for Photographic Education Women’s Film Festival Baltimore, MD - 2014
Reel Abilities NY Disabilities Film Festival - New York NY -
2014 Brooklyn Girls Film Festival - Brooklyn NY USA - Mar. 27 - 29
2014 Be Film: The Underground Film Festival - New York, NY - 2014
Art of Brooklyn Film Festival - Brooklyn, NY - 2014
Nontzefilmak Short Film Completion - Bilbao, Spain - 2014
ASIFA EAST Awards - New York, NY - 2014
Manhattan Film Festival - New York, NY - 2014
Woods Hole Film Festival - Cape Cod, MA – 2014
Persons with Disabilities Film Festival – Seoul, Korea – 2014
Seoul international Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival - Seoul, Korea – 2014
Women Make Waves – Taipei, Taiwan - 2014
Toronto Animated Image Society Showcase 2014 - Toronto, Canada - 2014
Short Shorts presented by New Filmmakers LA - Los Angeles, CA – 2014
International Disability Film Festival - Vancouver, Canada - 2014
DC Shorts Film Festival - Washington DC – 2014
Kansas International Film Festival - Overland Park, KS – 2014
Bushwick Film Festival – Brooklyn, NY – 2014
Red Rock Film Festival - Cedar City, UT - 2014
Animated Dreams – Tallin, Estonia - 2014
Hamptons International Film Festival – Hamptons, NY - 2014
Coney Island Film Festival – Brooklyn, NY – 2014
Cairo Video Festival – Cairo, Egypt - 2014
Anim!Arte – International Student Animation Festival of Brazil – San Luis, San Paulo and Rio de Janeiro - 2014
Oregon Underground Film Festival – Portland, OR - 2014
Glasgow Independent Film Festival – Glasgow, Scotland – 2014
2013
Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood - Los Angeles, CA - 2013
Animation Block Party - Brooklyn, NY - 2013
Rhode Island International Film Festival - Providence, RI - 2013
NewFilmmakers LA - Los Angeles, CA - 2013
Portland Film Festival; Portland, OR - 2013
Martha's Vineyard Film Festival - Martha's Vineyard, MA - 2013
Sydney Underground film festival - Sydney, Australia - 2013
Sacramento Film and Music Festival - Sacramento, CA - 2013
Raindance International Film Festival London, England - 2013
ANIMA VII Córdoba International Animation Festival - Cordoba, Argentina 2013
New Orleans Film Festival - New Orleans, LA - 2013
Sodak Animation Festival - Brookings, SD - 2013
Savannah Film Festival – Savannah - GA - 2013
St. Louis International Film Festival - St. Louis, MO - 2013
Daytona Beach Film Festival; Daytona, FL - 2013
RIIFF/JAC Encore Film Screening - Jamestown, RI - 2013
New Filmmakers NY - New York, NY - 2013
Athens Animation Festival – Athens, Greece – 2013
Distribution
2015 Suffering is the Easy Part - Docademia; Seed & Spark
2013 A Life with Asperger's - Sprout Films; Extraordinary People; Hewes Pictures
Classroom Screening and Q&A Sessions with Docademia for Suffering is the Easy Part
2018 Apr Purdue Northwest
2018 Mar School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2018 Jan Purdue Northwest
2017 Aug Worcester State University
2017 Jun Worcester State University
2017 Apr Worcester State University
2016 Jan Worcester State University
2016 Nov Worcester State University
Group Exhibitions
2019 Keepsake - Untitled Art Space – Shanghai, China
2018 Fantastic Worlds - NES: Artist Residency – Skagastrond, Iceland
2017 Red Gate Gallery Open Studios - Red Gate Gallery – Beijing, China
2016 Art in Motion - Anderson Contemporary Gallery – New York, NY
2008 ApexArt Promotions - Apex Art Gallery – New York, NY
2007 Bodies of Art II - Exhibiting artist in group show - Saguatuck Fine Arts Center - Saguatuck, MI
2007 Bound/Unbound - Kendall Student Gallery - Grand Rapids, MI
2007 Bodies of Art II - Amway Grand Plaza - Grand Rapids, MI
2007 Contemporary Photography Exhibition - DAAC: Downtown Area Arts Council - Grand Rapids, MI
2006 The Grand Rapids I Know - Space vs. Time Art Space - Grand Rapids, MI
2006 Fresh Off the Block - Kendall Student Gallery - Grand Rapids, MI
2006 Take a Nude Home - Imagine 360: Arthouse - Grand Haven, MI
2006 Ex Libirs: Celebration of the Book - Kendall Student Gallery – Grand Rapids, MI
2006 Bodies of Art - Amway Grand Plaza - Grand Rapids, MI
2006 A Trip to the Far East - Kendall Student Gallery – Grand Rapids, MI
Residencies
2018 - 2019 Untitled Art Space – Shanghai, China
2018 NES: Artist in Residence – Skagastrond, Iceland
2017 Red Gate Gallery - Beijing, China
Professional Apperances
2018 Apr School of Visual Arts – Digital Arts Seminar - Visiting Guest Lecture
2018 Apr Animation Nights NY – ANNY Exchange – Industry reviews with panelists John Morena, Runyu Xia
2018 Mar Pratt Institute – Digital Arts Senior Professional Practices – Pitch Critique panel with Chrissy Felmeth, Alisa Stern, James Sugrue, Key Krpers
2014 Apr School of Visual Arts – Digital Arts Seminar - Alumni Night with Tas Tasnaphun, Candy Sui, Jenni Yang
2014 Sep Kendall College of Art and Design – Visiting Guest Lecturer
2011 Dec Location One - Dorkbot NYC presenter
Professional Activities
2015 – Present Active Member LASS: Ladies Animated Short Screening
2007– Present Active Member ASIFA East
2012 – 2018 Active Member Women in Film and Television New York
2013 - 2009 Board of Directors NYC ACM SIGGRAPH from
Production Experience
2010 Production Assistant - Law & Order SVU – NBC Universal scripted television - New York, NY
2010 Production Assistant - Burn it Up - music video - New York, NY
2010 Art Production Assistants - Construction Intervention – Discovery Channel reality show - New York, NY
2010 Camera Assistant - Jackpot - narrative short - New York, NY
2009 Second Assistant Camera - Between Here & There - narrative short film - New York, NY
2009 Production Assistant – Worst Day Ever - narrative short film - New York, NY
2009 Production Assistant – The Guardian - narrative web-series - New York, NY
2009 Production Assistant – Murder Dance - narrative feature film - New York, NY
2009 Production Assistant - Pebble in Your Shoe - narrative short film - New York, NY
2009 Production Assistant - Moving Forward - narrative short film - New York, NY
2009 Art Department Production Assistant – Superhero - music video for an indie pop band - New York, NY
2009 Second Assistant Camera - The Existential Question – narrative short film - New York, NY
2009 Assistant Director - Birtha's Children – experimental short - New York, NY
2007 Camera Opperator - UPA Studios Documentary – independent feature – New York, NY - Ottawa, OT
Internships – Work Study
2009 Paradoxal Inc. - Post-Production Intern
2008 World Leaders Entertainment - Intern on the animated series Venture Brothers
2008 Women Make Movies - Administrative office assistant - Administrative office assistant in the film distribution department, researched film festivals, updated contact databases, stuffed DVD cases, maintained and organized DVD and tape library
2007 MTV Networks - On-Air Graphics Department of VH1 Intern - On-Air Graphics Department of VH1- Rotoscoped and researched images used in show packages, created style guides for specific programs, Animated elements and backgrounds
2007 Grand Rapids Community Media Center Intern - Shot, produced and edited GRCMC television shorts that aired on GRTV including projects like filming and editing two short documentaries on The Animation Show 3 with Bill Plympton in New York City and Chicago, IL and SMart: Student Media ART Festival 2007 - SMart Slam! Coordinator, Festival Program Guide designer, created SMart’s Intro Animation at Wealthy Theater- Grand Rapids, MI
2005-2006 West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology - Teacher Assistant - Taught Photoshop and Adobe Flash to At-Risk High School Students in the inner city Grand Rapids Area
2005 Student Gallery Intern - Kendall College of Art and Design - Reviewed student and faculty proposals, worked with artists to design shows, prepared gallery walls and other displays for hanging or displaying artwork, gathered press material from artists for promotional posters and flyers, organized and worked gallery openings interacting with students, faculty and the public
2004-2005 Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts - Front Desk Volunteer
Education
2009 MFA Computer Art School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2007 BFA Illustration Kendall Collage of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI Academic Honors
2003 AA Associates of Arts Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, MI Deans List
Academic Honors
2001 Junior Minority Scholarship
2002 Alumni Association Scholarship;
2002 MEAP Merit Award Scholarship
TRAVEL ABROAD: Canada, India, Australia, England, Argentina, Spain, France, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peru, Columbia, Iceland
LANGUAGES STUDIED: Japanese, Korean, French, Mandarin Chinese
2015 – 2018 Full Time Freelance, Motion Design - NBC Sports, Complex Media, Yahoo!, CBS News, Refinery 29, Cycle Media with Eurosport and Winter Olympics 2018, Hearst, The Chew, ABC News Digital, MSNBC, A+E Networks, Nickelodeon, MSN Networks, Hilary Clinton's Presidential Campaign 2016
• Conceptualized and collaborated with creative directors, graphic designers and editors graphics to produce professional, high-quality motion graphics for on-air networks spots, news shows, on-line content for channels, social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Pintrest, animated logos, on-set monitors and digital backgrounds behind talent, branded on-line content and various other out-of-home digital signage and presentations
• Keyed out talent and objects from 4K green screen footage as well as built and designed virtual sets
• Conceived and created on brand motion graphics for show opens and graphical elements like title cards, transitions, animated info graphics like graphs, maps, charts and treating B-roll in a fast paced working environment
• Utilized existing templates to version out updated graphics on projects like MSG’s NHL Hockey broadcast promos, NBC Sports’ Premier League coverage, MSNBC's Hope and Fury documentary and A+E Network promos
• Launched Refinery 29’s Snapchat channel converting existing video and graphics content for use on Snapchat’s vertical platform
• Involved with researching stock photo B-roll and creating mock-up style frames based on creative briefs and direction from art directors • 1 of 3 designers tasked with updating the existing open and show package for ABC’s The Chew
• Art Directed and animated from scratch graphics inserts for CBS This Morning
• Lead Motion Designer on the show package for the comedy news on-line channel Seriously.tv; designing animated backgrounds, lower thirds, logos, opens in addition to photoshoping custom images for daily content producing as many as 6 original pieces of content a day
• Part of the events team animating slides for Nickelodeon’s UpFronts 2017 and Refinery 29’s NewFronts 2015 presentations
• Animator and compositor on 3 or the 6 Episodes of the Pigeons and Planes show What Had Happened Was... for Complex
• Designed and Animated 8 - 12 snaps for Eurosports Snapchat coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics coverage with Cycle Media Group
2015 - 2012 Motion Graphics Artist - Prudential Advertising
• Worked with creative team to design and animate multimedia artwork and video for marketing and promotional materials for Prudential Center, Red Bull Stadium, Prudential’s Times Square LED sign in times square and various other sports stadiums around the country for Prudential figure skating championship sponsorships Followed brand guidelines and storyboards to create on message ads and opens and title cards for inclusion in campaigne videos like the Bring Your Challenges thought leader series
• Produced and executed sizzle reels for ad campaigns for Prudential business units like Group Insurance and Retirement
• Helped pitch and concept the look and feel of stand alone Prudential branded content
• Used preexisting AfterEffects projects to update and version out new online videos with updated product information
2012 - 2010 Staff Motion Graphics Artist and Animation Curator - Big Screen Plaza
•Produced start to finish 30 sec. animated spots for Big Screen Plaza’s 30” LED screen
• Processes graphic elements for 3rd party clients for events making slide shows or logo mock-ups for the screen
• Coordinated screenings with artist, area schools, festivals and studios for gallery style opening of premiere art work
•Curatored 30 min. blocks of animation for Big Screen Plaza’s daily schedule
• Created new design themes for clientele in support of video edit or exclusively for stand alone purposes
• Participated in the team effort to produce and streamline production of policy manuals and educational materials for newly hired employees and freelance designers
2010 - 2009 Staff Motion Designer and Associate Producer - Mark Haefeli Production
• Assisted in running day-to-day office upkeep like answering phones, scheduling messenger services, attending meeting with clients and note taking, faxing and emailing clients, running equipment to and from set, assisting in location booking and on-set PA during shoots, redesigning and updating company website, coordinated vendor pick-up and drop off of media
• Motion designer on various print projects and motion graphics artist on commercials, satellite media tours, sizzle reels, electronic press kits and webisodes
• Clients included Nick Jonas, Underwriters Laboratories, Corona, and CBN
Short Films
2018 Hybrid Music Video - 5 min - Skagastrond, Iceland
2018 Cross Oceans, Dilute Culturs - 3.30 min - Brooklyn, NY
2017 The War – 3.30 min - Brooklyn, NY
2017 Cat Shoves Paw Up Automatic Feeder – 1.30 min - Brooklyn, NY
2016 The Mall – 7 min – Brooklyn NY 2016 Colonic Adventures - 1.30 min - Brooklyn, NY
2016 Single Asian Female Online – 7.30 min – Brooklyn, NY
2016 The Complete Circle – 7 min - Grand Rapids, MI; Seoul + Chechon, Korea; Brooklyn, NY
2015 Suffering is the Easy Part - 7.30 min - Jersey City + Union City, NJ; Brooklyn, NY
2013 A Life with Asperger's - 4 min – Brooklyn, NY
Awards
2016 Film Heals Award - Manhattan Film Festival
2016 Best Writing - ASIFA EAST Awards
2014 Second Place North America - Brazil Animate!
2014 Film Heals Award - Manhattan Film Festival
2014 Award of Merit: Short Documentary - The Indie Fest
2014 Best Writing - ASIFA EAST Awards
2014 Best Animation - Nontzefilmak Short Film Competition
2013 Best Documentary - Jury Award - Sacramento Music and Arts Festival
2013 Best Animation - Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood
2006 Top Honors - Festival of the Arts: Film and Video Competition
2005 Gold Addy - District Level - Animation
2005 Silver Addy - Regional Level – Animation
2005 Silver Addy - Regional Level - Illustration
Selected Screenings & Film Festivals
2018
Stop Hate with Film Festival – New York, NY - 2018
Medusa Underground Film Festival - Las Vegas, NV - 2018
Portland Unknown Film Festial – Portland, OR – 2018
Buskopolis Festival of Cinematic Oddities - Huntingdon, PA - 2018
SUBURBINALE International Film Festival- Vienna, AT - 2018
Verona International Film Festival – Vernona, IT - 2018
Wexford Documentary Film Festival - Wexford, Ireland - 2018
NewFilmmakers NY - New York, NY - 2018
LASS: Ladies Animated Shorts Screening - New York, NY – 2018
IndieWorks – Queens, NY – 2018
2017
ANNY: Animation Nights New York - New York, NY – 2017
Manhattan Film Festival – New York, NY - 2017
Asian American Filmmakers Showcase - Brooklyn NY – 2017
DC Independent Film Festival - Washington, DC - 2017
8th Cairo Video Festival - Cairo, Egypt - 2017
After School Special SVA Alumni Film and Animation Festival - New York, NY - 2017
Kaohsiung Film Festival International Short Film Competition - Kaohsiung, Taiwan - 2017
NYWIFT Fall Shorts Festival – New York, NY - 2017
Minikino Film Week - Denpansar, Bali – 2017
2016
Miami Independent Film Festival - Miami, FL - 2016
Linoleum International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival - Kyiv, Ukraine - 2016
Big Apple Film Festival - New York, NY - 2016
Melbourne Indie Film Festival - Melbourne, Australia - 2016
York Film Festival - Queens, NY - 2016
Baghdad International Film Festival – Baghdad, Iraq - 2016
Swedish International Film Festival - Stockholm, Sweden - 2016
Woodstock Film Festival - Woodstock, NY - 2016
Open Projector Night - Grand Rapids, MI - 2016
Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival - Hong Kong - 2016
Grand Off - World Independent Short Film Awards - Warsaw, Poland - 2016
Sunnyside Shorts Film Festival - Queens, NY - 2016
Society for Photographic Education Media Festival - Philadelphia, PA - 2016
Austin Asian American Film Festival - Austin, TX – 2016
Minikino Film Week - Denpansar, Bali 2016
LASS: Ladies Animated Shorts Screening - New York, NY - 2016
Coney Island Film Festival - Brooklyn, NY - 2016
Linoleum International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival - Kyiv, Ukraine – 2016
Woods Hole Film Festival – Woods Hole, MA – 2016
2015
World Film Festival – Tartu, Estonia - 2015
Women in Film Television International Short Film Showcase – Washington DC - 2015
Austin Revolution Film Festival – Austin, TX - 2015
2014
Pasadena International Film Festival - Pasadena, CA - 2014
DC Independent Film Festival - Washington DC - 2014
Society for Photographic Education Women’s Film Festival Baltimore, MD - 2014
Reel Abilities NY Disabilities Film Festival - New York NY -
2014 Brooklyn Girls Film Festival - Brooklyn NY USA - Mar. 27 - 29
2014 Be Film: The Underground Film Festival - New York, NY - 2014
Art of Brooklyn Film Festival - Brooklyn, NY - 2014
Nontzefilmak Short Film Completion - Bilbao, Spain - 2014
ASIFA EAST Awards - New York, NY - 2014
Manhattan Film Festival - New York, NY - 2014
Woods Hole Film Festival - Cape Cod, MA – 2014
Persons with Disabilities Film Festival – Seoul, Korea – 2014
Seoul international Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival - Seoul, Korea – 2014
Women Make Waves – Taipei, Taiwan - 2014
Toronto Animated Image Society Showcase 2014 - Toronto, Canada - 2014
Short Shorts presented by New Filmmakers LA - Los Angeles, CA – 2014
International Disability Film Festival - Vancouver, Canada - 2014
DC Shorts Film Festival - Washington DC – 2014
Kansas International Film Festival - Overland Park, KS – 2014
Bushwick Film Festival – Brooklyn, NY – 2014
Red Rock Film Festival - Cedar City, UT - 2014
Animated Dreams – Tallin, Estonia - 2014
Hamptons International Film Festival – Hamptons, NY - 2014
Coney Island Film Festival – Brooklyn, NY – 2014
Cairo Video Festival – Cairo, Egypt - 2014
Anim!Arte – International Student Animation Festival of Brazil – San Luis, San Paulo and Rio de Janeiro - 2014
Oregon Underground Film Festival – Portland, OR - 2014
Glasgow Independent Film Festival – Glasgow, Scotland – 2014
2013
Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood - Los Angeles, CA - 2013
Animation Block Party - Brooklyn, NY - 2013
Rhode Island International Film Festival - Providence, RI - 2013
NewFilmmakers LA - Los Angeles, CA - 2013
Portland Film Festival; Portland, OR - 2013
Martha's Vineyard Film Festival - Martha's Vineyard, MA - 2013
Sydney Underground film festival - Sydney, Australia - 2013
Sacramento Film and Music Festival - Sacramento, CA - 2013
Raindance International Film Festival London, England - 2013
ANIMA VII Córdoba International Animation Festival - Cordoba, Argentina 2013
New Orleans Film Festival - New Orleans, LA - 2013
Sodak Animation Festival - Brookings, SD - 2013
Savannah Film Festival – Savannah - GA - 2013
St. Louis International Film Festival - St. Louis, MO - 2013
Daytona Beach Film Festival; Daytona, FL - 2013
RIIFF/JAC Encore Film Screening - Jamestown, RI - 2013
New Filmmakers NY - New York, NY - 2013
Athens Animation Festival – Athens, Greece – 2013
Distribution
2015 Suffering is the Easy Part - Docademia; Seed & Spark
2013 A Life with Asperger's - Sprout Films; Extraordinary People; Hewes Pictures
Classroom Screening and Q&A Sessions with Docademia for Suffering is the Easy Part
2018 Apr Purdue Northwest
2018 Mar School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2018 Jan Purdue Northwest
2017 Aug Worcester State University
2017 Jun Worcester State University
2017 Apr Worcester State University
2016 Jan Worcester State University
2016 Nov Worcester State University
Group Exhibitions
2019 Keepsake - Untitled Art Space – Shanghai, China
2018 Fantastic Worlds - NES: Artist Residency – Skagastrond, Iceland
2017 Red Gate Gallery Open Studios - Red Gate Gallery – Beijing, China
2016 Art in Motion - Anderson Contemporary Gallery – New York, NY
2008 ApexArt Promotions - Apex Art Gallery – New York, NY
2007 Bodies of Art II - Exhibiting artist in group show - Saguatuck Fine Arts Center - Saguatuck, MI
2007 Bound/Unbound - Kendall Student Gallery - Grand Rapids, MI
2007 Bodies of Art II - Amway Grand Plaza - Grand Rapids, MI
2007 Contemporary Photography Exhibition - DAAC: Downtown Area Arts Council - Grand Rapids, MI
2006 The Grand Rapids I Know - Space vs. Time Art Space - Grand Rapids, MI
2006 Fresh Off the Block - Kendall Student Gallery - Grand Rapids, MI
2006 Take a Nude Home - Imagine 360: Arthouse - Grand Haven, MI
2006 Ex Libirs: Celebration of the Book - Kendall Student Gallery – Grand Rapids, MI
2006 Bodies of Art - Amway Grand Plaza - Grand Rapids, MI
2006 A Trip to the Far East - Kendall Student Gallery – Grand Rapids, MI
Residencies
2018 - 2019 Untitled Art Space – Shanghai, China
2018 NES: Artist in Residence – Skagastrond, Iceland
2017 Red Gate Gallery - Beijing, China
Professional Apperances
2018 Apr School of Visual Arts – Digital Arts Seminar - Visiting Guest Lecture
2018 Apr Animation Nights NY – ANNY Exchange – Industry reviews with panelists John Morena, Runyu Xia
2018 Mar Pratt Institute – Digital Arts Senior Professional Practices – Pitch Critique panel with Chrissy Felmeth, Alisa Stern, James Sugrue, Key Krpers
2014 Apr School of Visual Arts – Digital Arts Seminar - Alumni Night with Tas Tasnaphun, Candy Sui, Jenni Yang
2014 Sep Kendall College of Art and Design – Visiting Guest Lecturer
2011 Dec Location One - Dorkbot NYC presenter
Professional Activities
2015 – Present Active Member LASS: Ladies Animated Short Screening
2007– Present Active Member ASIFA East
2012 – 2018 Active Member Women in Film and Television New York
2013 - 2009 Board of Directors NYC ACM SIGGRAPH from
Production Experience
2010 Production Assistant - Law & Order SVU – NBC Universal scripted television - New York, NY
2010 Production Assistant - Burn it Up - music video - New York, NY
2010 Art Production Assistants - Construction Intervention – Discovery Channel reality show - New York, NY
2010 Camera Assistant - Jackpot - narrative short - New York, NY
2009 Second Assistant Camera - Between Here & There - narrative short film - New York, NY
2009 Production Assistant – Worst Day Ever - narrative short film - New York, NY
2009 Production Assistant – The Guardian - narrative web-series - New York, NY
2009 Production Assistant – Murder Dance - narrative feature film - New York, NY
2009 Production Assistant - Pebble in Your Shoe - narrative short film - New York, NY
2009 Production Assistant - Moving Forward - narrative short film - New York, NY
2009 Art Department Production Assistant – Superhero - music video for an indie pop band - New York, NY
2009 Second Assistant Camera - The Existential Question – narrative short film - New York, NY
2009 Assistant Director - Birtha's Children – experimental short - New York, NY
2007 Camera Opperator - UPA Studios Documentary – independent feature – New York, NY - Ottawa, OT
Internships – Work Study
2009 Paradoxal Inc. - Post-Production Intern
2008 World Leaders Entertainment - Intern on the animated series Venture Brothers
2008 Women Make Movies - Administrative office assistant - Administrative office assistant in the film distribution department, researched film festivals, updated contact databases, stuffed DVD cases, maintained and organized DVD and tape library
2007 MTV Networks - On-Air Graphics Department of VH1 Intern - On-Air Graphics Department of VH1- Rotoscoped and researched images used in show packages, created style guides for specific programs, Animated elements and backgrounds
2007 Grand Rapids Community Media Center Intern - Shot, produced and edited GRCMC television shorts that aired on GRTV including projects like filming and editing two short documentaries on The Animation Show 3 with Bill Plympton in New York City and Chicago, IL and SMart: Student Media ART Festival 2007 - SMart Slam! Coordinator, Festival Program Guide designer, created SMart’s Intro Animation at Wealthy Theater- Grand Rapids, MI
2005-2006 West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology - Teacher Assistant - Taught Photoshop and Adobe Flash to At-Risk High School Students in the inner city Grand Rapids Area
2005 Student Gallery Intern - Kendall College of Art and Design - Reviewed student and faculty proposals, worked with artists to design shows, prepared gallery walls and other displays for hanging or displaying artwork, gathered press material from artists for promotional posters and flyers, organized and worked gallery openings interacting with students, faculty and the public
2004-2005 Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts - Front Desk Volunteer
Education
2009 MFA Computer Art School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2007 BFA Illustration Kendall Collage of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI Academic Honors
2003 AA Associates of Arts Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, MI Deans List
Academic Honors
2001 Junior Minority Scholarship
2002 Alumni Association Scholarship;
2002 MEAP Merit Award Scholarship
TRAVEL ABROAD: Canada, India, Australia, England, Argentina, Spain, France, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peru, Columbia, Iceland
LANGUAGES STUDIED: Japanese, Korean, French, Mandarin Chinese