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Education 

BFA in Mixed Media Arts, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 

MFA Program, Hunter College, New York City, NY 

MFA Program, California State University, Long Beach, CA 

Solo Exhibitions 

2023 Paradise Reborn: Rewilding Palmyra, N&A Art Site, Tokyo, Japan

2021 RESET/RESHAPE, Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Kahului, HI

2020 TRANSCENDIENTS: 100 Days of COVID-19, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA

2020 TRANSCENDIENTS: Heroes at Borders, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA 

2019 TRANSCENDIENTS: Immigrant Stories of Place, Thomas Square, Honolulu, HI 

2018 Generations of Immigrants, Pantheon Contemporary, Honolulu, HI 

2018 Mist Over Kaena Point, T Galleria by DFS, Honolulu, HI 

2017 Feeding the Immortals, Ravizza Brownfield Gallery, Honolulu, HI 

2017 REBIRTH: Planting Again the Agroforestry Mindset, Ward Warehouse, Honolulu, HI 

Group Exhibitions 

2022 Schmidt Ocean Institute Artists at Sea Program, Pier 66 and 69, Seattle, WA

2022 Alta Sea’s Blue Hour 3: Warehouse at Alta Sea at the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, CA

2022 United Nations Ocean Conference at Lisbon, Portugal

2020 Elements of TRANSCENDIENTS: Heroes at Borders, LA Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA 

2018 Just Add Water, Velocity Honolulu, Honolulu, HI 

2017 Awakening, Fish Cake, Honolulu, HI

2017 Between Two Cultures, Curitiba Biennial 2017, Curitiba, BR 

2017 Edible Landscapes for the Trillenium, Contact 3017, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI 

2017 Pacific to Atlantic, Westwood Gallery, New York City, NY 

Performances 

2018 Art Commission, Ka Leina a Ka ʻUhane”, photographic print in light box (36” x 42”), transparency with LED backlight inside 4” aluminum box frame, Four Seasons Wailea, Wailea, HI 

2017 Feeding the Immortals, Artist Studio, Honolulu, HI Commissions 

2017 Feeding the Immortals, Ravizza Brownfield Gallery, Honolulu, HI 

Residencies 

2018-2021 Artist-in-Residency, The Nature Conservancy – Palmyra Atoll 

Nonprofit 

2021- present Board President, MakeVisible

2019 - present Board Member, Hawaiʻi Contemporary

2017 - 2019 Board President, Hawaiʻi Contemporary

2017 - 2019 Board Member, Honolulu Museum of Art 

2014 - present Board President & Co-Founder, Art Explorium 

2014 - present Board Member, Taiji and Naoko Terasaki Family Foundation