b. USA, 1979 EDUCATION |
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2006-2008 | SANDBERG INSTITUUT - Amsterdam, The Netherlands Master of Fine Arts |
2002-2004 | NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - New York, NY Tisch School of the Arts, Interactive Telecommunications Program Master of Professional Studies, Specialization: Video Art/Interactive Installation |
1997-2001 | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY - Berkeley, CA Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with Asian American Studies Minor |
GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS/RECOGNITION |
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2007 | Arts, Culture and Media Project Grant, Mama Cash - The Netherlands |
2002-2004 | Tisch School of the Arts Department Fellowship, NYU |
2004 | Nia Award - Velasco/ Vera Cruz Initiative Award, NYU |
2003 | ISM Grant from the Office for African American, Latino and Asian American Student Services, NYU |
1997 | PG&E Asian Employees Scholarship for Leadership, Community Service, and Academic Excellence |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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2007 | Postivisme stimuleert talent - Self portrait triptych European premiere, Club 11 - Amsterdam, NL |
2004 | 2004 Hello Kitty Is Dead: Works by Vivian Wenli Lin, Protokoll Contemporary Art Galleria - Cluj, Romania |
2004 | Master’s Thesis Presentation, New York University - NY, NY |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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2007 | Bestemming AMS, 3rd International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, Kunsthal - Rotterdam, NL |
2006 | PHRESH: A Celebration of Women in Hip Hop, Painted Bride Art Center - Philadelphia, PA |
2005 | Le Nu/The Nude, Incident.net - Paris, France |
2004 | D’Aucune (Histoires), Purple Institute & Spazio Lima Gallery - Milan, Italy |
2003 | Divine Women, Divine Work, Painted Bride Art Center - Philadelphia, PA |
2000 | Representing Reality, Pacific Film Archive - U.C. Berkeley, CA |
SCREENINGS/FESTIVALS (selection) | |
2007 | Nominee, Best Narrative category, The One Minutes Festival and Award Ceremony - Ghent, Belgium Me Bike - The Dream Bike Festival, Westerparkterrain - Amsterdam, NL Voices of Women Media Screening, Kargadoor - Utrecht, NL The World Is Yours, H2O International Hip Hop Odyssey Film Festival - NY, NY March 2007 One Minutes Compilation, Salto Broadcast - The Netherlands |
2006 | The One Minutes Festival, Het Ketelhuis - Amsterdam, NL |
2005 | Video Activism, KF Contemporary Art Gallery and Cafe - Arad, Romania Nominee, Short Narrative Category, Hip Hop Odyssey International Film Festival - New York, NY Emerging Filmmaker’s Series - Rochester, NY Reel Sista’s Film Festival - Vancouver, Canada |
2004 | Reel New York, Channel Thirteen, WNET - New York, NY The Liberation of Everyday Life, The Women of Color Film Festival - Berkeley, CA Bombs and Butterflies, Mango Tribe Benefit at Nightingales - NY, NY What Means the World To You? Exploring Hip-Hop Values and Culture, Imagenation Film Festival, Columbia University and Oberia Dempsey Center - NY, NY |
LIVE-VIDEO PERFORMANCE (selection) |
2006 | The One Minutes Festival, Het Ketelhuis - Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 2005 | Sun, performance with G*A*M*E* Rebellion, Bowery Poetry Club - NY, NY |
2004 | Performances with the Magical Electric Tour (dj sniff, Yutaka Makino, Dill): Laboratory of Experimental Sound (GAZZ)- St. Petersburg, Russia Red Club - St. Petersburg, Russia Manga Inc, Studio 181 - Brasov, Romania Web Club - Bucharest, Romania |
COMMISSIONS |
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2007 | Names. & Stellar Babies. Video Wall and Installation, collaboration with artist, Merel van't Hullennaar, Cultureel Educatief Centrum Zuidoost - Amsterdam, NL |
CONFERENCES/LECTURES/PANELS |
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2007 | Voices of Women Media lecture, Women's Funding Network, Mama Cash - Amsterdam, NL One Minutes Jr./UNICEF Video Workshop Facilitator - Lubumbashi and Kisangani, D.R. Congo One Minutes Jr./UNICEF Video Workshop Facilitator - Johannesburg, South Africa Voices of Women Media Workshop Director and Facilitator - Utrecht, NL |
2004 | Artist Lecture, St. Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television - St. Petersburg, Russia |
2003 | Platypus Amoeba Presentation, UBICOMP Ubiquitous Computing Conference - Seattle, WA Guest Lecture, Global Action Project: Youth Making Media - New York, NY |
COMMITTEES/CURATION |
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2005 | 5th Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival: Indian Independent & Diaspora Films - New York, NY Shorts and documentary jury member |
2005 | 38th Asian American International Film Festival - New York, NY Shorts and features co-programmer |
2003 | Curator, Aquarius: Interactive Art Exhibition, Swim Gallery: Lower East Side - NY, NY |
INTERVIEWS/PUBLICATIONS |
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2006 | Interview, De Verenigde Sandbergen, Issue 52, September 2006 - The Netherlands |
2004 | Inspiration, Innovation & Interactivity, Connect: Information Technology at NYU, Review of Holler! Installation by kate Monahan, May 20, 2004 Reel New York, Video and Web interview, Channel Thirteen, WNET, June 17, 2004 Girl Fest Review, The Honolulu Advertiser, Zenaida Serrano, May 28, 2004 Extreme Asian Sessions 2004: traficul creste intre Arad/Cluj/Brasov/Bucuresti, IDEA Magazine, review by Stefan Tiron - Romania |
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE | |
2006 | ZOMBOID! Film and Performance Project #1, by playwright Richard Foreman - NY, NY |
2005 | You Are My Sister music video, Antony & The Johnsons w/ Boy George, dir. by Charles Atla |
2004 | Turning, Whitney Biennial Off-site Performance, Antony & The Johnsons w/Charles Atlas - NY, NY Views for Video, by Merce Cunningham and Charles Atlas - NY, NY the black city, Harlemworld: metropolis as metaphor, Studio Museum of Harlem - NY, NY |
2003 | Sisters in the Smoke, Mango Tribe, HERE Arts Center - NY, NY |
1999-2003 | Ancestors in the Americas, PBS Documentary Series, Center for Educational Telecommunications - Berkeley, CA |