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Me the Tree, Like My Mother Eileen, 2024
Los Angeles
I am extremely proud to announce my participation in my first museum exhibition, Giving you the best that I got. An exploration of Black motherhood, through images and narratives of Black mothers, from pregnancy to the forever journey of what it means to be a mother, Giving you the best that I got features artists who make work that intentionally foregrounds Black women and matrilineal histories, and artists whose work shows an appreciation for them through themes of nostalgia, care, and cultural inheritance.
This exhibition is presented by The California African American Museum and is on view at Art + Practice. On view is my 8mm film "Eileen's Daughters" and three never-before-seen 30 in x 36in eggshell paintings.
Gallery: Art + Practice
3401 W. 43rd Place, Los Angeles, CA 90008
On View: October 11, 2025 - March 7, 2026
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Artists in Exhibition: Derrick Adams, Kwame Brathwaite, Bisa Butler, Karon Davis, Kenturah Davis, Lanise Howard, February James, Ashley January, Shaniqwa Jarvis, Jill Knox, Lex Marie, Danielle Mckinney, Helina Metaferia, Calida Rawles, Harmonia Rosales, Jill Knox, Jamel Shabazz, Ferrari Sheppard, Shefon N. Taylor, Sydney Vernon, Ciarra K. Walters, and Carrie Mae Weems.
Chicago
Inspired by Toni Morrison’s canonical text Beloved, this exhibition engages approaches to art making through the gesture and concept of the mark taken up by Black contemporary artists, who turn the art historical form of mark making on its head
In the works on view, artists contend with the marks of displacement, colonialism, migration, birth, and beauty, as they repurpose, refabricate, and reorient materials to reflect on how they might carry them through their practice.
On view are 12 Fragility Suits, 4 eggshell paintings, and the 8mm film, Eileen's Daughters. I will be reenacting the Fragility Performance on September 12th at 6 p.m.
Gallery: Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
On View: August 9, 2025 - December 14, 2025.
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Baltimore
I am thrilled to announce my participation and co-curation in What They Left Us, a group exhibition featuring eight Filipino American artists in the Mid-Atlantic region.
This exhibition is curated by me and the artist, Anna Divinagracia.
It has been an exhibition in the making since the fall of last year.
What They Left Us speaks to the inherited rituals, family archives, and everyday gestures of care. The featured artists consider how art becomes a means of holding onto and reshaping what is passed down, examining the complex nature of identity, community, and presence as Filipino-Americans today.
Read and see the exhibition here.
Gallery: Alchemy of Art
1637 Eastern Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21231
On View: July 3, 2025 - August 2, 2025
Scout Art Fair
In late May, I was featured in Baltimore’s inaugural Scout Art Fair, curated by Derrick Adams and Teri Henderson. This was my first time participating in an art fair, and I am proud to have presented pieces from my recent body of work, alongside a selection of silkscreen prints from my thesis work.
I spent four days painting (Green for the Heart Chakra), curating, and installing my booth before working my booth from Thursday night until Sunday evening. On VIP opening night, the Director of the Baltimore Museum of Art, Asma Naeem, collected a silkscreen print and just happened to be my first sale!
You can read more about the work and installation process in my last Artletter here.
This booth was co-curated by Breeana Thorne. Without her, it would not look like this.
An Artletter
Broken Shells As My Armour dives deeper into the Fragility Suit and Performance.
Read or listen here.
Read about my gallery hopping days in New York City and my reflections on being in my first art fair here.
The second Experimental Art Thoughts Tour explores Elizabeth Catlett's exhibition at the National Gallery of Art. Read here.
A Rememberance goes through my journey making art piece, a wind chime, for our What They Left Us.
Read and listen here
In this Artletter, I share my thoughts about being in my first artfair and the work I presented in my booth. Read here.
I have officially launched Experimental Art Thoughts, a slow, open-ended museum tour led by me, where participants wander, reflect, and discuss a few key works together. Learn more here.
In this Artletter, I talk about our exhibition, What They left Us, and tracing my own Filipino past. Read here.
I briefly talk about the history of the Hammonds House Museum, Brandywine Workshop and Archives, and my art thoughts on their exhibition, Sacred Thoughts. Read here.
I finally relaunched An Artletter.
I am excited about this new adventure on Substack.
Subscribe and read the first one here.
Highlights
I made a reel about the Fragility Performance from Mark Me, Too in Chicago.
Good Black Art recently highlighted me in their "Artist Spotlight" series. This time last year, the founder, Phillip, did a walk-through of my MFA thesis show at MICA, and now, a year later, they are showcasing that same work in this video.
Watch my interview!
Chicago Press on Mark Me, Too
Press on What They Left Us
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