Born in Singapore
Based in Vancouver, Canada
EDUCATION
2008-2010 Masters of Fine Arts, Visual Art, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
2004-2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), Photographic Studies, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2013 Boxed In!, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery & The Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador, Jan 25-Apr 14, St. John’s, NL
2012 MAMA: Motherhood Around the Globe, International Museum of Women, online
2011 Your Voices: On Motherhood, International Museum of Women, online
2011 6th Biennale Image and Imagery Conference, Brock University, Oct 29, St. Catharines, ON (performance)
2011 Connecting the Dots, Club Five Sixty, Oct 1-2, Vancouver, BC
2010 E-mixer, Surrey Art Gallery, Oct 28, Surrey, BC
2010 Here today, gone today, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Sep 3-19, Vancouver, BC
2010 Sights/Sites of Spectacle, AHVA Gallery, Jan 29-Feb 27, Vancouver, BC
2009 The Bookmark Project, Koffler Gallery/Jewish Book Fair, Oct 24-Nov 1, Toronto, ON
2008 Recent Memories, Ben Navee Gallery, May 10-19, Toronto, ON
2008 Maximum Exposure 13, Gladstone Hotel, April 17-20, Toronto, ON
2007 Bystander, Ryerson University School of Image Arts Gallery, Nov 19-23, Toronto, ON (solo)
2007 City At Night: Tribute to Brian Kipping, Bau-Xi Gallery, Sep 29-Oct 6, Toronto, ON
2007 Square Foot, AWOL Gallery, Aug 10-Sep 2, Toronto, ON
2007 True and False, Niagara Gallery, May 15-26, Toronto, ON
2007 Third Year Photography Show, Ryerson Gallery (now I.M.A. Gallery), Jan 21-Feb 17, Toronto, ON
2006 Figure in Place, Ryerson University School of Image Arts, Oct 23-Nov 3, Toronto, ON
2006 Friends and Strangers, On the Curve, Sep 1-30, Mississauga, ON (two-person)
2006 Plastic, mooncruise* | gallery, Jul 14-Aug 30, Vancouver, BC
2006 dis.connect, Toronto Image Works, Jul 5-Aug 30, Toronto, ON
2006 Imagining Ourselves, International Museum of Women, online
2003 Marshall McLuhan Multimedia Festival, Ontario Science Centre, May 15-18, Toronto, ON
2003 Pop, Gallery 44, Apr 16-24, Toronto, ON
PUBLIC PROJECTS
2012- City Panorama, Photo Centre NW, 4Culture and King County Metro, Seattle, WA, USA
2012 Concept development for public art commission for The Sharing Farm as part of the City of Richmond Community Public Art Program, Richmond, BC – project cancelled
CONFERENCES
2011 Mediate Your City, Atmosphere Conference, University of Manitoba, Feb 3-5, Winnipeg, MB
2011 6th Biennale Image and Imagery Conference, Brock University, Oct 29, St. Catharines, ON
2010 Sights/Sites of Spectacle, AHVA Gallery, Jan 29-Feb 27, Vancouver, BC
FUNDRAISERS
2010 Cuba Libre, AMS Gallery, Vancouver, BC, April 9
2009 WEAREART, AMS Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Sept 13; AHVA Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Sept 18-21
2008 SNAP!08, Live Auction for AIDS Committee, National Ballet School, Toronto, ON, March 2
2007 Holiday Show and Sale, Ryerson Gallery (now I.M.A. Gallery), Toronto, ON, Nov 29-Dec 6
ARTIST TALKS
2010 Here today, gone today, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, September 15
2010 Ourtube: The Havana Report, Centre A, Vancouver, BC, June 3 (via Skype)
2010 Sights/Sites of Spectacle, AHVA Gallery, Vancouver, BC, January 29
BIBLIOGRAPHY & PUBLICATIONS
2010 Debra Zhou, “Living Through the Female Body,” Here today, gone today exhibition catalogue
2009 Teresa Aversa, “Obsolete,” Exhibition essay, The Bookmark Project, Koffler Gallery
2008 Function, Vol.9
2007 Light Leaks, Issue 5 (Winter)
2004 Inside Mississauga, “Mississauga Portfolio” – Vol.1,4 (May/June)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011-Present City of Richmond Community Art Roster
2010 Cultural exchange to Havana, Cuba with Manuel Piña, artist and professor
2008-2010 University of British Columbia Dept. of Art History, Visual Art and Theory Teaching Assistant
2009 Biodiversity/Visual Art Elementary School UBC Outreach Program pilot project
2008 Studio Assistant to Eldon Garnet, artist
2007 New Media Resources Intern, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
2007 Co-curation of Illuminating Morocco: The Architectural Photographs of D.R. Cowles, Ryerson Gallery (now I.M.A. Gallery), Toronto
2007 Médecins Sans Frontières – Produced “Top 10 Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2007” presskit
ACHIEVEMENTS
2010 Go Global International Learning Programs Award
2009-2010 SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship
2008 UBC Faculty of Arts Graduate Student Initiative Award
2008 SNAP!Star TD Award
2007 8 Elm Photo/Video Award
2003 Queen Elizabeth II “Aiming For the Top” Scholarship