Writing experience
| Dec 2005 – present | Art Critic and Writer, Los Angeles Times, Artforum, Art on Paper, X-TRA, Art Papers, ARTnews, Art Ltd., Nueva Luz, Artweek, Wired.com, Hyphen |
| Nov 2009 – Mar 2020 | Art Reviewer, Los Angeles Times |
| Feb 2009 – Jan 2010 | Contributing Editor, Art on Paper |
| Mar 2005 – Jun 2006 | Art Critic, SF Weekly |
| 2003 – 2004 |
Arts Writer, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Silicon Valley Metro, CMYK Magazine |
| 1991 – 2003 |
Film Critic, Popmatters.com Co-author, Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes: Conversations on Asian American Art (University of California Press) *2005 Cultural Studies Book Award, Association for Asian American Studies.
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Other experience
| 2020-2021 | Mentor, International Art Critics Association Art Writing Workshop, AICA and the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program |
| 2019 | Moderator, “Sharon Mizota in Conversation with Made in Asian America Artists,” Art Salon Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2018 | Speaker, Multicultural Internship Program Arts Summit, Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2015 | Panelist, “Naming: Criticism and Case Studies,” LA/LA Place and Practice symposium, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA |
| 2014 | Evaluator, Andy Warhol Foundation/ Creative Capital Arts Writers Grant Program, New York, NY |
| 2013 | Tour guide, “Llyn Foulkes,” Inside the Story, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Tour guide, “Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective,” Inside the Story, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2012 | Speaker, Senior Seminar, Cal State University, San Bernardino, CA
Speaker, Multicultural Internship Program Arts Summit, Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA Panelist, Andy Warhol Foundation/ Creative Capital Arts Writers Grant Program, New York, NY |
| 2011 | Panelist, “Contemporary Criticism” CalArts, Valencia, CA
Studio visits, CalArts, Valencia, CA |
| 2010 | Panelist, “The Future of Arts Criticism,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2009 | Visiting Lecturer, “Revisiting Identity: Observations on race and contemporary art,” Center for Visual Culture, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
Moderator, “Drawing the Line: Comics and the Art of Social Transformation,” Haverford College, Haverford, PA Panelist, Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program: Project Presentations, College Art Association Conference, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2006 | Independent Study Instructor, Visual Criticism, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Commentator, “Visualizing Oakland and Bay Area Communities: Art, History, and New Immigration,” American Studies Association Conference, Oakland, CA |
| 2003 – 2006 |
Commentator, “The Intersection of Contemporary Art and Street Culture,” Forum, KQED, San Francisco, CA Moderator, “Issho/Together: Japanese American/Japanese National Artists in America” Artists’ Symposium, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA Screening Committee, San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, Center for Asian American Media (formerly NAATA), San Francisco, CA Panelist, “The Politics of Asian American Visual Culture,” Association for Asian American Studies Conference, San Francisco, CA |
| 1994 – 1996 |
Panelist, “Insubordination: Disciplining the Sexual Subject,” Association for Asian American Studies Conference, Washington, DC Teaching Assistant, Art History, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Commentator, “Strategizing Cultures: An Asian American Dialogue on the Humanities and Arts,” University of California, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1993 – 1994 | Associate Director of Broadcast Programming, Center for Asian American Media (formerly NAATA), San Francisco, CA
Founding Member and Newsletter Editor, Godzilla West: Asian American Multidisciplinary Arts Network, San Francisco, CA |
Honors and awards
| 2007 | Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant (Short-Form Writing) |
| 2005 | Cultural Studies Book Award, Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes: Conversations on Asian American Art, Association for Asian American Studies |
| 1996 | Van Lier Fellowship, Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art |
| 1994 | Rockefeller Protégé Travel Grant, College Art Association |
Education
| 1997 | Studio Fellow, Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art |
| 1996 | MFA, Visual Arts, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University |
| 1992 | BA, Visual Arts, with Highest Honors, University of California, Berkeley |