EDUCATION
2020-2022
California College of the Arts, MFA
2018-2019
Diablo Valley College, AA Studio Art, Art History
2024
China Academy of Art, Mineral Pigment Mural Painting
2024
Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, High-End Custom wedding dress and formal attire
2010-2012
Golden Gate University, MAc Accounting
WORKING EXPERIENCE RELATED TO ART
2020 - present
Founder and Owner, MY (MeiYun) Art Studio, Kensington, CA
• Designed the course syllabus, and offered over 800 art classes to age 5 to adults, including painting, drawing, iPad Procreate drawing & animation, ceramics, handcraft, and art history
• Offered free public art classes to hundreds of kids and adults for 6 weeks during the pandemic period
• Created marketing plans and recruited about 50 students in a short period
July 2024 - present
Board Member, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Feb. 2023 - present
Art Teacher, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Jan. - May 2022
TA, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
• Animation
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
University of California, Berkeley, Faculty Club
2019
University of California, Berkeley, Faculty Club
2018
University of California, Berkeley, Faculty Club
GROUP SHOWS
2023
Abundance, El Cerrito Art Association Annual Art Show, El Cerrito, CA
2022
CCA MFA Thesis Exhibition, Curated by Wattis Institute, Curated by Kim Nguyen, San Francisco, CA
To build a Home (museum), Curated by Katherine Jemima Hamilton, San Francisco, CA
Approximations, Curated by Lauren Sorresso, San Francisco, CA
2021
SOS Pop up Show, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Brand 49: Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, Curated by Marvella Muro, Glendale, CA
2019
Old Town Arts and Crafts Guild, Cutchogue, NY
Alamo Danville Artists' Society, Danville, CA
Diablo Valley College, Spring Student Art Show, Pleasant Hill, CA
AWARDS
2024
Quick Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation
2023
1st Prize in Sculpture, El Cerrito Art Association Annual Art Show
2020-2022
Merit Scholarship, California College of the Arts
Impact Awards, California College of the Arts
HEERF, California Government
Barclay Simpson Award Finalist
2019
Faculty Award, Diablo Valley College
PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
Memory and Motherhood by Meghan Smith