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