Chico, California

This is the one bedroom studio apartment I was living in all throughout the pandemic up until April of 2021. This corner of my apartment became the space where I created most of my thesis work from the previous fall semester and where I spent countless hours applying to residencies and grants.

In March, I was notified that I would be granted the Windgate Fellowship Award which granted me the opportunity to apply to residencies and workshops of my choice! By April, I would be notified that I was accepted into the Archie Bray Summer Residency program located in Helena, Montana. So much change in a matter of months!!!

I spent the month of May in SoCal which brought much needed family and friend quality time since I had moved away in 2018. Before I left for Montana, my friends convinced me to take a trip with them out to the Grand Canyon and I'm grateful to have taken this trip with this solid group of homies.

JUNE 2021 ARCHIE BRAY SUMMER RESIDENCY
Helena, Montana

This summer I spent over two months sharing this studio space with other ceramic artists including: Cathy Lu, Paul-Robin Sjöström, Iren Tete, Brooke Cashion, Clara Hoagie, Katie Bosley, Maya Beverly, Sharbani Das Gupta, Ruby Neri & Lauren Kalman
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 Long term Residents Artist at this time included: Alessandro Gallo, Yehrim Lee, Kelsie Rudolph, Raven Halfmoon, Chase Travaille, Candice Methe, Yeonsoo Kim

Visiting Artists: Cannupa Hanska Luger, Sharif Bey, Anabel Juarez, Paul S. Briggs

I learned so much in a short span of time and got to meet so many wonderful people and artists from all over the world!

​While in Montana, I ended up connecting with Adam Field who later on invited me to work for an upcoming collaboration project for Seth Rogen's newest ash tray collection by Houseplant! This bottom left photo was the view from his studio and on the right is Molly Walter who put in so much work into the project as well!

 In late August I drove over to Snowmass Village, Colorado and began my workshops taking place at Anderson Ranch! My first workshop was taught by Eva Kwong titled Simple & Complex - Form and Color. I made some friends in this class including Erica Mao, Jessica Kao and Alex!

My second workshop was hosted by Sam Harvey and it was called Off The Wall which focused on ceramic wall pieces and surface decoration. I made so many amazing friends in this workshop including SK, ASMA & KATARINA! I also loved getting to know the ceramic shop assistants for this class including Zahra and Yehudis <3 Click on their names to see their art!

My final workshop was a printmaking workshop hosted by Laura Berman! I was so happy to be back in a print shop experimenting with so many different types of relief processes. Here I spent most of my time with Dana, Amy and Ashley Genevieve Gottlieb.

While I was in Colorado, I got an unexpected invitation from Steven Young Lee to return back to Montana for a two year long artist residency! I gladly accepted but before returning I decided to plan a road trip with my mom to visit Yellowstone National Park. LOVE YOU MUJER!

NEW STUDIO SPACE AS OF OCTOBER 2021 ^.^

This photo is from a trip I took to Bozeman, California which is located about 2 hours east of Helena. Baby's first snow!! 

My crew of studio mates and friends from Left to Right: Virgil Ortiz ( Bray Visiting Artist ) , Haylie Jimenez, Soojin Choi, Ben Shane and Sydnie Jimenez <33333

Soojin, Sydnie and I hanging out by the Soda Kiln pad that Justin Paik Reese helped us fire!

FREEEZING MY BUTT OFF WITH AMY SANTOFERRARO ON CHRISTMAS!
She was the visiting artist for the last two months of the year and I learned so much from this sweet soul! <3

Working on new pieces in the studio! Picture taken by Gaspar G.

THANKS FOR LOOKING! <33333