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- EXPERIENCE
Independent artist working through private and commercial commissions for home and corporate art installations, illustrations and origami service - 1995 to present.
The following is a recent sample:
• Hilton Hotel, Wilmington, N.C. - 276 art pieces created for each room of the hotel - 2007
• Neiman Marcus - Large origami pieces created for background in
fashion photography - 2007
• Texas Children’s Pediatric Clinic, SugarLand, Tx - Paper Aquarium installation - 2006
• Memorial Hermann Hospital, Art of Heart Origami instruction design - 2006
National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development, Convention Awards - 2006
• Schirrmeister/Diaz-Arrastia/Brem LLP, Origami hand modeling
for corporate brochure - 2006
• Periwinkle Foundation Grant to lead an art project with
Texas Children’s Cancer Center - 2004
- • Design and production of gift items for Museum Shops - 1995 to present
Smithsonian Museum Shops and the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; Houston Museum of Natural Science; Art Institute, Chicago; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; Dallas Museum of Art; Crow Museum of Asian Art, Dallas; Parrish Museum,
Southampton, NY.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
If the Shoe fits: Archway Gallery, Houston, TX - 2008
Earth Robe and Weeping, CRAFTTEXAS 2008: TEXAS, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft - 2008
China: folded views, Fotofest exhibit with Gabriella Nissen Photography,
Houston, Tx - 2008
Happiness: Scarbrough Building Windows, 6th & Congress, Austin, Tx - 2008
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, group show, JP Morgan Chase Building - 2006
Bamboo Portraits, CraftHouston:Texas, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft,
group show - 2004
Paper Dolls, The Great Hang-Up, group show, Houston, Tx - 2003
A Passion for Paper, C.G. Jung Center, Houston, Tx - 2002
A Modern Look at Paper Folding, St. Lukes Hospital, Houston, Tx - 2001 and 2005
Joan Son, National Origami Convention, New York, NY - 1997 to 2007
Window Designs, Tiffany and Company, Houston, Texas - 1993
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- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Articles: • “Visually Inspired,” Houston Chronicle, May 2008
• Gloss Magazine - January 2008; • New York Times, Origami Gains Respect as Artists Win Acclaim - December 25, 2004; • Southern Living Magazine, October 1998
Film: • Loan Stars - From the series of short films about Texas artists by cinematographer Gary Watson, shown at The River Oaks and Greenway Theaters in Houston / Dobie Theaters in Austin - 2001
• Channel 8/PBS - 60 second spot on Mary Lou’s Flip Flop Shop - 2001
PRESENTATIONS / DEMONSTRATION
Houston Book Arts, Museum of Printing History - 2008
Poissant Gallery during Kyomei: Resonance exhibit curated by Mari Omori - 2007
International Bank of Commerce, Houston, Texas - 2005 and 2007
Harris County Libraries through a grant with Cultural Arts Council Houston - 2005
Houston Grand Opera during performances of Madame Butterfly - 1999 and 2004
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