Bachelor’s Degree in Painting from Western Washington University

Exhibition at Scola Art Center   |   May 2010

Women of China   |   Feb.9-March.9
Copy-editor position, supervisor Sandy (weboc)
Tasks: proofreading news articles translated from Chinese
http://www.womenofchina.cn/

Elite Education   |   September 2009-June 2010
English tutor
Goldentran Education   |   December 2009-April 2010
English tutor
Tasks: small group ESL tutoring from ages 5-adult

CAI Empowering Migrant Children   |   March 13-June 27
Lead art teacher volunteer position
Tasks:planning and implementing art classes for kids aged 6-12
http://www.cai-china.org/newsitem082008.html

Village Family Health   |   910 Harris Ave.   |    Summer of 2007-Summer of 2008
Receptionist position answering calls, scheduling appointments, greeting patients, dealing with difficult and stressful emergency situations (at times involving the police force and ambulance services)
A skill acquired from this job is the ability to deal with a wide spectrum of people, and a stronger understanding of the American medical services.

Atrium Market   |    Western Washington University   |   Fall 2006-Summer 2007
Sales clerk position at Freshens smoothie shop and Starbucks coffee.
Duties included conducting sales, making smoothies, and making coffee.
Additionally worked at a sub shop in the same market as a cashier and closer.

Art Department   |   Western Washington University   |   Fall 2005- Summer 2006
Office Assistant position Gave tours of the Art building at the University to prospective students and their parents.
Filed documents. distributed mail, answered the telephone, redirected calls, and took messages.
Assisted in organization and processing of applicant portfolios.

My passions are art and travel.

I was brought up in a family that is constantly traveling, and I seem to have inherited the desire to travel from them. Most recently, in the summer of 2008 I went to Beijing to visit my brother and discovered the 798 art district. I fell in love with the gallery complex and spent as much time as possible there before returning to America. There were a few artists that really struck me: I was particularly inspired by seeing the art of Lin TianMiao (more) and Yin XiuZhen. I also had the chance to stay in a few villages in Yunnan Province over a course of 2 weeks.

Before going to China that summer I had a reasonable amount of international experiences. I went to high-school at an international school in Herzilliyah Pituach, Israel and lived in a rural part of China for one year during what would have been 7th grade, helping my mom teach English to preschoolers. I’ve also had the chance to spend time in Panama, and a variety of European countries like France, Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, Switzerland, Turkey, and Amsterdam.

I admit to feeling incredibly spoiled for those opportunities.

From traveling to these countries and having always been passionate about art, my current hope is to find work in China within the art field. I feel that the contemporary art in China is of the most interesting in the World today, and I want to be as close to it as possible. And if I do become a professor of art one day, experience and knowledge of Chinese art would be an important thing to be able to pass on to students.