My deep emotional connection to New York City inspires my art. The urban landscape of NYC is a rich source of inspiration with its iconic buildings, bustling streets, diverse people, and the unique energy that characterizes the city. I incorporate sustainability and reusability into my artistic practice by using recycled cardboard paper for my painting. It not only adds an environmentally conscious dimension to my work but also showcases the creative potential of using unconventional materials. My art reflects a harmonious blend of creativity, urban life, and commitment to the environment.

Selected Group Exhibitions

• Alexandria Museum of Art, LA
• The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center, NY, NY
• Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica, NY
• Van Der Plas Gallery, NY, NY
• Plaxall Gallery, LIC,NY
• Art on the Ave, NY, NY
• Local Project, LIC, NY
• Flushing Town Hall, Queens, NY
• IA&A at Hillyer, DC
• Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
• Walls-Oritz Gallery and Center, NY, NY
• Rutgers University, NJ

Latest Exhibitions

• Take it to the Board
  Date: Starts in May 2024
  Location: 812 Lexington Ave, NYC
  Exhibition and Artist Residency by Art on the Ave.
  
  
• Tides of Change – Waves of Hope
  Endorsed by UNESCO
  Date: April 1 – July 1, 2024
  Location: Fulton Center, 200 Broadway, NYC (street level)
  Selected work: Divine
  
  
• Earth Day Exhibition
  Date: April 1 – May 2, 2024
  Location: COCO-MAT USA, 472 Broome St, Soho, NYC
  
  
• Free Your Mind
  Curated by Shenna Vaughn.
  Date: July 8 – Sept 1, 2023
  Location: The Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning , 161-04 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica, NY 11432.
  Selected work: City Mirage.
  
  
• Fluidity
  Van Der Plas Gallery
  Date: July 21-30, 2023
  Location: 156 Orchard St, NY, NY 10002
  Reception: July 21, 2023, 6-8 pm
  Selected paintings: Decorative Sky, Rolling Purple, Lovers, City and the Tower.
  
  
• Public Spaces Selection 2023
  Juried by Maria del Carmen Carrion
  Date: May 20-July 31, 2023
  Location: The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center, 107 Suffolk St, NY, NY 10002.
  Three selected fabric sculptures: Soul Earth.
  
  
• Urban Mosaic
  Curated by Art on the Ave
  Date: April-June, 2023
  Location: Westfield WTC – Fulton Center, 200 Broadway, NY, NY 10038.
  A group of six selected paintings.
  
  
• Identity: I in the Mirror The 2023
  Curated by Christian Solar
  Date: Jan 20 – Feb 25, 2023
  Location: The Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning , 161-04 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica, NY 11432.
  Two selected paintings: Gaia on My Mind and Map of Humanity.
  
  
• Trash
  Date: Nov 5-26, 2022
  Location: Local Project Art Space, 11-27 44th Rd, Long Island City, New York 11101
  Two selected work: Hope Floats #1 & #2.
  
  
• Artist-in Residence & Exhibition
  Dates: Feb-May, 2022
  Location: Fulton Center, 200 Broadway, New York, NY 10028.
  Create art installation with recycled cardboard boxes in the Fulton Center subway station.
  You can visit my studio and follow this creative journey on IG.
  
  
• Creating Tomorrow
  Dates: May-July, 2022
  Locations:
  – Paper Source, 309 Columbus Ave, NYC.
  – Storefront at 338 Columbus Ave, NYC.
  Two selected works: Map of Humanity and Urban Canyon #1
  
  
• Art on the Ave Exhibition: Resiliency
  Dates: Sept 7-Nov 28, 2021.
  Location: Fulton Center, 200 Broadway, New York, NY 10028.
  Two selected works: Urban Harmony and M14
  
  
• Flushing Town Hall Exhibition: Creative Mosaic II
  Dates: Feb 28-March 29, 2020.
  Location: Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY 11354.
  A juried exhibition showcase working artists from Queens.
  Selected work: Hidden Faces
  
  
• Creative Mosaic Exhibition 
  Juried by Osman Can Yerebakan. 
  Date: September 5 – October 12, 2019.
  Location: Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY.
  Two selected works: Hidden Faces and Feminine Lines in Blue #9
  
  
• Concrete & Adrift: On the Poverty Line Exhibition 
  Date: March 2 – June 22, 2019.
  Location: Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA.
  Features regional and national contemporary artists, addressing poverty and homelessness. The show is on view in conjunction with “Sordid and Sacred: The Beggars in Rembrandt’s Etchings”, featuring 35 rare etchings by Rembrandt. 
  Selected work: Home, Not Home #3
  
  
• 2019 Paint a Paino Artist Public Art at Sing For Hope
  I was selected to be one of the artists to paint a piano for New York City. See my painted piano Urban Harmony in public at 28 Liberty Street, Manhattan, NY.
  
  
• The Other Art Fair curated by Saatchi Art
  Date: Nov 8 -11, 2018
  Location: Brooklyn Expo Center, Brooklyn, NY.
  
  
• 2018 Artist Peer Circle at Queens Council on the Arts
  Artist Peer Circle (APC) program provides an opportunity for artists to gather, grow, build partnerships, and become leaders in their fields guided by a trained facilitator in 9-month program cycles.
  
  
• Exquisite Corpse Selections from The Paul Robeson Galleries 30th Anniversary Exhibition.
  Date: Sept 4 -Oct 7, 2018
  Location: Paul Robeson Campus Center Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ.

• The mural You & Me is displayed at Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Center in Sabah.
  
• A painted mural is displayed at Ronald McDonald House in New Brunswick, NJ.

Interviews

• Map of Humanity.
• Lani Nelson, Interview, “Constructing Home with Feminine Lines”, Sinovision.
• Andrew Shiue, Interview, “Building Stories-A Conversation with Naomi Kuo and Fina Yeung”, Beyond Chinatown.
• Lani Nelson, Interview, “Bushwick Open Studios 2014”, Sinovision.