SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (*Solo):

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2023   *Gratitude 感謝, Buunni Coffee, New York, NY 

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2022    Creating Home: Immigrant Perspectives, NoMAA Gallery, United Palace, New York, NY

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2017   *Move Forward, Café Buunni, New York, NY

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2016   *The Palisades, Café Buunni, New York, NY

           Uptown Arts Review, Rio II Gallery, New York, NY

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2015   *The Dragon Gate, Café Buunni, New York, NY

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2012    Losing Count - Perdiendo La Cuenta: Exposicion Internacional de Arte por la Paz en Mexico,

           organized by Transcultural Matrix Project, 26th Annual Culture Festival of Zacatecas, Zacatecas,                  Mexico

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​2011    Cuentas Perdidas - Lost Count, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
​           First Fall Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY​
           Not Festival: On Horns, hair, hens, haze and other (Orgi)anic things, 3RD CLASS CITIZEN in

           association with Movement Research, the Greenspan Center in Williamsburg, and Galeria Galou,

           Brooklyn, NY

2010    The Art of Fashion, Carnival, curated by InterMix Gallery, New York, NY

2009    Pequeños, Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop, Tucson, AZ
​           Ox ’09 Asian Artists’ Exhibition, Dinnerware Artspace, Tucson, AZ
           La Malinche Gallery, Tucson, AZ
           Amores Perros, Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop, Tucson, AZ

2008    Small Works, Big Ideas, Dinnerware Artspace, Tucson, AZ
​           Pequeños, Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop, Tucson, AZ
           RLV 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Rancho Linda Vista Gallery, Oracle, AZ
           La Malinche Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2007   *The Middle Way, ArtsCulture Partnership Gallery, Tucson, AZ

           The 28th Annual Art Auction, Dinnerware Artspace, Tucson, AZ
​           Los Hilos, Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop, Tucson, AZ​

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2006   *Shinsuke Higuchi, Shane House Gallery, Tucson, AZ

          *Birth, Mauricio Fregoso Salon, Tucson, AZ

​           Visiones Nuevas, Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop, Tucson, AZ
​           Hope VI Arts & Culture Partnership Gallery, Tucson, AZ
           Sex, Politics and Religion, Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop, Tucson, AZ

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2005   *Higuchi Shinsuke Koten, Art Gallery Benitsubaki, Fukuoka, Japan​
          *The Front Desk Agency, Kenjo Country Club, Fukuoka, Japan
           TMA Art Faculty Showcase, Tucson Museum of Art, School of Art, Tucson, AZ
 

2004   *Ten Portraits, Phantom Gallery, curated by Tucson Arts District Partnership, Tucson, AZ
           Shelter, Space Hako, Fukuoka, Japan
​           Musings, with Xóchitl C. Gil, Rancho Linda Vista Gallery, Oracle, AZ

           Art after Dark, Flash Gallery, Tucson, AZ
           Democracy WOW!, Flash Gallery, Tucson, AZ
           Independent Film Festival Exhibition, Flash Gallery, Tucson, AZ

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2003   *Nine States of Life, Joel D. Valdez Main Library, Tucson, AZ

2002   *4 Guardians, Temple of Art Gallery, Tucson Children's Museum, Tucson, AZ​
          Art Exhibition Ceramics/Printmaking, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ
​          Tucson Is My Home, Solar Culture Gallery, Tucson, AZ
          In Memory of September 11th, Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, AZ​
          8, with Kevin "Lucero" Less, John Alexander Gallery, Tucson, AZ
          Emerging Artists Exhibition, GOCAIA Gallery, Tucson, AZ

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2001   Tucson Artists' Response to September 11th, Tucson Pima Arts Council Gallery, Tucson, AZ​
          Victory Over Violence Exhibition, Northwest Center, Tucson, AZ

          Solar Culture Gallery, Tucson, AZ​​

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1999   Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Tucson, AZ


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​COMMISSIONS:

2010   Lobby painting, Tucson, River Crossing Corporate Center (M3 Engineering), Tucson, AZ

2009   Painted mural, Mundo Azteca, in collaboration with Xóchitl Gil-Higuchi, private residence, Tucson, AZ​

2006   Painted mural, Nacimiento Mundial, in collaboration with Xóchitl Gil-Higuchi, private residence,

          Tucson, AZ​

 

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AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND GRANTS:

2010   Artists of Color, Professional Development Grant, Tucson Pima Arts Council​

2002   Cultural Diversity Scholarship, University of Arizona Art Department​

2001   Mural Panel Project, University of Arizona Mall​
 

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ARTIST RESIDENCY:

​​2012-11   Studio Residency, Studio 68, New York, NY

2011   Teaching Artist, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY​

2010-09   Studio Residency, TBR Studio, Tucson, AZ

2007   Teaching Artist, Hope VI Arts & Culture Partnership, Tucson, AZ
          Teaching Artist, TUSD, Tucson, AZ

2007-05   Art Faculty, Tucson Museum of Art, School of Art, Tucson, AZ

2006-05   Tucson’s River of Words, Youth Poetry & Arts Program. Pima County Natural Resources, Parks &

               Recreation, Tucson, AZ​

1999-98   Artist Residency, International Arts Center, Tucson, AZ

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​​EDUCATION:

​2003   University of Arizona, BA, Studio Art / Creative Writing