the destination is not determined
but the journey is documented.
Bonjour!
My name is Hope. My name has inspired a lifelong multidisciplinary research approach of light, home, community, beauty, relationships and I believe hospitality is the highest form of art. To hope is to not yet have, yet hold close. These are my prayers and promises written in ink, portraits of light. Messy like me, full of mistakes and typos, caught in between heaven and home.
We all partake in a story of love and broken heartedness, hope and healing, dreams and reality. We are all on a pilgrimage in search of home and belonging. This is not professional artist site but rather a development of thoughts based on experience and beauty found in everyday, ordinary life. My work is an ongoing case study of HOME, family and experience as a foreigner in Paris. It’s rooted in a desire to engage with communities and create a shared place which transcends language, borders and culture. Amidst the refugee crisis, globalisation, climate change and cultural wars I hope to curate spaces of rest, reflection and welcome.
Curriculum vitæ
Education
2020 Masters II, Panthèon Sorbonne, Paris, MAVI Masters in International Vision, 18/20
2019 Masters I, Panthèon Sorbonne, Paris, Arts Plastiques
2016 BA, University of California Santa Barbara, Art & Global Studies
2014 University California Berkeley, Paris, Study Abroad
2012 Diablo Valley Community College, French Courses, Pleasant Hill, Ca
Solo & Collective Shows
2020 A Year Later, Home is_____? , Female Collective Virtual Exhibition, International ZOOM gathering
La Poésie de la Rencontre, Thesis Exhibition, La Fondation des États Unis Gallery, Paris
SONDER, Collective exposition with Isabelle Hoonan, La Fondation des États Unis Gallery, Paris
2019 HOME IS ______? , Female Collective Exhibition, Le Pavé D’Orsay, Paris
KYANO: Iceland, Poetry-collaboration with Kyano brand, Le 102 Gallery, Paris
Vendange, Collective Photography show, Centre de Genesis, Paris
(In)nerance, Collective show, Bibliothèque de La Sorbonne, Paris
Toi et Moi, Agapé Art : Collective Jazz and art show, Paris
Briller, Collective Art Show, Église du 15ème, Paris
Le Foyer Local, Installation, La Sorbonne Art Gallery, Panthèon Sorbonne
Flatland: Tomas Vu, assistant for installation, La Sorbonne Art Gallery
Atelier de la Saint Valentin, Community Art Event, La Sorbonne
2018 Le Foyer Local, Relational Aesthetics, Installation, Saint Charles La Sorbonne
HOME, Solo Exhibition, Le Pavé D’Orsay, Paris
La Lumière de L’Ombre, Exposition Collaboratif, Espace Tessalonia, Passage Choiseul, Paris
TOGETHER, Photography Installation, Málaga Spain
2017 Sola Scriptura, Agapé Arts, Galerie Nesle, Paris France
La fuite du temps: SENS de l'Art, Photographie, ENS Cachan
L’ere Du Temps? Agapé Arts, Paris France
Dancing with Hope, I left him on the Platform, Genesis Gallery, Paris France
IN VISIBLE, Agapé Arts, Paris France
Step into the Visible, spoken word performance
Send me Home, social community engagement project
2016 ChillaVista, HOPE, Isla Vista, public space installation
But Someone likes You, Honors Exhibition, Glass Box Gallery UCSB
UCSB Undergrad Art Gallery, Glass Box Gallery UCSB
UCSB Undergrad Art Show, Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UCSB
2015 Hopeful for Home, Glass Box Gallery UCSB
Sufficiently Dangerous, Glass Box Gallery UCSB
2014 Chilla Vista Music and Arts Festival, People’s Park, Goleta, Ca.
Speak Easy, Spoken Word Performance
Publications
2020 Darling Magazine Online Editorial
2019 Join the Dots Magazine, Published poems
2018 HOME, Self-Published book of poems and photos, 400 editions
2015-16 The Catalyst, UCSB Art & Literary Magazine
Affiliations
2020 Transform Arts: Cru Arts & Culture, Part-time staff member
2019-20 La Fondation des États Unis, Cité Université, Paris, Resident Studio Artist
Art Curator, Le Pavé D’Orsay gallery, A collective exhibition of six international female artists on the theme of home and identity,
2018-19 Panthèon Sorbonne: International Tutor, mentor and admin assistant under Yann Tomas
2017-18 Artist Residencies & Collective:
Transform Art, Paris
La Fonderie, Paris
Agapé Arts, France
Artestan Art Collective, SINGA International, Paris
2016 Art Curator for UCSB Undergrad Art Show
2012-16 Videographer & Photographer, Isla Vista Church, Goleta, CA.
2015 Writer & Event Planner, The Catalyst Art Journal
2014 Worship & Art Intern, St. Michaels Episcopal Church, Santa Barbara
2010-20 Freelance photographer & blogger, Hopefolio
Other Experience
2020 Una Europa: Design Thinking UNA TEN Challenge: European wide student hack-a-thon
2016 Chilla Vista, HOPE, Installation dans l’espace publique
2014-16 UCSB Student Athlete Advisory Committee, President & Member
2014-16 The Catalyst, Literary Magazine Co-Editor & Event coordinator
Awards/Honors
2020 La Sorbonne, 18/20, Mention très bien (honors)
2016 UCSB Honors Art
William Dole Scholarship, Community Partnership Award, UCSB Arts Department
2015-16 Golden Eagle Scholar Athlete, USCB Athletic Department
2012 ROP Photography Award, Mount Diablo Unified School District