Born 1994, Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works on Lenapehoking in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2021 Hunter College, MFA Painting
2016 School of Visual Arts, BFA Illustration & Cartooning
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2026
Always Were, Solo, Plato Gallery, New York, NY
2023
A Spell For Refusal, Solo, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY
2022
Find Yourself Alone In The Middle Of A Forest, with Tyler Krasowski, curated by Nora Boyd, Spring/Break Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Half Past, with Justin Chance, Three Four Three Four Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Hereafter, Solo, The Spite Haus, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibitions
2025
Beyond the Present, Southampton Arts Center, Long Island, NY
Someone Is In My House, Galerie Lætitia Gorsy, DE
Love Letter Show, Rusha & Co, Los Angeles, CA
Life, curated by Archie Raphulu, Future Fair, New York, NY
Here’s Looking At You, Plato Gallery, New York, NY
2024
The Seeds We Plant Today, Martha’s Contemporary, Austin, TX
SURVIVOR-GIRL, Ruby/Dakota, New York, NY
Vagabond Shoes, McBride Contemporain, Montreal, CA
Game Over, Soloway Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2022
NY to Milan, F2T Gallery, Milan, IT
Twist & Shout, She BAM Art, Leipzig, DE
Graphite Stew, Upper Market Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021
There Was Only This World, This Looted, Ventriloquized Earth, curated by Francesca Altamura in collaboration with HOOK ART
It Lives, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, NY
2020
System Failure, Plastic Murs Gallery, Valencia, ES
2019
Communion, QUAID Gallery, Tampa, FL
What We Emanate, Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY
The Mnemonic Body, Hunter Gallery, New York, NY
2018
GIFC, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Hokey Pokey, with Trey Abdella and Michael Dispena, curated by Sammy Bennett, I.M.A.G.E Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Special Projects
2025
Grief Studies, Contributing Artist & Writer. Collective self-published zine compiling works from students of Fariha Róisín’s first “Grief Studies” writing workshop (Feb–Apr 2024), edited and designed by raya marie hazell and sierra stinson. Includes a foreword by Fariha Róisín.
2023
Love’s Other Name, Co-curator, The Spite Haus, Philadelphia, PA. Group exhibition exploring the intimacy of drawing with works by María Esthela, Sakura Maku, Miguel Martinez, and Phyllis Yao.
2021
The Conditional, Online Project, curated by Anaïs Castro, Arsenal Contemporary and 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, NY. This collaboration featured my MFA thesis show, writing and an audio recording to make sharing the work possible and accessible during the pandemic.
Residencies, Grants, Awards
Invitational Artist in Residence Arsenal Contemporary Art Residency, Montreal, CA, 2022
Leeman- Boskenbaum Endowment Graduation Award, Hunter College, 2022
Stanton Grant, 2020
Press
2026
PAPER Magazine, Lizard Chung, “The PAPER Guide to Downtown's Best Spring Art Shows”
BOOOOOOOM, Staff Feature, “Always Were”
2025
The East Hampton Star, Mark Segal, “Celebrating a Collector’s Passion”
Art Viewer, “Someone is in my House at Galerie Lætitia Gorsy, Leipzig”
Observer, Elisa Carollo, “The Art Market Defies Doom & Gloom With Independent, Esther & Future Fair in Full Swing”
Hypebeast, Erin Ikeuchi, “Plato Gallery’s Latest Shows Rewrite the Rules of Female Portraiture”
2023
Juxtapoz, Editor’s Pick, “Opal Mae Ong Has Created: A Spell For Refusal”
Art Forum, Critic’s Pick, “MUST SEE”
Hyperallergic, Valentina Di Liscia & Anthony Hawley, “Hundreds Sign Petition in Support of Artist Shellyne Rodriguez”
2022
Art Net, Sarah Cascone, “In Pictures: The Best Art of Spring Break Los Angeles 2022”
Hyperallergic, Samantha Helou Hernandez, “The Spring/ Break Art Show Fills Up An LA Warehouse With Eccentric Visions”
Art Observed, D. Creahan, “Los Angeles: Spring/Break LA at Skylight Culver City”
Untitled Magazine, Maddie Street, “Highlights From Spring/Break Art Show Los Angeles 2022”
Drawer NYC, online feature by Corydon Cowansage, New York, NY
Teaching
2024- 2026 BFA Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hunter College, New York, NY
2023- 2024 MFA Thesis Advisor & Visiting Artist, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2023- 2024 BFA Visiting Artist Drawing, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2023- 2026 Teaching Artist, Studio In A School, New York, NY