Born 1994, Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works on Lenape Land (Brooklyn, NY)
Education
2021- Hunter College MFA Painting
2016- School of Visual Arts BFA Illustration & Cartooning
Solo & Two- Person Exhibitions
2023 A Spell For Refusal, Solo Exhibition, curated by Anaïs Castro, 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 Exhibition, The Spite Haus, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibitions
2025 Beyond the Present, Southampton Arts Center, Long Island, NY
Someone Is In My House, Galerie Laetitia Gorsy, Leipzig, 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 a collab 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 Maria Esthela, Sakura Maku, Miguel Martinez, and Phyllis Yao.
2021 The Conditional, Online Project with 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
2022 Invitational Artist in Residence Arsenal Contemporary Art Residency, Montreal, CA
2022 Leeman- Boskenbaum Endowment Graduation Award, Hunter College
2020 Stanton Grant
Press
2025 The East Hampton Star, Mark Segal, “Celebrating a Collector’s Passion”
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 BFA Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hunter College, New York, NY
2023 MFA Thesis Advisor & Visiting Artist: School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2023 BFA Visiting Artist Drawing : School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2023 Teaching Artist: Studio In A School, New York, NY