EDUCATION
M.F.A. in Book Arts/Printmaking, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Mills College, Oakland CA, 2009
B.A. in English Literature, Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR, 2005
Semester abroad, arts and music focus, London, 2004
HONORS and AWARDS
Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Recognition Award, 2016
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2009-2010
Lois Johnson Alumni Award, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2010
Liberal Arts Poetry Award, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2010
Mary Merritt Henry Prize in Graduate Poetry, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2009
Graduate English Alumnae Scholarship, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2008-2009
The Academy of American Poets Student Poetry Prize, Lewis and Clark College, 2005
EXHIBITIONS
2022
Print to Book Exhibition, Bās Bookshop, Honolulu Printmakers, and Manoa Library, Honolulu, HI
2020
Mālama Wao Akua: A Native Species Exhibition, Hui No’eau Visual Art Center, Makawao, HI
1 9 2 8 Print Exchange, Honolulu Printmakers virtual show, the Art & Letters Gallery at Na Mea Bookstore, Honolulu HI
2019
Mālama Wao Akua: A Native Species Exhibition, Hui No’eau Visual Art Center, Makawao, HI
Regenerate! Book Arts in Hawaii, Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, HI
The Book as Art: Wonders, Decatur Library, Decatur, GA
Structural Elements: Contemporary Book Arts, Hatch Art Gallery, Hamtramck, MI
2018
Navigation, Hawaii State Library, Honolulu, HI
2017
Bookmarks XV, CFPR, University of the West of England, Bristol, U.K. and other venues
Ritual, Heavy Bubble Headquarters, Philadelphia, PA
2016
Longitude, Latitude, and Elevation, The Valley Arts Gallery, Forest Grove, OR
Voyaging 2016, Juried Exhibition, The Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, HI
The Honolulu Printmakers 88th Annual Juried Exhibition, Honolulu, HI
The Hui No‘eau Annual Juried Exhibition 2016, The Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, HI
2015
Ritual, Heavy Bubble Headquarters, Philadelphia, PA
The Zine Society Library, CentralTrak, The University of Texas at Dallas Artist Residency and Gallery, Dallas, TX
Making It, Hamilton Hall, the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Possible Press Reading Room, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Floating Library, Cedar Lake, Minneapolis, MN
Bookmarks XIII, CFPR, University of the West of England, Bristol, U.K. and other venues
Heart of the Hui, The Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, HI
HELLO HEDI, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR. Catalogue.
Poetry Scores Hawaii: LOOK LIKE WHAT IT MEANS, UH Hilo Campus Galleries, Hilo, HI
The Hui No‘eau Annual Juried Exhibition 2015, The Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, HI
2014
Contemporary Offset: Recent Works from the Borowsky Center for Publication Arts, President's Office Gallery, Hamilton Hall, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
The Floating Library, Cedar Lake, Minneapolis, MN
The Book as Art: Expanding the Limits, Gallery at The Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur, Atlanta, GA
Here and There: A Postcard Exchange, Floor Printmaking Gallery, Anderson Hall, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2013
4th Sheffield International Artist’s Book Prize Exhibition, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield, UK. Catalogue.
The Hui Teaches: Student & Faculty Salon 2013, The Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, HI
Artists’ Book Cornucopia IV, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO. Catalogue.
2012
Out of the Frame, Off the Wall, 1010 Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. Catalogue.
2011
Upper Gallery Show, 5th and Miff Gallery, Philadehphia, PA
MFA Thesis Show, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Telluride AIDS Benefit Fashion Show, Collaboration with Pink Slip Apparel, Telluride, CO
The Sketchbook Project Tour, Traveling exhibition of sketchbooks hosted by The Art House Co-op, various locations
2010
Both or the Same, Hamilton/Arronson Galleries, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Art To Be Read, President’s Office Suite, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Lilliputian Limner, 6th Floor Printmaking Gallery, Anderson Hall, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Please Look and Touch, Anderson Hall, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Cat’s Out of the Bag, 224 Gallery, Anderson Hall, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Transatlantic, F-Block Gallery, The University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
We and Stories, 6th Floor Printmaking Gallery, Anderson Hall, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Read Me, Kresge Gallery, Lyon College, Batesville, AR
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2021
In Cahoots Residency, In Cahoots Studio, Petaluma, CA
2019
In Cahoots Residency, In Cahoots Studio, Petaluma, CA
2015
Koizora Residency, Ayatana Artist’s Research Program, Ottawa, Canada
Print Media Department Artist in Residence, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
PUBLICATIONS
Exhibition catalogue, HELLO HEDI, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR, 2015
500 Handmade Books, Volume 2, Lark Crafts, Sterling Publishing, 2013
Exhibition catalog, Artists’ Book Cornucopia IV, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO, 2013
Exhibition catalog, 4th Sheffield International Artist’s Book Prize Exhibition, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield, UK, 2013
Generations Literary Magazine, Issue 3, Oakland, CA, 2012
Exhibition catalog, Out of the Frame, Off the Wall, 1010 Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 201
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Lithopixel Refactory Collective
Honolulu Printmakers
Turning the Page
The Hui No’eau Visual Art Center
SGCI International