Convention Reports + End-of-Year Reviews
I love exhibiting my work at art shows and conventions, so check this page frequently to find out where I'll be next! For a complete catalog of my previous shows, visit the events archive.
Upcoming Shows
GEEK GIRL CON 2024 | 11/9/24 - 11/10/24
PIKE PLACE MARKET | Schedule on Instagram
My last show of 2018 was IllustrAFest, a local art market started by Bunny. This turned out to be a very well-planned and chill show that gave me the chance to reconnect with many familiar faces. Solid way to end the year!
My table set-up at Kinokuniya Seattle, shared with the lovely Cheryl Wang
Come kick off your holiday shopping by supporting Asian American artists in the International District! I bought an adorable hand-sewn felt dumpling hairclip and my life is better for it!
This one-day event dedicated to Steven Universe was SO. MUCH. FUN!! I went in with zero expectations, and was met with decent sales and a giant bouncy gym. A giant indoor bouncy gym during an art show, you say? But why, you ask? Why NOT, I say!
So yeah, I spent an estimated 30 minutes hopping around inside the bouncy gym. At one point I dragged in my friend Rhodora to join me in the bouncy gym. I am a professional artist, please take me seriously.
I’m so happy to return to Geek Girl Con for the 5th year in a row! It’s crazy to think that I’ve been selling at conventions since 2014. So much has changed since then, but what remains is that Geek Girl Con is one of my favorite shows for how relaxed and inclusive it always feels. My dear friend Yuuki Jia assisted me at my booth this year, which happened to be located in the best spot on the entire show floor! I felt so lucky and I hope to keep doing this show for years to come!
Me and Yuuki at my perfectly located Exhibitor’s Table :>
I had such a blast attending Anime Expo for the first time and visiting friends in LA/Burbank! Special thanks to the amazing Betsy Bauer for the tour of Dreamworks Animation - the studio campus seriously looks like a five-star resort! This trip was SO much fun, I hope to be back next year!
I’m proud to announce that my artwork is now hanging on the walls of Trey LaMont’s Jerk Shack, home of the best Caribbean food in Seattle! The owner and head chef, Trey LaMont, loves to support artists and happened to like my art. I’ve sampled literally every item on his menu and I heartily recommend all of it. (My personal fave is the Caribbean white fish with plantains - be sure to try it!)
Big thanks to Lost-Boy for helping me hang up my canvas art… this restaurant was actually where we had our first date, so it seemed fitting!
This year I was invited to join Raw Artists, a network of independent artists from across the globe. They were holding an event in Seattle called “Magnify,” a curated exhibit highlighting visual artists and live dancers/musicians. Sign-up and pre-show organization was smooth, so I was keen to give this show a shot despite its steep entry price.
Post show write-up: When I arrived, I discovered that the venue was a tiny bar/club blaring incredibly loud stage music throughout the program. The live musicians and dancers were clearly the main draw, and many of the artists (who had overpaid for their tables) tried to complain that the noise level was not conducive to chatting up customers or making sales. It became clear that the visual artists were placed there as an afterthought, for set dressing. I personally found this to be unacceptable for an event that charged hundreds of dollars per table, on par with exhibitor’s booths at ECCC… which has a massive targeted audience and is hugely profitable. I definitely won’t be coming back.
Lost-Boy was my ride and helper, and he valiantly helped me make the best of a dud show. Fortunately all my other shows this year have been solid, so I recovered quickly!
Brought out my new canvas art, hot from the printer :)
I’m proud to be tabling at the very last Mahouto Market, a fantastic show curated/planned by a talented team of local female artists! Thank you all for making this show amazing for so many artists!
Artist Alley displays are my superpower after years of doing these shows :D
At my table with helpers Yumi and Lost-Boy (u w u)
Thanks to a reference from my friend Xib, I got invited to table at a small arts festival celebrating AAPI Heritage Month at Google Fremont! It was a short and sweet affair, but I admit I was pretty excited to check out the fancy Google campus and eat their free food!
Post show write-up: It was really fun catching up with my neighbours since I knew literally everyone at the show. Xib, Aimee, Hannako, and Kiri were all there - Asian artists represent!
David was my driver/helper/booth babe, because we actually found his car! Funny story time: we spent the better part of the other night walking around Downtown Seattle in search of his car, a brand new Toyota Avalon. He drove down for our date night, we played DDR and had dinner, and then he proceeded to completely forget where he parked his car. I found this to be hilarious and endearing, but he looked really stressed and embarrassed about it all night. So I had to resist the urge to laugh at him until we finally found his car in a Diamond parking lot after walking around aimlessly for nearly 3 hours. (I have a silly “cellphone nickname” for all my friends, and his nickname is now “Lost-Boy.”) Alls well that ends well, and I’d say it was honestly one of the most fun date nights I’ve had.
I was annoyed about one thing at the end of the night, though: I freaking lost at “321 Stars” in DDR. >:C
I'm very excited to announce that I'll be live painting during the Seven Lions: Chronicles concert, at the WaMu Theater on Saturday, May 12 from 6-11PM! Seven Lions is an amazing musician responsible for some of my favorite work music, so I'm psyched to be a part of this amazing show!
I'll have my trusty iPad Pro + Apple Pencil digital painting set-up hooked up to an HDTV monitor, along with a bunch of my art prints for sale. Feel free to stop by and chat with me about art/music/life!
Post show write-up: When I arrived at the venue, I was very pleased to see fellow game artists Marisa Erven and Jenn Ravenna on the show floor!
Jenn was kind enough to lend me the cable I needed to hook up my iPad Pro to the HDTV monitor (I left mine at home, which incited much panic on my end), and David was there with flowers for moral support. After that, I was set-up and live painting in a matter of minutes, and was able to enjoy the excellent live set by Seven Lions. Thanks to Stan Shkrobor for the invite, I had a blast!
I'm very excited to be returning to the Artist Alley at Sakura-Con 2018 with my good friend Yuuki Jia as my helper! It's been a couple years since I've done this convention, but it remains one of my favorites!
Post show write-up: Holy moly. This was my most profitable show of all time - nearly hit $7K in sales! I don’t know what it was about this year (location, maybe?), but I was super busy all weekend, and I almost sold out of everything! Last month’s ECCC was phenomenal as well, so that makes two back-to-back shows with record-setting profits. Just wow!
I’m so immensely grateful to my friend Yuuki for offering her table to me. I pretty much never get into this show on my own, so I had resigned myself to not doing it this year. So when Yuuki got a table and wasn’t able to go, she gave her spot to me, and brought me a bunch of drinks/snacks during the show! TwT She’s the best!!
I'm super excited to be returning to ECCC 2018 after a 2-year absence, and I'm especially excited to be sharing a booth with the Comicon Islanders, a coterie of talented local artists curated by my friend Ken Taya!
You can cycle through the images above to view everyone's ECCC profile badge, designed by Ken! All of us will be at Booth #502 from March 1-4 at the WSCC, so stop by to visit our multi-artist group:
Wendi Chen - website
Ken Taya / Enfu - website
SPFY Tees - website
Nick Southam - website
Bunny Tokki / S2Heart - website
Vanessa Jacob - website
Mike Uziel - website
Isaac Hannaford - website
Akio Segawa - website
Milton Cadogan - website
Shi Kai Wang - website
Rooster Monkey - website
Genuine Haha - website
Corey Lewis - website
Luis Yepez / Trixels - website
Suzanne Kaufman - website
Yuki Yoshida - website
As an official Craftsperson at Pike Place Market, I set up my own “storefront” each week among a group of dedicated artisans. You can find me in the Crafts Market, usually in the roofed area across the street from Le Panier.
2019 Pike Place Market Daystall
