I earned my MFA in Ceramic Design from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, in 2013, the first American to earn such a distinction, and my Ph. D in Studio Ceramics at Tokyo University of the Fine Arts in Tokyo, Japan, in 2017. I returned to America in 2019 and spent a year at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg as an Artist-in-Residence.
Currently, I am a full-time professional potter in Knoxville. I am classically trained in high craft. This means that every starting point comes from the perspective of understanding materials, processes and techniques. More personally, every journey is considered a conversation between me and the work, where I don’t have an end in mind. My guiding philosophy: that every goal is oriented towards creating connection.
