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EDUCATION
2020 University of California-Irvine, MFA in Studio Art
Critical Theory Emphasis, Asian American Studies Emphasis
2006 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, BS in Architecture
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Remains, Sabine Street Studios, Sawyer Yards. Houston, TX
2023 this place that bears my past doesn’t even know my name, Box 13. Houston, TX
2021 SUSPENSION : CONNECTION, Surel’s Place. Garden City, ID
2021 Mill Migration, The Mill at Vicksburg. Vicksburg, MI
2020 this place that bears my past doesn’t even know my name, Contemporary Arts Center Gallery. UC Irvine. Irvine, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2023 MSU Faculty Show, The Juanita Harvey Art Gallery. Wichita Falls, TX
2023 Interlude: A Five-Year Residency Retrospective, James Castle House. Boise, ID
2023 The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center. Houston, TX. Juried by Dr. Kanitra Fletcher, Associate Curator of African American and Afro-
Diasporic Art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC
2023 Infernal Baby Oil, Phase Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
2023 Before Apollo, Before the Sun, Galveston Artist Residency. Galveston, TX
2022 WEDNESDAY F!RE, Galveston Artist Residency. Galveston, TX
2021 Backspace, PRJCT. Los Angeles, CA
2021 Rake the Dark Room, PRJCT. Los Angeles, CA
2020 Double Play, Gatov Gallery, CSU Long Beach. Long Beach, CA
2019 Spa Day, University Art Gallery, UC Irvine. Irvine, CA
2019 Open Relationships, Werby Gallery, CSU Long Beach. Long Beach, CA
2019 3rd Annual Photographic Competition, LA Artcore. Juried by Sarah Lee, Sarah Hadley, Aline Smithson. Los Angeles, CA
2018 Present Tense, Irvine Fine Arts Center. Irvine, CA
2018 Positive/Negative 33, East Tennessee University. Johnson, TN. Juried by Margaret Winslow, Curator of Contemporary Art at the
Delaware Art Museum
RESIDENCIES
2023 James Castle House Residency, Boise City Dept of Arts & History. Boise, ID
2022 Residency Program, Galveston Artist Residency. Galveston, TX
2021 Artist Residency, Prairie Ronde. Vicksburg, MI
2021 Residency Program, Surel’s Place. Garden City, ID
AWARDS
2024 Support for Artists and Creative Individuals Grant, Houston Arts Alliance. Houston, TX
2023 Fall Trio Creative Grant: 1st place, Wendy Wagner Foundation, Houston, TX
2023 Let Creativity Happen Grant, Houston Arts Alliance, Houston, TX
2023 The Big Show 2023 Awardee, Juried by Dr. Kanitra Fletcher, Houston, TX
2023 CERF+ (Craft Emergency Relief Fund) Get Ready Grant. Houston, TX
2020 Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship. Graduate Division, UC Irvine, CA
2020 Research and Travel Grant. Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine, CA
2020 Covid-19 Artist Grant, Community Engagement Inc. Orange County, CA
2019 H.B. and Isabelle Yolen Memorial Scholarship. UC Irvine, CA
2019 Dean’s Scholarship Award, Claire Trevor School of the Arts. UC Irvine, CA
2019 Research and Travel Grant. Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine, CA
2018 Center for Critical Korean Studies Language Fellowship. UC Irvine, CA
2018 Dean’s Scholarship Award. Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine, CA
2018 Research and Travel Grant. Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine, CA
2017 Graduate Dean’s Recruitment Fellowship. UC Irvine, CA
TEACHING
2023-2024 Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX, Visiting Assistant Professor
Courses: Photography I-V, Computers for Artists, Art Appreciation
2022-2023 University of Houston, Houston, TX, Adjunct Professor
Courses: Portfolio Development, Computer Imaging
2022-2023 San Jacinto College, Houston, TX, Adjunct Professor
Courses: Design 1, Design 1 [Hybrid]
2019-2020 University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, Teaching Associate (Instructor of record)
Courses: Digital Photo
2018 University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, Teaching Assistant
Courses: Black & White Photo
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2024 Society for Photographic Education (SPE) Conference
· Organized trip for 3 photography students to attend SPE
Junior Portfolio Review
· Review students’ portfolios in order for them to advance to senior level
Mentoring
· Student Marketing Internship at the Wichita Falls Museum of Art
PANELS & TALKS
2023 Artist Talk, Sabine Street Gallery. Houston, TX
2023 Houston Arts Alliance Panel Review, City’s Initiative Grant. Houston, TX
2023 Artist Presentation, James Castle House. Boise, ID
2022 Artist Talk, Galveston Artist Residency. Galveston, TX
2022 Prairie Ronde Review Panel, Prairie Ronde Artist Residency. Vicksburg, MI
2021 Artist Talk, Surel’s Place. Garden City, ID
2021 Artist Talk, The Mill at Vicksburg. Vicksburg, MI
2019 Intergenerational Intersections. Society for Science, Literature, and the Arts (SLSA) Conference, Experimental Engagements. UC
Irvine, Irvine, CA
COLLECTIONS
City of Boise, Boise, ID
Galveston Artist Residency, Galveston, TX
The Mill at Vicksburg, Vicksburg, MI
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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McIntyre, Nick. “Interview with Jean Shon.” wake zine, 2 Sept 2022.
Lee, Kames Kyung-Jin. “Book Cover.” Pedagogies of Woundedness: Illness, Memoir, and the Ends of Model Minority, Dec 2021.
Bliss, Aidan. “What We’ve Found - Covid-19.” Aint—Bad, 4 April 2020.
Ranz, Adam. “Jean Shon.” Aint—Bad, 8 March 2020.
F-Stop Magazine. “Group Exhibition.” F-Stop Magazine, July 2019.
Jin, Shauna. Mission Magazine, Fall (Print).