I designed these interior signs to work cohesively as a foursome, but also each communicate a separate aspect of the. Museum’s programming and mission. They incorporate the Museum’s brand colors as well as represent a recent shift in design style I’m implementing across Museum communications as part of its brand management.
This exhibition was a challenge to film–to capture the light and glow in the darkness of the gallery. But I was excited to pair the footage with the animated exhibition title graphic I’d created as well as the vhs-glitched list of artists I created for display as part of the exhibition design. What an incredible exhibition! Curated by Ellen Ito at Tacoma Art Museum, HAUNTED “explores cinema as spectral memory, temporal disruption, and the protean meaning of being haunted. Sited at the intersection between cultural memory and lost futures, Haunted crosses sensory and disciplinary thresholds, examining the ways in which the past —both real and imagined —inform our present and future. Haunted contains moving image, installation, sculptural, and photographic works conjured from architecture, technology, pop culture, heritage, and nature. These works dissolve the separation between now and then, visitations to that which is present yet not real.”
To commemorate their 90th anniversary, Tacoma Art Museum wanted to create some hats and shirts using a vintage logo from the 1970s. I jumped at the opportunity to create something that felt both old school and fresh…This is a video I created to promote the new items.
Here’s a look back at this year’s Día de los Muertos Festival at the Tacoma Art Museum. Known in English as Day of the Dead, this life-affirming celebration of the eternal cycle of life has been observed for centuries. Day of the Dead combines ancient and colonial traditions, folk customs, and spiritual beliefs. Celebrated in Mexican and Latin American communities on November 1 and 2, Día de los Muertos is a powerful, symbolic way to honor relatives and friends who have died.
Tacoma Art Museum’s newest long term exhibition Gossip: Between Us draws from the museum’s permanent collection to spotlight women and queer artists—particularly those whose work embodies the tradition of “gossip.” Featuring works by Barbara Kruger, Joyce J. Scott, Carrie Mae Weems, and more, these artists engage in gossip not only as subject matter but as methodology, embedding within their work the textures of lived experience, cultural memory, and communal care. I worked with the exhibition curator Victoria Miles whose vision for the exhibition and poster design was influenced by zine aesthetic and the imagery of women joyously communicating.
A short promo video for Tacoma Art Museum’s upcoming The Current: To Make Sense of it All exhibition opening party–using original footage, the exhibition poster motion graphic I designed, as well as music I created!
In this third iteration of The Current, An Artist Award exhibition, tomakesenseofitall features work from the 2024-25 The Current, An Artist Award Program artists. tomakesenseofitall delves into the artists’ relationships between their environments, surroundings, and those around them, offering evocations of memory through their recollections and imaginings. The exhibition’s poetic and exploratory nature articulates an attentiveness to the artists’ interpretations of these retellings, as they employ their imaginations, through various mediums, to make sense of it all. This poster was designed with input from the exhibition curator Victoria Miles who wanted imagery of sea and sky and reflection, and the use of blue and pink. I used an image of clouds I had taken and manipulated it for the poster art.
Here’s an exhibition trailer I created for Tacoma Art Museum’s Echoes of the Floating World guest curated by artist Kenji Stoll. Kenji talks about the connections between the Edo era artists of Japan and contemporary artists from Tacoma featured in the upcoming exhibition. I paired a motion version of the poster design I created for graphic elements and added original background music I created.
Echoes of the Floating World highlights the continuing influence of Japan’s ukiyo-e woodblock prints on contemporary art in the Pacific Northwest. The exhibition features a striking collection of 18th-, 19th- and early 20th-century Japanese woodblock prints from the Tacoma Art Museum and others, displayed alongside works by contemporary Northwest artists. This exhibition honors the rich legacy of ukiyo-e while exploring its cultural impact on today’s artistic expressions. “What’s really cool about this show is that you’ll see these [woodblock prints] in person, and you’ll also see the ways in which they influence artists who live and work right in our community…It’s a full circle moment.” –Kenji Stoll. The exhibition will also showcase the works of several regional contemporary artists, including a mural by Stoll.
