<< CV
kaory
lives & works in the ohlone/sf bay areaeducation
2022 ︎ university of california, berkeley; berkeley, ca.
bachelor of arts, media studies & art practice
2019 ︎ de anza college; cupertino, ca.
associate of arts, communication studies (cum laude)
group exhibitions
2025 ︎ 2025 latinx art now!; movimiento de arte y cultura latino america,
san jose, ca. (curated by alyssarhaye graciano)
2024 ︎ afterlife: a celebration of life and remembrance; mexican heritage plaza,
san jose, ca. (juried by joe miller)
2024 ︎ 99 bottles; local color/ noble gallery, san jose, ca
(community curation)
2024 ︎ painting at night; opalka gallery at rusell sage college,
albany, ny. (curated by sean desiree and alisa sikelianos-carter)
2024 ︎ what’s cookin’; palo alto art center,
palo alto, ca. (juried by greg flood)
2023 ︎ there is magic here: national juried exhibition; marin museum of contemporary art, novato, ca. (juried by svea lin soll)
2023 ︎ INDIGENOUS: in celebration of indigenous people’s day, sf district office,
san francisco, ca. (curated by joseph abbati & ocean escalanti)
2023 ︎ an chơi | eat + play ; chopsticks alley art,
san jose, ca. (curated by eric bui)
2023 ︎ all for ray, ray for all; works/san jose art and performance center,
san jose, ca. (curated by joe miller)
2023 ︎ excursions: 2023 juried members show, berkely art center,
berkeley, ca. (juried by hoi leung)
2023 ︎ creative corner; empire seven studios,
san jose, ca. (curated by jessica gutierrez)
2022 ︎ strain: new works in print; worth ryder gallery,
berkeley, ca. (curated by professor emily gui)
2022 ︎ forgiving the forgotten: fall 2022 honors student exhibition;
worth ryder gallery, berkeley, ca.
2022 ︎ many, big, and unusual: works in print; art practice
department, berkeley, ca. (curated by professor emily gui)
2022 ︎ extro-introspection: the spring 2022 senior thesis exhibition;
worth ryder gallery, berkeley, ca.
(curated by professors brody reiman & stephanie syjuco)
2021 ︎ transitional lifeways of evolving community; berkeley, ca.
(curated by professor sholeh asgary)
2021 ︎ unruly objects in the uncanny gallery; berkeley, ca.
(curated by professor dana hemenway)
residencies & fellowships
2025 • for the mamas community contributor/ coffee bueno; san jose, ca. part of the 2025 creative ambassador program
2024 • city of san jose climate art program – resilient artist cohort; san jose, ca. summer/fall 2024; ceramic arts fellow
public commissions
2024 • peaks of the bay – sticker & graphic design; commissioned by the student environmental resource center at uc berkeley; completed in august
awards & grants
2024 • juror’s award – “what’s cookin’?” group exhibition; palo alto, ca for the work: preparando el desayuno (2021)
2022 • honors studio recipient; university of california berkeley, department of art practice; fall 2022
2022 • certifcate of excellence in the discipline of ceramics;
univeristy of california berkeley, department of art practice; may 2022
2021 • materials quick-grant awardee; university of california
berkeley, department of art practice fall 2021
2019 • uc berkeley undergraduate scholarship (2019-2022)
publication contributions
2024 • “tewi niukiyari/ words of the people/ palabras de la gente” martha street zine issue #10: for the mamas, san jose, ca. july 2024; pg. 24-26
2023 ︎ “the good, the bad, and the wurst,” martha street
quarant-zine issue #9: curiosity, san jose, ca.
march 2023; pg. 29 (read online)
2025 • for the mamas community contributor/ coffee bueno; san jose, ca. part of the 2025 creative ambassador program
2024 • city of san jose climate art program – resilient artist cohort; san jose, ca. summer/fall 2024; ceramic arts fellow
public commissions
2024 • peaks of the bay – sticker & graphic design; commissioned by the student environmental resource center at uc berkeley; completed in august
awards & grants
2024 • juror’s award – “what’s cookin’?” group exhibition; palo alto, ca for the work: preparando el desayuno (2021)
2022 • honors studio recipient; university of california berkeley, department of art practice; fall 2022
2022 • certifcate of excellence in the discipline of ceramics;
univeristy of california berkeley, department of art practice; may 2022
2021 • materials quick-grant awardee; university of california
berkeley, department of art practice fall 2021
2019 • uc berkeley undergraduate scholarship (2019-2022)
publication contributions
2024 • “tewi niukiyari/ words of the people/ palabras de la gente” martha street zine issue #10: for the mamas, san jose, ca. july 2024; pg. 24-26
2023 ︎ “the good, the bad, and the wurst,” martha street
quarant-zine issue #9: curiosity, san jose, ca.
march 2023; pg. 29 (read online)