Bio

Tokyo-born and Beijing-raised, I am a multidisciplinary artist, naturalist, avian enthusiast, and aspiring zoo-musicologist currently based in Brooklyn. I hold a BS in Environmental Science from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry as well as an MS in Data Analysis and Visualization from CUNY The Graduate Center. I have worked extensively in the fields of avian migration, songbird behavioral ecology, and conservation science; collaborating with international research institutions including Beijing Normal University, University of Groningen, and Hawk Mountain Sanctuary. I am currently working as a Conservation Planner for the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Inventory and Monitoring Branch. Deeply inspired by both my multicultural upbringing and past work as a research ornithologist, I work to utilize digital artistic tools as an effective means of data-driven wildlife conservation engagement.

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Artist Statement

In my work, I seek to meld the computational to the ecological to explore the nexus that rests at the intersection of aesthetics, wildlife science, and data. Inspired by witnessing biological design in the natural world as a biological field technician, I strive to elicit a feeling of ecologically-driven wonder in an interactive digital format. My intent is thus to create engaging and pedagogical pieces of digital art, focusing on the creative kinship between animals and machines. By envisioning ecological relationships with a digital lens, my work is heavily guided by core tenets of cybernetics and ecofeminism. Working with digital mediums allows me to envision an alternative eco-technological future, not one marred by anthropocentrism, but one in which digital and physical ecosystems may exist in mutualistic harmony. By using human-driven digital formats, I am able to employ a sense of humanism in my data-driven work, which is key in both catalyzing an empathetic shift to a mutualistic future and perceiving oneself as part of the natural world rather than a separate entity.

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