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EDUCATION
2010 - 2015 Indiana University Bloomington
BFA Digital Art
BA East Asian Language & Culture + Linguistics Minor
EMPLOYMENT
2021 - present Personal Assistant at Tricia Kaman's Studios, Cleveland, OH
2019 - present Seamstress for Kaman's Art Shoppes, Sandusky, OH
2016 - present Screen Printer at Hip Hues, Nashville, TN + Columbus, OH
2019 - 2020 Event Manager for Jolly Scholar in Cleveland, OH
2019 Event Manager for LGBT Night at The Dome in Kent, OH
2018 - 2020 Lead Portrait Artist at Kaman’s Art Shoppes, Sandusky, OH
2017 - 2018 Production Manager at Graphix Junction, Hudson, OH
2017 Graphic Designer at University Tees, Cleveland, OH
2015 - 2016 Screen Printer at Olan Rogers Supply, Nashville, TN
RESIDENCIES
2020 School of Making Thinking: Performing Knowledge, Pittsburgh PA (on hold due to COVID)
2019 Outsiders Retreat, Ohio
2017 - 2019 Vintage Frame Affair, Canton, OH
2018 - 2019 Rubber City Prints, Akron, OH
AWARDS AND LEADERSHIP
2020 Master of Amazement at Ohio Burlypicks
2018 Miss Ohio All Star Princess Pageant 2nd Alternate, Youngstown OH
Ohio Gay Pride Femme 2nd Alternate, Columbus OH
2015 2nd Place Rock Music Video Winner at Indie Gathering Film Fest, Cleveland OH
Best High Concept Music Video at Zed Film Fest, Burbank CA
2014 - 2015 Excellence in Korean Language Award
2013 - 2015 Dean's List
2013 Korean Conversation Club Secretary
2012 - 2015 Cofounder and Art Department Officer of Indiana All Media
CONVENTIONS + EXPOS + ART WALKS
2019 Bound & Loaded Zine Fest - Cleveland
Imprint Zine Fest - Cleveland
BLOOM - Human Trafficking Benefit, Cleveland
Camp Lilac Benefit Dinner, Cleveland
Live Portraits at 78th St Studios Third Friday, Cleveland
2018 Women Illustrators Group Show at Loop in Tremont, Cleveland
2017 - 2018 Pop Up Market at Hive Mind, Akron
2017 - 2019 Genghis Con Cleveland
2017 St. Louis Small Press Expo
Book Release of "Omni," at Weird Realms, Cleveland
2016 Grandma's Jackets, Eternal Visions Showcase, Nashville
2015 Grandma's Jackets + The Club Noire Fashion Show, Nashville
Grandma's Jackets + Shitty Cig Art at Foobar, Nashville (recurring)
TEACHING & WORKSHOPS
2021 Making Your Life as an Artist at Battle of the Teal, Cleveland, OH
2020 Drag 101 at Cleveland Exotic Dance, Cleveland, OH
Camming Like a Pro at Cleveland Exotic Dance, Cleveland, OH
Chalk Pastel Portraits at Shaker Arts Council, Cleveland, OH
Drag Queen Figure Drawing at Cleveland Museum of Art
2019 CMYK Workshop, Rubber City Prints, Akron OH
2018 Video as Art, Continuing Education at Cleveland Institute of Art
2014 - 2015 Social Media Marketing & Personal Branding with CEWiT
2012 ESL Teaching Internship at Maeji Elementary in Wonju, South Korea
English Tutoring at Yonsei University, Wonju, South Korea
INTERVIEWS + PRESS
2020 "Bursting the Beauty Bubble" Panel Speaker with KIN
"Christmas is Cancelled" with Princess Jafar - Podcast & Video, interview
Circle of Nerds - Podcast & Video, interview
The Observer - "Putting the Gal in Galentines Day"
The Observer - "The Issue with Iconic" interview
Paper Phoenix Ink - "Queer Comic Artist" interview
Circle of Nerds - Podcast & Video, interview
2019 Destination Cleveland - "The Drag Scene" interview
Destination Cleveland - "48 Hour City Guide" interview
Destination Cleveland - "The Best Part" commercial
Crowd DNA "Cleveland Youth Culture Mobile Mission" interview
2018 Bitchface - podcast interview
Women on the Line - "Impact of SESTA/FOSTA on Sex Workers" podcast interview
OnPoint Miami - "Women Comic Creators" podcast interview
2017 Bitchface - podcast interview
KB Time - "The Artist Known As Kay-T Critiques" live television interview
SHOWS, SCREENINGS, AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS
ACTING & SPOKEN WORD
2020 SPACES Annual Benefit Telethon Host
2019 Inferno - Maelstrom Collaborative Arts
Destination Cleveland - Commercial Actor
Let Envy Out, Lakewood, OH
Voice Acting for Peg and Deb, SPACES, Cleveland OH
ART INSTALLATION
2020 The Wandering - Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, Cleveland OH
2019 End of Days - SPACES, Cleveland OH
Inferno - Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, Cleveland OH
SHOWS OF INDIVIDUAL WORKS
Dusty Bucket. Drag, burlesque, performance art
2020 Plexus Winter Soiree
Cleveland Exotic Dance Winter Showcase
SPACES Annual Benefit Telethon
Master of Amazement at Ohio Burlypicks
2019 Saturnalia - Maelstrom Collaborative Arts
Austin International Drag Festival, Austin TX
"$$$" at Short Form, Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, Cleveland, OH
Featured on Destination Cleveland, Cleveland Tourism Website
CSU Annual Drag Showcase, Cleveland OH
Ingenuity Festival, Cleveland OH
Headliner at Boobstock, Hudson, OH
Ohio Burlesque Festival, Cleveland, OH
2018 Miss Ohio All Star Princess Pageant 2nd alternate, Youngstown OH
2rd Alternate at Ohio Gay Pride Femme 2019 Pageant, Columbus OH
2017 Miss Ohio All Star Pageant, Akron OH
Hairy Queers. Chalk pastel portrait series
2020 Weird Women Co. Zone "Sex Love and Other Stuff" Issue
2019 Tremont Arts Festival, OH
3rd Space Gallery, Canton Art Prize, OH
Sweet 'Art, London, UK
Jupiter Studios, Alliance, OH
The Root Cafe, Lakewood, OH
Hairy Femme Mother Zine
Bechdel Film Festival, Akron
Makeshift Art Gallery, Canton
Silo Art Studio, Canton
The Art Of Queer, online gallery
Rubber City Prints Gallery Space
2018 "Color High" Studio 2091, Akron
"LGBTQ+ Juried Exhibition" Akron Soul Train, at Hive Mind, Akron
Kay-T Critiques. Video and performance installation
2020 SPACES Annual Benefit Telethon
Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, Conundrum Co-Op, video & performance
2019 Project3 Gallery Akron, online gallery
2018 Peg and Deb Show, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland
2016 Aggregate, Ground Floor Gallery + Studios, Nashville
Hello To All This, Working Girls Collective Series at CCIC, Indianapolis
2015 Grunwald Gallery BFA Thesis Exhibition, Bloomington
2014 IAM Film Festival, Bloomington
Grunwald Gallery Non-Graduating BFA Exhibition, Bloomington
Puzzle Factory. Short Story
2020 Outsiders Anthology
Armpit Hair. Short Story
2019 Like A Girl Issue 5
SOIL Arts and Literature
2018 Broadside Press
Blood. Comic short
2019 Vagabond Anthology "Kindred"
Genius Next Door. Comic short
2017 Vagabond Anthology Issue Six "Afloat"
"Positive Reinforcements" Maelstrom Arts Gallery Show, Cleveland
Fuck You Kitchen/Can't Stand The Heat/Your Local Kitchen Idiot. Comic short
2018 Devil Strip Magazine, ongoing monthly
Call Out Comics
Vagabond Anthology Issue Eight "Pizza Party"
2017 Vagabond Anthology Issue Seven "Assorted Flavors"
Evil Twin. Comic short
2016 Estuaries Zine #1 "Reconciling the Queer South"
Donna Tramp / Locker Room Talk. Music and videos
2017 Portland Unknown Film Festival, Portland
2016 Nasty Woman Exhibition, Knockdown Center, NYC
Nasty Women Nashville, Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville
Corn Federation. HSSaLPaCaHSS video collaboration
2016 Iris Film Festival
2015 NSAL Student Career Award 1st Place
Waldron Center Gallery
2014 Middlecoast Festival
IAM Film Festival
2013 Student Cinema Showcase
Taste My Lightning. Music video
2015 Indie Gathering Film Festival 2nd Place Rock Music Video Winner
Zed Film Festival “Best High Concept Music Video”
Zed Film Festival “Best Song”
ACRS Film Festival
Free Film Festival
2014 IAM Film Festival
Pick Up. Video & performance
2014 IAM Film Festival
2013 Student Cinema Showcase
Creatures, Not Monsters. Video & performance
2014 IAM Film Festival
Campus Movie Festival
Crying Party. HSSaLPaCaHSS video, interactive multimedia, performance collaboration
2014 Fuller Projects Gallery
Green. HSSaLPaCaHSS video collaboration
2014 Fuller Projects Gallery “Neorascality: Disruptions of the Public Sphere”
Tilted Arc Performance. Live performance
2014 Fuller Projects Gallery “Neorascality: Disruptions of the Public Sphere”
Internet, Identity, Cats. HSSaLPaCaHSS video & performance collaboration
2014 Fuller Projects Gallery
Timeline (Clocks). HSSaLPaCaHSS collaboration
2013 Fuller Projects Gallery
"My Favorite Korean…." Video
2013 Korean Consulate Video Contest Winner
LIVE MUSIC
2016 Secret Friends, Nashville TN
2015 Dad Jokes at Root Cellar, Bloomington IN
Girl Tho at Root Cellar, Bloomington IN
Ukulele Gaga at Back Door, Bloomington IN
2014 Ukulele Gaga at Bloomington Pride, IN