I am an interdisciplinary artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area, working across painting, sculpture, ceramics, and digital media. My practice centers on kapwa—a Filipino concept of shared self or togetherness—alongside collective consciousness, restorative justice, and environmental stewardship. Through these lenses, I explore how we relate to one another and to the natural world, and how those relationships might be repaired, reimagined, and renewed.

My work often extends beyond the studio into community spaces, family homes, classrooms, and outdoor public settings. In these spaces, I invite dialogue and collective action at the intersection of society, justice, and the environment. I see art not only as an object, but as a site of encounter, one that can hold complexity, encourage accountability, and cultivate care.

Rooted in both art and research, my practice is shaped by my academic background and by my own lived experiences. It is continually informed by internal struggles that are softened and transformed through sincere, kind, and truthful engagement with others.

EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley

B.A. Legal Studies; B.A. Art Practice, 2025

SELECTED WORKS & INSTALLATIONS

The Lemon Benediction | Anthropology and Art Practice Building | 2025
Installation, steel, wax, clay, porcelain, beeswax, lemon oil, personal family objects

Sunshine on Magnolia Drive |Anthropology and Art Practice Building | 2025
Installation, mixed media, personal and domestic materials

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Transitions - Group Exhibition

Acci Gallery | 652 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709  | October 2025

Tolentino Lemons

Porcelain, cone five glaze, soy wax, cotton wix

Propinquity — Group Exhibition: Blew
UC Berkeley Worth Ryder Art Gallery | April 2025

Blew

Plastic table cloth, blue and silver duct tape, two air blowers, aluminum hooks

Olivia Cherry, Kelcey Christen, Sophia Lavrov, Nataly Sofia Gavarrete Pacheco, Sho Wu,  

Fata Morgana — Installation: Conservation Conversations
UC Berkeley Worth Ryder Art Gallery | Dec 2024
Fall Senior Thesis Exhibition

Conservation Conversations | Installation, 2024
Ceramic, plaster, acrylic paint, netting, found plastics, beach debris, shells, kelp

Painting Pathways: Self-Led Journeys from All Walks of Life
Atrium Gallery, UC Berkeley | Dec 2024

black friday but it’s monday and nothing is on sale
Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley | Dec 2024

Bobo & Honey Bunny | 2024

SELECTED AWARDS & HONORS

Art Practice Certificate of Excellence in the discipline of Sculpture | 2025