Preparator Work

From 2018-2023 I worked at the Richmond Center for Visual Arts, as a gallery preparator. I assisted in over 50 exhibition installations. I am currently continuing work as a preparator for the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.

What's a Preparator? A preparator takes care of art and galleries. They handle and install artwork in the galleries.

Richmond Center for Visual Arts Archive

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Archive

Below are some examples of the exhibitions I have installed while working at the RCVA and KIA.

Powerful Forces: Legends, Rituals, and Warriors in East Asian Art

September 14, 2024 - January 19, 2025

Through depictions of quiet temples and sacred deities, ceremonial vessels and devoted priests, and the esteemed figures of scholars and samurai, Powerful Forces: Legends, Rituals, and Warriors in East Asian Art illuminates the profound themes of power and legend intrinsic to East Asian heritage.

Legendary Voices: Art for the Next Century

September 6, 2024 - February 16, 2025

For 100 years, the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts has served as an art museum and community-based art school for local, regional, and national audiences. In honor of our centennial, the KIA is proud to present Legendary Voices: Art for the Next Century. This exciting exhibition pairs and occasionally groups artworks from different periods, artists, and genres creating compelling connections and dialogues, while also illuminating the breadth of the KIA’s collection.

Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass

May 18 - August 18, 2024

This stunning exhibition embodies the intellectual content of Native traditions, newly illuminated by the unique properties that can only be achieved by working with glass. Whether reinterpreting traditional stories and designs or expressing contemporary issues affecting Indigenous societies, Indigenous artists have created content-laden bodies of work via the medium of glass.

2024 West Michigan Area Show

May 3 - August 18, 2023

Take a virtual tour on the KIA website by clicking the link above.

Kyungmi Shin: A Story to Finding Us

January 20 - May 14, 2024

Kyungmi Shin: A Story to Finding Us continues the artist’s explorations of the historical narratives embedded in painting and ceramic practices flowing between the East and West.

American Realism: Visions of America, 1900-1950

January 20 - April 14, 2024

American Realism: Visions of America, 1900-1950 looks at this period through the paintings, drawings, and prints that sought to capture the new American experience, especially within the nation’s burgeoning and rapidly evolving urban centers. Drawing primarily from the collections of three Michigan museums — the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Flint Institute of Arts, and the Muskegon Museum of Art

2023 West Michigan Area Show

May 27 - August 27, 2023

The annual area show includes a piece of my own Education Foundation. Take a virtual tour on the KIA website by clicking the link above.

Sugoi! 200 Years of Japanese Art

May 13 - September 3, 2023

The KIA’s longstanding history of collecting works and presenting exhibitions celebrating the artists and art practices of East Asia continues with Sugoi! 200 Years of Japanese Art.