Education

2024  Master of Fine Arts degree, Painting, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

2016      New York Art Program, Ohio Wesleyan University, New York, New York

2019  Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, Painting and Sculpture, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas

Select Exhibitions

2024        This Time Tomorrow, Boston University 2024 MFA Painting Graduates (Group Exhibition), Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY

2024        MFA Thesis Exhibition (Group Exhibition), Stone Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA

2023        Sisyphean Paths, Two-Person Exhibition - Sidharth Shah and Huakai Chen, Commonwealth Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA

2023        Intersections (Group Exhibition), Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA

2020        Chinese Artists Abroad Online Exhibition (Group Exhibition). Curator: Guo Lianzhang

2019        China’s 70th Anniversary Gulou District Art Exhibition (Group Exhibition), Aofeng Memorial Hall, Fuzhou, China. Juror: Gulou District Art & Literature Union

2018        The Resonance From The Future, Two-Person Exhibition - Katie Boni and Huakai Chen, Fine Arts Gallery, The Fayez Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Georgetown, Texas

2015        Central Texas Art Competition (Group Exhibition), Temple, Texas. Juror: O. Rufus Lovett, Professor of Photography at Kilgore College

Professional Experience

2023 Teaching Assistant for Painting II with Wilhelm Neusser, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

2023 Teaching Assistant for Drawing Elective with Jessica Tam, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

2021 - 22 Art Director, Elan & Wise Culture Counseling Co., Ltd., Fuzhou, China

2020 - 22 Private Tutor, Fuzhou, China

2016 - 17 Studio Assistant, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas

Honors and Rewards

2023     Winner of Poet and Painter Collaboration Project, Boston University College of Fine Art

2022 – 2024 Merit Scholarship, Boston University College of Fine Art

2014 – 2019 Ruter Merit Scholarship, Southwestern University