Some announcements are not just career milestones - they are thresholds.
I am honored to share that in April 2026, I will be an Artist-in-Residence at Château d’Orquevaux in Champagne, France. This residency invites artists from around the world to step away from the ordinary, immerse in the French countryside, and create new work rooted in memory, landscape, and heritage.
Coincidentally, I was traveling on summer holiday with my family in the South of France when I heard the news. I checked my email and missed my acceptance message and luckily they sent me another to followup😅.
https://www.chateauorquevaux.com
For me, this acceptance is more than recognition. It is an invitation to deepen the central question of my practice: What does it mean to live in the in-between?
✦ Why This Residency Matters
Château d’Orquevaux is internationally regarded for its commitment to supporting artists through solitude, community, and dialogue. To be part of this global cohort of painters, writers, and makers is a chance to expand my voice and bring my practice into conversation with an international audience.
✦ What I’ll Be Creating
My project will explore liminality — the spaces between what was and what is becoming. Using watercolor, ink, and experimental forms. I’ll translate family memory, cultural heritage, and the sensory landscape of Champagne into work that moves between tradition and reinvention.
Key motifs:
Botanicals from French and Chinese traditions
Rituals of gathering
Material formats of different paper forms
✦ Living in the In-Between
I often say: Some of us were not built for arrival. We belong to the threshold.
This residency allows me to live inside that philosophy
To walk through the gardens, sit at long tables, and let daily rituals guide brushstroke after brushstroke.
✦ What Comes Next
Over the next several months, I’ll share behind-the-scenes glimpses as I prepare: sketches, color palettes, cultural references, and the slow building the story of in-betweenness.
Stay tuned for updates, limited-edition prints inspired by this work, and reflections from France.
Closing
This residency is a dream, a dream I feel like has already been a reality…but it is also a bridge: between cultures, disciplines, and stories that long to be told. Thank you for walking with me as this chapter unfolds.