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Where Art
Is Our Passion

Welcome to Yanni's Little Cabin

Education

Cornell University Ithaca, NY Bachelor’s, Major in Fine Arts, Minor in Psychology and Fashion Studies.

GPA: 4.07 /4.0 Aug. 2023 – May 2027

• Relevant Courses: Advanced Sculpture Installation, Performance Art Interactions, Contemporary Chinese Art History, Perception, Prejudice and Stereotyping, Design Computing, and Experimental Fashion.

 

Experience

Curatorial Assistant — AAP Summer Exhibition

May, 2025 – June, 2025
Milstein Hall Dome, Bibliowicz Family Gallery, Sibley Hallways Ithaca, NY

  • Served as one of two core curatorial members, managing wall preparation, artist coordination, artwork intake, and installation across 4 full exhibition iterations.

  • Played a central role in shaping the exhibition’s conceptual architecture, contributing curatorial research, cross-departmental analysis, and spatial strategies for more than 50 works from Architecture, Art, City and Regional Planning, Design Tech, and Real Estate.

  • Introduced the exhibition and led artwork interpretation for 100+ visitors, alumni, and faculty.

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Show Director & Art Director

August, 2024 – Present

Cornell Chinese Drama Society Ithaca, NY

  • Directed a 30-minute comedy show; performed 3 times to 500+ attendees in total, recognized as the top 2 shows.

  • Auditioned and selected 7 out of 25+ talented student actors, ensuring the best fit for the roles.

  • Led weekly 4-hour rehearsals and 40-hour final sprint to refine actors’ performances and stage presence.

  • Designed promotional materials on posters and digital assets using Photoshop and Illustrator, with techniques

    such as Image Tracing for creative visuals.

  • Oversaw all aspects of production, including prop creation, action direction, costume design and making, and

    lighting and sound effects to ensure seamless integration with the themes and characters of the performances.​

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Fashion Designer

August, 2023 – Present

Cornell Fashion Collective Ithaca, NY

  • Organized weekly meetings analyzing graphic and fashion trends and techniques. Helped design annual lookbook.

  • Applied advanced digital design tools such as CLO3D, utilizing features like elastic force simulation to replicate

    realistic fabric folds and sewing methods.

  • Developed expertise in digital knitting, laser cutting, and fashion draping techniques for innovative garment

    creation; experimented sculptural techniques like plaster casting with traditional fabric to explore fashion design.

  • Participated in Cornell’s 41st Annual Fashion Show with 3,000+ attendees. Helped fundraise $30,000.

     

Exhibitions

  • Alluring, Stone Lithography, The Ink Shop Printmaking Center, Ithaca, NY (2024)

  • Soil Underneath My Souls, Performance Art Video, Tajden Wooden Staircase Gallery, Ithaca, NY (2024)

  • Dripping Cost, Mixed Media (rubber hair ties, nail polish, plastic, acrylic), Milstein Hall Dome, Ithaca, NY (2025)

  • Tension in the Current, Mixed Media (chicken wire, fabric, GAC, acrylic), Bibliowicz Family Gallery, Ithaca, NY (2025)

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Skills

Artistic: Sculpting (welding, plaster, fabric), Printmaking (stone lithography, copper plate, reductive screen print, photo silk screen print, plate lithography), Painting (oil paint, acrylic, watercolor), Drawing (charcoal, graphite, ink, pastel), Ceramics (wheel-throwing, hand-building, glazing techniques)
Technical: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Rhino 3D, Clo 3D

Language: English, Chinese

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