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Updated October 2026. PDF available on request. Press
education:
- 2022M.A., Interactive Media Arts, NYU Shanghai
- 2014B.A., Fine Arts, Sculpture and Intermedia, University of Southern California
solo exhibitions:
- 2023Scentience: A Collection of Olfactory Expressions, Boston University, Boston
- 2023Associations: Symphonic Ephemera, lecture-performance, Olfactory Art Keller, New York
- 2022Your Dog Knows, Olfactory Art Keller, New York
- 2021/forest bath, Olfactory Art Keller, New York
group exhibitions:
- 2026Nancy Rexroth: Secrets of My Power, scent, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati
- 2025Ether: Aromatic Mythologies, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles
- 2025The Rise of Medusa, with Goldie Poblador, Art Fair Philippines, Makati
- 2024Scents of Us, NYC Media Lab, New York
- 2023Gateways to Awareness, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
- 2023Noseum, OSMOCOSM, MIT, Cambridge, MA
- 2022Nodes, MyFi in the Garden, MyFi Studio, Miami
- 2022OAK@IAO, The Institute for Art and Olfaction, Los Angeles
- 2022Pleasures From The Garden, SAIC, Chicago
- 2021New York/New Fumes, Olfactory Art Keller, New York
- 2019Catharsis, ForeverWare, Hidden Currencies, Brooklyn
- 2018Cyborg Seas, ForeverWare, H0L0, Brooklyn
- 2017Being With Bodies, The William Vale, New York
performances:
- 2025Sensory Symphony, open rehearsal, 106th Performance Space, New York
awards and residencies:
- 2024Innovation Award, NYC Media Lab and CHANEL Virtual Synesthesia Challenge, for Scents of Us
- 2023Visiting Artist Residency, BU Arts Initiative, Boston University
- 2021Scholarship, Support Creativity x Uptown's Finest
research and professional experience:
- 2025 to nowFounder, Signals Olfactive
- 2026 to nowJunior art director, Mythologist Studio
- 2023 to nowApprentice perfumer, Mythologist Studio, under Michael Nordstrand
- 2019 to 2025Research consultant, SMELL-RS, The Rockefeller University
- 2023Gender equity and inclusion advisor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- 2022Research technician, Monell Chemical Senses Center
- 2016 to 2018Design director, The Family
- 2017Project manager, Wild Dogs International
publications:
- 2026Hsieh, Dougherty, et al. SMELL-RS: A Self-administered, Digital Test for Olfactory Dysfunction that is Rapid, Reliable, and Accurate. medRxiv preprint
- 2026Sensory Symphony: Exploring the Interplay of Scent, Voice, and Movement. Sensum Fanzine, Vol. 1, Issue 1
- 2025 to nowScent Made Digital, essays, Substack
- 2024Editor, Christopher Rose and Andreas Mershin, Perceptual Engineering: How Olfaction and Other Senses Create Reality, Rebel Minds
talks and panels:
- 2026The Invisible Medium: Scent in Contemporary Art, panel, ScentXplore, New York (upcoming, Nov 5)
- 2026Artificial Olfaction or Olfactory Intelligence?, panel, 1014, New York
- 2025Artist Talk: Research-Driven Art Practice, Rhode Island School of Design
- 2024Survey of Olfactory Illusions, Experimental Scent Summit, Lisbon
- 2023Scentience, artist talk, Boston University
- 2023Olfactory Suggestion, Experimental Psychology: Perception, Boston University
- 2023The Business of Creating, Managing Visual Arts, Boston University
- 2022Odor Organ: Device Design for Olfactory Education, OSMOCOSM
- 2022Introduction to Working with Scent, Design Lab, University of Pennsylvania
- 2021Growing Your Work: Biomaterials in Creative Forms, School of Form, SWPS University, Warsaw
- 2021Creating with Scent, OSMOCOSM
- 2021Introduction to Working with Scent, New York University
- 2021Meet a Nose, Institute for Art and Olfaction
workshops:
- 2023Scent Mapping, Neural Systems: Functional Circuit Analysis, Boston University
- 2023Manufacturing Scented Objects, EPIC, Boston University
- 2022NSF Convergence Accelerator workshops: Frontiers in Chemical Sensing, and Chemical Sensing with an Olfaction Analogue
diving certifications:
- Open Water, Advanced Open Water Diver, Caribbean Marine Monitoring Diver, Caribbean Coral Identification Diver, Project AWARE, Fish Identification, Coral Health Monitoring Diver, Coral Nursery Maintenance Diver, Caribbean Dolphin Awareness Specialty
service:
- 2024 to nowVolunteer, The Philly Goat Project
- 2022 to 2024Board of Directors, OSMOCOSM: Global Machine Olfaction Conference
- 2021 to 2023Design director, Pull To Refresh
- 2021 to 2023Research designer, MyGrow Design
- 2020 to 2021Onshore volunteer, Sea Shepherd NYC