b. Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1992
EDUCATION
University of Pennsylvania, Certificate in Time-Based and Interactive Media, expected 2025
Bryn Mawr College, B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science, Magna Cum Laude, 2014
AWARDS
Pew Fellowship (2021-2023)
Velocity Grant (2023)
OACCE Neighborhood Arts Program Grant (2023)
OACCE Illuminate the Arts Grant (2021)
Leslie Lohman Museum Artist Fellowship (2020-2021)
Center for Emerging Visual Artists Fellowship (2019-2020)
Elsewhere Philadelphia Exchange Fellowship (2019)
Leeway Foundation Art & Change Grant (2019)
Leeway Foundation Transformation Award (2017)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 (Re)Focus, Moore Galleries, Philadelphia PA
Eva Wu at the Wilma Theater, Wilma Theater, Philadelphia PA
WayGay on Display: Staff Picks and New Acquisitions from the Permanent Art Collection, William Way, Philadelphia PA
20/92, Ice Box Project Space, Philadelphia PA
2023 The Body You Want, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia PA
Fortune Presents Year of the Water Rabbit, Ice Box Project Space, Philadelphia PA
Murmurations, SOMArts, San Fransisco CA
Bodega Snacks, Crisis Club Gallery, Oakland CA
2022 Forbidden City: A Peep Show Retrospective, Practice Gallery, Philadelphia PA (solo show)
On Our Backs, Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, Ithaca NY
Hella Feminist, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland CA
2021 Intricate Intimate, Allouche Gallery, New York NY
Unprecedented Times, Esther Klein Gallery, Science Center, Philadelphia PA
2020 An Alarming Specificity, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford PA
Let Us Love You As You Are, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford PA
Sex Workers’ Pop-up, Open Society Foundation, New York NY
2019 No Human Involved, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland OR
Unsettling Time, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN
Stonewall @ 50, Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA
New Asian Futurisms, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia PA
Technologies, High Tide Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Becoming 25, Prostor39, Prague Czech Republic
To Belong, City Hall LGBTQ Office of Affairs, Philadelphia PA
2018 Making Space: Leeway @ 25, Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia PA
Dreams of You: Soft Touches and Fiber Futures, William Way LGBTQ Community Center, Philadelphia PA (2-person show)
Sensorium, Berlin, Betonest, Stolpe Germany
A/Publics, Brodsky Gallery, Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
Black and Blue: the Colors of Leather, The William Way LGBTQ Community Center, Philadelphia PA
2017 Eva Wo Solo Show, 40th St AIR Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Unbound Bodies, EMW Bookstore, Boston MA
Embracing Failure, Off the Wall Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Super|Object 004: Bodies, First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia PA
Salt Carriers, 40th St AIR Gallery, Philadelphia PA
We Are All Paul, Paul Robeson House & Museum, Philadelphia PA
2016 Nah @ Yr Roots, Dixon Place, New York NY
Art BBQ, Little Berlin, Philadelphia PA
Soft Thots Hard Nights, Panorama Space, Philadelphia PA
Incite Excite, A-Space, Philadelphia PA
Anthesteria, Berks Warehouse, Philadelphia PA
2015 Bronze Dipped in Gold 2, Spirited Tattooing Coalition, Philadelphia PA
Queer Art + Activism Now, Dixon Place, New York NY
Prison Health and Reentry Summit, Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia PA
Fun-A-Day Philadelphia, Studio 34, Philadelphia PA
2014 Own Worst Enemy, Center for Arts and Humanities, Haverford College, Haverford PA
TEACHING
2023-current Visiting Instructor, “Imaging Public Sex Utopias: A Production Workshop,” Visual Studies, Haverford College, Haverford PA
2021 Guest Lecturer, “Post-Porn Precarity,” DocuLab, Haverford College, Haverford PA
2019 Guest Teaching Artist, “Creating API Futurist GIFS,” Asian Arts Initiative, Youth Arts Workshop, Philadelphia PA
2017 Lead Teaching Artist, “Dirty Danger,” Mural Arts Philadelphia’s Trash Academy, Philadelphia PA
2016 Lead Teaching Artist, “Community Recipe Cards,” Mural Arts Philadelphia & Bartram's Gardens, Philadelphia PA
2016 Design Partner, Girls Rock Philly, Philadelphia PA
2015 Lead Teaching Artist, Asian Arts Initiative, Youth Arts Workshop, Philadelphia PA
2014 Teaching Artist, Norris Square Neighborhood Project, Art Factory, Philadelphia PA
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2024 Kokomo City Screening & Panel Discussion, The Galleries at Moore, Moore College, Philadelphia PA
Kiss Your Friends, Queer & Sex Worker Utopias in DIY Film, VCAM Cinema, Haverford College, Haverford PA
2023 Hot Bits — Creative Alliance, Baltimore MD; Ice Box Project Space, Philadelphia PA
Art of Pleasure, William Way LGBT Community Center, Philadelphia PA
Not Safe for Socials: Imaging Sex Utopias and De-Censoring Obscenity, VCAM Upper Create Space, Haverford College, Haverford PA
2020 Hot Bits — Outsider Fest, Vortex, Austin TX; “Exposed: 24 Hour Film,” Smutfest; What Does Liberation Look & Feel Like, online
2019 Hot Bits — Lightbox Film Center, International House, Philadelphia PA; Creative Alliance, Baltimore MD; Oberon Theater, Harvard College, Cambridge MA;
Outsider Fest, Vortex, Austin TX; Buss it Open: An Art Show, Murmur Gallery, Atlanta GA; Idapalooza, Ida TN
2018 Hot Bits — Vox Populi, Philadelphia PA; Creative Alliance, Baltimore MD; Oberon Theater, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
Healing and Feeling, The Rotunda, Philadelphia PA
Late Night Morsels, The Rotunda, Philadelphia PA
2017 Hot Bits — 40th Street AIR Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Selfies for Survival, A-Space, Philadelphia, selfies4survival.tumblr.com
Friends & Neighbors, AIR Space, Philadelphia
PANELS & TALKS
2024 Panelist, Liberation Tarot Launch Party, Bluestockings Cooperative, New York NY
2023 Moderator, Working Girls: Screening & Conversation with Lizzie Borden, Haverford College, Haverford PA
Speaker, Working It: Sex Workers on the Work of Sex book talk, Lot 49, Philadelphia PA
2022 Grant Review Panelist, 2022 Fall Art & Change Grant, Leeway Foundation, online
2021 Artist Talk: Queer Art & Sex Positivity, Friends School, online
2020 Grant Review Panelist, Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh, The Pittsburgh Foundation and Heinz Endowments, online
Speaker, Conference on the Couch: Intervening (In) Media, Outsider Fest, Austin TX
Speaker, Art of Activism: Monumental Change, Mural Arts, Philadelphia PA
Speaker, Power Map: Historic Mural Activations, Mural Arts, Philadelphia PA
2019 Artist Talk: Queer Indie Film, Sacramento City College, Sacramento CA
Speaker, Conference on the Couch: Body Parts, Outsider Fest, Austin TX
Artist Talk: Eva Wǒ, Fortune: Technologies, High Tide, Philadelphia PA
Artist Talk: Gifs and Digital Futurism, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN
Speaker, SEXx Stonewall: Roots, Rage, Revolution, Honoring Our Roots, Ruba Club, Philadelphia PA
Speaker, Qunify’s Our Stories: Kinky Queers, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Speakers, Venus Saturn Square Reading, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia PA
RESIDENCIES
2024 Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga CA
2019 Elsewhere Philadelphia Exchange Fellowship, Greensboro NC
2017 BetOnest, Stolpe Germany
Kate Escape, Baltimore MD
2016-17 40th Street AIR Space, Philadelphia PA
2014 Maypop Collective, Just Transition Project, Philadelphia PA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 Peter Crimmins, “Erotic Art Softens Up Asian Arts Initiative,” WHYY, April 17 2023
Mathilda Bickers, “Working It: Sex Workers on the Work of Sex,” PM Press, p. 143
Taeyi Kim, “The Body You Want,” ArtAsiaPacific, September 4 2023
Vriddhi Vinay, “Exploring the boundaries of pornography and erotic art in ‘The Body You Want’ at Asian Arts Initiative,” ArtBlog, June 15 2023
Isabella Segalovich, “12 Art Shows to See in Philadelphia This Summer,” Hyperallergic, July 6 2023
2022 Timaree Schmitt, “Forbidden City,” Philadelphia Weekly, September 5 2022
2020 Dr. Timaree Schmit, “Talking Hot Bits and DIY P0rn,” Sex With Timaree Podcast, January 29 2020
James Scott, “Queer XXX film fest presents the funny, the sexy, and the human,” The Austin Chronicle, February 23 2020
Josh Herren, “Philly Fringe 2020: Casa de Duende presents ‘States of Desire’ Tom of Finland in 2020,” Broad Street Review, September 15 2020
R.T. Collins, “SFPFF Spotlight: Kitchen Talk, Reclaiming Our Image,” Peepshow, August 20 2020
2019 Lindsay Costello, ”In Portland, An Annual Exhibition by and for Sex Workers,” Hyperallergic, November 26 2019
Wit López, ”Hot Bits Founders Open Up about Their Erotic Arts Fest Coming This Weekend,” Philly Artblog, April 24 2019
Kyle Cohlmia,“‘No Human Involved’: Art by sex workers tells a complex story,” Oregon Arts Watch, December 6 2019
editorial, Sinθ Magazine, Issue 10: THRIVE 盛
Thomas Hine, ”50 Years After Stonewall,” Philadelphia Inquirer, July 14 2019
Sarah Kim, “FORTUNE zine creators discuss the necessity to make space for queer Asian representation,” Philly Artblog, July 10 2019
Juliana Feliciano Reyes, ”Queer erotic film festival Hot Bits, in Philly this weekend, is giving diverse, empowering porn to the people,” Philadelphia Inquirer, April 24 2019
Ray Simon, “Queer porn showcase offers more than money shots,” Philly Gay News, April 24 2019
Ray Simon, “Honoring the rage that drives activism and change,” Philly Gay News, May 16 2019
2018 Hannah Ongley, “700 Bliss is a noise project that will save you,” i-D, March 28 2018
Simone Jones, ”Mercy Issue,” Protest Magazine, p. 44-51
Conrad Benner, ”New Philly Mural Celebrates Queer Femme Identity,” Streets Dept, June 18 2018
Timaree Schmit, “Get your flicks: Upcoming Hot Bits XXX Film Fest to celebrate the best in DIY LGBT cinema,” Philadelphia Weekly, January 3-10 2018, p. 9
Ray Simon, “Exhibit Explores 'the Colors of Leather’,” Philly Gay News, February 7 2018
Amanda V. Wagner, ”The digital underground is ready for its closeup,” Broad Street Review, January 9 2018
Editorial, NUMiNOUS Mag, Vol 5 Issue 20: Horror Issue, September 2018, pages 23-25
2017 Erin White, ”Plus-sized, Bearded, Female-assigned Nonbinary Artist Embraces Their Magic,” Afropunk, May 8 2017
Mask Staff, ”Without Tenderness We Are In Hell,” Mask Magazine, Lonely Issue, February 2017
Joey Molina, ”Bodies on Display Zine No. 1,” p. 31-33
“Drift by Eva Wǒ & David Amado,” Apiary Magazine, May 22 2017
”Mural Arts’ Trash Academy Launches New Video Series and Big Belly Trash Can Designs to Educate on Waste and Litter Issues,” Clean PHL, November 2017
Patrick Rapa, ”37 Things to Do This Weekend,” Philadelphia Magazine, May 12 2017
Patrick Rapa, ”12 Things to Do This Week in Lit, Comedy, Art, Theater, Movies and Murder,” Philadelphia Magazine, May 10 2017
Editorial, “X by X,” Peachfuzz Magazine, Vol 5 Issue 1, p. 6-12
Editorial, ”Swollen,” Coven Berlin
Carolyn Yates, ”NSFW Sunday Endorses Ghosting,” Autostraddle, January 15 2017
Anassa Kata, Bryn Mawr Alumni Bulletin, June 2017
Editorial, Going Low: NSFW Gifs in an Apocalyptic Settings, Curate This
2016 Editorial, “Numinous - Femmeasfuck + Eva Wo,” Nakid Magazine, March 31 2016
2015 #blacklivesmatter #sayhername and the art of #tintedjustice,” Cultural Organizing,