ABOUT
As a board-certified art therapist and watercolor artist, I am deeply drawn to how creativity can be a pathway to healing and human resilience. My journey began during a season of personal health challenges. Discovering a humble watercolor palette became a turning point, revealing how suffering could power creative energy and how art can foster profound healing. This ultimately lead me to the creation of Coco Bee Art—a YouTube channel devoted to sharing art’s therapeutic potential, and the completion of a Master of Arts in Art Therapy.
My work blends Western watercolor with the reflective white space and expressive, intuitive brushwork of Eastern traditions. My philosophy is process-focused rather than the product-focused. In my practice, form, color, and gestures communicate from the subconscious what words cannot. For me, art is not only a practice of self meditation but a space for self discovery, play, and transformation. As both an artist and art therapist, I remain dedicated to discovering and sharing how art—whether on watercolor paper, in hospital rooms, or through digital spaces—can help us transcend pain, reclaim joy, and rediscover our own resilience.
curriculum-vitae
S O L O exhibitions
Coco Bee Art: 100k Subscribers Celebration, Youtube Studios Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2017
Subconscious Mind, Le Virunga, Montreal, Canada, 2016
G R O U P exhibitions
Stanford Creative & Healing Arts, Stanford Hospital, California, USA. 2025
Spectrum, Remote Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada. 2021
Inside Out, Creative Arts Therapies Exhibition, New York, USA. 2021
Places and Faces, Continuing Studies Gallery, Toronto, Canada. 2019
The Inspired, Fridge Door Gallery, Montreal, Canada, 2015
A W A R D S
Gold R.O.S.E (Recognition of Service Excellence) Award Recipient, Stanford Children’s Hospital, USA, 2026
2nd Place Winner, Dorothy Summers 3rd Annual Visual Art Prize, California, USA, 2025
Recipient, Youtube Silver Creators Award (100k Subscribers), Toronto, Canada, 2017
Finalist, Together Art Competition, Aga Khan Foundation Canada, Toronto, 2016
P R E S S
“Turning Heartbeats Into Art and Harmony, ” (Featured art therapist), 2026
“Embracing Mental Health: The Transformative Power of Art Therapy,” (Featured art therapist), 2025
Understanding Your Sensitive Self, Interview, 2016
Doodlewash Featured Artist, Interview, 2016
M E M B E R S H I P
American Art therapy Association