PUBLISHED WORKS
2020 - Andria Lo & Valerie Luu, Chinatown Pretty: Fashion and Wisdom from Chinatown’s Most Stylish Seniors, Chronicle Books
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 - Legion “Chinatown Pretty” / San Francisco, CA
2018 - Jewish Community Center “Chinatown Pretty” / San Francisco, CA
2018 - GAP Headquarters / San Francisco, CA
2017 - 41 Ross “Eat Chinatown” / San Francisco, CA
2015 - 41 Ross “Chinatown Pretty” / San Francisco, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 - San Francisco State University, Power of Community: Chinatown Then and Now San Francisco, CA
2021 - Wheaton College, To Scatter or Sow: Diaspora in Contemporary Art, Norton, MA
2019 - Wing Luke Museum, Where Beauty Lies, Seattle, WA
LECTURES
Author talk, San Francisco Public Library, Virtual, 2021
NightLife Live Talk, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, 2021
“It’s a Beautiful Neighbourhood: “Chinatown Pretty” Across North America, LiterASIAN, Virtual, 2021
Asian Googler Network Talks Presents: Chinatown Pretty, Google, Virtual, 2021
Community Day Keynote Speaker, University High School, San Francisco, CA 2021
Creative Entrepreneurship Workshop, Apple, San Francisco, CA, 2020
“Leading Through Change” panel, Salesforce, San Francisco, CA, 2020
Author talk, Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia, Youth Collaborative for Chinatown, Massy Arts Society and Rainforest Books, Virtual, 2020
Podcast interview, They Call Us Bruce, 2020
Author talk, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Eastwind Books, Portland Chinatown Museum, 2020
Author talk, Green Apple Books, San Francisco, CA, 2020
Author talk, Book Soup, Los Angeles, CA, 2020
Author talk, Bookshop West Portal, San Francisco, CA, 2020
Author talk, Bird & Beckett Books & Records, San Francisco, CA, 2020
At the Table, Asian Art Museum, 2016
ALL BIBLIOGRAPHY
Aislyn Greene, “Would a Chinese Grandma Wear This?”, AFAR Magazine, November 22, 2021
Mina Kim, “Stylish Seniors Show Fashion Doesn’t Have an Age Limit,” KQED Forum, October 20, 2021
Marco Werman, “‘Chinatown Pretty’ book celebrates fashion of Chinatown’s older adults,” The World, July 6, 2021
Cynthia Silva, “Chinatown Pretty showcases unexpected, joyous fashion of older Asian Americans” NBC Asian America, June 2, 2021
Hoda & Jenna, Andria Lo and Valerie Luu celebrate fashionable seniors in ‘Chinatown Pretty’, Today Show, May 7, 2021
“Valerie Luu and Andria Lo, authors of ‘Chinatown Pretty,’”, Ricepaper Magazine, April 4, 2021
Andrew Nguyen, “A Joyful Celebration of Chinatown’s Stylish Seniors,” The Cut, March 19, 2021
Tsering Bista, “‘Chinatown Pretty' Celebrates Asian American Elders And Their Sartorial Flair,” NPR: The Picture Show, March 5, 2021
Dion Lim, Chinatown Pretty' photo book captures vibrant style of senior citizens in Chinatowns across country, ABC 7’s Localish, February 16, 2021
Jenee Darden, Chinatown Pretty' Authors Shine the Spotlight On Seniors' Fashion,” KALW, January 21, 2021
“On the catwalk in San Francisco’s Chinatown”, The Economist, November 12, 2021
Sarah Feldberg, “A love letter to Chinatown grandmas and their inimitable style,” San Francisco Chronicle, September 17, 2020
Rosie Merlin, “‘Chinatown Pretty’ celebrates style and wisdom among the neighborhood's trendsetting seniors,” 7x7 Magazine, September 21, 2020Plus M Studios, “Chinatown Pretty / YBCA 100,” December 19, 2020
Geri Koeppel, “‘Chinatown Pretty’ Exhibit Honors Stylish Seniors And Aims To Boost Fashion Sales,” Hoodline, November 17, 2018
Liana Satenstein, “This Instagram Duo Captures the Best Senior Street Style in Chinatowns Across America,” Vogue, December 4, 2017
Jonathan Kauffman, “‘Eat Chinatown’ exhibition celebrates restaurants past and present,” San Francisco Chronicle, January 20, 2017
Luke Tsai, “Photo Exhibit Celebrates the Historic Restaurants of San Francisco Chinatown,” East Bay Express, January 19, 2017
Jessica Placzek, “How Senior Fashion is Turning Heads in San Francisco's Chinatown,” KQED Arts and Culture, January 5, 2016
Katherine Seligman, “Photos capture colorful, unique street fashion of Chinatown,” San Francisco Chronicle, February 5, 2016
Thu-Huong Ha, “The elderly scenesters of Chinatown,” The Quartz, January 13, 2016
RADIO/TELEVISION
Podcast interview, The Candid Frame, 2021
Amber Lee, 'Chinatown Pretty' exhibit discovers unexpected elderly SF style icons, KTVU 2, 2018
AWARDS
2021 Best Book Award - Non-Fiction, Chinese American Librarians Association
2019 YBCA 100 Honoree, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts