education
2023-2025 - Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A) in Illustration
2019-2023 - Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD U) Bachelor of Design (BDes) in Illustration *with distinction
2012-2022 - studied drawing and painting with Brian Zheng, a member of the Alberta Society of Art
experience
★ 2023 - Inventory Lead for OCAD U ILLU/GRPH GradEx Shop - organized products and guidelines, customer service
★ 2022 - peer notetaker for OCAD U
★ 2021 - full time graphic designer, website designer and art & crafts teacher for kids (through Zoom) for the Chinese Cultural Promotion Society (CCPS)
★ 2020 - full time graphic designer for the CCPS: I designed brochures, posters, aided with website design and compiled arts and crafts and other activities for children
★ 2019 - part time arts and crafts teacher for the CCPS summer camp at McCauley School in Edmonton, Alberta, for kids under 10 years old
- over four years of experience using Procreate, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Fresco, InDesign, Premiere Pro and After Effects
awards
• 2023 - SCAD - Academic & Achievement Scholarship
• 2023 - OCAD U's RBC CEAD Career Launcher Fund
• 2021 - Dalglish Family Foundation Illustration Bursary
• 2019 - nominated for and received the Edmonton Public School board Fine Arts district award in Grade 12
• 2017, 2018, 2019 - top mark of 100% in Art 10, Art 20 IB and Art 30 IB (Grade 10, 11 and 12) at Old Scona Academic High School
events
LIVE DRAWING/MURALS
• 2024 - SCAD Accepted Students Celebration speed portrait/caricature artist
• 2024 - Live Mural Artist at the SCAD deFine:Art opening reception block party at SCAD Museum of Art (largest museum event of the year)
TABLING/CONVENTIONS
• 2024 - SCAD Illustration Society Sketchbook Expo
• 2023 - Muni Muni Art Festival (Edmonton)
• 2023 - OCAD U GradEx 108 Shop
• 2023 - OCAD Artist Alley (volunteer)
• 2022 - OCAD Artist Alley
• 2021 - Virtual OCAD Artist Alley
exhibits
• 2024 - Inward Skateboarding Magazine
• 2023 - OCAD U GradEx 108
• 2023 - Featured on Format (website builder) Portfolio Spotlight - Visual Art
• 2023 - Ink Movement Edmonton: Alberta Youth Anthology Vol.2
• 2023 - Issue 2 of CIRCE Magazine
• 2022 - Ink Movement Edmonton: Alberta Youth Anthology
• 2021 - Ink Movement National Youth Anthology Vol.1
• 2021 - Issue 1 of CIRCE Magazine
• 2021 - Experiences Canada This! Is Canada Virtual Art Gallery - Pandemic Perspectives
• 2020 - Ink Movement Edmonton Youth Anthology Vol.1
• 2020 - Art Gallery of Alberta for the Denton Purple Art Contest
• 2019 - “ShowOff!” 2019 Art exhibit hosted by the Alberta University of the Arts
• 2017-2019 - Edmonton Art Centre, the Art Gallery of Alberta, and the Shaw Conference Centre (The pARTnership Gallery)
competitions
• 2020 - shortlisted as one of five finalists for the provincial Art Gallery of Alberta's Denton's Purple Art Contest
• 2018, 2019 - accepted as one of the top 30 finalists twice for the national Calgary Stampede 2019 and 2020 poster competition
• 2018 - second for the provincial Art Gallery of Alberta's "What makes you feel alive" art competition
• 2017 - first in my age group (14/15) for the provincial (Alberta) Ukrainian Village art competition "Where we came from"
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