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 *honours with distinction
2012-2022 - studied drawing and painting with Brian Zheng, a member of the Alberta Society of Art
experience
★ 2025 - Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Intern | SCAD | ILLU 309 Illustrating Beyond the Page - Worked with Professor Ryan Sanchez. Provided personalized constructive critique for students (for narrative and conceptual assignments, character designs), hosted extra help sessions and office hours weekly, developed and presented lectures and assignments, monitored and answered emails
★ 2025 - SCAD Graduate Illustration Club Executive + Design Team - Helped manage and plan club events, volunteered with decorations and set up for events, recorded sales
★ 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, redesigned their website, and developed arts and crafts and activity booklets 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 six 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
competitions
• 2025 SCAD Album Cover Redesign Contest hosted by Southeastern Printing - voted first place out of 10 finalists
• 2024 International Design Awards (IDA) : Honorable Mention for "My Name" book cover
• 2024 International Design Awards (IDA) : Honorable Mention for "Cocktail Characters" set of advertising posters
• 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"
events
LIVE DRAWING/MURALS
• 2025 - Live Mural Artist at the SCAD deFine:Art opening reception block party at SCAD Museum of Art (largest museum event of the year)
• 2024 - Live Mural Artist at the SCAD deFine:Art opening reception block party at SCAD Museum of Art (largest museum event of the year)
• 2024 - SCAD Accepted Students Celebration speed portrait/caricature artist
TABLING/CONVENTIONS
• 2024 - Ink Movement Art Market
• 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
• 2024 - Ink Movement Edmonton: Alberta Youth Anthology Vol.3
• 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 Vol. 1
• 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)
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