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About me

 

My Education and Career

I am a Studio-Art graduate of the University of Waterloo and a Crafts and Design graduate of the Sheridan College in Ontario, Canada. I possessed six years of experience as a product designer in gifts and dinnerware. Through my professional years and experimentations, I have gained extensive knowledge in the following areas:

  • Illustration

  • Surface Design

  • Hand-Lettering

  • Graphic Design

 

Award:

  • Tough Like Mum, written by Lana Button, Crystal Kite Award 2022, SCBWI

  • Grandmother’s Visit, written by Betty Quan, picture book honor title of the Asian/Pacific American Award 2018-2019, and short list for the IODE Ontario Jean Throop Book Award 2019

  • The Exceptional Portfolio Award 2018 by the Peers, SCBWI Canada East

  • The Storyteller Award 2018 by the Faculty, SCBWI Canada East

  • The People's Choice Award for Illustration 2017, SCBWI Canada East

 

Selected Publishing Clients: 

Random House Studio Candlewick Press Sleeping Bear Press Tundra Books (Penguin Random House Canada) Kids Can Press Groundwood Books  Owlkids Books . Greystone Books . Usborne Publishing HarperCollins Canada Running Press Book Publishers . Pajama Press Publishing D'eux . Nimbus Publishing . Owl Kids Magazine . ChickaDEE Magazine . Chirp Magazine . American Airlines Publishing . Today's Parent Magazine etc.

 

Selected Art Licensing Clients: 

Pottery Barn Kids . Robert Kaufman Fabrics . The Madison Park Greetings . American Greetings . teNeues . Design House Greetings

 

Exhibition:

  • CANSCAIP Virtual Art Show, Oct 2020

  • CANSCAIP Illustrator Art Exhibition, June 1st - Sept 29th, 2018, The Richmond Hill Heritage Centre, Toronto, Canada

  • CANSCAIP Art Show, May 1st - May 31st, 2018, The Canadian Contemporary School of Art (CCSA), Toronto, Canada

  • SCBWI Canada East Art Show 2017, Napanee, Canada

  • SCBWI Canada East Art Show 2016, Napanee, Canada