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