An ongoing exploration of family, history, and the resilience of the immigrant.
Title says it all.
Series shown at KP Projects gallery
Inspired by the sublime, kicked around by the ocean.
*I'm a terrible surfer but I've been told my
surf art is pretty good.
Hermès China’s Warm Winter Campaign, 2022.
Creative Agency: Orès
Animation by Parallel Studio.
Time well spent.
72" x 57", mixed media
RAWsalt gallery "BACK TO SCHOOL"
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Selected pieces created for the New York Times.
Art Direction: Nathan Huang, Jim Datz, Cathy Barnes, Matt Dorfman, Hannah K. Lee, Patricia Sanchez, Melody Newcomb, Ben Grandgenett, Deanna Donegan, Sarah Williamson, Alvaro Dominguez, Sam Whitney
Selected pieces created for the New Yorker.
Art Direction: Alexandra Zsigmond, Valerie Chiang
Illustrations for The New Republic.
Art Direction: Robert A. Di Ieso
The story of Alfonso Rapu Haoa, a schoolteacher who sparked a revolution on Easter Island. Created for a scroll format so that the illustrations slowly reveal themselves as you continue reading.
Art Direction: Ed Johnson
Portrait of the Anthony Veasna So.
Art direction: Alexandra Zsigmund
Illustrations for The Washington Post
Art Direction: Lizzie Hart, Clare Lynne Ramirez, Amanda Soto, Emily Sabens
Tech for Empathy: using technology, especially virtual reality, to connect and bring us together.
Art Direction: Michaela Lehman (Pentagram Austin)
Selected illustrations about being in the outdoors. For Outside Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, and The New York Times Magazine.
Illustration for an investigative article about how Hmong and other Asian residents are being targeted by local law enforcement in a NorCal community. Published in High Country News.
Art direction: Luna Anna Archey
Portrait of Edna St. Vincent Millay enjoying the wildlife around her farm. Art Direction: Jeremy Lybarger.
For AARP's Ethel newsletter, about the experience of going through chemotherapy.
Art Direction: Jenny Rosenberg
Part of a series about the human impact on climate change.
Art Direction: Michaela Lehman (Pentagram Austin)
A series of gifs depicting the different stories of 3 families who immigrated to America. Listen to the stories here.
For Levi Strauss & Co. + StoryCorps.
A series of illustrations to accompany a story about how the University of Illinois dealt with professors accused of sexual harassment.
Art Direction: Setareh Baig
Institutional Investor
Private equity in deep waters. Art Direction: Jeremy Leung
Stories of "Los Desterrados", the uprooted, and the history of Chavez Ravine.
36"x48", mixed media
Booklet 5.25"x8.25"
sold
A green future is inevitable.
Art Direction: Rob Chambliss
Asian Americans shared their personal experiences with racism for a feature in Asia Society Magazine. Hand painted the double spread comic panels.
Art Direction: Lisa Lok
How climate change affects communities of color from a design and development perspective. How we can build for a greener future.
Art Direction: Rachel Jones, Elsie Dwyer
Cover illustration for American Illustration 38.
A 2019 AIGA 50 Books | 50 Cover winner thanks to art direction and design by Jordan Awan.
Selected artwork created for the Atlantic.
Art Direction: Katie Martin, Gabriela Pesqueira, Zak Bickel
The Chinese workers of the Central Pacific Railroad.
RAWsalt Gallery "Wild West"
To celebrate 10 years of Nobrow, 70 artists were invited to create works responding to the theme of “Studio Dreams”.
My idea was pretty straightforward—I love the ocean and I love the mountains. Boom. Dream studio.
Illustration for the 15th issue of Eight by Eight magazine. Celebrating the Women’s World Cup that took place in France. Art Direction: Robert Priest.
A homage to the pilots of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASP.
Flower Pepper Gallery "Moment in Color"
For a report about Afghan refugees, who lived in Europe for years, being deported to a city they have no family or community ties to.
Art Direction: Jennifer Boggs
Selected pieces created for NPR.
Art Direction: Ben de la Cruz, Grace Widyatmadja
