
photo by Alex Ramadan for Swerve Magazine
I am a Chinese German Polish mixed media illustrator and animator currently based in Calgary, Alberta. I graduated with a BFA in New Media from the University of Lethbridge in 2007.
Drawing from skateboarding graphics, music, album covers, and Saturday morning cartoons, my art plays with these nostalgic elements to bring forward peculiar worlds.
Absurding the norm and introducing the weird into an environment, whether in illustration or live action animation, my work brings strange life to image. Creepy, playful, with elements of softness and manic absurdity, illustrations act as a window into a world with no explanation in which the characters inhabit.
Using self-contained narrative, these misfit inhabitants are embracing small moments of discovery and childish curiosity of exploration.
I currently sit as a board member for Quickdraw Animation Society and am a full time freelance illustrator and animator. I have been featured as the cover artist of the Believer Magazine and was artistic lead for the 2018 Calgary Folk Fest. I also contributed animation and post-production for various Juno Award and Much Music Video Award nominated music videos.
Some clients include:
Saucony
Sony Music Entertainment
Warner Bros Records
Universal Music Group
University of Calgary
Polaris Music Prize
The Believer Magazine
BIG Winter Classic
Beakerhead
Calgary Folk Music Festival
Circle Festival
West Jet
Brita
Westwood Records
604 Records
Republic Records
Columbia Records
The Calgary Underground Film Festival
Sled Island
FFWD Weekly
CJSW 90.9 FM
CKXU 88.3 FM
Last Gang Records
Hollywood Records
Paper Bag Records
Creative Control
BeatRoute Magazine
FREQ Magazine
Glenbow Museum
Village Brewery
Sony Music Entertainment
Warner Bros Records
Universal Music Group
University of Calgary
Polaris Music Prize
The Believer Magazine
BIG Winter Classic
Beakerhead
Calgary Folk Music Festival
Circle Festival
West Jet
Brita
Westwood Records
604 Records
Republic Records
Columbia Records
The Calgary Underground Film Festival
Sled Island
FFWD Weekly
CJSW 90.9 FM
CKXU 88.3 FM
Last Gang Records
Hollywood Records
Paper Bag Records
Creative Control
BeatRoute Magazine
FREQ Magazine
Glenbow Museum
Village Brewery