WHAT BROUGHT US TO THIS
What Brought Us to This: A Visual Log of 2022 Shanghai Lockdown is a book recording and critiquing the dramatic events caused by China's harsh zero-COVID policies. The whole country is struggling under authoritarian control and we've seen many absurd tragedies happening over and over again.
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Jo Zixuan (周子璇) is a freelance illustrator pursuing a Master's Degree at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, US.
She graduated from School of Visual Arts, Illustration BFA in 2019. Her art is inspired by printing textures and simplistic compositions. She's always looking for ways to reimagine print surface in digital media, and currently transitioning from illustration to Graphic Design.
She also enjoys printmaking, ceramics, gardening, bird-watching, teaching, traveling, and so much more.
One half of the Illustration Roundtable
Clients:
The New Yorker/The New York Times/ The NYTimes Magazine/ The Washington Post/
The Wall Street Journal/ Bloomberg Businessweek/ NPR/ Columbia Global Report/ Medium/ NBC/ PLANSPONSOR/ NYT for KIDS China/ The Atlantic/ Narratively/ Toggl/ Intel/FCB Inferno/ Dotdash/ The Balance/ Thought Co./ Lifewire// TripSavvy/ The Spruce/ 三联《少年》/ 新世相
Feature:
It's Nice That/ Groundooh Art/ Hiiibrand
Awards:
2022 - Society of Illustrators 65 Annual
2021 - Communication Arts 63 Winner
2020 - Hiiibrand Jury Award
2020 - American Illustration 39 Winner
2020 - Society of Illustrators Annual
2019 - Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition Finalist
2019 - 3 x 3 International Illustration Award Merit Winner
2019 - The Batsford Prize International Category Shortlisted
2018 - Speedball New Impressions winner, Intaglio/Etching Second Place
Exhibitions:
2021 - NO SAMPLE Risograph Exhibition, Fujian
2021 - NO SAMPLE Risograph Exhibition, Xi'an
2019 - Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship, New York
2019 - Speedball National Printmaking Showcase, Davis Gallery, Sawtooth, NC
2018 - The Haves and Have-Nots, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York
2018 - Constellations, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York
2018 - HOPE Competition, SVA Westside Project Space, New York