ANSON LIAW
530 West 25th Street, New York, NY
Anson Liaw is an artist and illustrator based in Toronto, Canada. Upon graduating from the Ontario College of Art & Design (now OCAD University), his versatile illustrations have been an integral part of many projects ranging from magazines, book publications, corporate, packaging, advertising communications and international invitational design and art exhibitions.
Liaw’s illustrations take on critical views; both light and heavy about the modern world and its cultural, social, and political issues. He combines various objects, scenes and situations with his memories and imagination to manufacture new and unexpected meanings. His work is conceptual and possesses an interesting fusion of graphic and painterly qualities.
The artist and illustrator has garnered recognition and awards for his work, including 3x3, The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, Circle Foundation for the Arts, Contemporary Art Curator Magazine and Luerzer’s Archive “200 Best Illustrators” Worldwide Special Editions. He has had major clients around the world including Time Magazine, McDonald’s, Fedex, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Nestle, Los Angeles Times, and countless more. Anson shares his love and passion for the communication and design arts by teaching at OCAD University and Virtute Innovation Academy in Canada.
ANSON LIAW ON
I am an illustrator and fine artist creating works that take on critical views about contemporary life and the world around us. My work specifically deals with social, political, cultural issues and lifestyle subject matters.
I combine various everyday life objects, scenes and situations from my memory and imagination. I then fuse these together to manufacture new and unexpected meaning. My work is meant to drive discussion and encourage viewers to be engaged; to see, appreciate, and learn something new about the world around them.
Pain creates my artwork. The painful experiences that people go through as they journey through life in the world around us from childhood to adulthood can be full of chaos and hardship. This is what motivates me to make purposeful artwork that generates meaningful and fulfilling empathetic connections to viewers. As I observe and interpret the world around me through my artwork, I continuously discover that true beauty lies within darkness.
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