SVA BFA Illustration Portfolio 37

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Above Illustration by Ilir Bibovic Front Cover by Trey Abdella Back Cover by Brigitte Woltjen Inside Covers by Nina Yoshida


There is a common misconception often

In this volume, you will see an impressive

applied to illustration, particularly in this

collection of young artists who are very

day and age: it is referred to as “commercial”

serious about picture-making. They have

art. All you really need to do is go to any

heightened their technical and conceptual

major art fair, anywhere on the planet, at any

skills with the help of the large and amazing

time of the year, and you will be confronted

faculty in the BFA Illustration and BFA

with

“tarted-

Cartooning departments over the last four

up,” “commercial” art that masquerades

years. You will be able to see what they think

something “fine.”

of the world they are living in, each in their

the

most

“blinged-out,”

When I started creating illustrations

own highly personal way. Hopefully, all will

for magazines and books in the '80s, the

be able to navigate, keeping their art true

experience was quite pure. A picture would

to themselves, and raising the level of our

be requested (by an intelligent graphic

visual culture in the future. There is such

designer/art director) to accompany an

deep talent here, and speaking on behalf

interesting piece of writing. The text usually

of my colleagues, we all feel so honored to

was something that I could relate to, and

have helped these young artists on their

so there was an unstated request to create

exciting creative journeys!

a “personal” image to give the page an

I would like to thank the Senior Portfolio

intimate power, keeping it radically different

BFA Illustration and BFA Cartooning faculty

and “editorial” in feeling juxtaposed with

who helped in the selection process; Steve

the advertising pages nearby. For providing

Brodner, Chris Buzelli, Joey Cavalieri,

my picture, a modest monetary sum would

Marcos Chin, Kali Ciesemier, T.M. Davy,

be paid. It was nice and clean—not begging

Frances Jetter, Marvin Mattelson, Keith

for patronage, competitive posturing or

Mayerson, David Mazzucchelli, Gary Panter

art world politics. The stakes were low, so I

and Carl Potts.

could dwell in a world of ideas. The venues for placing pictures in the world has changed since then, but

We also thank President David Rhodes for his vision and support of this ongoing document.

the artistic impulses of illustrators and figurative painters has remained pretty

Thomas Woodruff

much the same: to remain pure to describe

Chair, BFA Cartooning & BFA Illustration

the world as we see it, and not break our

School of Visual Arts

noses running into giant stainless steel

June 2016

balloon animals in the corporate lobby!


TREY ABDELLA trabdella@gmail.com | treyabdella.com



TREY ABDELLA trabdella@gmail.com | treyabdella.com



TREY ABDELLA trabdella@gmail.com | treyabdella.com



LINNEA S. ABERNATHY linnea.abernathy@gmail.com | lsabernathy.com



NICOLE BEDOYA nicolebedoya@aol.com | nicolebedoya.com



ILIR BIBOVIC ilirs.studio@gmail.com | ilirbibovic.com



ILIR BIBOVIC ilirs.studio@gmail.com | ilirbibovic.com



DANIELLE BLACKWELL danibre123@yahoo.com | daniellebre.com



ISABEL BOWEN isabelbbowen@gmail.com | isabelbowen.com



SILVIO CAPOFERRI xssaxgraphics@gmail.com | xssax.com



CAMERON CEREZO ccerezo713@gmail.com | ccerezo.com



JING YAO CHEN (VIKO) vikojchen@gmail.com



SIYI CHEN chen.si.yi@hotmail.com | siyi-chen.com



SIYI CHEN chen.si.yi@hotmail.com | siyi-chen.com



YOON CHO yoonchoworks@gmail.com



WON HYUNG CHOI wonchoi.illust@gmail.com | wonchoi.net



BOEEUEN CHOO choobo92@gmail.com | chooart.com



MARIA CHOU mariaychou@gmail.com | mariaychou.com



ASHLEY COAD ashleycoadart@gmail.com | ashleycoadart.com



ASHLEY COAD ashleycoadart@gmail.com | ashleycoadart.com



DEVAN M. COLE d.cola83@yahoo.com | devancole832.wix.com/dmcillustrations



LUIZ D'OREY luizdorey@hotmail.com | ldorey.com



LUIZ D'OREY luizdorey@hotmail.com | ldorey.com



MEGAN DENNIS mdennis@sva.edu



MICHAEL DISPENSA mdispensastudio@gmail com | mikedispensa.com



MICHAEL DISPENSA mdispensastudio@gmail com | mikedispensa.com



LISI DU lisilisydu@gmail.com | lisidu.com



DAVID EARHART david@deillustrate.com | deillustrate.com



NAMI FARRELL namijfarrell@gmail.com | namifarrell.com



ALEXANDRA FILIPEK alexandra@filipek.us | alexandra.filipek.us



ALEXANDRA FILIPEK alexandra@filipek.us | alexandra.filipek.us



BLUE FLYNN b@blueflynn.com | blueflynn.com



RAISHA FRIEDMAN raisha.mf@gmail.com | raisha.com



GABRIELLE GOMEZ rabidragdollart@gmail.com | rabidragdoll.com



GABRIELLE GOMEZ rabidragdollart@gmail.com | rabidragdoll.com



XIA GORDON xiagrdn@gmail.com | xiagordon.com



XIA GORDON xiagrdn@gmail.com | xiagordon.com



JENNA GUIDI jenguidi13@gmail.com | jennaguidi.com



LAUREN (DONGKYUNG) HAN laurenhan.illust@gmail.com | laurenhanillustration.com



RAYMOND HWANG rayhwangart@gmail.com | rayhwangart.com



ASHLEY JUNG 917.744.3150 | ashleyjungart.com | ashleyjungart@gmail.com



ASHLEY JUNG 917.744.3150 | ashleyjungart.com | ashleyjungart@gmail.com



ANTHONY KIM anthonyjaekim@gmail.com | cargocollective.com/anthonyjaekim



DAHYE KIM d.kim9393@gmail.com | dahye-art.com



HYUNGSUN KIM hyungsunkim93@gmail.com | hyungsunkim93.wix.com/portfolio



SIMOON KIM (SEAMOON) seamoonk@gmail.com | seethemoon.net



SIMOON KIM (SEAMOON) seamoonk@gmail.com | seethemoon.net



KENDRA JOSIE KIRKPATRICK kendrajkirkpatrick@gmail.com | kendrajosiekirkpatrick.com



SEA EUN KOOK sarahkook1@gmail.com | skook@sva.edu | sarahkook1.wix.com/illust



RACHEL LACHTERMAN rlachterman@sva.edu



EUNA LEE euna@eunaleeart.com | eunaleeart.com



CHAE LIN LEE chae@chaelinlee.com | chaelinlee.com



SEUNG HYUN LEE ny-hyun@hotmail.com



ED LEME eddyleme@gmail.com |

blzned



ERIN LIM erinjlim@gmail.com | erinjlim.com



TONG LIU tongliuarts@gmail.com | tongliuarts.com



LUNA LYNCH lunalynchart@gmail.com | lunalynch.com



ELIZABETH MAYER emayer@sva.edu



GUNN MO iamogan05@gmail.com | gunnmo.com



MonQ kyoosangchoi@gmail.com | monqmkr.com



MonQ kyoosangchoi@gmail.com | monqmkr.com



JESSICA MORFEA jmorfea22@gmail.com | jessicamorfea.com



KATELYN ONG kong@sva.edu | katelynong.com



HOSHI PARK hoshipark90@gmail.com | hoshipark.com



HOSHI PARK hoshipark90@gmail.com | hoshipark.com



NICOLE CHARLIE PEREZ ncharlieperez@gmail.com | niccharlieperez.com



LAWRENCE PITTS lpittsillustrations@gmail.com | lawrencepitts.myportfolio.com



LESLIE RUBIO leslieo_o@yahoo.com | leslierubio.com



MALKIA SAINT-ALBIN kiasaintalbin@yahoo.com | malkiasaintalbin.com



MALKIA SAINT-ALBIN kiasaintalbin@yahoo.com | malkiasaintalbin.com



KIMBERLY SANTIAGO santiagok747@gmail.com | killastrations.com



CRESCENT SEO crescent032@gmail.com | crescentillustration.com



VIOLA SHAN violazshan@gmail.com | violashan.com



FILIPE SILVA filipess@me.com | fsilvastudio.com



DAVID SIMKIN dsimkin@sva.edu | dcsimkin.com



PAUL SIMUNDICH paulsimundich@gmail.com | cargocollective.com/paulsimundich



PAUL SIMUNDICH paulsimundich@gmail.com | cargocollective.com/paulsimundich



YOUHEUM SON yson.art@gmail.com | youheumson.com



ALULA SUMENDAP alulasumendap@gmail.com | alula.moe



ALULA SUMENDAP alulasumendap@gmail.com | alula.moe



PAUL THIESING paulthiesing@yahoo.com | paulthiesing.com



OCTOBER WANG octghost@outlook.com | behance.net/awang8b795



KAYLEIGH WATERS orangelemonart@gmail.com | kayleighwaters.com



EMILY WIDDOES emilynwiddoes@gmail.com | emilywiddoes.com



BRIGITTE WOLTJEN brigwoltjen@gmail.com | bwoltjen.com



CAINE WONG 646.830.6758 (US) 852.907.29933 (Hong Kong) | cwong8@sva.edu | cainewong1993@yahoo.com.hk | wongcaine.com



CAINE WONG 646.830.6758 (US) 852.907.29933 (Hong Kong) | cwong8@sva.edu | cainewong1993@yahoo.com.hk | wongcaine.com



ANQI YANG ayang@sva.edu



JUDY JOOA YOO 917.565.6426 | jooayoo@gmail.com



NINA YOSHIDA nina@ninayoshida.com | ninayoshida.com



MIHYUN YU myu8419@gmail.com | illustmyu.com



XU ZHAN xzhan@sva.edu



MICAH ZHANG 973.303.9095 | micah.mc.zhang@gmail.com



BRANDON A. ZHAO bzhao@sva.edu | brandonazhao.com



BRANDON A. ZHAO bzhao@sva.edu | brandonazhao.com



MADELINE ZULUAGA madeline.zuluaga.art@gmail.com | madelinezuluaga.com






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