Vân is a children's books illustrator based in Madison, WI, USA and Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. She uses watercolor, acrylic, pen and digital tools for her artwork. She makes sketches in spare time.
Vân aspires to give readers beautiful experiences and passion for everyday life via her artwork.
Throughout her childhood, Vân had always loved the illustrations from all the books and magazines she had read. One of her childhood books is "The Adventures of Dunno and his friends" . And luckily she still keeps one old copy of the book in her house.
an illustration from
"The Adventures of Dunno and his friends"
Vân started her illustration career when in her 30s. She feels grateful having chances to illustrate for Heritage - the inflight magazine of Vietnam Airlines, for self-published picture book authors and many other projects.
Works
1/2020 - now Freelancer on Fivver, UpWork.
2018 - now Volunteer Illustrator, Designer, Zealousness Web Magazine, iN Education, Inc.
2017 - 2018 Volunteer Illustrator, The Daily Cardinal, UW Madison, WI.
2016 – Now Member of Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
2015 – 2016 Volunteer Illustrator for Book&Friend Club, Vietnam.
2011 Volunteer, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden, Berkeley, CA.
2006 – 2009 Researcher and Teaching Assistant, Bioinformatics Lab,
University of Science in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.
Interests: Cats, Green, reading, yoga and travel.
Exhibitions
2017 Coming Home | the 12th annual Student Art Showcase, the Office of the Provost, UW Madison.
Fragile | Illumination, UW Madison, Fall 2017 issue.
2017 Canopy 1 | 89th Annual Student Art Show, Gallery 1308 Union South, Madison, WI.
2016 LCEC 4th Annual Gallery Night in Madison, WI.
Education
2015 - 2017 Special Students program, Certificate program of Studio Art, UW Madison.
2013 - 2015 Certificate program in Children's Book Illustration, School of the Art Institute of Chicago(SAIC), Chicago, IL.
2002 - 2006 B.S. in Biotechnology, University of Science in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
1999 - 2002 High School for the Gifted, Viet Nam National University in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.
Past experience: Bioinformatics, Biological Data Mining.