Jiachen (Sophia)

Born in 1997

NYC Artist 

illustrator      

       Jiachen（Sophia） began her art career in her early childhood when she painted Chinese traditional watercolor paintings. She had her first solo watercolor paintings exhibition when she was nine years old. Later, she became more interested in European oil paintings, such as Rococo and Romantic master’s paintings masters inspired her to paint in a realistic style. Most of Sophia’s works are a combination of nature scenes with animals and human figures. She started to learn painting skill by herself. Her interests were many; nature science, history and mythology, European architecture.

      Sophia loves to capture details in her art works. Her signature works include fanciful depictions of plants and girls. Her goal is to create illustrations that convey stories and express the beauty of nature. She has created illustrations and designed logos for several companies. Art is just another way to express her emotions or ideals. Most of Sophia’s works are done in Watercolor and oil. However she also works in color pencils and acrylics. Besides paintings, she also makes sculptures and enjoys Fashion design.

SKILLS
Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom 

Microsoft: Word, Excel, PowerPoint 

Others: Procreate, Artstudio Pro, Sketch-up, Figma, HTML/CSS, Home design.

Illustration / Design skills:

・Surface /Textile design ・Children's book ・Product Design

・Editorial Illustration: poster, book cover ・Scientific / Biological illustration 

・Communication design・Graphic design, UX/UI・Fashion illustration
Other: Photography, Sculpture, Typography, Strong drawing skills, sewing skills.

EXHIBITIONS

“Water Lily” Zhejiang 7th Flower and Bird Painting Group Exhibition, Hangzhou, China (Mar. 2008)

“Prosperous Peony” Zhejiang Province 7th Flower and Bird Painting Group Exhibition, Hangzhou, (2009)
Jiaxing 2nd Chinese Painting Group Exhibition, Jiaxing, China (2009)
Personal Watercolor painting Exhibition,Jiaxing, China (2009)
Jiaxing 4th Chinese flower-and-bird Painting Group Exhibition, Jiaxing, China (2009)
“Peony” Zhejiang Province 9th Flower and Bird Painting Group Exhibition, Hangzhou, China (2010)

Jiaxing 5th Chinese flower-and-bird Painting Group Exhibition, Jiaxing, China (2010)
Raw Artists, group exhibition, Dallas, United States (2017)
Perceptual coding, group exhibition, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, United States (2018)
Man Made Monsters, illustration thesis show, School of Visual Art (2020)

AWARDS

TAPPS Academic State Art Competition

ART Championships OVERALL student

First place gold medal in each of the following categories: senior portfolio, drawing black and white, drawing color, communication design, 2D mixed media, and painting      (2017)