Yutong Liu / 刘禹桐
Yutong Liu is an independent graphic and visual designer from China.
Her work based on machine sympathy, research on material and immaterial, visual languages using, exploration on printed and digital publication. Her MFA is Design - Visual Communication at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Fine Arts in USA (2018-2020)🇺🇸. Her BFA is Visual Communication Design at Luxun Academy School of Fine Arts in China (2013-2017)🇨🇳.
Feel free to say hi and contact her for any freelance works or projects.
✉️ yutongliu.machinegirl@gmail.com
📱 https://www.instagram.com/yutong95/
📂 EDUCATION
MFA
Graphic design (Visual Communications)
Virginia Commonwealth University, USA, 2018 - now
BFA
Design - Visual Communication
Luxun Academy Of Fine Art, China, 2013-2017
📂 DESIGN EXPERIENCE:
1. Freelance designer internship (motion designer)
Art Gallery 180, May 13 - Aug 10, 2019
2. Full-time graphic & motion designer, creative writer
PiKeQu Internet and Brand Design Studio, Jan - Mar, 2018
3. Photographer assistant internship
Wangshushu photography studio, Jan - Mar, 2015
4. Freelance graphic and visual Designer
Qiuxian International Beauty Company, 2014
📂 Teaching Experience:
1. Teaching Assistant, (GDES 472) Senior Studio
School of Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University School of arts,
Richmond, VA, USA, Jan. 13. 2020 - May. 10.2020
🌸 You can check their 2020 senior show work in here. (Online)
2. Instructor, “As a Transformer” collage workshop
Art foundation program, School of Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University School of arts,
Richmond, VA, USA, Feb. 06. 2020
3. Instructor, "As a bookbinder" Book Binding Workshop
Summer intensive course, Pre-collage program
Virginia Commonwealth University School of arts, Jul. 19. 2019
4. Teaching Assistant, (GDES 252) History of Visual Communications
BFA graphic design course, Virginia Commonwealth University School of ats, Aug. 20 - Dec. 20. 2018
📂 LECTURE:
1. Machine Girl, Students research presentation
Institute for Contemporary Art, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA, Feb.13. 2020
2. GDES MFA students Pecha Kucha lecture
Fish bowl room, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA, Sep. 2019
3. GDES MFA students Pecha Kucha lecture
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA, Sep. 2019
📂 EXHIBITION:
1. Labor in Cyber
Friendship group show, Pump House, Richmond, VA, U.S.A, April. 2019
2. Spirit in Machine
“Missed Connection” group show, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA, U.S.A, Sep. 2019
3. Spirit in Machine
“Batter 5” group show, Cherry Gallery, Richmond, VA, U.S.A, April. 2019
4. Crazy World
“We Chat” group show, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA, U.S.A, Feb. 2019
5. Her Voice
“Play in the dark” group show, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA, U.S.A, Dec. 2018
6. Dialogue
BFA group final show, Art Museum of LAFA, Dalian, LiaoNing, China, Jun. 2017
7. Transform, Butterfly Paper light
Shanghai International Printing Week Creative Art Exhibition, Shanghai, China, 2015
📂 PUBLISHED AND SELECTED WORK:
1. Spirit in Machine
Video work, SWAMP SISTER CINEMAS Student Video Reels, Anderson Gallery, Mar. 2020
2. Love Poetry from Machine Boy
Art article, Number: 99 art publication, Sep. 2019
3. Crazy World
Video work, “World Studio” Video online publication, 2019
4. Batter
Printed and Published Magazine, New York Book Fair, Printed Matter, 2018
📂 HONORS AND AWARDS:
1. Graduate Research Grant
Virginia Commonwealth University, 2020
2. Graduate School Assistantship
Virginia Commonwealth University, 2020
3. Merit Awards
“Blue and White” history book, Art Publication, The One Show The Young Ones ADC Awards, 2019
4. Graduate Teaching Assistantship
Virginia Commonwealth University, 2018
5. National Scholarship
Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, 2017
6. Excellent Undergraduate award
Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, 2017
7. Second-Class Award of Mainland Group
Times Young Creative Awards,“Thanks for you” animation, 2016
8. Bronze Medal
Shanghai International Printing Week Creative Art Award, Transform, Butterfly Paper light, 2015
9. Excellent Award of Final Review
Times Young Creative Awards, WangZai comic book, 2014
10. Nominee Award
Chinese Spring Festival Symbol Promotion Committee,
Chinese Spring festival cartoon character design, 2014
📂 SOFTWARE:
+ Photoshop
+ Illustrator
+ InDesign
+ After Effects
+ Premiere
+ Lightroom
+ Cinema 4D
+ Audition
+ Unity
+ Maya
+ Character Animator
📂 LANGUAGE:
+ Chinese, Native speaker
+ English, Fluent speaker