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Xueyan Wang
2D Animator, Drawer, Painter, Comics Creator
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Portfolio Link: https://xueyan.art (temporarily down for renovations)
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email: 906490196@qq.com
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Language:
Chinese (native), English (fluent), Spanish (conversational)
EDUCATION
2018 - 2020 Pratt Institute
M.F.A., Animation, GPA: 3.98
2014 - 2017 University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.F.A., Fine Art, GPA: 3.78
SKILLS
Frame-by-frame animation (2D); Stop Motion (clay); Storyboarding; Concept Art, Drawing and painting (charcoal, graphite, conte, ink, waters, oil)
SOFTWARE
Corel Painter, Procreate, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere
MAGAZINE PUBLICATION
2018 Illumination Journal (Spring 2018 issue), Madison, WI
Charcoal Drawing, “Deep Woods”; Watercolor Painting, “The Monk and the Priest”
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION
2018 Co-Author, “Topological methods for modeling massive data in computational neuroscience,” Neuroscience 2018
WORK EXPERIENCES
2021-(Current) Animation Teacher, AF Art First Education, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
- Teach animations to high school and undergraduate students one-on-one with emphasis on preparing college application portfolio
(2D handdrawn animation, Animation mechanics, Storyboard, Animated film production, Adobe After Effect, Adobe Premiere)
2019 2D Animatior (freelance), Grapevine Artists, LLC, NY
-Made a 4-min 2D Animation as part of a feature length film, "Vedic Nights", directed by Jean Michel Hoffman (Spring 2020)
-Storyboard and concept design (concept art link)
2019 2D Animator, for a fellow MFA Interactive student’s thesis project, Brooklyn, NY
- Created a 45-second hand-drawn animated intro and 1-min animated ending credit for a VR game inspired by Jungian theory of the shadow
2019 Studio Mentor, SCP (Summer Certificate Program), & CEP (Certificate of English Proficiency), Intensive English Program, Pratt Institute
- Guide international students (grad and undergrad) through three art projects per semester
- Assist them articulate their thoughts and process
- Give 2 model presentations to the students
- Organize and coordinate exhibitions and critiques of students’ works
2019 Freelance Illustrator, Homieland Real Estate Company, NY
- Created illustrations for two online articles published on Wechat app (link1; link2)
2018 Graduate Assistant, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
- Creating departmental posters and daily announces, data entry, phone answering
- Other miscellaneous front desk jobs
2018 English instructor, part-time, Xi’an, China
- Taught conversational English to elementary students one-to-one
- Taught English test-prep classes to small classes of 3-6 high school students
2018 Relief Printmaking Intern, with artist Jenie Gao, Madison, WI
- Assisted in mural production, mural painting, and large-scale woodcut
2017 Volunteer at UW Madison Preschool lab, Madison, WI
- Assisted teachers in providing individual childcare to a class to 3-year-olds
2016-2017 Illustration Intern at Dane County Office of Lakes and Watersheds, Madison, WI
-Created 3 digital paintings illustrating ideal household management of rain water
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LEADERSHIP
2017 Student Supervisor, Kitchen, Strada, Memorial Union, UW-Madison
- Allocate jobs to kitchen employees
- Train new employees
- Food preparation
SCHOLARSHIP & AWARD
2020 Gold Braids (for significant contributions to the department), Pratt Institute
2020 Silver Braids, Pratt Circle Awards (Graduation with Honor), Pratt Institute
2020 Bolton Scholarship, Pratt Institute
2019 Bolton Scholarship, Pratt Institute
2017 Art Board of Visitors Scholarship, UW Madison
2017 Honorable Mention Award, Student Art Exhibition, UW Madison
2015 Melvin F. and Beverly A. Butor Scholarship, UW Madison
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Wally Douma Student Art Gallery, UW Madison
2017 Digital Salon, UW Madison
2017 89th Annual Art Show at Union South, UW Madison
2016 Student Art Show, Office of the Provost, UW Madison
2016 Digital Salon, UW Madison