About
Kristan Lai is an illustrator and visual storyteller currently based in Pennsylvania. As a result from growing up in the Poconos, her work focuses on reimagining environments, memories, and dreamscapes to connect rural and urban landscapes. On a different stylistic end, she also enjoys creating oil portrait paintings in-between illustrations.
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Education
Bachelor of Design, Illustration / OCAD University
Group Exhibitions
2022 - Under 40, Pocono Arts Council Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA (People's Choice Award)
2020 - ROOTS, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, ON
2019 - GradEx 104, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2019 - Homework, Artscape Youngplace, Hallway Gallery, Toronto
Freelance
2021 - Book Illustration, “Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now” Introduction & Afterword comic pages - AD Jeff Yang
2021 - Editorial, “Anxious about Going Back to Normal?” You’re Not Alone” The Walrus - AD Natalie Vineburg
2020 - Advertising, “Nest” Original artwork for the 24th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival 2020 Campaign - AD Christine Vu
2020 - Editorial, “Untelling the Story of Race” The Walrus - AD Natalie Vineburg
