hi i’m nicole zhu
a design thinker passionate about illustration, design, and language curation.
 

CURRENTLY @

The College Hill Independent (The Indy)
Staff Illustrator
Brown-RISD Game Developers
Executive Board + Game Producer x 5


PREV @

Moonton Games 
Merchandise Design (IP) Intern
Zenlayer
Freelance Graphic Designer
Product Design Intern
Design Assistant Intern


CONTACT @

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Email: nzhu@risd.edu


INSTALLATION(S)

01. ghost country +
a heartwarming letter will bring you news

02. To Love Is To Resist


ILLUSTRATION

01. Book Cover
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
by Rebecca Solnit

02. “Family Portrait”

04. Absolut Ad
“Absolut Zhu”

DESIGN

01. Moonton Games
Eruditio Rangers Merch

02. UAL BA (Hons) GD
“AAa!” Publication


EDITORIAL

The Indy Vol. 49, Vol. 50
BOOKS

01. Artist Statement

02. a letter to red and black

ARCHIVE ()

2-Legged Print T-Shirt Sale
2025collection








Artist Statement

Is a chapbook exploring the multiplicity of identity, family, and home.  It leverages unconventional poetry and material, to portray the ambiguity of diasporic identities and address affect. Artist Statement encourages readers to not only perceive the trans-parent, but also appreciate the un-understandable.

2024





a love letter to black and red

A collection of poetry, embroidery, paintings, cyanotype, and other multi-media experimentation.

2023


“缘” a guide to the red string of fate


“growing up, my mother 
had red hair. when i grew up,
i dyed from my hair from
black to red.”


“美” - beautiful
“女” - women

( “美
                   国” - usa )




CONTACT @

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