hi i’m nicole zhu
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CURRENTLY
SVA 
 MFA Design

EXHIBITION @
RISD Museum “Liz Collins: Motherlode”
Homecoming section
Tone in Tongue by Radical Characters

PREVIOUSLY
INTERN @
Moonton Games 
Merchandise Design (IP) Intern
Zenlayer






INSTALLATION(S)

01. ghost country + a heart-warming 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”

03. “Untitled”

04. Absolut Ad
“Absolut Zhu”

DESIGN

01. Moonton Games
Eruditio Rangers Merch

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

BOOKS

01. Artist Statement

02. a love letter to red and black

















   




ghost country (bed sheet)
Inspired by Maxine Hong Kingston’s imagination of the USA “ghost country” in The Woman Warrior.

a heartfelt letter will bring you news (pillow)
My dad's letter saved as a dreamscape; your sacrifices and wisdom are what fuel my dreams.

2022-24

To Love Is to Resist

Why do we create? To memorialize, express, resist? “To Love Is to Resist” is a critique on the hypocrisy of the American flag as a symbol of courage (red), innocence (white), and justice (blue) as well as a questioning of the role of art students with politics.

2025

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