Alice Meichi Li

Alice Meichi Li
An elegant African woman with long dreadlocks poses sitting in front of a rhinoceros
"Unicorn" from Elephantmen, winner of an Illustration West Silver Award[1]
Born
Alice Mei-Chi Li

August 13 [2]
Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationSchool of Visual Arts[3]
Known forIllustration, Comic Books, Painting
Websitewww.alicemeichi.li

Alice Meichi Li (李美姿) is a Chinese-American, New York City-based visual artist and illustrator for comic books, magazines, and album covers.[4]

Early life

Li was born to immigrants of Chinese descent, and was raised in Detroit, Michigan.[5]

They went on to major in Cartooning at School of Visual Arts in New York City, later switching to Illustration.[3] While at SVA, they became the only Illustration student in their year to receive the Alumni Scholarship Award.[6]

Bibliography

Covers

Sequentials

  • Reading With Pictures (2010, TPB, ISBN 978-0578052762) (Harvey Award-nominated)[7]
  • Secret Identities Volume 2: Shattered (2012, TPB, ISBN 978-1595588241) The New Press
  • Reading With Pictures: Comics That Make Kids Smarter (2014, Hardcover, ISBN 978-1449458782) Andrews McMeel Publishing

Interior illustrations

  • GirlsDrawinGirls Volume 4: The Way Nature Made Her (2011, Hardcover, ISBN 978-1450781701)
  • Once Upon a Time Machine (2012, TPB, ISBN 978-1616550400) Dark Horse Comics (Harvey Award-nominated)
  • Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History (2014, Softcover, ISBN 978-0-9913921-0-0) Crossed Genres Publications
  • Hana Doki Kira (2014, TPB) The Year 85 Group

Magazines

  • CMYK Magazine[4] (2009)
  • YRB Magazine[8] (2011)

Exhibitions

Group

Juried

  • Gamescape (2011) Artscape, Baltimore, MD

Recognition

References

  1. ^ a b "Unicorn : SILA Illustration West 52". Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles (retrieved 2014-03-18)
  2. ^ Alice Meichi Li Livejournal profile Archived 2012-01-21 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b "Interview with illustrator Alice Meichi Li". The Artfuls (2011-11-07), by Tony Lewis
  4. ^ a b "The Gallery: Alice Meichi Li". Anime News Network (2008-08-23), by Evan Miller
  5. ^ "Creative Spotlight: Episode #42 – Alice Meichi Li". Japan Cinema (2011-07-28), by Marcello Milteer
  6. ^ SVA: Scholarship & Award Recipients Archived 2012-07-02 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved 2012-05-31)
  7. ^ a b "2011 Harvey Awards" Archived 2015-09-06 at the Wayback Machine. Harvey Award (retrieved 2014-03-18)
  8. ^ "Art: Goggles" Archived 2012-06-01 at the Wayback Machine. YRB Magazine (2011-12-20)
  9. ^ "The Birth of Quill" Archived 2011-06-18 at the Wayback Machine. (2010-03-29)
  10. ^ "Press Release (7/26/12): Museum of Chinese in America to Open two Comics Exhibitions on September 27" Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine. (2012-07-19)
  11. ^ "Applied Arts Mag - Awards Winners" Archived 2012-06-01 at the Wayback Machine. Applied Arts Magazine (retrieved 2014-03-18)
  12. ^ "SILA Illustration West 46". Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles (retrieved 2014-03-18)
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