So A Ryu is a Designer, Illustrator & Creative Director specializing in illustrative storytelling.
She is a generalist who believes that every medium harnesses the power to create a multi-sensoral experience. So A designs in details rooted in human interaction and experience.
She particularly finds influence from work that challenges the traditional sense of design: beyond the grid and the ocularcentric world.
Contact
︎︎︎thenameissoa (at) gmail.com
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Awards/Publications
2022
D&AD 2022 Animation Jury
2021
UMBER magazine artist interview
“On The Horizon” by Rich Robbins Album Cover
Snapchat International Women’s Day Campaign
D&AD 2021 Animation Jury
New York Festivals Design Grand Jury
Society of Typgraphic Arts 100
2020
Snapchat Creative Council Pitch Winner
3x3 International Illustration Award 17 Best of Show
D&AD 2020 Illustration Wood Pencil
D&AD Design Agency of the Year
ADC 99 Illustration
Society of Illustrator 62
Illustration West 58 Silver Award
Creative Quarterly 58 Design
Creative Quarterly 58 Illustration
Communication Arts 61
Int’l Motion Art Awards 8
FCB Impact Awards Up+Coming
2019
Society of Typographic Arts 100
AIGA Chicago 2019 Community Grant Recipient
3x3 International Illustration Award 16
Communication Arts 60
American Illustration 38
Int’l Motion Art Awards 7
Press/Screening
Seattle Internatinal Film Festival WA
AIGA Fall Lecture: CloserLookClosedCaption
CampaignUS: Young Talents on COVID-19
Ad Age Illustrated Inaugural Animated Short
One Screen Film Festival NYC
CINQUEST Film Festival CA
AI-AP NY Illustration Week NYC
BUST Magazine 08-11 2018
Mentorship/Speaking
AAF’s MPMS Program Panelist 2022
D&AD New Blood Mentor 2021 Omnicom Disability Awareness Month Panelist
Exhibitions
The Dollhouse (Group), 2018, gadget_gurl
Friendly Neighbors (Solo), 2019, Paper Hat Gallery
Ai-AP Screening (Group), 2019, NY illustration week
UNLEASHED: The Exhibit (Group), 2019, Society of Illustrator
Illustrator 62 (Group), 2020, Society of Illustrator
Illustration West 58 (Group), 2020, SI-LA
Password protected work available upon request.
Experience
Senior Designer | Energy BBDO
Designer | FCB/The Design Group
D&AD Design Agency of the Year 2020
Washington University in St. Louis | Class of 2018
Skills
Art Direction
Animation
Branding
Concepts
Design
Exhibition
Identity
Illustration
Packaging
Print/OOH
Selected Clients
Snapchat / RXBAR / Jack Daniel / Woodford Reserve / Champion / Kleenex / GE / Glad / BlueBunny / Clorox / 3% Conference / Ad Age
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