Alice Meichi 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]

Alice Meichi Li
"Unicorn" from Elephantmen, winner of an Illustration West Silver Award[1]
Born	Alice Mei-Chi Li August 13 [2] Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	School of Visual Arts[3]
Known for	Illustration, Comic Books, Painting
Website	www.alicemeichi.li

Early life

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

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

Bibliography

Covers

• Elephantmen #36 (2011, Back Cover) Image Comics
• Mega Man #21 (2013, Variant Cover) Archie Comics
• Rick and Morty: Lil' Poo-py Superstar #1 (2016, Variant Cover) Oni Press

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

• Tripnotica NYC (2007) Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
• NeoIntegrity: Comics Edition^[9] (2010) Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, New York, NY
• Alt.Comics: Asian American Artists Reinvent the Comic Book^[10] (2012) Museum of Chinese in America, New York, NY

Juried

• Gamescape (2011) Artscape, Baltimore, MD

Recognition

• The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards: 2002 (Two Silver Keys)
• Worldstudio AIGA: 2002 (W.K. Kellogg Foundation Award)
• American Illustration: 2007 (Chosen)
• Applied Arts Illustration Awards: 2009 (Editorial Category)^[11]
• Harvey Awards: 2011 (Nominated, Best Anthology & Best Original Graphic Publication for Younger Readers),^[7] 2013 (Nominated, Best Anthology)
• Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles: 2008,^[12] 2013 (Silver Award)^[1]

References

1. "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. "Interview with illustrator Alice Meichi Li". The Artfuls (2011-11-07), by Tony Lewis
4. "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. "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)

External links

• Official website
• Alice Meichi Li at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• "Music, Genetics and Fantasy: An Alice Meichi Li Gallery". io9 (2010-03-04), by Ann VanderMeer