Jade is a Chinese illustrator and printmaker based in New York City. She received a BA Political Science degree from UNC Chapel Hill. After graduation, she studied illustration at Fashion Institute of Technology and printmaking at the Art Student League of New York. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Illustration at School of Visual Arts.
Jade mostly creates in the form of etching and aquatint. Her works communicate uncanny emotions and vulnerable moments with stream-of-consciousness storytelling and monochromic color palattes. Her works got recognized by American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, and 3x3 Magazine, etc..
Self-Portrait, 2024
Education
2025-Present M.F.A. Illustration as Visual Essay, School of Visual Arts2020-2023 B.A. Political Science, Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillExhibitions / Lectures / Interviews
2026 Life & Work with Jade Sun of New York, Voyage ATL2026 Focus Art Fair, Chelsea Industrial, New York, NY2026 Ghost Birds curated by Viktor Koen, SVA MFA Illustration as Visual Essay, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY2026 Guest Lecture in personal printmaking practices ar RISD BFA Printmaking, Providence, RI2026 Next Up: Ripples, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York, NY2025 Boho Bazaar by Equity Gallery, Brooklyn, NY2025 The One Who Stayed, Memor Museum, New York, NY2025 World Illustration Awards Shortlisted Artist Interview2025 "All my words lie on these copper plates--Jade Sun's exploration of visual narrative" - BIBF Illustrator Panel, Beijing, China2024 SVA Summer Residency Open Studio, New York, NY2022 Coulture Canvas Art Social, Chapel Hill, NCSelected Clients
TNT Coffee Roasters / Reservoir Dogs Coffee Roasters / Pupa Cocktail Bar / UNC Yearbook Project 2023 / SafelandingHonors & Awards
ADC Illustration Awards - MeritIllustrators 68 - Jury SelectionBooooooom Illustration Awards 2025 - LonglistAmerican Illustration 44, 45 - Chosen WinnerCommunication Arts 2024, 2025, 2026 - Shortlist3x3 Illustration Annual 21, 22, 23 - Merit World Illustration Awards 2025 - ShortlistThe George & Joyce Kachergis Memorial Studio Art Scholarship, 2023