About
Irene Chung is a journalist, illustrator, and art director based between New York City and Taipei.
Irene Chung (b. 2000, Taipei; lives and works in New York City, NY) is a multidisciplinary journalist and illustrator. She received a Master in Fine Arts in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence, RI (2024). Irene earned her Bachelor of Science degrees in Health Sciences and Journalism from Boston University (2022). Her written and illustrated works can be found in the Boston Globe, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, La Vie Taiwan, Shopping Design, The Reporter, Mirror Fiction, and more. Her subjects of interest include food, women’s health, femininity, modern romance, memories, and loss.
She aspires to run her own publishing house one day and dedicated her publications to women in arts and culture.
Say hello! irenechungstudio@gmail.com
Some of my clients are:
The Boston Globe, Radio Free Asia, Heritage Radio Network, The Daily Free Press, Mirror Fiction, Mirror TV, Her Campus, LA Style Magazine, Brown Political Review, Volume-01, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Fountain Taiwan Magazine, La Vie, Modern Optical Magazine, Shopping Design, 報導者, 鄉間小路, 聯合文學 and more.
Kind words about my work:
Awards
RISD Fellowship 2022-2023 Academic Year
RISD Fellowship 2023-2024 Academic Year
RISD Internship Award
SPUR Research Award
Creative Quarterly Issue No.73
iJungle Illustration Award, New Talent
Exhibitions
2024 Thesis Show, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI
2024 Guilty Pleasures, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
2023 A Party That No One Can Attend, Illustration Studies Building Gallery at RISD, Providence, RI
2022, Three Colors: White, Animated Illustration, Illustration Studies Building Gallery at RISD, Providence, RI
2022, Silent Violence, Gelman Gallery at RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2020, Money Brain, Bopiliao Historic Block, Taipei, Taiwan
2018, Untitled (Watercolor), Taipei First Girls’ High School
2018, Navigation, Taipei First Girls' High School, Taipei, Taiwan
2017, Untitled, Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2015, Segregated Cities, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2022, Silent Violence, Gelman Gallery at RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2020, Money Brain, Bopiliao Historic Block, Taipei, Taiwan
2018, Untitled (Watercolor), Taipei First Girls’ High School
2018, Navigation, Taipei First Girls' High School, Taipei, Taiwan
2017, Untitled, Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2015, Segregated Cities, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA