Alice Meichi Li Explained

Alice Meichi Li
Birth Name:	Alice Mei-Chi Li
Birth Date:	August 13 ^[1]
Birth Place:	Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.
Nationality:	American
Field:	Illustration, Comic Books, Painting
Training:	School of Visual Arts^[2]

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.^[3]

Early life

Li was born to immigrants of Chinese descent, and was raised in Detroit, Michigan.^[4]

She went on to major in Cartooning at School of Visual Arts in New York City, later switching to Illustration.^[2] While at SVA, she became the only Illustration student in her year to receive the Alumni Scholarship Award.^[5]

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,) (Harvey Award-nominated)^[6]
• Secret Identities Volume 2: Shattered (2012, TPB,) The New Press
• Reading With Pictures: Comics That Make Kids Smarter (2014, Hardcover,) Andrews McMeel Publishing

Interior illustrations

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

Magazines

• CMYK Magazine^[3] (2009)
• YRB Magazine^[7] (2011)

Exhibitions

Group

• Tripnotica NYC (2007) Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
• NeoIntegrity: Comics Edition^[8] (2010) Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, New York, NY
• Alt.Comics: Asian American Artists Reinvent the Comic Book^[9] (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)^[10]
• Harvey Awards: 2011 (Nominated, Best Anthology & Best Original Graphic Publication for Younger Readers), 2013 (Nominated, Best Anthology)
• Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles: 2008,^[11] 2013 (Silver Award)

External links

• • • "Music, Genetics and Fantasy: An Alice Meichi Li Gallery". io9 (2010-03-04), by Ann VanderMeer

Notes and References

1. http://alicemeichi.livejournal.com/profile Alice Meichi Li Livejournal profile
2. http://www.theartfuls.com/interviews/alice_meichi_li "Interview with illustrator Alice Meichi Li"
3. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-gallery/2008-08-23 "The Gallery: Alice Meichi Li"
4. http://japancinema.net/2011/07/28/creative-spotlight-episode-42-alice-meichi-li/ "Creative Spotlight: Episode #42 – Alice Meichi Li"
5. http://www.sva.edu/after-sva/alumni-society/scholarship-award-recipients SVA: Scholarship & Award Recipients
6. http://www.harveyawards.org/previous-awards-nominees/2011-harvey-awards/ "2011 Harvey Awards"
7. http://www.yrbmagazine.com/2011/12/art-goggles/ "Art: Goggles"
8. http://ceblog.sva.edu/2010/03/neointegrity-comics-edition/ "The Birth of Quill"
9. http://www.mocanyc.org/about/news/press_release_MOCA_two_Comics_Exhibitions_September "Press Release (7/26/12): Museum of Chinese in America to Open two Comics Exhibitions on September 27"
10. http://www.yrbmagazine.com/2011/12/art-goggles/ "Applied Arts Mag - Awards Winners"
11. http://illustrationwest.org/46/ "SILA Illustration West 46"