FIONA HSU 

ona.corvidae@gmail.com 
Fine artist | Visual Developer | Teacher 
onahsu.com 
 
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EDUCATION  SKILLS 
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)  Painting and drawing 
SEPTEMBER 2019 - PRESENT (expected graduation year: 2023)   Adobe Photoshop  
Studio/Fine Art major and Arts Education minor | GPA: 3.53/4.0  Procreate 

Emile Cohl Atelier (ECA)  Blender  

MARCH 2021 - PRESENT (expected graduation year: June 2021)   Maya 

Background Design Certificate (concept art). Skills learned: Maya, Arnold, Nuke,  Arnold 
shader editing, modeling, lighting design, compositing, rendering. 
Strong time management 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / WORK HISTORY Strong work ethic 

Self Employed — Photoshop and digital art freelancer  Strong self discipline 

MARCH - PRESENT  AWARDS 

Experienced in editing product images, wedding images, logo design,  NOMINEE in 7th Fine Art 
graphic design etc for independent clients and businesses, and  Photography Awards 
communicating with clients.  international competition in 
Fine Art/Amateur category 
UCLA VAPAE Teaching Sequence — Visual Arts Teacher  
SHORTLIST WINNER in 
Spring 2021  London International Creative 
Planned and taught 4 visual art lessons to 4th grade class at Los Angeles Unified  Competition in 
School District.   photography/student division  
1ST PLACE in Yorba Linda 
South Coast Youth Symphony Orchestra — cellist and staff member  Women’s Club Art contest in 
2016 - 2020  the Photography Division, with 
recognition from Senate, 
Performed with SCYSO as part of the American Celebration of Music concert  Congress, and Assembly.  
tour in Austria (2018) and in Germany and Czech Republic (2020).  
NATIONAL SILVER MEDALIST 
Mowgli Youth Association of Taiwan— Instructor and photographer  in 2019 Scholastic Art and 
Writing Awards  
AUGUST 2017 

Created lesson plans and taught art and theater to students, and event  LANGUAGE 
photographer at Dali Elementary School in Yilan Province, Taiwan.  
English (fluent)  
PROJECTS  Mandarin Chinese 
(intermediate)  
Jane Eyre Concept Design — Ongoing personal project 
Character and environmental design project inspired by Charlotte Bronte’s 
Jane Eyre, for personal and individual study. Skills learned includes: Blender 3D 
modeling, particle system, image texturing, node coding, lighting design, 
digital painting, perspective, etc. 

Public Art — Long-term display 

72”x80”commissioned painting for Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School 
District’s Performing Arts Center. Skills learned: planning for large-scaled 
paintings, tight time management.