Shawna X is an artist, designer, animator and visual director who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She was born in China and moved to the US when she was seven. She’s had solo shows at Tictail and Powerplnt in Brooklyn and recently had a solo show at A/D/O in Brooklyn called F*** Your Manners which featured sculpture, prints and large scale video installation. She’s done work with Adidas, Adobe, Ghostly International along with many others. She has spoken at the AIGA Conference, Behance, NYC, the Apple Store and at the Art Director’s Club. I met Shawna at her home studio to talk about her early days in Portland, parental expectations, drawing as language, Sum41 and a lot more. Here’s our conversation…

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