About
Simo Liu is a multi-faced artist based in Los Angeles. She works on graphic design, illustration, motion graphics, and animation, combining various styles, techniques, and meanings with a creative spirit to achieve multiple aesthetics.
Simo served as a graphic designer at Illustration Entertainment, where she worked on some world-famous animated films such as Despicable Me 2, Minions, and The Secret Life of Pets. Also, she worked as an animator at Tokyo Broadcasting Television (TBS) in Japan, and participated in animation projects for their original education TV shows. Simo’s recent clients include The Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Politico, Medium, Mural, etc. She created the cover for The Washington Post Magazine, which was released on the issue of Feb 7, 2021.
Simo’s works have received many awards and exhibition selections from all over the world, including D&AD Awards 2021, Society of Illustrator 63, World Illustration Awards 2021, American Illustration 40, 3X3 Illustration Professional Show 2021, Applied Arts Awards 2019, Bangkok Illustration Fair 2021, Seoul Illustration Fair 2021, Best Motion Graphics of Los Angeles Animation Festival, Best Experimental of Chicago Amarcord Arthouse Television Awards and many others.
Much of Simo’s work contains a bright tone, with some humor and wit inside. It has been featured in USA Today, Time, Creative Boom, Hollywood Weekly, 3×3 Illustration, China Art Design Year Book 2020, Society of Illustrator Annual, OSSO Magazine, Picame, YOROKOBU, DPI Media, Animation Magazine, Voyage LA, etc.
Awards
2022 Chose Winner American Illustration 41 (AI-AP), USA
2021 Emerging and Established Awards The Cheltenham Illustration Awards 2021, UK
2021 Next Pencil Winner D&AD Awards 2021, UK
2021 Chosen Winner American Illustration 40 (AI-AP), USA
2020 Selected Society of Illustrator 63, USA
2021 Longlist World Illustration Awards 2021, UK
2021 Merit 3x3 International Illustration Annual No.18, USA
2021 Merit Hiii Illustration Award 2020, China
2021 Shortlist Communication Arts,USA
2020 Merit iJUNGLE Illustration Awards
2020 Shortlist World Illustration Awards 2020, UK
2020 Chosen Winner American Illustration 39 (AI-AP), USA
2020 RUNNER-UP Illustration: Professional Creative Quarterly 62, USA
2019 Merit (Self-Promotion/Animation) 3x3 International Illustration Annual No.16, USA
2019 Honorable Mention (three-dimensional) 3x3 International Illustration Annual No.16, USA
2019 Chosen Winner American Illustration 38 (AI-AP), USA
2019 Selected Winner Int'l Motion Art Awards 7(AI-AP), USA
2019 Winner of Young Blood Motion Applied Arts Photography & Illustration Awards,Canada
2019 RUNNER-UP Illustration: Professional Creative Quarterly 55, USA
2019 Gold in Illustration Category CMYK Top 100 New Creatives 58, USA
2019 Bronze Award 2018 Communication Exhibition for Asia-Pacific Visual Arts, HK
2019 Merit Award 2018 Communication Exhibition for Asia-Pacific Visual Arts, HK
2019 Nomination Award 2018 Communication Exhibition for Asia-Pacific Visual Arts, HK
2018 Centauri Winner at Website Category Portfolio Vega Awards, USA
2018 Centauri Winner at Video Category Innovative / Experimental Vega Awards, USA
2018 Arcturus Winner at Digital Marketing Category Vega Awards, USA
2018 Arcturus Winner at Video Category, Motion Graphics Vega Awards, USA
2018 RUNNER-UP Creative Quarterly 54, USA
2019 Showcase Award for Artistic Achievement Los Angeles Dace Film Festival, USA
2018 Best Motion Graphics Los Angeles Animation Festival, USA
2018 BEST ANIMATION Los Angeles Film Award, USA
2018 BEST EXPERIMENTAL Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Award, USA
2018 BEST ANIMATION Nevada International Film Festival, USA
2018 BEST ANIMATION New York Film Award, USA
2018 AWARD WINNER of BEST ANIMATION Calcutta International Cult Film Festival, India
2018 BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM European Cinematography Award, Netherlands
2018 BEST ONE MINUTES FILM European Cinematography Award，Netherlands
2018 BEST MICROFILM TOP SHORTS，USA
2018 BEST MICROFILM Festigious, USA
2018 BEST EXPERIMENTAL Chicago Amarcord Arthouse Television Awards, USA
2018 BEST MICROSHORT Paris Independent Film Festival, France
2018 Best Animation Expression Art Movie Festival, USA
2018 Best Animation Idea Independent Talents International Film Festival
2018 BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM The South Film and Arts Academy Festival, Chile
2019 Nominee 2nd Annual Golden Fox Awards，India
2018 HONORABLE MENTION (Animation) Oniros Film Festival,Italy
2018 HONORABLE MENTION (Animation) TOP SHORTS，USA
2018 HONORABLE MENTION (Animation) Festigious, USA
2018 NOMINEES OF BEST ANIMATION Prisma Independent Film Awards
2018 NOMINEES of BEST ANIMATION Feel The Reel International Film Festival, UK
2018 FINALIST Bengals International, India
2018 FINALIST Animation:Illustration Festival, USA
2013 SEMIFINALIST Adobe Design Achievement, USA
2000 THE THIRD PRIZE, China National Fine Arts, Calligraphy and Photography Competition, CHINA
Official Selection/Screening
2022 The Cheltenham Illustration AT THE CHAPEL ARTS GALLERY 2022
2021 BKKIF Illustration Fair 2021
2021 Seoul Illustration Fair 2021
2020 Society of Illustrators, USA
2020 World Illustration Awards Online Showcase
2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival , USA
2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, USA
2019 Carmarthen Bay Film Festival( BAFTA Award Qualifying), UK
2019 Toronto Animation Arts Festival International, Canada
2019 RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, USA
2019 2019 SPE Media Festival , USA
2019 The Poppy Jasper International Film Festival, USA
2019 LA Dance Film Film Festival, USA
2019 Experimental Forum, USA
2018 COW Design Festival 2018 ILLUSTRATION BIENNALE, Ukraine
2018 Around International Film Festival / Barcelona Official Selections, Spain
2018 Los Angeles Animation Festival, USA
2018 Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival, USA
2018 New Jersey International Film Festival, New Jersey, USA
2018 Festigious Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
2018 MindField Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
2018 New York Film Awards, USA
2018 VISIONFEST, USA
2018 South Film and Arts Academy Festival, Rancagua
2018 Experimental, Dance & Music Film Festival, Canada
2018 Expression Art Movie Film Festival, USA
2018 The Independent Cinema Showcase, Los Angeles, USA
2018 Top Shorts, Los Angeles, USA
2018 The Macoproject Film Festival, New York, USA
2018 Queen Palm International Film Festival, USA
2018 Animation Marathon, USA
2018 Out of Africa International Film Festival, Kenya
2018 Shorts That Are Not Pants, Canada
2018 7th Delhi Shorts International Film Festival-18, India
2018 FEDAXV, Chile
2018 SHORT to the Point, Romania
2018 Nuku'alofa Film Festival, Nuku'alofa
2018 Feel The Reel International Film Festival, UK
2018 New York Short Film Tuesdays,USA
2018 Paris Independent Film Festival, France
2018 Greensboro Dance Film Festival, USA
2018 Directors Circle Festival of Shorts, USA
2018 Life Screenings - One - Minute Film Festival, USA
2013 Adobe First Frame, USA
2013 The International Animation Festival Chilemonos, Chile
2010 19th Jindu Times Young Creative Awards, CHINA
Exhibition
2022 The Cheltenham Illustration AT THE CHAPEL ARTS GALLERY 2022
2021 Society of Illustrator 63 Annual Exhibition
2021 BKKIF Illustration Fair 2021
2021 Seoul Illustration Fair 2021
2021 AI-AP Archive Online Gallery
2020 World Illustration Award Online Showcase
2020 AI-AP Archive Online Gallery
2019 AI-AP Archive Online Gallery
2019 StandardVision Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE Exhibition
2019 Creative Quarterly 55 online gallery
2018 COW 2018 ILLUSTRATION BIENNALE, 16-30 November, 2018 , Dnipro Central City Library, Ukraine
2018 LA Comic Com
2018 California Institute of the Arts Pop-Up Show in DTLA, USA
2018 World Music Amazing Blitar Los Angeles Concert
2013 USC Rhythms+Visions/Expanded+Live II
Press / PuBLICATION
2022 The Cheltenham Illustration Awards 2021 Annual “ The Story of a Better Tomorrow”
2022 The New York Times, Feb 20, 2022 “Sketchbook” Session
2022 Havard Business Review Issue May/June 2022 “Designing Work That People Love”
2021 The Washington Post “Is D.C. Finally on the Brink of Statehood?”
2021 Collater.al “ESCAPE, the illustrated project on 2020 by Simo Liu”
2021 Picame “Escape: la serie illustrata di Simo Liu per infondere speranza dopo un anno disastroso”
2021 D&AD Award “Next winners on their creative breaks”
2021 Yourokubu Magazine 'Escape', illustrations about the coronavirus with echoes of 'Parasites'
2021 OSSO Magazine “ILLUSTRAZIONE: Escape | Simo Liu”
2021 Shoutout LA “Meet Simo Liu: Illustrator/Animator/Designer”
2021 MindSparkle Mag “Escape”
2021 Mâché Magazine “Escape” by Simo Liu
2021 Moss and Fog “Simo Liu’s Editorial-Style Illustration Relives the Chaos of 2020”
2021 3X3 International Illustration Annual
2021 Bangkok Illustration Fair Collection Book 2021
2021 Society of Illustrator 63 Annual
2021 Hiii Illustration Award 2020 Annual
2021 iJUNGLE Illustration Annual
2020 Creative Boom “Surreal illustrations by Simo Liu of 'disaster rooms' that we hope to escape from”
2020 Dpi.media “一起逃離疫情生活吧！美國插畫藝術家Simo Liu以幾何明亮線條回顧2020光景”
2020 World Illustration Awards Catalogue 2020
2020 Voyage LA- Meet Simo Liu
2020 3x3 Illustration Directory 2020
2020 3x3 International Illustration Annual No.16
2020 China Art Design Year Book 2020
2019 Applied Art Magazine Spring 2019
2019 Hollywood Weekly Magazine (February)- Millennial Artist- Simo Liu
2019 SV SHOWCASE: Three Selected Films from the Los Angeles Dance Film Festival
2019 Hiiibrand CMYK selected top 100 creative works, two Chinese Illustrators won Gold and Silver, Mar 2019
2018 Animation Magazine ‘North of Blue,’ ‘Floreana’ Top LA Animation Fest Winners
2018 Rotoscopers LAAF Announces 2018 Winners, Honors VR Pioneer
2018 Animation Scoop It’s a Wrap-LA Animation Festival Winners Announced, 2018
2018 Occhi Magazine
2018 Universal Movies
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