About
Nicole Xu is a freelance illustrator who was born in
Shanghai, grew up in Vancouver, Canada, and is now based
in Brooklyn, NY. She recently graduated from Rhode Island
School of Design with a BFA in illustration and is
represented by Gerald & Cullen Rapp.
Feel free to contact her at nicole@nicole-xu.com!
Clients
The New York Times // NPR // The Globe and Mail //
Nautilus // Plansponsor // VICE // Buzzfeed // Village Voice
// Spectrum // Advertising Age // Stanford Magazine //
Scientific American // The Walrus // Living Hyphen // Hazlitt
// Boston Globe Magazine // BUST Magazine // Bitch Media
// Portland Mercury // BOOOOOOOM x Society6 // ON!
Storie // Narratively // YES! Magazine // US Holocaust
Memorial Museum // Wake Forest Magazine //
The Washington Post // NBC News // Christianity Today
// Teaching Tolerance // The Verge // Literary Review of
Canada // WebMD // Lerner Publishing Group // The Atlantic
// Dallas Magazine // The Intercept
Awards / Recognition
American Illustration 36, 37 // Society of Illustrators 60, 61 //
Society of Illustrators Student Show 2016 // 3x3 Magazine
Features
Communication Arts // BOOOOOOOM // Ape on the
Moon // Inkygoodness // Ballpitmag // On Storie Q&A