About this site

This is an art portfolio of Wai Khan Au.

Bio

Wai Khan, also nicknamed Winkie by friends and family, was born in Hong Kong and caught in a state of lack of national identity, she was forced to move to Edmonton, AB, Canada in grade seven. She hasn't been drawing at all until later in life (note: she is in her 20s). She discovered during university that she has a bigger passion for drawing than computing science, as evident by spending more time drawing than studying. She likes to tell stories through pictures that are a mix of the real world and the fantasy world.

She graduated from Grant MacEwan's Design and Illustration Diploma in 2008 which gave her the fundamental skills in illustrations. She looks forward to build her career in the field of illustration.

Publications
2009.05Ricepaper Magazine, issue 14.1, illustrations
2009.01.11 The Edmonton Journal, Free Spirits, Glenn Anderson story illustrations
2009.01 Ricepaper Magazine, comic
2008.12.21 The Edmonton Journal, A Candace Flynn Christmas illustrations
2008.09.21 The Edmonton Journal, Carbon Made Easy
2008.01 The Edmonton Journal, Be a good Audience
2007.09-2007.12 The Edmonton Journal, The Saturday Serial Thriller
2007.04 Pop City 3
2007.04 Paper/Cuts Volume 3 Issue 2
2007.04 Paper/Cuts Volume 3 Issue 1
2007.02.25 The Edmonton Journal, Wild Thing! The making of Mark Messier
2007.06.10 The Edmonton Journal, Captain Oil
2006.05 Happy Harbor's Manga-thon
Independent publications
2010.05Expired Seafood, graphic novel, with the Love Love Hill Collective
2010.03Interlocking Mechanism, graphic novel, with Chloe Chan
2009.05Saison des Lunettes, graphic novel, with the Megane Force Collective
2009.05Okonomiyaki, graphic novel
2009.02White Rice Fish, illustration book
2008.09Ventiquattro're su Ventiquattro, graphic novel
2005-200624, Asphalt Apple, comic art compilation
2003-2007Go Crackers, Oh! Gotta Go, graphic novel, with the Evilsmile Collective
Shows & events
2010.05.08-09Toronto Comics Art Festival, Toronto, ON
2010.04.02-04Sakura Con, Seattle, Wa
2010.03.21Vancouver Comicon, Vancouver, BC
2010.03.14-15Emerald City Comicon, Seattle, WA
2010.03.07Hollywood North, Burnaby, BC
2009.09.13Vancouver Comicon Guest Artist, Vancouver, BC
2009.02.07 Royal Bison Craft & Art Fair, Edmonton, AB
2008.11.29 Royal Bison Craft & Art Fair, Edmonton, AB
2008.10.26 Canzine, Toronto, ON
2008.07 Art Walk on Whyte, Edmonton, AB
2008.04 The Grant MacEwan Design Grad Show, Edmonton, AB