Emma Shen is a Chinese visual artist currently resident in Edinburgh, Scotland. Emma has collaborated with brands such as The Walt Disney Company, Volkswagon, Coach and Lancôme, creative agencies such as BBH, BBDO, FCB, Ogilvy. Her illustrations, installations and paintings are exhibited internationally.
Commissions
Together - for Onside Youth Center
World Water Day - for Project Everyone for The Global Goals campaign
Move - "towards a better future" for The Greats Climate Migration Exhibition
Volkswagen Year of the Rabbit Chinese New Year Campaign
Dive - for Readers Week
Coach City-soles Launch Campaign
Aptamil x Dunhuang Academy HTML5 Game on social platforms
“Play Me I’m Yours” Street Piano Exhibition @HKRI Taikoo
Valentines Campaign and Artist Collab with A.Cloud
Mid-Autumn Festival Installation for Shanghai Institute of Tourism
The Summer Olympics for Chinese Social Media RED Exhibition
Liebesträume for Moonlight Concerts
Star Wish - Installation for Raffles City on the Bund Shanghai
Orchid Exhibition Campaign for World Smile Day @ LuOne
Francis Liszt for Moonlight concerts
Illustrations for Finger Food Magazine
Map Design for Play Me I'm Yours Street Piano Campaign for Taikoo
Sculptures for Artist Collab with Yue-Sai using their products
Common Air, Shared Ground 1/2 - for Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Common Air, Shared Ground 2/2 - for Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Common Air, Shared Ground 1/2 - for Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Illustrations for Finger Food Magazine
Map Design for Play Me I'm Yours Street Piano Campaign for Taikoo
Coach City-soles Launch Campaign
Move - "towards a better future" for The Greats Climate Migration Exhibition
Dive - for Readers Week
World Water Day - for Project Everyone for The Global Goals campaign
Star Wish - Installation for Raffles City on the Bund Shanghai
Francis Liszt for Moonlight
Together - for Onside Youth Center
Orchid Exhibition Campaign for World Smile Day @ LuOne
Aptamil x Dunhuang Academy HTML5 Game on social platforms
Volkswagen Year of the Rabbit Chinese New Year Campaign
Illustrations for Finger Food Magazine
Sculptures for Artist Collab with Yue-Sai using their products
Mid-Autumn Festival Installation for Shanghai Institute of Tourism
Valentines Campaign and Artist Collab with A.Cloud
Liebesträume for moonlight concerts
The Summer Olympics for Chinese Social Media RED Exhibition
“Play Me I’m Yours” Street Piano Exhibition @HKRI Taikoo
Common Air, Shared Ground 2/2 - for Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Personal Work
Experience Highlights
A highlight was: HTML5 platform mini game for Coach’s City-Sole launch campaign. Emma illustrated an interactive map, posters and scenes of the imagined City-Sole town and designed the mini app.
Emma has worked in the creative industry for 10 years since she graduated from State University of New York. She is currently working on a graduate certificate in Visual Arts at Harvard University.
Work
Freelance Illustrator and Artist
2018 - Now
Creating illustrations and designs, producing artist collaborations and products with and for various international brands and creative agencies.
Illustrator
The Walt Disney Company
2017-2018
Creating and supervising custom illustrations for the Walt Disney Brand across various sectors.
