Oh, hello! After a decade making art, designing graphics, and telling stories at advertising agencies, I currently work in New York, Los Angeles, and Tokyo as a freelance artist and creative director.  Be it with character illustration or product graphics, my works goes big and bold while using negative space to invite imagination. 

Let’s collaborate! If you would like to commission an illustration or discuss a bigger project, please email me directly at email@ejeanfrye.com.

Exhibitions

2018  //  Fullscreen Misfits  //  group show  //  Design Festa Gallery  //  Tokyo, Japan
2017  //  Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité  //  group show  //  TR!CKSTER  //  Berkeley, CA
2015  //  G-G-G-HOSTS!  //  group show  //  Meltdown Comics  //  Los Angeles, CA
2014  //  Sandman 25th Anniversary Tribute Art Show //  group show  //  Mission Comics  //  San Francisco, CA
2012  //  Pavillon Jeunes Talents d’Angoulême  //  group show  //  Angoulême International Comics Festival  //  Angoulême, France
2012  //  Fashionably Drawn  //  group show  //  Roll Up Gallery  //  San Francisco, CA
2011  //  Regalia: Original Comic Art  //  solo show  //  Meltdown Comics  //  Los Angeles, CA
2010  //  AMOS Showtime  //  traveling group show  //  Hamburg, Munich, Berlin, and Basel, Germany
2010  //  Cigar Box Beauty  //  group show  //  Miss Scarlet in the Parlor  //  Los Angeles, CA
2010  //  Anatomically Correct  //  group show  //  Miss Scarlet in the Parlor  //  Los Angeles, CA
2009  //  Monsters of Webcomics  //  group show  //  Cartoon Art Museum  //  San Francisco, CA
2009  //  Kokeshi: From Folk Art to Art Toy //  group show  //  Japanese American National Museum  //  Los Angeles, CA
2009  //  A Private Affair  //  solo show  //  Siren’s Salon  //  Los Angeles, CA
2008  //  Deep Water //  group show  //  C.A.V.E. Gallery  //  Venice, CA

Publications

2012  //  Laisse Souffler  //  Saveur.com  //  New York, NY
2012  //  Paul //  C’est Bon Anthology Vol. 20-21  //  Malmö, Sweden
2011  //  Regalia: Nine Stories  //  self published  //  Los Angeles, CA
2010  //  Footsteps //  C’est Bon Anthology Vol. 16  //  Malmö, Sweden
2011  //  Death Went into the Place, text by Omar Zahzah  //  Narrative Magazine  //  San Francisco, CA
2010  //  GODS:MONSTERS //  Flaunt Magazine Issue 114  //  Los Angeles, CA
2010  //  I Can See Your Underpants  //  Narrative Magazine  //  San Francisco, CA
2009  //  Lucky House //  C’est Bon Anthology Vol. 9  //  Malmö, Sweden
2009  //  Horse & Rider #1-5  //  Narrative Magazine  //  San Francisco, CA
2008  //  The Lady’s Murder  //  Narrative Magazine  //  San Francisco, CA

Speaking Engagements

2018  //  SPECTRUM TALK Vol.1 Art/Work  //  Spiral, Tokyo, Japan
2018  //  guest lecture  //  Josai University, Tokyo, Japan
2014  //  guest lecture  //  Cal State University, Long Beach, CA
2013  //  guest lecture  //  UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2012  //  book reading  //  Challengers Comics + Conversation  //  Chicago, IL
2011  //  book launch  //  Meltdown Comics  //  Los Angeles, IL
2011  //  guest lecture  //  San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Awards

2009  //  Best Webcomic (nomination)  //  Eisner Award  //  San Diego, CA
2009  //  Best Art (nomination)  //  Stumptown Comics Awards  //   Portland, OR

Education

2006-2008  //  Character Animation  //  California Institute of the Arts  //  Valencia, CA
2002-2006  //  BA Japanese Literature  //  UCLA  //  Los Angeles, CA
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