Born in Taipei, raised in Hong Kong, and has been residing in California since her late teen years, Cindy has been shaped by multiple and diverse cultural backgrounds that fuel her creative inspirations. Influenced by her father, an animator and a film maker, she has been exposed to a wide spectrum of art and design related fields and started drawing since an early age.

 

After graduated from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles with her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Fashion Design, she had been working as a full time apparel designer in multiple firms within California as well as Shanghai and Hangzhou, China for several years.  During the years of living and working in China, she had also begun traveling world wide extensively, which led to her realization of her need for autonomy with her creative paths.  Shortly after returning to California, she decided to take a bold risk of leaving her corporate career life behind to pursue her interest in textile design and has been working as an independent artist and designer ever since.

 

Her next venture is to further advance her passion as an artist and illustrator within the fashion industry, as well as a possibility of expanding into the realm of murals and public art.

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WORK EXPERIENCE
 

As Independent Textile Designer and Fashion Artist (2009-present)

CLIENTS - including but not limited to, in alphabetical order
 

• Anthony Hopkins (Samson Productions Inc), Los Angeles

• Chagoury Couture, Beverly Hills

• Cheyann Benedict, Los Angeles

• Design Printsiples, Los Angeles

• Katro, Beverly Hills

• Kelly Wearstler, Los Angeles

• Maui & Sons, Pacific Palisades

• Nahmias, Los Angeles

• Nasty Gal, Los Angeles

• One September for Anthropologie, Los Angeles

• Pacific Sunwear, Los Angeles

• Raquel Allegra, Los Angeles

• Sinaina Children's Commodity Inc., Shanghai

• Xirena, Los Angeles

 

As full time Apparel and Textile Designer (2000-2008)

COMPANIES - from the latest to the earliest
 

• Bodywaves Inc., Garden Grove, CA, USA
  Apparel Designer/ Merchandiser for BW Sports and BW Studio divisions

     

• Crocodile Garments Co., Hangzhou, China
  Chief Apparel Designer for Junior Kids division

     

• St. John Knit, Irvine, CA, USA
  Embellishment Designer/ Textile Artist

     

• Koret of California, Oakland, CA, USA

• David Dart Design Group, City of Industry, CA, USA
  Assistant Designer