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HI, I'M JEWEL.
ABOUT ME
HI, I'M JEWEL.
I'M A MIXED-FILIPINO ILLUSTRATOR AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER BASED IN TORONTO, ON SPECIALIZING IN WOMEN-FOCUSED AND COMMUNITY-CENTERED DESIGN. WORKING IN DIGITAL MEDIA, MY PRACTICE EXPLORES CONCEPTUALIZING CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL ISSUES THROUGH THE LENS OF DESIGN THINKING RESEARCH AND AN INTERSECTIONAL FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE. USING STYLIZED IMAGERY AND BRIGHT COLOURS, MY AIM IS TO CREATE VISUALLY UPLIFTING WORK THAT IS ALSO CONCEPTUALLY IMPACTFUL.
I GRADUATED WITH AN HONOURS BACHELORS OF DESIGN (BDES, HONS) WITH A MINOR IN ILLUSTRATION FROM OCAD UNIVERSITY. CURRENTLY, I AM CONTINUING MY STUDIES AT THE INSTITUTION AS A MASTERS OF DESIGN (MDES) CANDIDATE IN THE INTERDISCIPLINARY MASTERS IN ART, MEDIA, AND DESIGN PROGRAM AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE DEAN'S SCHOLARSHIP, AND THESIS RESEARCH GRANT.
OFF HOURS
INTP/SAGITTARIUS/
HOBBYIST CLASSICAL PIANIST/MATCHA LATTE ENJOYER
INTP/SAGITTARIUS/HOBBYIST CLASSICAL PIANIST/MATCHA LATTE ENJOYER
ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBER - LEAD
PRESENT
GRADUATE CAUCUS - IAMD PROGRAM REPRESENTATIVE
OCADU STUDENT UNION
FEATURED ARTIST AND COHORT MEMBER
FINELINE CO-LAB
EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBER - ILLUSTRATOR AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER
OCAD ARTIST ALLEY
2023
2023
2023-2024
OCAD ARTIST ALLEY
EDUCATION
INTERDISCIPLINARY MASTERS IN ART, MEDIA, AND DESIGN (MDES)
PRESENT
OCAD UNIVERSITY
2023
BACHELORS OF DESIGN, HONOURS (BDES), MINOR IN ILLUSTRATION
OCAD UNIVERSITY
2019
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION - LIFE DRAWING FOR ANIMATION
HUMBER COLLEGE
2019
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION - INTRODUCTION TO 3D ANIMATION
HUMBER COLLEGE
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FREELANCE ILLUSTRATOR AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER
2023-2024
TORONTO METROPOLITAN
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL
PHYSICS DEPARTMENT
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
MORAVIAN ACADEMY
DESIGN LEAD
FINELINE
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
FINELINE
2023
FREELANCE ILLUSTRATOR
CAMP QUEST
2022-2023
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
FINELINE
ZIFT SOLUTIONS
FREELANCE ILLUSTRATOR
2022-2023
2022-2024
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
HIGHWIRE COLLECTIVE
2022
ILLUSTRATION AND GRAPHIC DESIGN ASSOCIATE
PARTIAL GALLERY
POST GROWTH SUMMIT
DESIGN LEAD
2022
2021-2022
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
LINUX FOUNDATION
2023
2023
2023
2021
FREELANCE ILLUSTRATOR
OCADU STUDENT UNION
MASK4AID,
ARTWORXTO,
CAST PUBLIC ARTS,
WATERFRONT BIA
DESIGN LEAD
2021
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
2021
CAST PORTFOLIO
OCAD UNIVERSITY
RESEARCH ASSISTANT - OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES,
SUPPORTING DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES
2024
2024
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
FEMINIST ENTERPRISE
COMMONS
EXHIBITIONS AND MARKETS
MESSODOLOGY - IAMD FIRST-YEAR EXHIBITION
FINELINE - FEATURED LAUNCH COLLECTION
OCAD STUDENT UNION ART FAIR
2023
TORONTO DIVERSITY FESTIVAL
2023
OCAD ARTIST ALLEY 2023
2023
FINELINE AT GRADEX 108
DEMOCRACYXCHANGE
2023
2023
GRADEX 108
2023
VALENTINES ARTIST ALLEY
POST GROWTH SUMMIT
2022
2022
OCAD ARTIST ALLEY 2022
2023
2023
2023
2019
OCAD UNIVERSITY FIRST-YEAR GENERAL DESIGN EXHIBITION
IAMD WORKS-IN-PROGRESS EXHIBITION
2024
SPRING OCAD ARTIST ALLEY
2024
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
ALBERT FISHER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
2023
OCAD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE DEAN'S SCHOLARSHIP
2023
WHIPPERSNAPPER GALLERY CAREER LAUNCHER AWARD
2024
OCAD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SUMMER SCHOLARSHIP
2024
PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
2023
"HOW TO INTEGRATE SMALL PRINTS INTO THE HOME" - FINELINE.ART
"NEXT-GEN TORONTO DESIGNERS - ONES TO WATCH" - INTERIOR DESIGN SHOW TORONTO
"ARTIST SPOTLIGHT - MARCH 2023" - FINELINE.ART
2023
2023
2023
"POLICY REFLECTIONS: REIMAGINING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN A POST GROWTH WORLD"
OCAD UNIVERSITY CULTURAL POLICY HUB
2023
"OCADU LAUNCHES FINELINE.ART IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS" - OCAD UNIVERSITY
"2023-2024 DONOR IMAPCT REPORT" - OCAD UNIVERSITY
2024
"AT THE INTERSECTION OF ART AND DESIGN: JEWEL PAVAO" - FINELINE.ART
2024
OCAD ARTIST ALLEY HOLIDAY HANGOUT
"FROM APPLICANT TO VENDOR: CRAFTING YOUR ARTIST ALLEY APPLICATION"
OCAD ARTIST ALLEY SUMMER SOCIAL
"UTOPIA GUIDED TOUR" - INDUSTRY NIGHT AT GRADEX108
"POST GROWTH CREATIVE PANEL" - POST GROWTH SUMMIT
2022
2023
2023
2023
WORKSHOPS, PANELS, AND TALKS
OCAD UNIVERSITY
EDUCATION
INTERDISCIPLINARY MASTERS IN ART, MEDIA, AND DESIGN (MDES)
2023
2023
BACHELORS OF DESIGN, HONOURS
(BDES), MINOR IN ILLUSTRATION
OCAD UNIVERSITY
2019
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION:
LIFE DRAWING FOR ANIMATION
HUMBER COLLEGE
HUMBER COLLEGE
2019
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION:
INTRODUCTION TO 3D ANIMATION
2021-2022
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
LINUX FOUNDATION
2021
FREELANCE ILLUSTRATOR
OCAD STUDENT UNION
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
TMU MEDICAL PHYSICS DEPARTMENT
FREELANCE ILLUSTRATOR AND
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
2023
2023
DESIGN LEAD
FINELINE
CAMP QUEST
FREELANCE ILLUSTRATOR
2023
FINELINE
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
2022-2023
HIGHWIRE COLLECTIVE
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
2022-2023
2022-2023
FREELANCE ILLUSTRATOR
ZIFT SOLUTIONS
2022
PARTIAL GALLERY
ILLUSTRATION AND GRAPHIC
DESIGN ASSOCIATE
MASK4AID, ARTWORXTO, WATERFRONT
BIA, CAST PUBLIC ARTS
DESIGN LEAD
2021
CAST PORTFOLIO
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
2021
ORGANIZATIONS AND
ACTIVITIES
OCAD STUDENT UNION
GRADUATE CAUCUS - IAMD
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
PRESENT
PRESENT
EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBER -
LEAD
OCAD ARTIST ALLEY
2023
FEATURED ARTIST AND
COHORT MEMBER
FINELINE CO-LAB
OCAD ARTIST ALLEY
2022-2023
EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBER -
ILLUSTRATOR AND GRAPHIC
DESIGNER
WORKSHOPS
AND PANELS
OCAD ARTIST ALLEY
HOLIDAY HANGOUT
2023
2023
"FROM APPLICANT TO VENDOR:
CRAFTING YOUR ARTIST ALLEY APPLICATION + Q&A" - OCAD ARTIST ALLEY SUMMER SOCIAL
2023
"UTOPIA GUIDED TOUR"
- INDUSTRY NIGHT AT
GRADEX 108
"POST GROWTH CREATIVE PANEL" - POST
GROWTH SUMMIT
2022
2023
DEMOCRACYXCHANGE
2023
VALENTINES ARTIST ALLEY
EXHIBITIONS AND
MARKETS
MESSODOLOGY: IAMD
FIRST-YEAR EXHIBITION
2023
2023
FINELINE FEATURED
LAUNCH COLLECTION
OCAD STUDENT UNION
ART FAIR
2023
OCAD ARTIST ALLEY 2023
2023
TORONTO DIVERSITY FESTIVAL
2023
2023
FINELINE AT GRADEX 108
GRADEX 108
POST GROWTH SUMMIT
2022
OCAD ARTIST ALLEY 2022
2022
OCAD UNIVERSITY FIRST-YEAR
GENERAL DESIGN EXHIBITION
2019
2023
AWARDS AND
SCHOLARSHIPS
ALBERT FISHER
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
2023
2023
OCAD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE DEAN'S SCHOLARSHIP
PRESS AND
PUBLICATIONS
"OCADU LAUNCHES FINELINE.ART IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS"
- OCAD UNIVERSITY
2023
2023
"HOW TO INTEGRATE SMALL PRINTS INTO THE HOME"
- FINELINE
2023
"NEXT-GEN TORONTO DESIGNERS - ONES TO WATCH" - INTERIOR DESIGN SHOW TORONTO
"ARTIST SPOTLIGHT - MARCH 2023" - FINELINE
2023
2023
"POLICY REFLECTIONS: REIMAGINING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN
A POST-GROWTH WORLD" OCAD UNIVERSITY
POLICY HUB
CV
CV
CV
HI, I'M JEWEL.
HI, I'M JEWEL.
I'M A MIXED-FILIPINO ILLUSTRATOR AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER BASED IN TORONTO, ON SPECIALIZING IN WOMEN-FOCUSED AND COMMUNITY-CENTERED DESIGN. WORKING IN DIGITAL MEDIA, MY PRACTICE EXPLORES CONCEPTUALIZING CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL ISSUES THROUGH THE LENS OF DESIGN THINKING RESEARCH AND AN INTERSECTIONAL FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE. USING STYLIZED IMAGERY AND BRIGHT COLOURS, MY AIM IS TO CREATE VISUALLY UPLIFTING WORK THAT IS ALSO CONCEPTUALLY IMPACTFUL.
I GRADUATED WITH AN HONOURS BACHELORS OF DESIGN (BDES, HONS) WITH A MINOR IN ILLUSTRATION FROM OCAD UNIVERSITY. CURRENTLY, I AM CONTINUING MY STUDIES AT THE INSTITUTION AS A MASTERS OF DESIGN (MDES) CANDIDATE IN THE INTERDISCIPLINARY MASTERS IN ART, MEDIA, AND DESIGN PROGRAM AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE DEAN'S SCHOLARSHIP, AND THESIS RESEARCH GRANT.
PRESS AND
PUBLICATIONS
"OCADU LAUNCHES FINELINE.ART IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS"
- OCAD UNIVERSITY
2023
2023
"HOW TO INTEGRATE SMALL PRINTS INTO THE HOME"
- FINELINE
2023
"NEXT-GEN TORONTO DESIGNERS - ONES TO WATCH" - INTERIOR DESIGN SHOW TORONTO
"ARTIST SPOTLIGHT - MARCH 2023" - FINELINE
2023
2023
"POLICY REFLECTIONS: REIMAGINING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN
A POST-GROWTH WORLD" OCAD UNIVERSITY
POLICY HUB
AWARDS AND
SCHOLARSHIPS
WHIPPERSNAPPER GALLERY
CAREER LAUNCHER AWARD
2024
2024
OCAD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE
SUMMER SCHOLARSHIP
ALBERT FISHER
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
2023
2023
OCAD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE DEAN'S SCHOLARSHIP
ORGANIZATIONS AND
ACTIVITIES
OCAD ARTIST ALLEY
EXECUTIVE TEAM
MEMBER - LEAD
PRESENT
2023-2024
GRADUATE CAUCUS - IAMD
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
OCADU STUDENT UNION
2023
FEATURED ARTIST AND
COHORT MEMBER
FINELINE CO-LAB
OCAD ARTIST ALLEY
2022-2023
EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBER -
ILLUSTRATOR AND GRAPHIC
DESIGNER
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
TMU MEDICAL PHYSICS DEPARTMENT
2024
FREELANCE ILLUSTRATOR AND
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
FINELINE
DESIGN LEAD
2023
CAMP QUEST
2023
FREELANCE ILLUSTRATOR
2022-2023
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
FINELINE
HIGHWIRE COLLECTIVE
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
2022-2023
ZIFT SOLUTIONS
FREELANCE ILLUSTRATOR
2022-2023
PARTIAL GALLERY
ILLUSTRATION AND GRAPHIC
DESIGN ASSOCIATE
2022
LINUX FOUNDATION
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
2021-2022
OCAD STUDENT UNION
FREELANCE ILLUSTRATOR
2021
2021
2021
CAST PORTFOLIO
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
DESIGN LEAD
MASK4AID, ARTWORXTO, WATERFRONT
BIA, CAST PUBLIC ARTS
OCAD UNIVERSITY
RESEARCH ASSISTANT - OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES, SUPPORTING DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES
2024
FEMINIST ENTERPRISE COMMONS
2024
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
EDUCATION
OCAD UNIVERSITY
INTERDISCIPLINARY MASTERS IN ART, MEDIA, AND DESIGN (MDES)
PRESENT
2023
2019
2019
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION:
INTRODUCTION TO 3D ANIMATION
HUMBER COLLEGE
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION:
LIFE DRAWING FOR ANIMATION
HUMBER COLLEGE
BACHELORS OF DESIGN, HONOURS
(BDES), MINOR IN ILLUSTRATION
OCAD UNIVERSITY
2023
DEMOCRACYXCHANGE
2023
VALENTINES ARTIST ALLEY
EXHIBITIONS AND
MARKETS
MESSODOLOGY: IAMD
FIRST-YEAR EXHIBITION
2023
2023
FINELINE FEATURED
LAUNCH COLLECTION
OCAD STUDENT UNION
ART FAIR
2023
OCAD ARTIST ALLEY 2023
2023
TORONTO DIVERSITY FESTIVAL
2023
2023
FINELINE AT GRADEX 108
GRADEX 108
POST GROWTH SUMMIT
2022
OCAD ARTIST ALLEY 2022
2022
OCAD UNIVERSITY FIRST-YEAR
GENERAL DESIGN EXHIBITION
2019
2023
SPRING OCAD ARTIST ALLEY
2024
2024
IAMD WORKS-IN-PROGRESS
EXHIBITION
WORKSHOPS
AND PANELS
OCAD ARTIST ALLEY
HOLIDAY HANGOUT
2023
2023
"FROM APPLICANT TO VENDOR:
CRAFTING YOUR ARTIST ALLEY APPLICATION + Q&A" - OCAD ARTIST ALLEY SUMMER SOCIAL
2023
"UTOPIA GUIDED TOUR"
- INDUSTRY NIGHT AT
GRADEX 108
"POST GROWTH CREATIVE PANEL" - POST
GROWTH SUMMIT
2022
CV
PRESS AND
PUBLICATIONS
"OCADU LAUNCHES FINELINE.ART IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS"
- OCAD UNIVERSITY
2023
2023
"HOW TO INTEGRATE SMALL PRINTS INTO THE HOME"
- FINELINE
2023
"NEXT-GEN TORONTO DESIGNERS - ONES TO WATCH" - INTERIOR DESIGN SHOW TORONTO
"ARTIST SPOTLIGHT - MARCH 2023" - FINELINE
2023
2023
"POLICY REFLECTIONS:
REIMAGINING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN A POST-GROWTH WORLD"
OCAD UNIVERSITY POLICY HUB
"2023-2024 DONOR IMPACT
REPORT" - OCAD UNIVERSITY
2024
"AT THE INTERSECTION OF ART AND DESIGN: JEWEL PAVAO"
FINELINE.ART
2024