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Charisma Christal Thomas, is an illustrator, designer, and visual artist based in British Columbia, Canada. She received her Bachelors of Fine Arts (BFA) from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, where she established a multi-disciplinary creative practice. Thomas uses her intersectional perspective as a Malaysian Indian, to focus on environmental sustainability and children's education.

EDUCATION

Emily Carr University of Art and Design, BC - BFA in Illustration

Sept 2016 - May 2020

 

 

 

ART ADMINISTRATION

 

Communications and Community Outreach Coordinator - Coquitlam Heritage Society, Coquitlam, BC

March 2023 - Present

 

Art Administrative Assistant - Shumka Center for Creative Entrepreneurship, Vancouver, BC

July 2021 - Present

 

Curatorial Assistant - Centre A, Vancouver BC 

Jan2020 - Sept 2020

ILLUSTRATION AND DESIGN

Conservation Illustrator  - Ocean Wise, Vancouver, BC

January 2022 - December 2022

Illustrator  - City of Richmond Environmental Campaign, Richmond, BC

January 2022 - August 2022

Conservation Illustrator  - British Columbia Wildlife Federation, Vancouver, BC

October 2021 - December 2021

Graphic Designer - Coquitlam Heritage Society, Coquitlam BC 

Jan 2021 - September 2021

Graphic Designer - Patanjali Yoga Studio, Edmonton, AB 

Jan 2021 - Present 

Illustrator - A Crystal Named Forest (book), Vancouver BC

Mar 2018 - Jul 2018

Graphic Design Intern - Adaikalaraj Media Group, Malaysia

Jan 2016 - Mar 2016

RESEARCH

Research Assistant - Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, BC

March 2023 - Present

Research Assistant - Artist’s Books Co-Op, Vancouver, BC

Sept 2019 - Dec 2019 

Research Assistant - Professor Mimi Gellman, Vancouver, BC

Jan 2019 - May 2019

PUBLICATIONS

Writer - Art Asia Pacific Magazine, Hong Kong 

Exhibition Review: Lucie Chan’s Exhibition “To Be Free, Everything You Most Hate and Fear”

Feb 2020

Writer - Centre A, Vancouver BC

Interview: "In Conversation with Lam Wong" 

Jan 2020

 

Writer - Artist’s Books Collection ECUAD, Vancouver BC

Sept 2019 - Dec 2019

EXHIBITIONS

 

Far Afield Collective, Access Gallery, Vancouver BC 

Apr 2019 - Jul 2019

The Foundation Show, ECUAD, Vancouver BC

April 2017

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