THERESE is an Illustrator and Visual Graphic Designer born and raised in Queens, New York. As a lifelong artist, she brings an awareness to her Southeast Asian heritage through artistic elements both in her drawings and paintings. Her work frequents around themes of the dual Asian/Asian American identity and the connection between avant-garde, contemporary, and traditional subject matters. Her style is an infusion of her admiration for various subcultures: anime and video games along with her appreciation for fashion and lifestyle illustration. She is a visionary with multiple disciplinaries in both traditional and digital forms of design. She is both self taught at the young age of 3 and continued through academia from the Fashion Institute of Technology. She continuously hones her craft, working in multiple industries from tech and gaming, fashion, sports and hospitality.


In her spare time, she loves running around cityscapes, exploring eclectic coffeeshops and indulging in diverse cuisines, hitting Muay Thai pads and kicking butt, immersing in indie concerts in local venues, strolling in art galleries and museums, and snuggling with her cat.