I am an art director/set design who graduated from CSULB with a BFA in Graphic Design.

Born and raised in Hokkaido, Japan, Aoi Yamaguchi has been trained to master calligraphy learning under Master Zuiho Sato from the age of 6, She is a recipient of numerous awards and supreme prizes at competitive public exhibitions. She uniquely transforms Japanese calligraphy into physical artistic expression through conceptual performance. She has performed with contemporary dancers, models, and traditional and contemporary musicians all over the world. Currently residing in Berkeley, California, Yamaguchi continues her work on her conceptual calligraphy installations, exhibitions, workshops and performances as she continues to push the boundaries of traditional Eastern classics and contemporary artistic expression.

Aubrey Nolan is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Brooklyn, New York. She is currently writing and drawing her first full-length graphic novel, Listen Along with Izzy McKenna, forthcoming from Rocky Pond / Penguin Teen. Her comics and illustrations have been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, Medium, The Nib, HuffPost, The Stranger, and more. Her work appears in Votes for Women, a comics anthology about the fight for women’s suffrage, and in the humor anthology, Send Help! She is also a teaching artist at The Center for Family Life in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and has led comics workshops and talks for several universities, as well as AOC’s Homework Helpers program. You can learn more about her in a profile for the The Comics Journal. For book-related inquiries please contact Anjali Singh at Ayesha Pande Literary.

Fine art photographer, Editor in Chief of Terra Firma magazine, curator, designer, publisher, creator, maker, thinker, dreamer.

I am a Los Angeles based photographer that shoots film. I also enjoy gardening and cooking.