Multidisciplinary Artist and Researcher
based in NYC.

I go by Audrey or Aud.

My Mother, who is originally from Shanghai, China, also named me RuYi, which means “As You Wish” in Mandarin. In Chinese Buddhism, RuYi is a ceremonial back scratcher…I mean scepter, that one may gift to another to offer good wishes and power.

Until 2004, I lived in the small agricultural-suburban town of East Lyme, Connecticut. At age 11, I moved across the globe to the densely populated city of Hong Kong. My father had accepted a job there. This environmental shift was the catalyst that launched me into a different life path. Driven by curiosity and inspiration, I am committed to investigative research and writing, and communicating my findings through art.

Today, I am a freelancing researcher, graphic designer & illustrator.

I am also a storyteller. Apart from writing, I love working with visual and audio tools to tell stories showing lesser known information, interconnections, and ideas using public data, oral histories/interviews on topics spanning immigration, art, food and drink, music, movies, pop culture, and mythology.

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Specialties

  • Graphic design and illustration

  • Package, merchandise, and promotional design

  • Marketing and communications research

  • Investigative research and writing

  • Arts and cultural production and operations management

  • Data visualization and GIS