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Mei-Li Nieuwland

Mei-Li Nieuwland

@liea.nl

Freelance illustrator and graphic journalist

Illustrator at Mei-li Nieuwland Illustration & Comics

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Illustrator with a background in AI and cultural anthropology, interested in solving complex problems visually! I use illustration and comics to translate real-world issues and solutions into an engaging and memorable graphic. www.liea.nl

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Career: 6

Illustrator

Mei-li Nieuwland Illustration & Comics

Aug 2014 - Present

Freelance illustrator for business & science, editorial, and graphic journalism. www.liea.nl

Illustration and information design

Yeds

Jan 2018 - Jul 2023

Part of the collective YEDS, connecting art with organisations through creative problem-solving.

Design Consultant

Flatland

Jan 2016 - Dec 2017

Designed, developed and implemented visual tools for consultancy in business, education, and government.

Junior Lecturer

University of Amsterdam

Aug 2012 - Aug 2014

Planned and taught freshman courses in i.a. rhetoric, philosophy of science, sociology and anthropology.

Concept Artist

Hasbro

2013 - 2014

Worked on expanding several of Hasbro's brands doing concept art and product design.

Illustrator

Vpro

2010

Illustrated for VPRO's column and online magazine 'Dorst'.

Skills: 11

Creative

IllustrationPhotographyPhotoshop

Interpersonal

Public SpeakingQualitative Research

Other

Character DesignConcept DesignCourse DesignGraphic journalismInterdisciplinary ResearchResearch Design

Education: 5

School of Visual Arts

Summer Residency, Illustration & Visual Narrative

Jan 2019

University of Amsterdam

Master of Science (MSc), Cultural Anthropology

Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

University of Amsterdam

Bachelor of Science (BSc), Liberal Arts & Sciences, Cultural Anthropology

Jan 2008 - Jan 2011

Yonsei University

YISS, International relations & Foreign policy

Jan 2010

University of Amsterdam

Minor, Artificial Intelligence

Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

Courses: 4

  • Philosophy of Science

  • Rhetoric

  • Intro to Cultural Anthropology

  • Intro to Sociology

Awards: 2

  • MSc. Cum Laude

    Aug 2012

  • BSc. Honours

    Aug 2011

Languages: 6

  • Dutch(Native or bilingual)
  • English(Native or bilingual)
  • Mandarin(Limited working)
  • French(Elementary)
  • German(Elementary)
  • Spanish(Elementary)

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