SHINGO SHIMIZU is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design’sCommunication and Design program. The Montreal-born, Toronto-bred designer was exposed to drawing at an early age through his father's graphic design work. After many successful years working as a full-time designer, Shingo pursued to work independently, to follow his passion, Illustration. His vector-based style echoes visual cues derived from pop art to Manga to his latest obsessions. Music is another driving force in his visual language, as he DJs nights in local bars and clubs. Shingo had produced visual creatives for numerous clients including Coca-Cola, Virgin Mobile and Toyota.

His work has also been featured in Mixmag, Business 2.0 and Popular Mechanics. Shingo has been recognized by The Advertising and Design Club of Canada and American Illustration and also been profiled in Vektorika's 'Greatest Hits' issue. Currently, he works out of his Toronto studio where he takes on various projects including Illustration, Graphic and Character Design. To learn more about Shingo, visit his website or follow him on Twitter.

SELECTED CLIENT LIST}
• Agent 16: Camel {Swagger Magazine}
• Apparatus Inc.: Sims Snowboards, Renegade Skateboards
• House of Spy Clothing
• Lowe Roche: Virgin Mobile {Holiday Wrapping Paper}
• Mclaren McCann: Coca-Cola Canada {Transit Ad Poster}
• New Angeles Magazine
• Pop-in New York Magazine
• Pound Magazine
• Saatchi & Saatchi: Toyota Canada
• Sonar Group: McCain Foods {Zwak juice boxes}
• Unplugged Tv: McDonalds Foods Canada
• Zig: Holt Renfrew GRAPHIC / CHARACTER DESIGN}
• House of Spy {marketing material / patterns / illustration}
• Modem Media {print > direct marketing, web > interface / banners}
• Operator {graphics / illustrations for T-shirts}
• Organic {character design / branding for Bell Gamesmania}
• Sonar Group {character designs for Zwak}
• Teehan + Lax {interface designs for America Online}
• Unplugged TV {character designs for McDonald’s Foods Canada}

SHINGO SHIMIZU illustrator /// graphic designer / shingo@shingo.ca // www.shingo.ca


EDUCATION} DIPLOMA IN GRAPHIC DESIGN Ontario College of Art and Design {Canada}

ART SHOWS}
• PF Flyers Canvas Sneaker: El Kartel store - Vancouver, Canada {2008}
• Track of Life show: JF-1626 SPACE - Guangzhou, China {2007}

INDUSTRY / EXPERIENCE}
• X Unlimited Corporation: Junior Graphic Designer {1998 - 1999}
• House & Home Publishing: Intermediate Graphic Designer {2000}
• Modem Media: Intermediate Graphic Designer {2000 - 2002}
• Organic: Intermediate Graphic Designer {2002 - 2003}
• Shingo Shimizu Design & Illustration: {2003 - present}

SKILLS}
• PROFICIENT KNOWLEDGE OF MAC DESIGN PROGRAMS: Adobe CS3: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign QuarkXpress
• FLUENCY IN ENGLISH / JAPANESE

ADCC Silver Award
AI-27 Official Selection