Alpha Yu (he/him) is a Vancouver-based author-illustrator with a specialisation in graphic novels and background art. He received his BFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design and has a particular fondness for the children of immigrants, the struggling artists, and the people who wish the grey city had a little more colour. It's his wish to draw it all!

Since May 2023, he’s routinely sold art at conventions, markets, and even malls under the alias of Shoba. He has has been a guest speaker for art and Canadian culture for events at Simon Fraser University, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, the University of British Columbia, and more.

In his spare time, Alpha enjoys long walks on sunset beaches and building plastic robot models, but not both at once. That would be hard.

 

Past recognitions:

-Graphic Novel titled A Canadian's Guide to Making Manga, recipient of an honorary mention for the John C. Kerr Chancellor Emeritus Awards for Excellence in Visual Arts.

-A Haunted House Story, in Reckoning Books & Comic’s P is for Phear comic Anthology

-Background artist in animated commercial from Simon Fraser University.

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Alpha is represented by Christy Ewers of The CAT Agency.

Alpha is very active on Instagram. You can follow him @shoba.art