Janet Sung is a Korean-American illustrator and designer, currently based out of Los Angeles
She enjoys doing a little bit of everything: book covers, editorial illustration, apparel design, background painting for comics and animation, and has taught at Parsons School of Design Pre-College Academy from 2013-2016
She is also 1/2 of the team behind the Dream Market Digital artist pop ups
Previously: designing for Refinery29, background painting at Titmouse on The Midnight Gospel and others, resident illustrator for Level Magazine’s Dear Level weekly sex column, a subsidiary of Medium
Currently: running the brand, kuru731, freelancing and accepting new inquiries!
CONTACT
hellojanetsung@gmail.com
Twitter / Instagram
SELECTED CLIENTS
Abrams Books
Bloomberg
Bust Magazine
BuzzFeed
Eater
Hyphen Magazine
LinkNYC
Lucky Peach
Medium (Human Parts, Level, Zora)
Pentagram
ReedPop (ECCC, BookCon)
Refinery29
The Washington Post
The Public Theater
Thinkful
Thrillist
Tumblr
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Hana Doki Kira 1+ 2
1001 Knights
ZAFTIG Zine #19
Rolled & Told: Volume 1, Issue 4
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
The Red Envelope Show by Grumpy Bert, NYC + LA (2020)
ARTMART @ Dromedary Tiki Bar by Last Minute Collective, NYC (2019)
Maker's Club NYC 12/4/18 (2018)
Rumiko Word @ QPOP Gallery, LA (2015)
She Blinded Me With Science @ Gowanus Print Lab, NYC (2015)
Summer Show @ Gowanus Print Lab, NYC (2015)
Akira Yoriyama Tribute Show @ QPOP Gallery, LA (2014)
Deceive Inveigle Obfuscate: An X-Files Group Show @ Gowanus Print Lab, NYC (2014)
I'm the Art Show! Deal With It @ Pixeldrip Gallery, LA (2013)
SELECTED ARTIST RESIDENCY
Ace Air @ Ace Hotel New York, NY (2018)
Chandelier Ranch (with the Refinery29 Design team) @ Mermaid Bay, NY (2018)
EDUCATION
Parsons School of Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration