Thao Vo is a female Vietnamese illustrator working in Saigon – Vietnam. Since youth she likes to draw on every surface from walls to paper, following her dream she pursued art education at the prestige NAFA – Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and graduated with Illustration and Design major. After that, she works hard as an illustrator and designer while remaining her weekend watercolor workshop which she found in 2018. Recently she finds her interest in creating and illustrating children books. As one growing and living in Vietnam she knows the important of education that can change a child’s life and there is no better light to guide children more than books, especially picture books. When not drawing she loves to hang out with friends at new café and looking at cat pictures.
SHOWCASE & WORKSHOP
Asian Festival of Children’s Content – Book Illustrator Gallery 2023 & 2024
Nay Mam – Group exhibition in 3 consecutive years
Asian Festival of Children’s Content – Build your book Hackathon 2022
Nay Mam – Group exhibition in 3 consecutive years
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Scholastic’s Art Mentorship 2023
NAFA – Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
SELECTED CLIENTS
Publishers: Kim Dong, Crabit Kidbooks, Owl Books, Bloom, Tri Duc, Amak
Agencies & Corporations: Unilever, Viettel Money, Golden Gate, Salt & Pepper, Rice Content, Grid Vietnam
NGO – NPO: Save the Children, Room to Read, Happiness Initiative