I am a multidisciplinary artist, designer, author, and storyteller currently resides in New Jersey. My work investigates and critiques issues at the intersections of nature, humanity and social-cultural events. My interdisciplinary approach traverses illustration, painting, installation, design and texts.

Education

-The Art Students League of New York, Continue Education, Printmaking, Instructor Sylvie Covey, 2019
-University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign, Master of Fine Arts, Art and Design, 2009.
– Jiangnan University, Bachelor of Engineering, Industrial Design, 2006.

Selected Exhibitions and Shows

-2020. 42nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
-2020. New Directions 2020: 36th Annual National Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
-2020. The Flag Project, Rockefeller Center, New York City, NY
-2020. Look Back in Wonder, Arts Mid-Hudson Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
-2020. ABSTRACT, Queen City 15 Fine Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
-2019. Independent Art Book Fair, Industria Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
-2019. Vision Expo West, Sands Expo Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV
-2019. SILMO Paris, Paris Nord Villepinte, Paris, France
-2018. MIDO, Fieramilano Rho, Milan, Italy
-2009. Art + Design MFA Exhibition, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL
-2008. Disability + Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Union Art Gallery, Urbana, IL

Teaching and Workshop

-2021. (Upcoming) Virtual Storytelling and Drawing Workshop, Brooklyn Public Library, New York, NY.
-2020. Virtual Storytelling and Drawing Workshop, New York Public Library, New York, NY.
-2020. Virtual Author’s Talk About Creative Process, The New York Association of Chinese Women Writers, New York, NY.
-2019. Storytelling and Drawing Workshop for about 45 K-6 students, Queens Public Library, New York, NY.
-2019. Illustration Workshop for about 35 K-6 students, Springfield Genius Academy, Springfield, NJ
-2017. Chinese Author Talk Series (XII) Lonely Manhattan, about 75 people attended, Queens Public Library, Flushing, NY.
-2015. Instructor and Mentor for teen design fair, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, about 300 students, NYC, NY.
-2010. Art & Design Lecture and Workshop for about 55 undergraduate design students, Southern Yangtze University, Wuxi, China.
-2007 – 2009. Graduate Teaching Assistant for a variety of courses, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL.

Publications

-June HE. (2019, July). Kaia and Tutu’s Journey to the World. Children’s Picture Book. Illustrator & Author. New York: June He.
-June HE. (2019, July). A Confession from A Product Designer. Global Chinese Times, A30.
-June HE. (2018, September). The Gap Between Mother Tongue. Global Chinese Times, A30.
-June HE. (2016, October). Lonely Manhattan. Fiction Book. China translation and publishing Corporation.
-June HE. (2014). Heightened Sensitivity to the Material Landscape of Chinese Women Living in America. Aesthetic and Times 552, 23-27.
-June HE. (2013). From China to America (Chinese Edition). Poems and Prose Collection. New York: June He.
-Deana MCDONAGH, Joyce THOMAS, Siying CHEN, June HE, Yong Seok HONG, Yunjin KIM, Zhongren ZHANG, and Feniosky PENA-MORA. (2009, April). Empathic Design Research: Disability + Relevant Design. The proceedings of the 8th European Academy of Design Conference: Design Connexity, Aberdeen Scotland, 1-3.

Design Experience

-2020. Creative Director, June He Design Consulting, Springfield, NJ.
Clients: Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab, New York Public Library, Rockefeller Center, Be the Change Foundation, etc.
-2018-2019. Senior Designer, Marcolin U.S.A. Eyewear Corp., Somerville, NJ.
Clients: GUESS, Tom Ford, Timberland, Harley-Davidson, Emilio Pucci etc.
-2014-2018. Product Design Supervisor, Warby Parker, New York City, NY.
-2010-2014. Product Designer, Marchon Eyewear, Inc., New York City, NY.
Clients: Michael Kors, Diane von Furstenberg (DVF), Calvin Klein, Henri Bendel, Victoria’s Secret, Nike, etc.
-2010. Senior Accessory Designer, Jimmy Crystal New York Co., New York City, NY. Clients: Miss Universe Ximena Navarrete, Swarovski Crystal, Wynn LAS VEGAS, etc.
-2008. Industrial Design Intern, Kohler Company, Kohler, WI.

Certificate

-Graduate Teacher Certificate, received from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 2009