Graphic Design at Illinois

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College of Fine & Applied Arts at Illinois

Distinguished Legacy Awards

Anida Yoeu Ali (BFA ’96 Graphic Design)

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Anida Yoeu Ali is an interdisciplinary artist whose works span performance, installation, new media, public encounters, and political agitation. Raised in Chicago and born in Cambodia, she is a woman of mixed heritage with Malay, Cham, Khmer, and Thai ancestry. Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach to artmaking, her installation and performance works investigate the artistic, spiritual, and political collisions of a hybrid transnational identity.

Ali is the winner of the 2024 Arts Innovator Award and the 2014–2015 Sovereign Asian Art Prize for her series The Buddhist Bug, a multidisciplinary and internationally recognized work that investigates displacement and identity through humor, absurdity, and performance. Ali has performed and exhibited at the Haus der Kunst, Palais de Tokyo, Musée d'art Contemporain Lyon, Jogja National Museum, Malay Heritage Centre, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, the Smithsonian, and the Seattle Asian Art Museum.

Her artistic works have been the recipient of grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Art Matters Foundation. Ali’s pioneering poetry work with the critically acclaimed performance group I Was Born With Two Tongues is archived with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program.

Ali holds an MFA from School of the Art Institute Chicago (2010) and a BFA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (1996). She currently serves as a senior Artist-in-Residence at the University of Washington Bothell where she teaches courses in Interdisciplinary Arts, Global Studies, and Performance. She spends her time traveling and making art between the Asia-Pacific region and the United States.

If you're headed back to or a new student on campus this fall 2026, check out what the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts has to offer!

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Krannert Center - 2026-27 Season Preview Krannert Center for the Performing Arts is proud to announce our 2026-27 season! Complete information is available online at https://KrannertCenter.com.

The 2025 Animation Career Review rankings are here, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign just pulled off a massive double win. After sifting through over 250 Midwest colleges with graphic design programs, they named us #2 in the Midwest for graphic design and #6 in the entire nation for public graphic design schools.

Check out the full rankings here: https://www.animationcareerreview.com/articles/2025-graphic-design-school-rankings





School of Art and Design at Illinois College of Fine & Applied Arts at Illinois

The 2026 BFA Catalog is live and we are excited for all of our students who are showing their senior capstones at the Krannert Art Museum this weekend!

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School of Art and Design at Illinois

Senior Year is wrapping up, so here is our final senior spotlight! Meet Emma Martinez, whose ideation process consists of experimentation. She is passionate about creating designs that inspire others.

Here are a few words from Emma:

Hi Guys! If you want to see more of my work or collaborate on a project, check out my portfolio and connect with me on LinkedIn.

Portfolio: https://buff.ly/XwlNKb2

LinkedIn: https://buff.ly/XAOUc7R

Senior Spotlight on Rinnell Borgas! Rinnell is interested in print-based design. Her process combines digital and tactile approaches, exploring her inner world, fueling her creations.

Here are a few words from Rinnell:

See more of my work at rinnellsrealm.framer.website

At The Intersection is currently up in the link gallery. Be sure to check out the amazing work from our graphic design students and come celebrate the exhibition with us on the last day, Friday, April 24th, at noon. 🎉

Say hello to Sophia Kim for Senior Spotlight! Sophia is passionate about creative thinking: finding solutions to solve real-world problems. As she continues her career in graphic design, she wants to create products and brands that connect deeply with users.

Here are a few words from Sophia:

Feel free to tag along my design career on my portfolio site: https://buff.ly/dbynff9

or on my art account: .soji

48-hour show at the Bloc Gallery! See you there!