Lily Aksan is an artist, herbalist, and tarot reader located in Asheville, NC.
She creates illustrations, plant medicines, 3D Props, books, as well as stage design and visuals for live performances. She also reads tarot and teaches wild foraging classes. Her love for magic and the hidden fuel her creative making.
CONTACT: LILYAKSAN@GMAIL.COM
AWARDS
PARSONS (THE NEW SCHOOL) DEAN’S LIST 2017-2020
BABSON BUILD FULL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT 2019
PARSONS DEAN’S BFA SCHOLARSHIP 2016 - 2020
WENDY JACKSON HALL MEMORIAL ART SCHOLARSHIP 2016, 2017
BOBBI MCCALLUM MEMORIAL JOURNALISM SCHOLARSHIP 2016, 2017
BECU SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT 2018
NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION: BEST OF SHOW SECOND PLACE AWARD FOR NEWSPAPER TABLOID 2016
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA, INGLEMOOR HIGH SCHOOL 2016
WASHINGTON STATE SEAL OF BILITERACY IN FRENCH 2016
WASHINGTON STATE MODEL UNITED NATIONS: DISTINGUISHED DELEGATE AWARD 2016
WASHINGTON JOURNALISM EDUCATION ASSOCIATION 2015 STATE WRITE-OFF COMPETITION: EDITORIAL CARTOONING CONTEST WINNER
NORDIC NEWS CERTIFICATE BEST ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT WRITER 2015
THE PRESIDENT’S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD 2011-2015
EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLISHED WORK
2023 BOOK DESGIN "THE MYSTERY OF THE NAVEL IDOLS"
2023 ASSISTANT STAGE DESIGN FOR "PLAYTHINK" FESTIVAL
2021 SPARE CHAYNG STOREFRONT
2020 PARSONS ILLUSTRATION EXHIBITION
2020 ABSYNTHE GALLERY
2018 BICYCLE FILM FESTIVAL ANIMATION IN A SHORT FILM
2016 BELLEVUE MUSEUM OF ART: 20 UNDER 20
2015 CORNISH COLLEGE OF THE ARTS SUMMER ART & DESIGN EXHIBITION
2014, 2015, 2016 INGLEMOOR IB VISUAL ART EXHIBITIONS
2014, 2015, 2016 NORDIC NEWS (ART, DESIGN, & WRITING)
2013 KENMORE ART SHOW AT BASTYR UNIVERSITY
2010 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ROBINSON CENTER FOR YOUNG SCHOLARS