CHRISTINA (NINA) MUEHLECK WONG
A LOVE OF NATURE, UNIQUE ANIMALS, CHILDLIKE IMAGINATION, HER OWN MEMORIES FROM HER YOUTH AND EXPERIENCES OF THE PRESENT ARE THE INFLUENCE BEHIND NINA'S WORK. SHE HAS DRAWN FOR AS LONG AS SHE CAN REMEMBER. AT AGE EIGHT SHE SHOWED HER FIRST WORK AT A LOCAL GALLERY IN HER HOME TOWN AND HAS SINCE PURSUED ART PASSIONATELY. AFTER STUDYING ART HISTORY AT ST. OLAF COLLEGE SHE MOVED TO VANCOUVER BC WHERE SHE COMPLETED HER STUDIES IN 3D CHARACTER ANIMATION, HOPING TO SOMEDAY FEATURE HER ILLUSTRATIONS IN THIS MEDIUM. SINCE 2010 SHE HAS BEEN WORKING UNDER HER BRAND NAME- NINANOOT- PURVEYOR OF CUTE- THROUGH WHICH SHE CONTINUES TO PRODUCE ILLUSTRATIONS- STAND ALONE WORK AND FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS, AS WELL AS SCULPTURE AND ANIMATION. SHE IS A LOVER OF MANY CULTURES AND SPEAKS SEVERAL LANGUAGES, AND HOPES TO LEARN A FEW MORE YET. NINA CURRENTLY LIVES AND PRACTICES ART IN VANCOUVER BC, CANADA WITH HER HUSBAND, WHO OFTEN SUPPLIES CRAZY AND WONDERFUL IDEAS FOR HER ART. THEY ALSO HAVE A DAUGHTER, LIVINIA, WHO SUPPLIES EVEN MORE INSPIRATION TO THEIR LIVES.