Hongyun Art wouldn’t be what it is without our amazingly passionate and creative team! Hongyun Art only hires the best teachers and staff - we have a rigorous process for new teachers and staff before they become part of the Hongyun Art family. We scour the globe for the best teachers--hiring teachers from as far away as Japan!
Ms. Hongyun SUriwong
The founder of Hongyun Art and the creator of the Hongyun Art creative art training system.
Miss Hongyun is known for her creativity and ability to bring the best out in her students. Over the years, she has adapted her own experiences from various art schools for her students as young as age 4. She encourages each student to express their ideas freely and openly and to be fearless in their everyday endeavors.
Ms. Eva
Ms. Eva is an illustrator and painter from the Bay Area. Her favorite mediums are gouache, ink, graphite and digital painting and currently is making work about nature and digital culture. She loves to use bright, saturated colors and expressive brush marks! Currently she is experimenting with craft practices and textile work.
She graduated from Cal Poly SLO with a BFA in Studio Art and learned a lot about art history, experimentation and self-expression. She believes that art can be a powerful asset to communicate visually and wants to help each student tell their own story.
She wants each student to challenge themselves both technically and experimentally and encourages each student to enjoy both the process and their awesome work they make.
Mindy
If you hang around Hongyun Art enough, you may hear the kids talking about Mindy. You'll definitely see at least a few books with her name on them. Who is this mysterious Mindy?
Well, Mindy is our dog! Mindy is Pembroke Welsh Corgi that was born on April 1, 2011. When Mindy was just a puppy in the Summer of 2011, Hongyun Comic Camp students decided to create the first ever full-length graphic novel in just one week based on Mindy! The challenge was enormous but the students and teachers did a wonderful job on the first Mindy Comic Book that summer.
The Mindy Comic Book series has grown to its 4th volume in 2013 with the completion of the Mindy Comic Camp in June 2013. This 4th volume includes several full-length, full-color comic stories as well as several side-stories - it's truly amazing what our Mindy Comic Camp students can do in just two weeks!
Mr. Tommy
Mr. Tommy is the resident goofball - he loves being around the students and has fun each day at work! In a past life, Mr Tommy was an engineer for Microsoft working on various products including Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 and 2013 projects.
Now, he works on various roles at Hongyun Art from bus driver, to webmaster & software engineering, to front desk - he's the jack of all trades!