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About me

Joshua Wilson Alas is a Filipino-American mangaka, comic book artist and illustrator based in the SF Bay Area who is best known for his work The Sketchbook.

He is a Los Angeles native who recently graduated from the University of San Francisco with a Bachelor's in Fine Arts cum laude, Design Minor, Chinese Studies Minor, and Asian Studies Minor.

He collaborated with SF artist Jenifer K. Wofford on her Sushi Zone Mural and volunteered with Kimberley Arteche in setting up the Kalayaan exhibit at Kearny Street Workshop.

Joshua currently works as a freelance illustrator doing commissions for various clients from his home in Novato.

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Education

2021 BA , Fine Arts, University of San Francisco, San Francisco,CA 

2021 Minor, Design, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 

2021 Minor, Chinese Studies, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

2021 Minor, Asian Studies, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

2017 High School Diploma, St. John Bosco High School, Bellflower

Exhibitions

2021 Fine Arts Senior Studio Exhibition, Art + Architecture Department, University of San Francisco

2021 Unmuted: The 22nd Thacher Art + Architecture Annual. Thatcher Gallery, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Annual exhibition of works from third and fourth years. 

(Jurors: curator Jenna Marie Blaire (MA in Museum Studies, 2015), photographer Eddie Herena, artist and educator Cynthia Hooper, and artist and designer Weston Teruya.)

2021 Quarantine Connections, Thatcher Gallery, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

2020 Chrysalis: The 21st Thatcher Art + Architecture Annual, Thatcher Gallery, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Annual student exhibition of works from third  and fourth years.

(Jurors: artist Jonathan Anzalone; artist, curator and educator Kevin Chen; Matea Fish, Senior Director at Gallery Wendi Norris; and artist and curator Rio Yañez.)

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