Chi Michalski is an Istanbul-born, Seattle-based 3D illustrator and art director. She crafts playful vignettes featuring organic forms, highly stylized objects, and characters. Her work is known for its utopian and dreamy qualities, creating soothing spaces and moments that foster playful mindfulness in a fast-paced world.
Notable clients include: Adobe, Meta, Target, GitHub, Atari, Fox, Buck, Hornet, Chronicle Books, Noise Pop
Create something fun with Chi! Get in touch to discuss your next project or just to say hello at chi@chichiland.com.
Flexibly represented by JWG’s Choreus
Happy member of Inky Goodness Collective
Features and Interviews:
Creative Boom (feature)
Errratum Magazine (feature)
Creative Howl! (feature)
The Design Kids (interview)
Artistic Moods (feature)
Adobe Create (interview)
Ballpit Mag (interview)
IdN (interview)
Nineteenseventythree (interview)
Robot Wednesdays (interview)
Design Juices (interview)
SF Station (interview)
Inkygoodness
Juxtapoz Magazine
Linework NW
Festivals:
ICON Illustration Festival (2022)
New York, NY, USA
Fantoche Festival (2020)
Baden, Switzerland
LineWork NW Festival (2016)
Portland, OR, USA
Robot Film Festival (2013)
San Francisco, CA, USA
VIEWFest (2007)
Turin, Italy
International Amsterdam Film Festival IAFF/MAFIAfest (2007)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Chicago Motion Graphics Festival (2006)
Chicago, IL, USA
ResFest (2005)
Istanbul, Turkey
Exhibitions:
ILLO Show Cupcake Royale (October 2019, solo)
Hosted by Ghost Gallery, Seattle, WA -USA
Holiday Show (December 2018, solo)
Portage Bay Goods, Seattle, WA – USA
11th Annual Holiday Mini Exhibit (November 2017, group)
Ghost Gallery, Seattle, WA – USA
Make America Create Again (April 2017, group)
CoCA Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA – USA
Sweet Little Ones (May 2016, solo)
Midori Bakery, Redmond, WA – USA
Animal Kingdom (April 2016, group)
Tiny Dodo Gallery, Seattle, WA – USA
One-A-Day Project Micro Exhibition (March 2014, solo)
Papa November Coffee and Bakes San Francisco, CA – USA
Surreal Abstract Dreamy Landscapes (August 2013, group)
Roll Up Gallery, San Francisco, CA – USA
OUTSIDE-in (May 2012, group)
AlanIstanbul, Istanbul -Turkey