About
Hi, I’m Shengxuan Hu, a graphic designer based in Baltimore, Maryland, currently pursuing an MFA in Graphic Design at Maryland Institute College of Art. Previously, I worked at SYLVAIN and &Walsh. My work focuses on motion graphics and experimental typography, exploring the intersection of commercial and experimental design to push creative boundaries and craft innovative visual experiences.
&Walsh
Design Intern
02/2025-02/2025
Clients: Parle Agro, Type of Feeling
SYLVAIN
Design Intern
05/2024-08/2024
Clients: Walmart, Electronic Arts, The Lower Eastside Girls Club
Maryland Institute College of Art
Graduate Teaching Intern
02/2024-Now
Education
Maryland Institute College of Art
MFA in Graphic Design
2023-2025
Design Summer 2023-Restart
Studied under Florian Lamm,
2023
Imperial-RCA Design for Global Challenges Online Summer School
Winner of Most Innovative Design Award,
2021
China Academy of Art
BFA in Visual Communication Design
2019-2023
Interview
DesignKids
Shoutout LA
VoyagaBaltimore
Canvas Rebel
BoldJourney
Graphis New Talent,
Silver Award*2, 2025
The Design Kids Award
Winners, 2025
The One Club for Creativity, Lunar New Year Poster Contest,
Winner, 2025
Communication Arts Typography
Winner, 2025
TDC Young Ones Student Award
Winner*2, 2024
Communication Arts Design
Shortlist*4, 2024
Platinum Originality International University Students Graphic Design Competition
Selected Awards, 2024
The Fl3tcher Exhibitit Student Awards,
Award of Design Excellence, 2023
Indigo Design Award
Silver Winner*2, 2023
CGDA Visual Communication Design Award, Excellence Award, 2023
China Academy of Art Graduation Creation and Lin Fengmian Creation Award,
Silver Prize, 2023
TDC Young Ones Student Award
Shortlist, 2023
Kan Tai-Keung Design Award
Nominating Award, 2023
ANGDE
Annual Top 100 Young Designers, 2022
Typeforce 13
Chicago, 2025
TDC 70 Global Exhibition
New York, 2024
Heterotopias / Of Other Places
New York, 2024
15 Min of Fame Exhibition
Vancouver, Canada, 2024
WE ARE EVERYWHERE
( MICA LGBTQ2IA+ Exhibition )
Baltimore, 2023
The Design Turn · Loading into Hangzhou
Hangzhou, 2023
De wereld Wat Met Handvat getembi Ik?
—Shamanism, Rituals, and Artistic Pschic medium,
Online Exhibition, 2023
Tide New Youth Contemporary Art Exhibition
London, 2023
Brain Garden: China Academy of Art Graduation Show,
Hangzhou, 2023
Design-Waves Plan: Urban Onsite Exhibition,
Hangzhou, 2021
The Road of Tang Poetry Exhibition, Hangzhou, 2020
Publication
Communication Arts 2025 Typography Annual
45th edition of The World’s Best Typography