Education

2025 -  Bachelor of Arts at the University of California Santa Barbara, College of Creative Studies

Work Experience

2023 - Present - Student Graphic Artist for Associated Students at UC Santa Barbara

2025 - Illustrations for Der Schatz Des Schmetterlings by Marie-Fleur Borac and Sonny Lata Yiu

2024 - Story and Illustrations for A Home for Two

2024 - Cover design for Searching For a Black Writer by Maya Johnson

2022 - Illustrations for The Tap, Life Lessons, and Jiu Jitsu: Volume 1: the Story of Connor and Devin by Chaye Tione Alexander 

Exhibitions

2025 - UCSB Alumni Awards Gala Art Showcase, Santa Barbara, CA, Apr 25.

2025 - Once Upon a Time, Again, CCS Art Gallery, UCSB, CA, Apr 12-20.

2024 - The Dragon, Presidio Chapel, Santa Barbara, CA, Feb 10-21.

2021 - Inklings, CCS Art Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, Nov 31.

Awards

2024 - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Selected Press

2025 - “Sonny Yiu’s Once Upon A Time, Again: Re-Shaping Storytelling” May 9. Web. https://thebottomline.as.ucsb.edu/2025/05/sonny-yius-once-upon-a-time-again-re-shaping-storytelling

2025 - “UCSB Student Artists Showcase Their Creations at 2025 Alumni Awards Gala” May 5. Web. https://ccs.ucsb.edu/news/2025/ucsb-student-artists-showcase-their-creations-2025-alumni-awards-gala

2024 - Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, “Year of the Dragon.” February. Web.

2022 - “Meet Sonny Yiu: CCS ‘25 (Art)” December 13. Web.