Bio

Urban Envy is a Hiroshima-born, San Francisco-raised painter, sculptor, and artivist whose “tradigital” portraits fuse traditional techniques with AI-driven processes. Her work explores memento mori, identity, and resilience, blending the precision of Renaissance masters with the raw energy of punk, rock, and hip-hop.

Founder of AlterAsian—one of the first alternative Asian-American web magazines—and Urban Envy Custom Art Studio, she has co-created influential art movements including FEVA’s HOWL! Festival, New York Tributary, and Project 2020: Suzie Wong. Now based in San Francisco, she continues to create layered, emotionally charged works that bridge past and future, using art as both personal expression and a force for social change.