PORTFOLIO
CONTACT
+1 604-861-8168 mikechen.ca
mikechenn27@gmail.com
Instagram @mikechenn27
LANGUAGES
English - Native Language
Mandarin - Professional Working Proficiency
Spanish - Limited Working Proficiency
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Rhino 8, Fusion 360
Enscape, Twinmotion, D5 Render
Lightroom, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
DaVinci Resolve
EDUCATION
(Grade 8 onwards)
Sept 2020- Dec 2021
Collingwood School (CWS)
Jan 2022 - Jun 2022
Taipei American School (TAS)
Sept 2022 - Jun 2023
Collingwood School (CWS)
Sept 2023 - Jun 2026
Upper Canada College (UCC)
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Upper Canada College - Art Award (Top Art grade in Graduating Class) - 2025
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards - Architecture & Industrial Design (Gold Key) -
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards - Photography (Silver Key) x2 -
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards - Photography (Honourable Mention) x2 -
Art Vancouver Contemporary Art Fair - Exhibited a Photography Series - 2023
GOCAA - Silver Medal Cello (Performed at Carnegie Hall with Julliard prof. Matthew Odell) - 2023
Royal Conservatory of Music - Level 9 Violoncello - 2022
Royal Conservatory of Music - Level 9 Harmony - 2021
Royal Conservatory of Music - Level 8 Piano - 2021
EXPERIENCES
New York Fashion Week, Designer
Sept 2023 - Sept 2024
SS23/24 Nolcha Shows and SS24/25 Runway7
• Designed and sewed 30+ garments over a span 4 years.
• Showcased 10 garments that I sewed on runway.
• Casted models during fashion week.
• Published on Harper’s Bazaar and other media.
Pasento, Founder and Owner
Sept 2022 - now
Sustainable Apparel Brand
• Designed outfits, accessories (totes, ties), and more.
• Digital marketing through Google SEO.
• Sold through platforms like Shopee and pop-up stands.
• Average annual income of 5500 CAD.
Volunteer/Freelance Photographer
Sept 2022 - now
Most recent: Chen Sen Mei Social Welfare Foundation
• Charity car wash since kindergarten.
• Sent 150+ portraits, 500+ candids/architectural for website of Chen Sen Mei.
Upper
Canada College, Arts Captain
Sept 2023 - Sept 2024
UCC Arts Department
• Organize all arts related events at UCC e.g. assemblies, exhibitions, play productions, music performances.
• Help plan overseas trips for art classes.
• Participate in as many arts as possible.
• Create videos of arts at the college to help promote the school.
String Ensemble, Head
Sept 2025 - now
Cello Ensemble, Head and Founder
Mar 2025 - now
• Recruit members both through auditions and information from admissions.
• Lead rehearsals and sectionals, and keep team up to date on performances.
• Perform at assemblies, Nuit Bleu, senior homes, churches.
• First Desk Cellist for Conference of Independent Schools Music Festival (CISMF) G10-12.
FashionStock, Intern
Sept 2024 - Sept 2024
Word Affiars Conference, Design
Sept 2023 - Mar 2024
Canada’s Oldest Annual Student-Run Conference on Current Affairs
• Design merch, social media posts, posters, and take care of productions day of.
• Run largest hall for main event speakers (e.g. Nobel Prize winners).
• Work with adjacent school, Branksome Hall, requiring constant and consistent communications.
• Speaker outreach for this event to happen.
UCC Boarding, Boarding Media
Manager
Sept 2024 - now
UCC Boarding School
• Document boarding life in many forms of visual story.
• Currently working on short film to promote boarding.
• Photograph events (alumni, galas, etc.).
• Post on school’s IG G10-12.
• Create boarding merch.
Assembly Management Team, Senior
Sept 2023 - now
UCC
• Run assemblies twice a week.
Photo and Video Production Company where I was a Production Assistant and Runway Photographer
• Help organize the press pit and lighting at the shows.
• Photographed these runways for online publications and experience.
Art and Architecture Club, Head
Sept 2024 - now
Invited by Director of Community Service Faculty to Lead Club
• Lead team in competitions entires, primarly cleaning up 3D models and doing the renders.
• Currently planning an overnight trip to Buffalo, New York to learn through a memorable experience.
• Train team on 3D softwares.
• Invite speakers to club meetings to further learn, as well as archivists to view blueprints of our college from before 1829.
• Use equipment like the Soundcraft GB4, Yamaha TF3, and more.
• Teach younger guys how to use equipment.
Other
Sept 2023 - now
Athletics
• Varsity Swimming (2023 - now)
• Varsity Cross Country (2023, 2025)
• Junior Varsity Rugby (2024)
Mike & Lucas Chen The Giving Brothers ｜慈善回饋【創新方程式】 https://youtu.be/rVkc00KYKI0?si=06QStVjpj8TfuMSo
Liebesleid by Fritz Kreisler - Played and edited by Mike Chen
https://youtu.be/zGroigkr-EU
Cello Concerto No. 1 and Concerto in C minor Mvt 2 at Seully Hall, Boston
Conservatory at Berklee
https://youtu.be/k-ti05-ohdg
Performed at Carnegie Hall with Julliard prof. Matthew Odell
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards - Architecture & Industrial Design (Gold Key) - 2024
FASHION DESIGN
Sony Alpha 7C Mk II
Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 DGDN II, Sigma 35mm f2
Tamron 35-150mm f2-2.8 Di III VXD
TTArtisan 40mm f2 AF (Sony E)
Thypoch Simera 28mm f1.4 (Sony E)
This is a series I presented at Art Vancouver around March of 2023, consisting of 9 photographs meant to represent the disparity between the new and the old of Taiwan. The photos were edited in a way such that the colour palette is the same for these different places to signify a more cohesive place, as well as series of photographs.
Canon EOS 5D MkIII
Canon RF 24-105mm f4 L IS USM
HAND DRAWNS
