serena yu.

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Serena Yu

...CV


Hi! Thanks for visiting my portfolio site!

My name is Serena Yu, I’m a community and sustainability driven artist, designer, and nature lover from Vancouver, Canada, currently residing in and studying illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI!

My practice is a constantly evolving process of exploration and discovery.  I am interested in exploring material patterns, functions, relations, and intricacies of the natural world.  I believe in employing sustainable practices in my practice, and deriving materials from the natural world that can easily be returned, emphasizing their innate ephemeral qualities over archival. 
For more information please refer to my CV above.

... Selected Work  
... Illustration 
... Painting
... Foraged Pigments and Material ....Exploration



Steward Your Space
2025
Risoprint Poster
17” x 11”

“Land Stewardship is a radical way of caring for the land to support communities of local flora and fauna to persist across the landscape and its surroundings. The act of stewardship “reflects the existence of an ecological conscience,” in turn “reflect(ing) a conviction of individual responsibility for the health of the land”(Leopold). In this way, it differs from conventional gardening practices, as it prioritizes matters of personal responsibility for the future of ecology and its relationship to human societies (Mumaw).”


This poster encourages urban gardeneners to uphold stewardship practices, proposing potential garden layout opportunities and effective space use on urban properties. The map illustrated opportunities for laying out an urban garden space to benefit local urban ecology. Examples in the map design include introducing alternatives to turf lawn, usages for shady spots, growing vegetables and edible plants, and the importance of providing coverage for songbirds. The map is relatively simple and meant to inspire a more general audience to benefit their local ecology and promote ecological restoration in their own space.


This poster design was created along side a research article under the same name. The research article is a collaboration between Serena Yu and Fiona Hudson, who created a paper house zine meant to sit atop this poster garden, which carried more specific instructions related to local New England ecology. 



Click here to read the full research article.





Last Updated : 1/13/2026