
Piya Wannachaiwong
Foundation studies professor
Education
- M.F.A., animation, Academy of Art University
- B.A., visual arts, College of the Holy Cross
Credentials
- Professor of foundation studies, Fall 2021—present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
- Owner, 2005—present, Piya Wannachaiwong Illustration, Savannah, GA
- Adjunct instructor, 2015–21, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia
- Adjunct instructor, 2011–20, Mercy College, New York
- Artist instructor, 2016–19, Muse Paintbar, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
- Adjunct instructor, 2016–16, Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Lancaster, PA
- Instructor, 2014, PaintNite Westchester
- Art instructor, 2013, Westchester Community College, White Plains, NY
- Illustrator and designer, 2008–13, Amscan
- Contractor visual associate, 2007, Fortunoff
Awards, recognitions, and honors
- Winner, Institutional Art Best of Show, 2016, Philadelphia, PA
Publications and presentations
- New Jersey Renaissance Faire, 2019, 2021
- Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Village Renaissance Faire, 2019
- Tinicum Arts Festival, 2019
- Gen Con Artist, 2017
- Spectrum FantasticArtVol24, 2017
- Light Grey Labs, Minneapolis, MN, 2017, 2018
- Spectrum Fantastic Art Live, Kansas City, MO, 2017, 2013
- llluxCon Showcase Show, Allentown, PA, 2016, 2013, 2011
- 153rd Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia, PA, 2016
- Art of the Flower Show, Philadelphia, PA, 2016
- Philustration 2016, 2018, Philadelphia, PA
- Imagine FX, issues 028 and 029, 2008