Alexander Lu

卢老师拥有芝加哥艺术学院 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 的美术硕士学位, 该学位被评为世界上最具影响力的研究生课程之一. 他还拥有Emily Carr艺术与设计大学的美术学士学位. 除此以外, 卢老师在纽约视觉艺术学院学习平面设计. 该校的教授本身就是业内精英与知名设计师, 在他们的指导下, 卢老师获得了最新、有价值的经验与知识. 卢老师的父亲和祖父在台湾各自创办技术高校, 是当地知名的教育家. 来到加拿大的卢老师继续秉承家族使命, 于2009年创立了Openstudio艺术与设计学院, 致力于为BC省的高中生提供一个学习艺术的平台. 作为一名专业的教育工作者, 卢老师融会贯通他在绘画及平面设计方面的知识，孜孜不倦地教导每一位学生. 这些年来, 他已经成功帮助多名学生考进加拿大, 美国和英国的名牌大学进修设计.

卢老师从2009年开始就一直代表芝加哥艺术学院担任国际作品审查日NATIONAL PORTFOLIO DAY面试官.

Alexander holds a Master of Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, ranked as one of the most influential graduate programs in the world. He also holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art and Design.  

In addition to his fine arts training, Alexander studied graphic design at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Studying under professors who are leaders in the industry taught Alexander that design education is most effective when taught by working designers, ensuring that the knowledge they impart stays current and relevant. 

In 2009, Alexander founded Openstudio Academy of Art+Design as a platform to promote excellence in design education for high school students in beautiful British Columbia. Like his paternal and maternal grandfather before him, both educators and founders of technical high schools in Taiwan, Alexander has found his true calling with teaching. As an educator, Alexander passionately imparts his unique blend of knowledge and experience as a painter and graphic designer to students committed to careers in design. His students have successfully gone on to pursue design in elite design universities in Canada, United States and the U.K.

Alexander has represented The School of the Art Institute of Chicago as a portfolio judge on National Portfolio Day since 2009.