Yafei is a scenic designer who has frequented years of academic training and professinal collaboration in the field of theatre and entertainment design.
She has always been interested in art, especially theatre art since young. She started frequenting theatre as an actor in middle school and received her undergraduate education in L’Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera (Academy of Fine Art of Brera) in Milan, Italy. The years in Italy gave her systematic training in the skills of scenic design, and the art and cultural atmosphere in Milan also gave her an open-minded and international perspective.
During her MFA study, she has had the opportunity to work on different subjects including opera and play; at the same time, she kept on exploring the design of musical, play, concert, and television projects.
Besides being a good storyteller, she also has a lot of passion for polishing her skills. Except for the required skills of model building, CAD drafting (2D and 3D), hand drawing and painting, and storyboarding. She is also an active explorer of digital tools – she has proficiency in the use of Blender, Unreal Engine, and is also exploring XR, which she believes will expand the possibilities of theater and entertainment and the procedure of making it.
Yafei Hu is a designer who is open to different kinds of opportunities and is willing to surf diverse locations and cultural backgrounds, she is ready to expand her career at any moment.
