About Jocelyn Teng
“I was born in Taipei, Taiwan. I grew up in the mountains of Southern Taipei, in a house my hippie, artistic parents hand built. It was a special time for me, climbing up the winding trails, adventuring through the ravine… The fog from the mountains, the smell of the jungle, and sounds of the insects are imbedded deep within me. It has been more than 20 years now since I have been back there. It felt like a surreal dream. Was it real?
My creations have always been connected to that time, my magical childhood moment in the mountains. Nostalgia. I will continue to try to recreate all the senses I felt when I’m there… I want to continue this dream, to progress and find my fulfillment: to live in a simple and beautiful state. “
At the age of nine, we immigrated to Vancouver. I discovered my passion for art, design and music from my artistic parents. Between music and fashion, I chose to pursue a fashion degree at the age of sixteen.
Photographer: The Collective You
Upon receiving my bachelor’s degree in fashion design, I worked for fashion brands such as Lululemon Athletica (Vancouver), Joe Fresh (Toronto), Greta Constantine (Toronto) and Araks (New York City). I further pushed my creative boundary by working for international design house Viktor & Rolf in Amsterdam, Netherlands. After Amsterdam, I was presented a unique opportunity to pursue a musical career as a pop singer in Taiwan. However, fashion brought me back to Toronto. I continued my love for fashion as the Head Designer at Line and John+Jenn, then as a Senior Designer at Roots.
Under my own name, this is the next chapter of my journey...
Exhibitions //
2024 Solo Show - Mountain Child: Avant Garde, Toronto, Ontario
2024 Artist Talk - Art in Medicine - 4th Dinner Series: Vintage Conservatory King Street, Toronto, Ontario
2019 Parallax AF : London UK
Group Exhibitions //
2021 ‘Hope in Color’ (Virtual Exhibition by Triovest) Toronto, Ontario
2018 ‘Poetic Perspectives’ Art Productions NY : New York, NY
2018 ‘The Artbox Project’ New York 1.0 : New York, NY
2017 - 2018 ‘Across Europe Best of Illustration’ : Warsaw, Poznan, Crawcow, Warsaw, Lodz, Wroclaw, Gdansk
Clients and Collaborations //
Beauty / Estee Lauder | Guerlain | Kerastase | Lancome | Living Beauty | L'Oreal Paris | MAC Cosmetics | Matrix | NYX Cosmetics | Shoppers Drug Mart | Vidal Sassoon
Boutiques / LAC + CO | LAC + BEAUTY | Salon Jie
Design / Ken Fulk | Visto Images
Fashion / Elle Canada | Greta Constantine | Hudson's Bay | Louis Vuitton | Line | John + Jenn | Toronto Fashion Week | TWENTYCLUNY
Public Relations / Candice&Alison | MacIntyre Communications | OverCat Communications
Technology / Apple Canada | Google Canada
Other / Barbie | Royal Ontario Museum | Stoli Canada