Hilsaca, King Named GDUSA Students to Watch
2024-03-08 • Sam Fox School
Graphic Design USA has named two Sam Fox School students — Cleonique Hilsaca and Hallie King — to their 2024 Students to Watch list. The outlet is known for covering trends in the field, organizing design competitions, and releasing annual designers to watch lists.
Hillsaca, MFA ’25, is an illustrator from Honduras pursuing an MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture. Her professional work can be found in picture books, newspapers, magazines, board games, and galleries. She has worked with clients such as Penguin Random House, MTA Arts & Design, Sesame Workshop, Renegade Game Studios, and Il Corriere della Sera. Cleonique’s work has been featured in Spectrum: Fantastic Art, The Society of Illustrators, 3X3, and La Bienal de Ilustración de México. Hilsaca is currently studying in the MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture program at Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. She illustrated for the board game Artisans of Splendent Vale, and the picture books Rat Fair (2021), Dream Submarine (2024), and Sleep, Little Dozer (2024).
King, BFA ’24, is a designer from Rancho Palos Verdes, California. She is pursuing a degree in Communication Design with a minor in Human-Computer Interaction. Her experiences have included branding and identity design, web and mobile design, book design, illustration, and motion design. King enjoys creating multimedia projects, especially those that relate to the visual and performing arts. Additionally, she loves finding ways to incorporate analog details and tactility into her work.
For more on Hilsaca’s and King’s profiles in GDUSA, visit gdusa.com/studentstowatch2024.