The people behind NPC
Founded by Max An, Isabella Feng and Andrew An, with a faculty of working artists and educators.
Founders & direction
They set the teaching standard at NPC — and still shape the curriculum and portfolio direction themselves.
Max An
Head of school with 30+ years in art education, and an exhibiting artist whose work has been shown in New York, Vancouver and beyond. Generations of NPC's top graduates came through his studio.
Isabella Feng
Head of school with 30+ years in education, and the creator of the NPC Kids program. Leads all four campuses.
Andrew An
Art director on feature animation, games and TV series, with experience at Disney, Netflix, Pixar and Apple. Leads NPC's creative vision.
14 instructors who still make work
Our instructors are practising artists and designers. They teach what they actually do for a living.
Li Si
Jae Cho
Marco Gonzalez
Dave Sloan
Rachel Mow
Annie Yu
Bailing Wu
Dorothy Yang
Sabrina Hemeon
Ollie Guo
Tom Huang
Wendy Wang
Cheryl Yuen
Yara Shiha
The team that gets you in
School selection, portfolio requirements, deadlines and submission — the people behind our acceptance record.
Bailey Wu
Jacky Zhang
Crystal Zhang
Jessica Li
Anna Ye
Why choose NPC
Twenty years, four campuses, and one continuous path from a child’s first brushstroke to a university offer.
One school, the whole journey
Kids, teens, AP and university portfolios — you never have to start over somewhere new.
6:1 classes, industry mentors
Small groups taught by working art directors and artists from film, animation, games and fashion.
A published record
590 offers and $19.6M in scholarships since 2020 — every year posted school by school.
Future-ready
Fundamentals by hand, plus 3D printing, modelling and AI — the tools studios actually use now.