A 15 Year Career of International Teaching at the Collegiate Level

Antoine Revoy has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design ("RISD") for 15 years, and has twice been nominated for the schoolfs John R. Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching, in 2015 and 2017. During this time, he holds the RISD Illustration department's records for:
  • the most in demand courses and longest waitlists
  • supervising the most Independent Study Projects and Degree Projects
  • being chosen to serve as a Brown University/RISD Dual-Degree capstone advisor.
Revoy has created many of the schoolfs visual storytelling courses—The Graphic Novel, The Changing Narrative and the retitled Comics, Manga and Bandes Dessinées course. As one of the rare working professional artists in the RISD Illustration Department, he has been instrumental in connecting the school with comics publishers, taking the initiative of spearheading and organizing the campus visits of First Second Books, Random House Graphic, PEOW, and Webtoons.

Outside of RISD, Revoy has instructed month-long college courses in China (Beijing) and Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, Niigata), and taught professional illustration workshops for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI).

Student Awards

Revoy's students have won Eisner, Weekly Shōnen Jump, and Fulbright scholarships. In 2019, he was the illustration teacher in America with the most student winning pieces in the Society of Illustrators' Scholarship Competition. He has mentored students who have become professional graphic novelists and comics creators for DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics, Marvel and VIZ Media.

Graduate School and Masters Programs

Revoy is an MFA thesis advisor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and has lectured at the University of Hartford's MFA in Illustration program. He has assisted countless students through their successful applications to the world's most prestigious graduate schools, such as:
  • the California Institute of the Arts ("CalArts")
  • Columbia University
  • Emily Carr University of Art + Design ("ECU")
  • the Fashion Institute of Technology
  • GOBELINS Paris
  • New York University ("NYU")
  • the Ontario College of Art & Design University ("OCAD")
  • Pratt Institute
  • the Royal College of Art ("RCA")
  • the School of Visual Arts ("SVA")
  • the University of Southern California
 Antoine Revoy's student at work at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Antoine Revoy's classroom in Beijing, China.

High School, Portolio Building and Mentorships

Revoy has guided high school students from all over the world through their successful applications to the top international art colleges and ivy league universities, such as:
  • the Art Institute of Chicago
  • Brown University
  • New York University ("NYU")
  • the Rhode Island School of Design ("RISD")
  • the Savannah College of Art and Design ("SCAD")
  • the School of Visual Arts ("SVA")
  • the University of the Arts London, Chelsea College of Arts

Teaching in a Pandemic

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Revoy provided pro bono summer instruction to high school students worldwide who had been deprived of pre-college opportunities.
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