Karen Chau is an American artist and creator of the children's television series Ni Hao, Kai-Lan

Ni Hao, Kai-Lan

Ni Hao, Kai-Lan is a Canadian/American children's television show, which premiered on Nickelodeon on February 7, 2008, and on Noggin on February 2, 2009. It also premiered on the Canadian Television Channel Treehouse TV Since November 2009 the show has also premiered on Nickelodeon in Israel....

for Nickelodeon TV. Ni Hao, Kai-Lan is based on the childhood memories of Chau, growing up in a bicultural (Chinese-American) household. Chau graduated with a degree in digital art from the University of California

University of California

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, Irvine, in 2000. Her childhood as an 'ABC' (American-born Chinese) included an upbringing for several years in Plano, Texas

Plano, Texas

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, before her family settled in Los Angeles. Chau is also a painter and sculptor whose 2d and 3d work was shown for the first time in New York City

New York City

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 in 2010. Her "Ni Hao, Kai-Lan

Ni Hao, Kai-Lan

Ni Hao, Kai-Lan is a Canadian/American children's television show, which premiered on Nickelodeon on February 7, 2008, and on Noggin on February 2, 2009. It also premiered on the Canadian Television Channel Treehouse TV Since November 2009 the show has also premiered on Nickelodeon in Israel....

" series was nominated for an Emmy award

Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

in Spring of 2010.