Yu Rong

Yu Rong (郁蓉) is an award-winning Chinese illustrator of children's picture books, especially known for her use papercutting artwork.

Biography

Born in China, Yu Rong first trained as a primary school teacher, then studied for a BA in Chinese Painting and Contemporary Art Design (Nanjing Normal University's Art College) and an MA in Communication and Design (Royal College of Art, London). She now lives near Cambridge, UK.^[1]

Awards, honours, exhibitions

• 2017 - Nami Concours 2017 Purple Island Award - for Smoke^[2]
• 2016 - Serbia International Bookfair - Illustration Award - for Smoke
• 2016 - Shenzhen Children's Library Top 10 My Favorite Children's Books - for Summer
• 2015 - Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award - best picture book - for Smoke
• 2015 - Chinese Original Picture Books Top 20 - first prize - for Summer
• 2013 - Biennial of Illustration Bratislava (BIB) - Golden Apple Award - for Free as a Cloud
• 2013 - Shanghai International Children's Bookfair Golden Pinwheel Awards Grand Jury Prize and Reader's Choice Prize - for Free as a Cloud
• 2013 - China's 8th National Book Design Exhibition - Best book in children's book category - for Free as a Cloud
• 2001&2002 - Contemporary Decorative Arts Exhibition, Sotheby's
• 2000 - RCA Sheila Robinson Drawing Prize
• 2000 - RCA Graduating Students Book Awards, RCA Final Degree Show
• 2008 - American Library Association (ALA) - Notatable Children's Book
• 1999 - The Quentin Blake Award for Narrative Illustration
• 1999 - The Folio Society Illustration Awards

Works

• 2017 - I am Hua Mulan (with Qin Wenjun)
• 2017 - Free as a Cloud (with Bai Bing)
• 2017 - Summer (with Cao Wenxuan, tr. Yan Ding)
• 2016 - Smoke (with Cao Wenxuan, tr. Duncan Poupard)
• 2016 - Snowflake in My Pocket (with Rachel Bright)
• 2007 - Tracks of a Panda (with Nick Dowson)
• 2004 - A Lovely Day for Amelia Goose

References

External links

• Yu Rong on Youtube
• Yu Rong on Chinese Books for Young Readers