Yu Rong

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Yu Rong
Yu Rong at BookExpo (05745).jpg
Yu Rong at BookExpo 2019
Alma materRoyal College of Art
OccupationIllustrator, teacher
Awards

Yu Rong (郁蓉) is a Chinese illustrator of children's picture books, especially known for her use of 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[]

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

Works[]

  • A Lovely Day for Amelia Goose (2004)
  • Tracks of a Panda, with Nick Dowson (2007
  • Smoke, with Cao Wenxuan, tr. Duncan Poupard 《烟》 (2016)
  • Snowflake in My Pocket, with Rachel Bright (2016)
  • Free as a Cloud, with Bai Bing 《云朵一样的八哥》 (2017)
  • I am Hua Mulan, with Qin Wenjun 《我是花木兰》 (Reycraft, 2019)[3]
  • Summer, with Cao Wenxuan, tr. Yan Ding) 《夏天》 (Macmillan, 2019)[4]
  • Dou Dou the Panda series, with Gao Hongbo, Jin Bo and Bai Bing 《熊猫逗逗系列》 (2019)
  • Sweet Snow series, with Tie Ning 《香雪系列》 (2020)
  • Gan Gan the Squirrel series, with 《松鼠干干系列》 (2020)
  • Li Na, Being a Better Me, with A Jia 《李娜,做更好的自己》 (2020)[5]
  • Rope, with Cao Wenxuan) 《绳子》 (2020)
  • Footprints, with Xue Tao) 《脚印》 (2020)
  • Shulin's Grandpa, with 《舒琳的外公》 (Otter-Barry, 2021)[6]
  • The Child that Lost Its Way, with Jin Bo 《迷路的小孩》 (2021)
  • The Visible Sounds. Picture book, with Yin Jianling, tr. Filip Selucky (UClan, 2021) ISBN 9781912979790

References[]

  1. ^ "Walker Books - Yu Rong". www.walker.co.uk.
  2. ^ "NAMI CONCOURS - 나미콩쿠르". namiconcours.com.
  3. ^ Qin, Wenjun; Yu, Rong (February 21, 2019). "I am Hua Mulan" – via Open WorldCat.
  4. ^ "Summer | Cao Wenxuan | Macmillan". US Macmillan.
  5. ^ "Serving up a treat". www.chinadaily.com.cn.
  6. ^ "Shu Lin's Grandpa by Matt Goodfellow, Yu Rong | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com.

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