Yu Rong

Yu Rong
Yu Rong at BookExpo 2019
Alma mater	Royal College of Art
Occupation(s)	Illustrator, teacher
Awards	Sheila Robinson Drawing Prize (2000) Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award (2015)

Yu Rong (郁蓉) is an award-winning 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.

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

Works

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

External links

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