Yu Rong

Yu Rong is a multi 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 and an MA in Communication and Design. 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
2004 - BookTrust Newcomer - for A Lovely Day for Amelia Goose
2008 - American Library Association - Notable Children's Book - for Tracks of a Panda
2013 - Biennial of Illustration Bratislava - 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
2013 - China's Most Beautiful Book - for Free as a Cloud
2013 - The 8th National Book Design Exhibition, Best Book in Children's Book Category - for Free as a Cloud
2015 - Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award - best picture book - for Smoke
2015 - Chinese Original Picture Books Top 10 - 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
2016 - The White Ravens selection of International Children's and Youth Literature - for Summer
2017 - Nami Island International Picture Book Illustration Concours 2017 Purple Island Award - for Smoke
2017 - Image of the Book, Best Illustration Moscow - for I am Hua Mulan
2017 - Chinese Original Picture Books Top 10 - first prize - for I am Hua Mulan
2018 - The Ninth National Book Design Exhibition - for Summer
2018 - Chinese Picture Book Time Award Golden Prize - for I am Hua Mulan
2018 - The Ninth National Book Design Exhibition, Children's Book Brown Award - for I am Hua Mulan
2019 - Chinese Original Picture Books Top 10 - for Li Na, Being a Better Me
2021 - Ten Best National Children's Books - for The Lost Child
2021 - IRead Best 100 Picture Books - for The Lost Child
2022 - The Seventeenth Wenjin Book Award, National Library - for Footprints
2022 - Kate Greenaway Medal shortlist - for Shu Lin's Grandpa
2022 - The White Ravens selection of International Children's and Youth Literature - for Bread Years
2022 - Xinhui Best Picture Books of the Year - for Have You Seen The Magpie?
2022 - IBBY Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities - for The Visible Sounds
2023 - Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration, shortlisted - for The Visible Sounds
2023 - UKLA Book Prize,

Works

A Lovely Day for Amelia Goose Tracks of a Panda, with Nick Dowson Smoke, with Cao Wenxuan, tr. Duncan Poupard 《烟》 Snowflake in My Pocket, with Rachel Bright Free as a Cloud, with Bai Bing 《云朵一样的八哥》 I am Hua Mulan, with Qin Wenjun 《我是花木兰》 Summer, with Cao Wenxuan, tr. Yan Ding) 《夏天》 Dou Dou the Panda series, with Gao Hongbo, Jin Bo and Bai Bing 《熊猫逗逗系列》 Sweet Snow series, with Tie Ning 《香雪系列》 Li Na, Being a Better Me, with A Jia 《李娜，做更好的自己》 Footprints, with Xue Tao) 《脚印》 Shulin's Grandpa, with Matt Goodfellow 《舒琳的外公》 The Lost Child, with Jin Bo 《迷路的小孩》 The Visible Sounds. Picture book, with Yin Jianling, tr. Filip Selucky Rope, with Cao Wenxuan) 《绳子》 Have You Seen The Magpie?, with Dai Yun