Yu Rong
Yu Rong at BookExpo 2019
Alma materRoyal College of Art
Occupation(s)Illustrator, teacher
Awards

Yu Rong (郁蓉) 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 (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
  • 2004 - BookTrust Newcomer - for A Lovely Day for Amelia Goose
  • 2008 - American Library Association (ALA) - Notable Children's Book - for Tracks of a Panda
  • 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
  • 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[2]
  • 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 (2004)
  • Tracks of a Panda, with Nick Dowson (2007)
  • Smoke, with Cao Wenxuan, tr. Duncan Poupard 《烟》 (2015)
  • 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)
  • Li Na, Being a Better Me, with A Jia 《李娜，做更好的自己》 (2020)[5]
  • Footprints, with Xue Tao) 《脚印》 (2020)
  • Shulin's Grandpa, with Matt Goodfellow 《舒琳的外公》 (Otter-Barry, 2021)[6]
  • The Lost Child, with Jin Bo 《迷路的小孩》 (2021)
  • The Visible Sounds. Picture book, with Yin Jianling, tr. Filip Selucky (UCLan, 2021) ISBN 9781912979790
  • Rope, with Cao Wenxuan) 《绳子》 (2022)
  • Have You Seen The Magpie?, with Dai Yun (2022)

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. OCLC 1127911294 – 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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