Yu Rong
Yu Rong (郁蓉) is a Chinese illustrator of children's picture books, especially known for her use of papercutting artwork.
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.jpg.webp) Yu Rong at BookExpo 2019 | |
| Alma mater | Royal College of Art |
| Occupation(s) | Illustrator, teacher |
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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 Fang Suzhen 《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 Matt Goodfellow 《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
- "Walker Books - Yu Rong". www.walker.co.uk.
- "NAMI CONCOURS - 나미콩쿠르". namiconcours.com.
- Qin, Wenjun; Yu, Rong (February 21, 2019). I am Hua Mulan. OCLC 1127911294 – via Open WorldCat.
- "Summer | Cao Wenxuan | Macmillan". US Macmillan.
- "Serving up a treat". www.chinadaily.com.cn.
- "Shu Lin's Grandpa by Matt Goodfellow, Yu Rong | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yu Rong.
- Yu Rong on Youtube
- Yu Rong on Chinese Books for Young Readers
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