MEDIA COVERAGE
Jan 2024
Interview Featured
by Broken Frontier,
UK

Sept 2023
潮新闻Tide News， 
Hangzhou China

April 2023
Fire Flowers Comic Book Review,
Broken Frontier,
UK

Feb 2023
One of “Six Small Press Creators to Watch”,
Broken Frontier, UK


AWARDS
2023
Longlisted
BOit!
International Illustration Contest
2021-2022 Distinction
MA Illustration,  
Edinburgh College of Art,
The University of Edinburgh


2021/2022
Chevening Scholarship,
FCDO


2021
Shorlisted
London International Creative Competition


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SEPT 2023
abC Art Book Fair,
Hangzhou China

Jul 2023
Artist Residency
Lotte Pottery Workshop,
Jingdezhen China

NOV 2022
Thoughtbubble Comic Art Festival 
Harrogate, UK

Oct 2022
HALLOZINE Fair
Dundee, UK

SEPT 2022
Leeds Zine Fair 
Leeds, UK

SEPT 2022
Founders’ Art Fair
Edinburgh, UK

AUG 2022
ECA MA Illustration Degree Show Edinburgh, UK

AUG 2022
Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair
Vienna, Austria

JUN 2022
Meadows Garden Party Creaive Market 
Edinburgh, UK

MAR 2022
BOOKMARKS
ECA’s Artists’Book&Zine Fair,
Edinburgh, UK


Member of Association of Illustrators

Professional Member of Shenzhen Illustration Association (SIA)

Hello 你好 Hej こんにちは

I am Xiaoyi

Pronounced as ‘Hsiao-ii’ :)

Thank you for stumbling upon my website!

I am an illustrator / comics creator from south China. After having been a book editor, translator, au pair, language teacher, international manager in my previous 12 years, I came into my calling to study Illustration in the UK as a Chevening Scholar in 2021.

I like to communicate with my audience with visual storytelling. I take illustration as a means for both self-expression and reflecting the world and people who have inspired my vision.

My recent theme focuses on the multi-sensory experience of a blind character, where I sought to bring an inclusive perspective to my audience and make visual storytelling accessible. My approaches explore the combination of traditional and digital drawings with printmaking and risograph printing.

I am open for collaboration, whether on a commercial, humanitarian or charity project.

Feel free to contact me for new projects or  licence requests for my existed works :)

︎ xiaoyihuart@gmail.com
WeChat: 33136057
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