CONTACT
chenyue.yuan@network.rca.ac.uk
yuanchenyue0115@163.com
@yuan_chenyue
Chenyue Yuan (Sharpay) is an illustrator based in London and China. She explores illustration practice as a retroactive, multi-voices narrative by combining field visiting and archival methodologies to explore social histories of sites. Her work is primarily drawing-based, using both traditional and digital media.
EDUCATION
Royal College of Art (RCA)
MA Visual Communication 2019-2021 | London, UK
Sun Yet-Sen University (SYSU)BA Archival Science 2015-2019 | Guangzhou, CHI
PRESS
It's Nice That
Illustrator Chenyue Yuan digs deep into social histories to tell the story of Chinese labourers living and working in factories
Creative BoomIllustrator Chenyue Yuan tells the story of Chinese factory workers in Pearl's Daughters
Design 360《海边的女儿》：追忆父辈80年代工厂生活，平实朴素的画面中涌动着真挚情感
RESIDENCY
House of Illustration New River Head Micro Residency | UK | 2021
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
‘I am Many Stories/The Stories of a Better Tomorrow’
Chapel Arts | Cheltenham | 23 February - 5 March 2022
Tell Us a Story...
Gerald Moore Gallery | London | 13 January - 19 February 2022
Finding Home—Late at Tate Britain: Life Between Islands
Tate Britain | London | 3-5 December 2021
Yilooook Art Festival 2.0—Collective Exhibition
LINKHEAD Gallery | Suzhou | October 2021
Terminal
Ugly Duck | London | June 2021
RCA 2021
Online | Royal College of Art | June 2021
Work in Progress Show 2021
Online | Royal College of Art | January 2021
Confession of Shanghai - Illustrator Collection II
The Mix Place | Shanghai | August—September 2020
AWARDS
Graduate 360
Top 10 Annual Graduate 2021
Young Battle Award
Top 10 Annual Graduate 2021
World Illustration Awards
Longlist of Book Cover Category 2021
Communication Arts - Illustration Annual Award
Personalized Award of Excellence Trophy 2020
The Cheltenham Illustration Awards
Highly Commended 2020
IJUNGLE Illustration Awards
Merit Award of Comic Category 2020
IJUNGLE Illustration Award
Merit Award of New Talent Category 2019
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