
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-voiced narrative by combining field visiting and archival methodologies to reflect on 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
RESIDENCY
House of Illustration New River Head Graduate Residency | UK | 2021
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 Boom
Illustrator 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
Messimage
Messimage Talk | Sharpay Yuan在叙事图像中体验微妙又实在的刺痛感
WORKSHOPS + TALKS
RCA Creative Research Series: Identity & Performance
Online Webinar | Royal College of Art | 2022
Industry Insight – Illustration First Moves
In-person Panel Discussion | New Designers | London | 2022
Design a Character
May Half Term Kids Workshop | Eltham College | London | 2022
EXHIBITIONS
V&A Illustration Awards 2022
V&A Museum | London | 20 July - 9 October 2022
‘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
2022
V&A Illustration Awards Student Runner-up
Signature Art Prize Finalist of Drawing and Print Category
World Illustration Awards Longlist of Alternative Publishing Category
2021
Graduate 360 Top 10 Annual Graduate
Young Battle Award Top 10 Annual Graduate
World Illustration Awards Longlist of Book Cover Category
The Cheltenham Illustration Awards Highly Commended
IJUNGLE Illustration Awards Merit Award of Comic Category
2020
Communication Arts - Illustration Annual Award Personalized Award of Excellence Trophy
The Cheltenham Illustration Awards Highly Commended
IJUNGLE Illustration Award Merit Award of New Talent Category
SELECTED CLIENTS
New York Times, De Zeit, ‘A Space’ Arts Gallery, Zhejiang Photography Publishing House, Noema Magazine, Ambit Magazine, Golab Agency, etc.
© 2021 Chenyue Yuan