Yu Rong

Yu Rong is a 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.

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 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) Summer, with Cao Wenxuan, tr. Yan Ding) 《夏天》 (Macmillan, 2019) 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) Footprints, with Xue Tao) 《脚印》 (2020) Shulin's Grandpa, with Matt Goodfellow 《舒琳的外公》 (Otter-Barry, 2021) 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) Rope, with Cao Wenxuan) 《绳子》 (2022) Have You Seen The Magpie?, with Dai Yun (2022)