about

Name: Xu Yu

illustrator, art educator

Place of BirthJiaxing, Zhejiang

Birth: 10 I 06 I 1993

Mother Tongue: Chinese

Second language: Italian, English, French

Contact

Email: xuyuartist@gmail.com

Web: www.xuyuartist.com

Ins: xuyu_illustrator

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yu.xu.5492

Education

2012-2016 Animation, Art Faculty ofZhejiang Sci-Tech University

2017-2019 Language of Comics, Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna in Italy (master)

Work experiences

In 2024, created the main visual for the Central Park-themed Manhattan store of the tea beverage brand “Chahuanong”

In 2024, completed a six-month artist residency at the Maison des Auteurs in Angoulême, France

2023 collaboration with Nongfu Spring company, main visual design of a poster

2023 collaboration with Korean camping brand Kolon Sport,main visual design for the sales brochure

2022 collaboration with Beijing Municipal Office for Conservation and Management of Beijing Central Axis, in charge of the main visual design of a series of posters

2022 main visual design for a costume brand Weak Cement

2018-2023 online illustrator tutor in Nino Art

2022 workshop entitled “How to create a story” for Hong Wen international school

2022 workshop entitled “Get inspiration from daily life” for Nuspace Art Space in Chengdu

2022 workshop entitled”Read with Rose” for Reading Cube studio in Chengdu

2020 collaboration with Kadoorie Farm Botanic Garden, in charge of the main visual design in the exhibition

2020 setting up my own studio entitled XUYU Studio in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province

2019 pattern design for a costume brand Little Age Not So Little

2018-2019 illustrator tutor at the studio Association Pedestrian for Cultural Exchange in Italy(Associazione Pedone per Interscambio Culturale) (http://www.pedone.eu/)

Publications:

2025 my hometown, illustrator and author

2025 a five-cent coin, illustrator

2025 Series: Ancient Scientific Giants Who Influenced China, illustrator

2024 drawing while traveling, illustrator and author

2024 illustrations for The ancient scientific giants who influenced China.

2024 illustrations for The Slow-Growing Pomegranate

2024 picture book The Little Squirrel’s Moon, illustrator

2024 the boy by the sea

2023 Published Greetings from Italy, author and illustrator

2018——2022 provided long-term illustrations and comics for monthly magazine Campus Literature

2017——2022 provided long-term illustrations for monthly magazine Children Literature

2016——2022 providing long-term illustrations and stories for monthly magazine Touch Soul

2022 illustrations for the novel Sun of the youth

2022 illustrations and covers for novels the Little Blue Riding Hood series

2021——2022 covers for monthly magazine Little Star

2022cover and illustrations for novel the Little Cavalry

2021 covers for novel In Summer in Sommerby series

2021 picture book Brother Sun and Sister Moon

2020 illustrations for monthly scientific magazine Global Exploring

2019 illustrations for novels Li Shan Wei

2019 picture book The Ugly Stone, collaborated with LELEQU edition

2018 picture book A Faraway Place, collaborated with Mingtian edition

2018 picture book The 24 Solar Terms, collaborated with LELEQU edition

2018 Author of the picture bookThe Southern Diary

2018 Author of the graphic novel Distance

2018 a comic story for Picture Box

2017 collaboration with the Municipality of Bologna, designing a poster for the fair

2017-2019 Published a series of stories entitled Hello Italy in the monthly Chinese magazine Touch Soul.

Award

2024 Excellence Award, iJungle Illustration Awards

2023 Shortlisted, Bologna Children’s Book Fair

2023Award of Excellence in the CA (Communication Arts) Competition

2023Bronze Medal in the IAI Awards

2021: Suzhou Jinji Lake Competition Outstanding Work Award

2021: Third Prize in the BEJOINT Tourism Authority of Thailand Illustration Competition “EVEN MORE AMAZING”

2021Merit Award for “Camping Notes” and picture book “Ugly Stone” in the Eighth Hiii Illustration International Competition

20205th Golden Prize of Children’s Literature Best Illustration Award

2019″The Southern Diary” nominated for “Xinguang Award” for Best Illustration in the 8th International Original Animation Competition

2019″The Farben Prize 2019 Wild Notebook” at the BilBOLbol Comic Festival

2019Winner of the Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators 2019

2019Selected for Tehran International Book Fair Original Illustration Exhibition in 2019

2018Nominated for Beijing International Book Fair

2018Nominated for the China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF)

Private exhibition

In 2024, held a solo exhibition “A Small World of One’s Own” at Yellow Cube Gallery in Paris, France

2023 Illustration Two-Person Exhibition, Beijing, China

2022 personal exhibition “Been around Youth”in Xi’an, China

2019 personal and first exhibition “Saluti dall’Italia”(Hello Italy) in Bologna, Italy

 

 

须臾

博洛尼亚美术学院漫画系硕士,尼诺艺术资深讲师,曾任意大利行人国际文化交流中心插画导师,斯维留学的作品集导师,现为自由创作人,作者,独立插画师,作品集导师,2020年成立须臾工作室

商业合作:茶饮品牌茶话弄,农夫山泉,可口可乐,韩国户外品牌可隆KOLON SPORT,户外品牌蕉下,故宫博物院,北京中青旅,北京涂思美育,黄油相机,荷兰旅游局,国家地理,意大利博洛尼亚modo shop独立出版社,深圳布纸创艺,嘉道理中国保育,女装品牌weak cement,童装品牌little age not so little

出版经历:

2025绘本《Brillo, Dove sei?》(布里诺,你在哪里)意大利出版社Hoeplini出版

2025图文作者《一个人的故乡》,小说配图《一枚五分硬币》

2024图文作者《一个人的小世界》

2024小说配图《慢石榴》《海边的男孩》《影响中国的古代科学巨匠》

2024绘本《小松鼠的月亮》

2023年出版《一个人的小世界》

2023出版小说配图《住在屋顶上的熊》《太阳月亮二三里》

2022科学绘本《地球行星》

2022年小说《梨花里》封面绘制

2021小说配图《小骑兵》

2021为国家地理《金鸡湖手绘地图》

2021为小说《外婆家的夏日进行曲》(德 克尔斯滕 波伊)系列图书绘制封面

2020年出版绘本《丑石》

2020年童书Danny’s Fun to Learn Sight Words

2019年弄泥童年系列封面

2016年本科毕业作品《南方日记》于绘心连载,并于2018出版单行本。

2020年研究生毕业作品《距离》刊载于《绘心》

20172018年短篇漫画集合《旅行故事》刊载于《画匣子》

2018年与乐乐趣合作出版《揭秘二十四节气》至今销量50余万册

2016年至2022年与《中学生天地》《儿童文学》《国家地理》《旅行家》等杂志合作连载发表图文,与红马童书,东方娃娃,二十一世纪,乐乐趣,山东教育,浙少社,福建少儿社,上少社,中信社,明天社轻工社等出版社合作出版图书七十余本。

已出版个人图书:《一个人的小世界》《一个人的意大利》

已出版绘本:《南方日记》《丑石》《远方》《揭秘二十四节气》等

已出版小说配图集:《风与甘蔗园之歌》《砸琴》《赶走灰喜鹊》《藏在诗里的汉字》《拉比起历险记》《小蓝帽故事国》等等六十多部作品

项目经历:

2024年为茶饮品牌茶话弄绘制曼哈顿门店中央主题公园主视觉

2024年在法国昂古莱姆作者之家进行为期6个月的艺术驻留

2023为韩国户外品牌可隆KOLON SPORT设计主题插画手册

2023受邀为农夫山泉茶派创作美好世界主题插画

2023受邀参加户外品牌蕉下轻量化活动

2022年为北京中轴线文化办创作24节气系列海报

2022与深圳布纸有爱合作装饰画系列,授权图雅工艺品深圳有限公司拼图系列

2021年为女装品牌weak cement,童装品牌little age not so little设计店铺页面主图和服装设计图

2020年嘉道理中国保育海南坡鹿特展主视觉设计

教育工作经历:

2021至今 留学的作品集导师

2017年至2025年尼诺艺术的线上讲师

20224月 受邀为宏文国际学校做艺术工作坊

20225月 受阅读立方体邀请做艺术手工书制作的工作坊

2019年意大利行人国际文化交流中心插画导师

获奖经历:

2024iJungle优秀作品奖

2023年博洛尼亚童书展入围

2023年 最美中轴线二十四节气海报获IAI传鉴国际广告奖铜奖

2023 Summer Holiday》入选美国传达艺术奖(CA)插画大赛最佳作品奖

2021 《丑石》第八届Hiii Illustration国际插画大赛优秀作品奖

2021 《野营记》第八届Hiii Illustration国际插画大赛优秀作品奖

2021年 苏州金鸡湖大赛优秀作品奖

2021 BEJOINT 泰国国家旅游局插画比赛“EVEN MORE AMAZING” 三等奖

2020 《丑石》 入围 原创图书排行榜,

2020儿童文学金近奖

2019 在意大利bul bul bu漫画节中荣获“premio farben 2019 taccuino selvaggio”

《博洛尼亚小时光》被博洛尼亚文化社区选为宣传海报。

2019年《南方日记》荣膺新光奖中国西安第八届国际原创动漫大赛最佳插画提名奖

2019年入围BIBF菠萝圈儿国际插画大奖

2019年入围金风车国际青年插画家大赛

2019年入选博洛尼亚国际童书展&德黑兰国际书展中国原创插画展

2018年入围金风车国际青年插画家大赛

2018年入围北京国际儿童书展

2017年入围站酷奖

展览:

2024年个人画展《一个人的小世界》在巴黎的Yellow Cube Gallery举行

2023年《一个人的意大利》主题联展在北京库布里克举行

2022年个人画展《少年往事》在西安举行

2019年个人画展(saluti dall italia)在意大利博洛尼亚举行