“With eyes wide open and heart unveiled—feel life, record its pulse, and embrace its wild beauty.”

Yutong
Liu


Illustrator | Animator | Graphic Designer




Yutong Liu is an award-winning illustrator from China, now based in London as a freelance creative. She earned her MA (Distinction) in Illustration from Kingston School of Art in 2024, and her work has appeared in numerous publications and advertising campaigns for clients including The Orion Publishing Group Ltd, Ascend Design, The Alan Turing Institute × University of Edinburgh, Better Images of AI, HiShark Edu, and more. Her illustrations have been recognised by prestigious awards and exhibitions such as the World Illustration Awards (WIA), 3×3 International Illustration Awards, Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF), China Illustration Annual Conference (CIAC), the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, China Illustration Biennial (CIB), Hiii Illustration Award, H.C. Andersen Art Awards (Silver), and the CGDA Visual Communication Design Awards. Guided by her creative philosophy—“With eyes wide open and heart unveiled—feel life, record its pulse, and embrace its wild beauty”—Yutong’s work captures moments that are both poetic and profoundly human.

EXHIBITION
2025
  • Characters on the Road — PICTOPLASMA × Balkans, Varna, Bulgaria
  • BIBF Illustration Exhibition — Beijing International Book Fair, Beijing, China
  • May Fourth Youth Art Exhibition — Hosted by Hong Kong People's Artists Association (Online)
  • Art Collide: Emerging Artists 2025 Exhibition — International Online Showcase
  • Bay Area New Direction: Guangdong International Art Week — Guangzhou Nan Fung International Convention Centre, Guangzhou, China
  • Glorious Chang’an: National Security Education Day Exhibition — Excellent Works from Greater Bay Area Illustration & Animation, City Hall Exhibition Hall, Hong Kong
  • Endless Growth: GAS Illustration Art Season Exhibition — Guangzhou People's Art Centre, China

2024–2025
  • Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize Touring Exhibition — Multiple venues, United Kingdom

2024
  • The Bigger Picture — Beta Festival, Dublin & Cork, Ireland

AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2025
  • World Illustration Awards — Animation Category, Longlisted
  • 3x3 International Illustration Annual No.22 — Animation, Merit
  • BIBF International Illustration Awards — Book Cover, Finalist
  • CIAC National Illustration Support Program — Dynamic Illustration Award (China)
  • Applied Arts Illustration Awards 2025 — Young Blood, Motion - Animation
  • Open Competition to Create More Realistic Stock Images of “Digital Transformation at Work” — Grand Prize
  • May Fourth Youth Art Exhibition — Third Prize for Me & Tree No.1 and Me & Tree No.2, organised by the Hong Kong People's Association of Fine Arts

2024
  • Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize — Shortlisted
  • Beta Festival — Selected
  • CIB9 (China International Illustration Biennale) — Finalist

2023
  • Hiii Illustration International Awards 10th Edition — Finalist
  • CHEAD Student Poster Competition — The Best Winner
  • Creative Conscience Awards — Shortlisted

2022
  • H.C. Andersen Art Awards (International) — Silver Award
  • CGDA Visual Communication Design Awards — Finalist
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