Kelly Zou 邹筱菁
Hi! I am a visual artist based in the UK and graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2021 with distinction. I am the author of the comic book - "Micro Drama" and the illustrator of the children's book - “The Lost Flower Children” by Janet Taylor Lisle published in China.
I got my undergraduate degree in Information Management&System and earned a master's degree in Management Science and Engineering. After six years of working in the IT industry, I decided to make a change and came to the UK to pursue what I truly love.
EDUCATION (ART)
Royal Drawing School, Online Drawing Development Year, Jan 2024 - present
Pathways Into Children’s Publishing from Pop Up Projects, Jan 2023 - present
Creative Edinburgh Mentoring Programme, Oct 2023 – Feb 2024
Year-long Painting Course in Leith School of Art, Sep 2022 - Jun 2023
RBGE Certificate in Botanical Illustration, Distinction, Jan 2022 - Aug 2022
Graduate Support Pilot Scheme from The University of Edinburgh, Jan 2022 - May 2022
Edinburgh College of Art, MA Illustration, Distinction, 2020-2021
AWARDS
Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards 2024
Merit Award - iJungle Illustration Awards 2023
Highly Commented - The FAB Prize 2023
Longlisted - World Illustration Awards AOI in New Talent and Children’s Publishing 2022
Merit Award - iJungle Graphic Design Awards 2022
Honorable Mention - 3x3 International Illustration Awards No.16
2020 Asia Illustrations Collections
2019 Asia Illustrations Collections
Shortlisted - The 7th CHINA ILLUSTRATION BIENNIAL(CIB7) Original Picture Book Award
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
SSA 30 x 30 Online Edition, Society of Scottish Artists, 2023
‘Helios’ Group Exhibition, Fern and Glade, 2023
Leith School of Art End of Year Exhibition, 2023
Eye to Eye Group Exhibition, Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 2022
Embassy Gallery Annuale 2022
Whitespace Gallery Pop-up Exhibition, 2022,2023
Holyrood Art Club 64th Annual Exhibition, 2022
MA Degree Show, Edinburgh School of Art, 2021
Illustrating Together Weave Art into Life - Chinese-Japan Masking Tape and Handkerchief design joint exhibition, 2019
SELECTED ART FAIRS
ThoughtBubble Comic Convention, Yorkshire, 2022
Hidden Door Festival Makers Market, 2023
Edinburgh Artists' BookMarket, 2022-2024
Out of the Blue Abbeymount - Open Studios Event, 2022,2023
Endless Love Creative Market, Fruitmarket, 2022
Out of the Blue Christmas Market, 2022,2023
Glasgow Zine Fest, Scotland, 2022,2023
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