QINLIN
YANG
Qinlin Yang is a Chinese artist who lives and works in London, UK. Based on her background, she focuses on immigration mental states, compiling complex emotions. Her work involves the reconstruction of places and studying the social and political aspects of immigration communities.
AWARD
2025, Jackson’s Art Prize - Longlist
2024, Sir John Hurt Art Prize - Shortlist
2024, Jackson’s Art Prize - Longlist
2023, 3x3 Illustration Award - Merit
2022, World Illustration Awards - Shortlisted artist
2022, 3x3 Illustration Award - Honourable Mention
2020, GREAT – Anglia Ruskin University Scholarship 2020
2019, IPPAWARDS - Honorable Mentions
SOLO EXHIBITION
2025, EastLondon Printmakers’ Residency solo exhibition, London, UK
2019, Another Ordinary Day, Beijing, China
DUO EXHIBITION
2024, Trace / Spuren / 痕跡 / 痕迹, With Ikue Ohta, Künstlerstadt Kalbe e.V. Germany
2023, White Room / Weißer Raum / 白房间, With Jennifer Eckert, Künstlerstadt Kalbe e.V. Germany
2023, Soap Room / Seifen Raum / 肥皂房间, With Jennifer Eckert, Künstlerstadt Kalbe e.V. Germany
GROUP EXHIBITION
2025, Works on Paper - Hampstead Art Society, Online
2024, Festival of Print, London, UK
2024, Iron Bridge Fine Arts Exhibition, Shropshire, UK
2024, Small but Mighty, London, UK
2024, The Lounge Space Summer Show, London, UK
2024, Holt-Festival Art Prizes 2024 Shortlist Exhibition, Holt, UK
2024, In the corner of my eye, London, UK
2024, Work on Paper 2024, The Gallery at Green & Stone, London, UK
2023, Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London, UK
2023, A.I.M.P.E’, Japan
2023, International Original Print Exhibition, London, UK
2023, ABACUS Virtual Exhibition, UK
2023, Saltaire Inspired’s Saltaire Arts Trail Open Village, West York, UK
2023, Royal Society of British Artists Bicentennial Exhibition, London, UK
2023, The Moment in Time, Virtual Exhibition, UK
2022, Vox Exhibition, São Paulo, Brazil
2022, Autumn Beauty - Autumn Art Exhibition, Halifax, UK
2022, Fanzineistvienna Art Book & Zine Fair, Virtual Exhibition, Vienna, Austria
2021, Beyond Paper 21, London, UK
REVIEW & INTERVIEW
2024, Shoutout LA - Meet Qinlin Yang | Artist & Art Studio Director, Online, USA
2022, World Illustration Awards 2022 - Tough Topics, Online, UK
2022, Dwell Time - Intouchable Days by Qinlin Yang, Online, UK
RESIDENCY
2025, Swiss Cottage Gallery, Camden Council, London, UK
2024-2025, EastLondon Printmakers, London, UK
2024, Internationaler Wintercampus, Künstlerstadt Kalbe e.V. Germany
2023, Internationaler Sommercampus, Künstlerstadt Kalbe e.V. Germany
WORK EXPERIENCE
2023, MA Illustration Associate Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
2023, Learning volunteer, National History Museum, London, UK
2021-2023, Director, 044 Art Studio, London, UK
EDUCATION
2022, Royal Drawing School, Drawing Intensive Course, London
2020-2021, Anglia Ruskin University, MA Illustration and Book Arts, Cambridge
2013-2014, National Taiwan Normal University, BA Space Design, Taipei
2010-2014, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, BA Environmental Art Design, Beijing
2025, Jackson’s Art Prize - Longlist
2024, Sir John Hurt Art Prize - Shortlist
2024, Jackson’s Art Prize - Longlist
2023, 3x3 Illustration Award - Merit
2022, World Illustration Awards - Shortlisted artist
2022, 3x3 Illustration Award - Honourable Mention
2020, GREAT – Anglia Ruskin University Scholarship 2020
2019, IPPAWARDS - Honorable Mentions
SOLO EXHIBITION
2025, EastLondon Printmakers’ Residency solo exhibition, London, UK
2019, Another Ordinary Day, Beijing, China
DUO EXHIBITION
2024, Trace / Spuren / 痕跡 / 痕迹, With Ikue Ohta, Künstlerstadt Kalbe e.V. Germany
2023, White Room / Weißer Raum / 白房间, With Jennifer Eckert, Künstlerstadt Kalbe e.V. Germany
2023, Soap Room / Seifen Raum / 肥皂房间, With Jennifer Eckert, Künstlerstadt Kalbe e.V. Germany
GROUP EXHIBITION
2025, Works on Paper - Hampstead Art Society, Online
2024, Festival of Print, London, UK
2024, Iron Bridge Fine Arts Exhibition, Shropshire, UK
2024, Small but Mighty, London, UK
2024, The Lounge Space Summer Show, London, UK
2024, Holt-Festival Art Prizes 2024 Shortlist Exhibition, Holt, UK
2024, In the corner of my eye, London, UK
2024, Work on Paper 2024, The Gallery at Green & Stone, London, UK
2023, Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London, UK
2023, A.I.M.P.E’, Japan
2023, International Original Print Exhibition, London, UK
2023, ABACUS Virtual Exhibition, UK
2023, Saltaire Inspired’s Saltaire Arts Trail Open Village, West York, UK
2023, Royal Society of British Artists Bicentennial Exhibition, London, UK
2023, The Moment in Time, Virtual Exhibition, UK
2022, Vox Exhibition, São Paulo, Brazil
2022, Autumn Beauty - Autumn Art Exhibition, Halifax, UK
2022, Fanzineistvienna Art Book & Zine Fair, Virtual Exhibition, Vienna, Austria
2021, Beyond Paper 21, London, UK
REVIEW & INTERVIEW
2024, Shoutout LA - Meet Qinlin Yang | Artist & Art Studio Director, Online, USA
2022, World Illustration Awards 2022 - Tough Topics, Online, UK
2022, Dwell Time - Intouchable Days by Qinlin Yang, Online, UK
RESIDENCY
2025, Swiss Cottage Gallery, Camden Council, London, UK
2024-2025, EastLondon Printmakers, London, UK
2024, Internationaler Wintercampus, Künstlerstadt Kalbe e.V. Germany
2023, Internationaler Sommercampus, Künstlerstadt Kalbe e.V. Germany
WORK EXPERIENCE
2023, MA Illustration Associate Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
2023, Learning volunteer, National History Museum, London, UK
2021-2023, Director, 044 Art Studio, London, UK
EDUCATION
2022, Royal Drawing School, Drawing Intensive Course, London
2020-2021, Anglia Ruskin University, MA Illustration and Book Arts, Cambridge
2013-2014, National Taiwan Normal University, BA Space Design, Taipei
2010-2014, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, BA Environmental Art Design, Beijing