Yuewei Shi

Yuewei Shi is currently based in New York and mainly focuses on editorial illustrations, commercial illustrations, books and surface design. She loves taking objects and settings from reality related to her interests, experiences, and culture and then twisting them with her imagination and humor. She enjoys building imaginary worlds and drawing unique characters.

Yuewei also loves printmaking, especially silkscreen, etching, monotype print, and risograph.

B.F.A. in Illustration School of Visual Arts 2017 – 2021

B.S. in Accounting Kean University 2014-2017

Communication Arts 2022 Illustration Competition - Finalist in Editorial Category

The Young Ones Competition 2021 - Portfolio Winner in Illustration

3x3 International Illustration Show No.18 - Merit Award

Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition 2021 - Winner

Communication Arts 2021 Illustration Competition - Finalist

American Illustration 41 - CHOSEN Winner

Graphis Competitions New Talent Annual 2022 - Gold Award

Huoju Illustration Art Exhibition - Small Art Museum, Shanghai, China, Dec 2020

Student Scholarship Competition Exhibit - Society of Illustrators, New York May 2020

Selected Clients:

Commercial - Mars Royal Canin, Cargill, AFDT, Tadpole Ear

Editorial/Publishing - Penguin Random House, Bloomberg Businessweek, VinePair, NYT Kids China

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