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Qianhui Yu
Or call me Chiya

ABOUT ME

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Hi! I am an Animation Director and an Illustration artist living in London, U.K., born in Guilin, China. 

 

I specialise in 2D frame-by-frame animation, crafting vibrant, imaginative worlds through expressive character design, rich colour palettes, and hand-painted textures.

 

My work often draws inspiration from nature, dreams, and surreal moments of daily life, resulting in whimsical visual narratives. I work across a range of outputs, from editorial to branding and music, and have collaborated with many global clients, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, Penguin Random House, Faber Children, Adult Swim, Coldplay, Hyundai, Revolut, and more.

 

I just finished my animated short film 'Statue in the Garden', which was supported by the BFI Network and awarded funding from the National Lottery. Produced by Animate Project

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WHAT I DO

Animation Directing

Animation

Illustration

Workshop

Lecture

Public Talk

REPRESENTATION

 

POCKO in the US/EU/KR/JP, Advertising and Marketing jobs in the U.K.. Please contact info@pocko.com ​

 

Scale Model Studio for commercial animation project in the U.K..

Please contact info@scalemodelstudios.co.uk

CONTACT

To get in touch for projects or collaborations, send email to Qianhui.art@gmail.com

FOLLOW ME

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QUALIFICATIONS

Royal College of Art  (MA, Animation)                        2020

China Academy of Art  (BFA, New Media Art)              2017 

SELECTED CLIENT

EDITORIAL: The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, WIRED, It's Nice That, Bon Appetit, Barron's, Berliner Zeitung, Republik Magazine, W 

PUBLISHER:  Penguin Random House, Faber Children, Little, Brown

BRAND:  HYUNDAI, TIC TAC, Zimmermann, GCDS, Revolut, Huawei, Kiltane, Blue Q 

COMPANY:  GIPHY, Adult Swim, Warner Music Sweden, Universal Music Group,  Girls In Film

 

MUSIC:  ColdPlay, Khruangbin, Steve Aoki, Corinne Bailey Rae, Chinese American Bear, Drug Store Romeos, Birdlord 

PUBLIC TALK

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Public Talk at Cheltenham Illustration Awards, Uni of Gloucestershire, 2026

Seminar at London College Of Communication, UAL, 2026

Let's Talk Design #31, Gent, Belgium, 2025

Motion North, Manchester, 2025

BFI Short Film Club+Q&A, Flatpack Festival, 2025

Attendee Stage at PICTOPLASMA, Berlin, 2024

Screen Talk at London International Animation Festival  2023

Animators in Conversation: Fiction versus Reality

How To Keep Working In A Pandemic: The Royal College Of Art’s MA Animation Graduates Share Their Tips. 2020

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LECTURE 

BA Animation Course at University of Gloucestershire, 2026

PRESS 

Creative Boom 2

ACAVA

Creative Boom

It's Nice That

London International Animation Festival

​​Creative Review

METAL Mag

Nowness

BFI Player

IMDB

What to watch at the BFI Future Film Festival 2021 – the programmers’ picks

Girl's Club Asia 

​​Girls In Film

Booooooom

Adobe Creative Cloud 

Collater.al

Voicer

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ARTIST RESIDENCY

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Animation Residency at Cartoon Mill, Kaş, Turkiye, 2026

ACAVA Spode, 7 April - 14 May 2025​​​​

EXHIBITION

Solo Exhibition, 'The Delightful Unnamed' , Pocko Gallery, 2025

Solo Exhibition, 'Closer' , ACAVA Spode, Stoke-on-Trent 2025

Group Exhibition, Three Counties, Stoke-on-Trent 2025

Group Exhibition, Featured, Appetite, Newcastle-under-Lyme 2024
2024 Group Exhibition, Three Counties, Burslem Town Hall, Stoke-on-Trent

Group Exhibition, Summer Exhibition, Eastside Project, Birmingham 2023

Group Exhibition, Illustrators 65, The Museum of American Illustration, New York 2022

Group Exhibition, Illustrators 63, The Museum of American Illustration, New York 2021

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