
Lin YE
Lin Ye is an illustrator active in London, whose work focuses on narrative illustration and visual storytelling. Based on delicate observation and gentle emotion, her work explores the connection between emotion, memory, and the psychological world through visual language, attempting to build a poetic bridge between reality and imagination.
Her artistic practice focuses on the mental health of children and youth. Through her work, she uses art as a form of therapy, combining visual expression with psychological insight to bring comfort and resonance to those struggling in their inner world, while also prompting reflection on life.
Email:ylinnnnnlx@gmail.com
AWARD
2025 JIA Illustration International Award, Silver Award, Japan
2025 Hiii Illustration International Awards, Finalist, China
2025 3x3 International Illustration Show, Professional Merit Award, USA
2025 3x3 International Illustration Show, Professional Honorable Mention, USA
2025 London International Creative Competition (LICC), Finalist, UK
2024 FAB Prize (UK), Commended Artist Award, UK
2024 21st CACC Golden Dragon Award, Best Academic Comic Award – Nominated Works, China
2022 CIB8 National Illustration Biennial, Finalist, China
EXHIBITION
2026 Not the London Art Fair, Candid Gallery, London, UK
2025 Annual Open 2025, Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK
2025 Open 2025, Wisbech Gallery, Cambridge, UK
2025 Reshaping the Magical World: Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Touring Exhibition, China
2025 Whispers in Aria, Sol de Paris Gallery, France
2025 Redrawing Childlike Innocence: Picture Book Illustration Exhibition, Tio Gallery, Zhongshan, China 2024 Book Illustration Degree Show, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK
2022 8th National Illustration Biennial, Shenzhen, China
