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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.

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

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