Minna Yu is an illustrator and writer born in a small village in China, she studied Digital Art in Guangzhou before moving to Europe and graduating from a M.A. in comic book in Angoulême, France. Now based in Nancy, France, she’s working as a freelance illustrator and comic book writer, and has experience working for magazines, publishers, advertising agencies, companies and non-profit organizations.
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Artist residency, Maison des auteurs, Angoulême, France, 03-10/2022
Solo exhibition ” Some days…”, Saint Max library_____28/10-23/11/2021
Artist residency, city library Albert Dubois, AIX-VILLEMAUR- PALIS, France_____19 – 23 /07/2021
Artist residency, Espace 89, Frouard, France_____28/07-31/07/2020
Solo exhibition “Journal du confinement et post-confinement”, Lihua, 89 rue Saint Dizier, Nancy, France_____25/07/2020-30/09/2020
Illustration for children’s book “Néandertal ou le pouvoir de la branche qui siffle”, Le verger des Hespérides publishing _____2020
Took part in the regional support program “Accompagnement a la professionnalisation des illustrateurs et auteurs-illustrateur, Grand-Est” _____09/2019-04/2020.
Group exhibition “Face de tract”, at the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l’image, Angoulême, France _____04/12/2019-05/01/2020
Artist residency at InterAccess, Toronto_____09-12/2018
Intern at Binsfeld as illustrator and designer, Luxembourg_____ 06-10/2017
Intern at “la Manufacture d’Image, Le Bief” Cultural Center. Missions : engraving, typogravure, direction of workshops for children. Ambert, France_____7/2016
Exhibition on the theme “everyday I meet someone” at Youth center of Montpellier, Specifics : 28 drawings made with coloured pencils, various size : 130×184mm and 297×420mm, Montpellier, France_____10/2014
Intern as illustrator and designer at Shehui Center of Advertising, Missions : creation of logos, advertising brochures and posters for various customers, including Alibaba Group, Canton, China_____ 10-11/2012
ACADEMIC PROFILE
2018 DNSEP (mention) in comic book. Ecole Européenne Supérieure de L’Image, Angoulême, France,
2017 Erasmus Exchange in graphic design and illustration. Saint-Luc École Supérieure des Arts, Liège, Belgium.
2016 DNAP (félicitation du jury) in graphic design, Higher Art and Design School (ESAD), Orléans, France
2012 Bachelor in multimedia (Creatity award), Guangdong University of Technology, Canton, China