Xinyi Yang is a New York City based illustrator.
“I like to be called Xinyi (pronounced Shin-yi/欣怡), but if you call me Jessie, I will turn around and say hello to you as well!”
"I capture and magnify the moments of beauty and warmth that exist in common life. The context of my illustrations much like a soft meringue melting on the tongue enables the audience to make sense of it slowly. I highlight the eclecticism in 19th and 20th-century architecture and decorative arts as my influence. These forms are seeds for the mundane when architecture serves as a space, a scene, and an atmosphere. In my works, their presence is interdependent with characters.”
Xinyi currently studies at MFA in Illustration as Visual Essay from the School of Visual Arts. Her work has been recognized by American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, 3x3, World Illustration, Communication Arts and Ijungle Illustration.
Awards：
2025
SVA Alumni Scholarship Award
2024
Booooooom Illustration Awards, Longlisted Artist
Society of Illustrators 67, Juried, Uncommissioned Catagory
Ijungle Illustration Awards, Merit Awards Winner, Self-Promotion
World Illustration Award, Longlisted Artist
3x3 Illustration Show No.21. Student. Honorable Mention
SVA MFA Illustration Department Merit Scholarship
2023
AKA Design, Runner-up
Communication Arts, Shortlisted artist
2022
Ijungle Illustration Awards, Merit Awards Winner, Self-Promotion
Society of Illustrators 65, Juried, Uncommissioned Catagory
American Illustration 41, Chosen Winner
Pratt Institute President’s List Candidate
Exhibitions:
2025
Illustrators 67: Uncommission, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
2024
The Book Show, School of Visual Arts MFA Illustration Program, New York, NY
The Human Fly, School of Visual Arts MFA Illustration Program, New York, NY
Change!, Usagiと_ Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
What Casts A Shadow, School of Visual Arts Gramercy Gallery, New York, NY
2023
Illustrators 65: Uncommission, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
2022
Libraries “Art of the Book” Exhibition, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn
NY Form & Formula, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2021
New York Link Future, ESA Studio, New York, NY
Earth Action Week, Pratt Institute, Online
Fairs:
2025
Brooklyn Independent Comics Showcase, Exhibitor, 04/26 - 04/27
Jersey Art Book Fair, Exhibitor, 02/23
2024
Sunnyday Art Market, Exhibitor, 04/27
Brooklyn Independent Comics Showcase, Exhibitor, 04/13
2023
MoCCA Art Festival, Exhibitor, 04/01 - 04/02
Talks：
2025
Pratt COMD Alumni Panel, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Press：
2024
Special Special, 4N Magazine Issue #2