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SHAO NI 倪 韶  (SHE-HER)

Shao is a Taiwanese visual storyteller who creates illustrations and books. She holds an MA in Sequential Design/Illustration from the University of Brighton. Her debut author-illustrator picture book, The Crow and the Cherry Blossom, was published by Hsin Yi Publications in Taiwan and translated into Polish and Simplified Chinese. In addition to publishing, she creates illustrations for editorial projects.

Her work revolves around time, memory, and identity. It explores ways to transform intangible emotions and experiences into atmospheric visual narratives. Deeply inspired by Japanese aesthetics, her delicate, multilayered illustrations evoke moods of nostalgia and magical realism.

When not creating art, Shao spends her time stroking cats, meditating, reading, watching indie films, or taking long walks through Taipei.

pencil drawing self-portrait of Shao

HONOURS

2025 Bologna Children’s Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition, Finalist

2024 IlloBoom! Annual Illustration Summit Challenge, Top 50

2024 School Textbooks Design Award, Merit Award

2023 3x3 International Illustration Student Show No.20, Merit Award

2022 National Human Rights Museum Picture Book Workshop, First Prize
2021 Feng Zikai Chinese Children's Picture Book Award, Longlist 

2019 Hsin-Yi Foundation Children's Literature Awards, First Prize

CONTACT

Drop me a line at shaoni.art@gmail.com for any inquiries

Visit my blog for more creative insights and sketchy stuff

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EXHIBITIONS & ACTIVITIES

2025 TransPort 30 Literary Festival, RCK Kołobrzeg, Poland

2024  ‘SEE DIFFERENT’ Textbooks Design Exhibition (Group), SCCP, Taiwan

2023 University of Brighton Graduate Show (Group), Brighton CCA, UK

2022 《致點亮星星的你》(Group), 海灣繪本館, Taiwan

2019 ‘Image Taiwan’ Illustration Exhibition (Group), HOSS Art space, Taiwan

2018 ‘Awake In My Dream’ (Group), Exactly Space, Taiwan

2017 ‘Scenery of the Body’ (Solo), 凝流書店生活, Taiwan

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