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SHAO NI 倪 韶  (SHE-HER)

I’m a Taiwanese visual storyteller who dances around writing, drawing and bookmaking. I hold an MA in Sequential Design/Illustration from the University of Brighton. My debut author-illustrator picture book, The Crow And The Cherry Blossom, was published in Taiwan in 2020 and later published in Poland. Beyond my own books, I also enjoy illustrating for literary works and editorial projects.
 

As a queer Taiwanese woman, my practice is a way of staying close to marginalised experiences and my own personal memory with care and patience. I’m interested in how subtle, ordinary moments carry emotional weight, and how images can hold what words sometimes cannot. Working with montage, metaphor, and negative space allows me to tell stories gently, with a sense of nostalgia, and a quiet movement into magical realism.
 

A few small things I carry with me into my work:
I dream every night (literally).
I write with my left hand and cook with my right hand.
I believe in unicorns.

pencil drawing self-portrait of Shao

HONOURS

2025 Nami Island International Picture Book Illustration Concours, Shortlist

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

EXHIBITIONS & ACTIVITIES

2025 Taipei Art Book Fair, Huashan 1914 Creative Park, Taiwan

2025 TransPort 30 Literary Festival, RCK Kołobrzeg, Poland

2024  ‘SEE DIFFERENT’ Textbooks Design Exhibition, SCCP, Taiwan

2023 University of Brighton Graduate Show, Brighton CCA, UK

2022 《致點亮星星的你》, The Bay Picture Book Museum, Taiwan

2019 ‘Image Taiwan’ Illustration Exhibition, HOSS Art space, Taiwan

2018 ‘Awake In My Dream’, Exactly Space, Taiwan

2017 ‘Scenery of the Body’, Flowing Gaze Bookstore Life, Taiwan

© 2026 SHAO NI
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