Awards & Exihibitions
* 2024 Winner of the Excellence Award in THE 9TH CHINA ILLUSTRATION BIENNIAL.
* 2024 Nominated for the shortlist for the Communication Arts.
· 2024 Winner of the Merit Award of 3rd China Illustration Annual Competition.
* 2023Winner of the Official Selection of the London International Creative Competition.
* 2023 Nominated for the longlist of the Eighth BIBF Ananas International Illustration Competition.
* 2022 Nominated for dPICTUS unpublished picturebooks showcase 4 longlist.
* 2022 Picture books 'The way to keep warm'and' Yellow can be sadness Blue can be gentle' exhibited at Bologna Children's Book Fair, Bologna, Italy.
* 2022 The Children’s Book Illustration Master’s course exhibition, the Candid Arts Trust gallery, London.
* 2022 'Crystal Clear' Group Show, 仲町の家 , Tokyo
* 2022 'To Go Faster' Exhibition, Safehouse 1&2, London.
* 2021 Selected as finalists for Hiii illustration International Competition.
Leah Yang is a Chinese author-illustrator based in Livingston, UK
She creates emotionally rich, character-driven stories inspired by everyday observations, relationships, and small moments of humour. Working across picture books, editorial illustration, and independent publishing, her practice combines expressive drawing with a strong sense of storytelling.
She is particularly interested in stories that explore emotions, belonging, and the complexities of human relationships.
Available for picture books, editorial commissions, exhibitions, and selected collaborative projects.
Press
* 19/03/2024 Capturing the dramatic and ordinary moments in life, Goddessartsmag.
* 05/01/2024 Illustrator Leah Yang: Telling Picture Book Stories with "Messy" Lines, Art China.
* 27/11/2023 Post-90s picture book author Leah Yang: Respecting children is a prerequisite for finding passion, MilKenfant.
* 14/11/2023 The birth story of the picture book 'The Colourful Polar Bear': the best colours in the world, Illustration Planet.
Education
* MA Children's Book Illustration
Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. 2020-2022
* BA Visual Art Design
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China. 2015-2019