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Xulin (they/them) is an award-winning Canadian-Chinese illustrator, author, and comic journalist living in Toronto. As a lifelong learner passionate about causes including science, education, and representation, they've dedicated their career to illustrating complex ideas and diverse, vibrant characters. As a first-generation immigrant, their art is shaped by personal experience - growing up between cultures, exploring the nature of the Rocky Mountains, and a lifelong love of learning. Their approach to art is bold and vibrant, emotional, communicative, and meticulously researched.
Xulin is an emerging voice in comics, authoring and illustrating thought-provoking stories at the intersection of social justice and science. They have published work with the Guardian, Vox, and solo-exhibited at the United Nations Geneva HQ with a comic (The Silent Pandemic: No Time to Wait) that has brought awareness on pressing public health issues to international diplomats and the general public alike. In the realm of children and middle-grade lit, they have worked on covers and illustrated books for clients such as HarperCollins Kids, Orca Book Publishers, and Lorimer Press.
Selected Clients
UK Mission to the United Nations/World Health Organization, HarperCollins, The Guardian, Vox, The Globe and Mail, Union for International Cancer Control, Orca Book Publishers, High Country News, Prairie Fire, The Nib, Thought Café, StreetART Toronto (City of Toronto), Lorimer Press, Stelliform Press, & Good Company, Longreads, Alberta Views, Road Home Research & Analysis, THIS Magazine, Microfiches, Books for Everybody, Corporate Knights, BUST Magazine, UnderPinned, OCAD U Student Press, Old Growth Press
Solo Shows
The Silent Pandemic: No Time To Wait | Palais Des Nations | Geneva, Switzerland | 2021
Awards
Finalist, ASME Award for Photography and Illustration (Best Illustrated Story) - American Society of Magazine Editors (2020)
Merit Award, Student Illustration - 3x3 No. 16 (2019)
Runner Up, Student Illustration - Creative Quarterly 55 (2019)
Student Illustration Award - Applied Arts Magazine (2018)
Press
World Health Organization | WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the AMR Art Exhibition opening - 15 November 2021
UK Mission to the WTO, UN and Other International Organisations (Geneva) | The Silent Pandemic: No Time To Wait
Girls Club Asia | Meet the Artist: Xulin Wang
The Daily Cartoonist | CSOTD: CATEGORY KILLERS AND OTHER DELIGHTS
Murals
Shoreham Road, Scarlett Road, & Richmond Street Cycle Track Barrier Mural Projects | StreetART Toronto | Toronto ON
Outside the Box Project | StreetART Toronto | Toronto ON
Wallspace Mural | OCAD U Illustration | Toronto ON
Yellow Staircase Mural Project | OCAD U Student Press | Toronto ON
Exhibitions and Fairs
OCAD U Artist Alley 2019 | Toronto ON
Toronto Comic Arts Fair (TCAF) 2019
Toronto Outdoor Arts Fair (TOAF) 2019
Canzine 2018 | Toronto ON
Edition/Art Book Fair 2018 | Toronto ON
Holiday OCAD U Artist Alley 2018 | Toronto ON
Group Shows
GradEx 104 | OCAD University | Toronto, ON
Homework | Artscape Youngplace | Toronto, ON
Summer Illustration Residency Exhibition | School of Visual Arts | New York City, NY
Photo credit: Qing Wan
Contact
email: xulin@xulinillu.com
instagram/twitter: @xulinillu