Yunting Ruan
AKA Rain, is one of the representative comic artists in China, illustrator, an associate professor of China Academy of Art.
Since 1997, she has been publishing graphic novels and comics, also illustrating covers for books and magazines.
Published Books:
2002，art book Hui yu/ Ethereal Wings, Hainan Publishing
2004，illustration collection ART OF THE WIRED, Guu Press, Canada
2005，art book Hua ye/ Midnight Ink, Hainan Publishing
2005，illustration collection Bliss Express: Illustrating Happiness, Guu Press, Canada
2007，art book Kongse Caihong/Silent Rainbow, Heilongjiang River Fine Arts Publishing House
2010，Independent comic collection SC4
2010，illustration collection Chinese Girls (Elle), Xiao Pan Publishing
2011，edited the collection of the Chinese Academy of Fine Arts Illustration and Comics Students Comics Illustrations, Zhejiang People’s Fine Arts Publishing House
2014，Comics collection Yueliang duange/Moonlight Sonata, Changjiang Literature and Arts Publishing
Illustrations：
1998-2003，interior and cover illustrations for magazine Shaonian Comics
2002-2004，cover illustrations for monthly magazine Beijing Cartoon
2011-2016，cover illustrations for magazine Weyi Fengxiang
2010，interior illustrations for Miren de Shimi: Shangyin Li’s poems, by Jiaying Ye, published by Taiwan Locus Publishing, Cultural Arts Publishing (Mainland edition)
2011，interior and cover illustrations for Retelling World Fairy Tales series Renjian, by Yue Li, Yun Jiang; Hou Yi, by Zhaoyan Ye, Changjiang Literature and Arts Publishing
2012，interior illustrations for Zhaoyan Ye’s Novella: Yepo Qinhuai, L'hôtel de la Maison Rouge, Japanese Are Coming, and About Toilet, People’s Literature Publishing
2015，cover illustration for Dreams Know The Answer, by Zhihong Wu, Beijing Lianhe Publishing
2015，cover illustration for Not Too Bad, Just A Little Bit, Wangjing Fakao, and When Yubu Met Malan, by Zhaoyan Ye, People’s Literature Publishing
2016，interior illustrations for When I Met A Person, by Xue Li, Beijing Lianhe Publishing
2017，cover illustration for Embrace Your Life, Wilfried Nelles, People Daily Press
She’s currently working on her graphic novel Chun Hui/ A Young Teacher, and illustrations for 7 Fairy Tales, by Zvi Szir
EDUCATION:
China Academy of Art
Rhode Island School of Design, U.S.A.
Ruan is currently teaching in China Academy of Art. She also teaches online and in person workshops that focus on comics creating and appreciating beauty in aspects of everyday life in China and France (High School of Arts of the Rhine, and College of Decorative Arts of Strasbourg, France)
SOLO EXHIBITION:
Adult Girl, Guangzhou, China, 2016
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Bliss Express: Illustrating Happiness, The Compound Gallery and Nucleus Gallery, California, USA, 2006
"Cartoon Workplace" Exhibition "Desire of Cartoonists", Hongkong, 2007
Angoulême International Comic Exhibition, France, 2008
Erlangen International Comics Festival, German, 2009
France Bastia International Comic Exhibition, France, 2009
Comic Her Shortlisted for the 11th National Art Exhibition in China, Comic Unit, 2009
Word Images Comics from China, Cartoonmuseum Basel, Switzerland, 2010-2011
Yunting Ruan x Ji Di, Moon Travelers, Hangzhou, China, 2017
A Panorama of Chinese Comic Strips, Belgian Comic Strip Center, Rue des Sables, Belgium, 2018
Independent Animation Film:
2007 Ruan independently directed and created the sand animation film Baishe/ White Snake, in the same year, it was shortlisted by the International Animation Film Festivals of Annecy, France, and Stuttgart Animated Film Festival, Germany. In 2017, it was selected for the “New Intergenerational China” unit at the Annecy International Film Festival.
Live Sand Animation Performances:
The opening ceremony of the China International Cartoon and Animation Festival, 2011
The Sun International Music Festival, the "Silk Road Fantasia" concert held by the National Concert Hall of Singapore, 2010
The "Drama and Animation" concert at the Concert Hall of the Esplanade of Singapore, directed by Ye Cong and performed by the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, 2009
The opening ceremony of the 2007 Shanghai International Electronic Music Festival, 2007
