Yixuan Wu is a Chinese-born illustrator and artist based in New York City. Growing up in a place with thousands of years of history, she gravitates to historical visual traditions. These encompass both Asia and Western world, as well as vintage film and theatrical works. She adapts these traditions for contemporary subject matter, using her modern and female perspective. Yixuan crafts dusky, romantic, antique worlds, where pure fantasy mixes with her own lived experience. Within these worlds, Yixuan tells contemporary stories based on mythologies and folklore.

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Yixuan Wu is a Chinese-born illustrator and artist based in New York City. Growing up in a place with thousands of years of history, she gravitates to historical visual traditions. These encompass both Asia and Western world, as well as vintage film and theatrical works. She adapts these traditions for contemporary subject matter, using her modern and female perspective. Yixuan crafts dusky, romantic, antique worlds, where pure fantasy mixes with her own lived experience. Within these worlds, Yixuan tells contemporary stories based on mythologies and folklore.

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Yixuan Wu is a Chinese-born illustrator and artist based in New York City.

Growing up in a place with thousands of years of history, she gravitates to historical visual traditions. These encompass both Asia and Western world, as well as vintage film and theatrical works. She adapts these traditions for contemporary subject matter, using her modern and female perspective.

Yixuan crafts dusky, romantic, antique worlds, where pure fantasy mixes with her own lived experience. Within these worlds, Yixuan tells contemporary stories based on mythologies and folklore.

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Language

English
Advanced
Chinese
Fluent

Education

MFA at Fashion Institute of Technology
May 21, 2024