About
Sisi Yu is a Brooklyn-based artist, illustrator. Her work focuses on the convergence of the digital world with physical reality, with an emphasis on the intersections of technology, food culture, and emotional narratives. Yu grew up in Yantai, China, and considers New York City her second hometown. Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, New York Magazine, the New York Times,Harper Colins, Sephora, and elsewhere.
Contact her at sisiyu18@gmail.com
Follow her on Instagram @sisiseasee !
Education
2015—2019
The School of Visual Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Illustration
2020—2022
The School of Visual Arts
Master of Fine Arts Illustration as Visual Essay
Exhibition / features
2018
Have and Have Nots / SVA Chelsea Gallery
The Printed Image / SVA Chelsea Gallery
Red Envelope Show, Grumpy Bert, Brooklyn, New York
2019
NYC LINK Show Case
NY Book Fair / MoMa Ps1
IPCNY ( International Print Center NY )
MOCCA Art Festival
2020
Monstrueux posters / Paris
2021
Melting Pride Month Art Festival / Chilldo China
Masters / Frost Gallery New York
IKIRU/ The Living Gallery New York
2022
7 Within / SVA Chelsea Gallery
Sole/ SVA Gramercy Gallery
The Health Poster Project / SVA Gramercy Gallery
2023
Post Human IV, Group Show/ Brooklyn New York
Awards
American Illustration 41 Winner 2022
American Illustration 40 Winner 2021
3X3 Magazine International Illustration honorable merit 2021
3X3 Magazine International Illustration Show Bronze Medalist 2020
American Illustration 39 Winner 2020
American Illustration 38 Online Archive 2019
School of Visual Arts Chairman's Merit Award 2019
CLIENT
The New Yorker
New York Magazine
New York Times
Infosys
Madison Square Garden
Them
Penguin
HarperCollins
Sephora
Medium
Refinery 29
3X3 Magazine
HypeBae
Eater SF
Link NYC
Builders Union
School of Visual Arts
The Balance
Very Well
Dotdash
Babeland
Etomon INC
Quell Skateboarding
Potluck Carry-In
Lost In The Sauce NYC
Chilldo Chengdu
Traveling with Hotel