WENJIA
TANG

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Wenjia Tang is an award-winning freelance illustrator and a former New Yorker, currently based in Nanjing, China. She graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2017 with a BFA in Illustration.

Wenjia enjoys exploring themes of nature and its relationship with human society. Her work often portrays serene, peaceful scenes with subtle, speckled textures.


 Wenjia is Available for Commissions

Education


Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration
2013–2017  Maryland Institute College of Art, MD, USA  

Experience


Freelance Illustrator
2014-Present

Awards


Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition
2024 Gold Medal
2023/2019/2018/2017/2016 Exhibited

The One Club for Creativity - COLORFUL
2024 Finalist

3x3 Magazine Professional Show
2024/2019/2017 Merit and Honorable Mention

Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition
2023 Finalist

American Illustration
2022 Selected
2020/2019/2018/2017 Chosen

AOI World Illustration Award
2017/2016 Shortlist

Creative Quarterly
2017 Winner

Communication Arts Illustration Annual
2017 Winner

Book-Specific Awards

 EMYS Non-Fiction Prize
2024 August Winner, for Regonbogen (German version of Over th Rainbow)

The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Annual Literature Award
2023 Award of Excellence in Literature for Young Adults, for Humongous Fungus

OLA Best Bets
2022 Selected, for Where We Live

Top Shelf Book Cover Awards
2022 Winner, for One Year Bible cover series

Publications


Think Big! Faster Than Light
Picture book, collaboration with Cambridge University and Nosy Crow, forthcoming in 2026

Wish Upon A Star
Picture book, collaboration with author Catherine Ard and Flying Eye Books, forthcoming in 2025

Into the Volcano
Picture book, collaboration with author Catherine Ard and Flying Eye Books, 2024

Over the Rainbow
Picture book, collaboration with author Rachael Davis and Flying Eye Books, 2023

Eureka! A Big Book of Discoveries
Picture book, collaboration with author Jonathan Litton and Little Tiger, 2021

Humongous Fungus
Picture book, collaboration with author Lynne Boddy and DK Children, 2021

Where We Live
Picture book, collaboration with author Margriet Ruurs and Kids Can Press, 2021

Dream as a Horse (以梦为马）
A collection of illustrations and essays, New Century Publishing House, 2020

Under Your Feet
Picture book, collaboration with author Jackie Stroud and DK Children, 2020

Up & Down
Picture book, Viction-Viction, 2018

Exhibitions

Illustrators 60/61/66
2024/2019/2018 Society of Illustrators, NY, USA

Golden Pinwheel Exhibition
2023 Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair, Shanghai, China

A Psalm of Life
2023 CR Land Changlong Vanbo ZhiYue Lifestyle Experience Center, Guangzhou, China

International Creative Mask Art Exhibition
2020 Fengxian Museum, Shanghai, China

D.DREAM International Illustration Exhibition
2020 Donghua Unversity, Shanghai, China

CIRCLE Illustration Festival
2019 Raffles City, Shanghai, China

Swarm
2017 Light Grey Art Lab, MN, USA

Never Odd or Even
2016 Light Grey Art Lab, MN, USA

Contact


For general illustration inquiries, please contact her agent at Richard Solomon Artists Representative:
richard@richardsolomon.com

You can also reach out to her directly:
wjtangart@gmail.com

国内客户请联系中国区插画代理Slow Movement:
https://slowmovementart.com/
 

Selected Clients


The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, TIME Magazine, The Atlantic, Forbes, Scientific American, BuzzFeed News, ProPublica, Runner’s World, Variety, Travel + Leisure, AARP, Airbnb, Huawei, Ralph Lauren, L.L.Bean, National Audubon Society, American Psychological Association (APA), The Boston Globe, Star Tribune Magazine, Baltimore Magazine, Dotdash, Giada, Grist, Marvis, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), DK Children, Flying Eye Books, Hardie Grant, Kids Can Press, Little Tiger Group, Mudpuppy Press, Nosy Crow


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