Photo Credit: Jiayin Zhang

xiranluoart@gmail.com

Xiran Luo 罗曦冉 (b.1997 China) is a movie poster designer and freelance illustrator currently based in Hong Kong. She enjoys visualizing subtle emotions and tension by unveiling metaphors behind everyday objects.

Starting from 2019, she closely collaborated with over 50 independent directors from China and the United States on designing movie posters. The works she participated in were nominated at the Cannes Film Festival, Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival, New York Asian Film Festival, and were also screened nationwide in China.

When she’s not drawing, she walks on the streets.

Selected Clients

New York Times / UNICEF / NYT KIDS China 栩栩多多 / The Poetry Foundation / 端傳媒 Initium Media / NYU Journalism Institute / 腾讯视频 / 爱奇艺视频 / Sixth Tone / 澎湃新闻 / 辛芷蕾工作室 / 清影工作室 / YOUTH Magazine by Sanlian Lifeweek 少年新知-三联生活周刊 / GuoKe 果壳病人 / WAJIJIWA Entertainment 哇唧唧哇 / LELEQU 乐乐趣 / StochasticVolatility 随机波动 / LIBERO自由人 / Be Water Journal 水象 / Lensforkids / LOOMUP Records 看看月亮 / Yishan Bookstore 一善书店 / Juanzong Bookstore 卷宗书店

2019 - 2022 Maryland Institute College of Art, Illustration Practice MFA | Baltimore, Maryland, USA

2015 - 2019 Beihang University, Drawing BFA | Beijing, China

Selected Exhibitions

Solo show, Cut to the Frame (切下一片时间) Film Poster Exhibition, Beijing Kubrick Bookstore, Beijing, China, 2024

Solo show, 好好好，好好，好 Film Poster Exhibition, Mutian Bookstore, Changsha, China, 2024

Group Show, The Nostalgic Collection, Tree Art Museum, Beijing, China, 2024

Group Show, The Society of Illustration 65 Annual Exhibition, SOI, New York, 2023

Collective Project (Curator/Artist), Fridge Street: Bridging Sites of Mutual Aid, Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, New York, 2023

Group Show, The Heart of Home, 4C Gallery, LA, 2023

Solo show, Skin to Skin, The Sipping Room by Breeze, Boston, 2022

Awards

2023 World Illustration Awards, Shortlist, Editorial Professional Category

2022 Society of Illustrators 65. Advertising Single Image Gold Medal

2022 American Illustration AI41, Chosen Winner

2021 ijungle Illustration Awards, New Talent, Merit Award

2020 Hiii Illustration Award, Editorial Category, Merit Award