Bio

Cartoon illustration of a courtroom scene with three characters reacting dramatically to a person at the defendant's stand reading a document.

BIO / SHUWEI GUAN

Shuwei Guan is a children’s book illustrator and visual artist from Shanghai, China, currently based in New York. She specializes in storytelling and emotional expression, with a gentle and delicate style focused on illustration, children’s picture books, and small-scale sculpture. Her work has received the Gold Award at the H.C. Andersen Art Awards, exhibited at SVA Gramercy Gallery and published in Visual Arts Journal Fall/Winter 2024–25.

A young woman with dark hair styled in a messy bun, wearing a black dress with textured sleeves, holding a vintage camera, standing against a plain background.