Rin Wanchen Yu is a Taiwanese illustrator and painter currently based in Taipei. Yu completed her Master study in Emily Carr university of Art + Design in Vancouver, BC, Canada, focusing on painting, illustration, and visual storytelling. Yu works with oil paint, graphite, watercolor, and gouache. Her works deeply inspired by narrative illustration and film concept art. Create a dream-like, soft, and strange imagination world.
EXHIBITION & ART FAIR
2026 First Light, Center of International Comtemporary Art, Vancouver, BC, CA
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF) collaboration with Emily Carr University of
Art + Design, Toronto, ON, CA
In Puddles and Ripples, Michael O'Brian Exhibition Commons, Emily Carr University of
Art+Design, Vancouver, BC, CA
2025 State of Practice, Michael O'Brian Exhibition Commons, Emily Carr University of
Art+Design, Vancouver, BC, CA
AWARD & HONOR
2025 <Silent Tides> Sliver Award of 12th Hong Kong Digital Entertainment Assosiation (HKDEA)
Animation Support Project
<Dragon Fire> Award Winner of Taiwan Competition in Taichung International Animation
Festival
2023-2025 <Mortal Flame>
Featured film in Taichung International Animation Festival (TIAF) 2025, TW
Semi Finalists in Paris International Short Festival 2023
Honorable Mentions in Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival 2023
Honorable Mention in KuanDu International Animation Festival 2023
Official Selection in Festival RENUAC 2024
Official Selection in Rush Youth Film Festival 2024
Official Selection in London Director Award 2023
Official Selection in Lift-off Globe Network 2023
Official Selection in Chaniartoon 2023
Official Selection in ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival 2023
FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
2026 Entrance Scholarship, Fall 2026, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC, CA
2025 Entrance Scholarship, Fall 2025, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC, CA
FEATURED PROJECTS
2025 Featured Illustration for Fall 2025 Issue, BUZZ, WOO Publication, Vancouver, BC, CA
Featured Illustration for Issue 63.2 : PRISM International, Vancouver, BC, CA
Featured film in Taichung International Animation Festival (TIAF) 2025, TW
2024 Cover Illustration for music album Journey by SkyCover, TW
ASSESSMENT & ADJUDICATION
2026 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Regional Judging Panel for BC Lower Mainland
Get to know more on Instagram @rinyu.art
Contact rinnyu.art@gmail.com for custom commissions and work.