Yanqi Liang

Kingston School of Art

The Intersectional Identity of Hair Represented Through Illustration Practice

Yanqi Liang is an illustrator, animation director, educator and currently pursuing a doctoral study at Kingston School of Art. She graduated with an MA in Animation from the Royal College of Art and a BA in Illustration from Camberwell College of Arts. Her practice-based research explores haptic communication in intercultural mother-daughter relationships through expanded illustration practice. Her directorial clients include Swatch, Barbican Centre, Tate, and BBC Storyworks. Her films have been screened at international animation and film festivals and her works have been participating in several international collective exhibitions.