YiMiao
Shih
Education
2013 - 2015
Royal College of Art, Visual Communication, MA, UK
2004 - 2008
National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Fine Arts, BFA, Taiwan
Academic Tenure
2020 - present
Associate Lecturer, MA Visual Communication, Royal College of Art, London
2022 - present
Lecturer, MA Illustration and Visual Media, London College of Communication, London
Selected Awards
2019
2019
2018
2015
2015
2013
2008
2008
Mall Galleries, Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, London
Poster Prize for Association of Illustrator, Finalist
Cheltenham Illustration Award, Finalist
Royal College of Art, ArtBar IPA Beer Label Design, Winner
International Photography Awards, ONE-SHOT “HOME”, Honorable Mention
International Photography Awards, Editorial Professional, Honorable Mention
NTNU Department of Fine Arts Graduation Exhibition, Printmaking, Excellent Work
NTNU Department of Fine Arts Graduation Exhibition, Graphic Category, Third Place
Solo Exhibitions
2024
2022
2019
2012
Surface Value, 1B Window Gallery, London
Artist Salon: YiMiao Shih and her curious subjects, Bloomsbury Gallery, London
YiMiao Shih: Rabbrexit Means Rabbrexit, House of Illustration, London
Two Drawing works of Serra Shih, 691 Yuanlin, Taiwan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
2023
2023
2023
2023
2023
2023
The Woman and The Moon, Paul Smith Mayfair store, London
Piercing the Veil, presented by Offshoot Arts, Artsy Online
The TIDE, Koppel X Gallery, London
ARTE, Project Space, Blackhorse Lane Studios, London
ART HSINCHU, Formosa Art Fair, Taiwan
Art Fair, Aloft Tainan Anping, Taiwan
Otherness and Belonging: Lisa Chang Lee and YiMiao Shih in Conversation, Bloomsbury Gallery, London
2022
Hackney Art Trail, Retrouve, London
2022
ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, the Mall Galleries, London
2021
2019
The Other Art Fair, Online Studio
Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries, London
2019
Poster Prize, London Transport Museum, London
2019
STRUCTURES FORM A FIELD ONCE A SINGLE LINE IS DRAWN EXPOSING FRAGMENTS, Seventeen Gallery, London
2018
250th Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, RA, London
2018
Art Yellow Book, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
2017
Homma Meridian Stone Project, Street Road Artists Space, USA
2016
Future Island Exhibition, Saatchi Gallery, London
2015
The London Group Open exhibition, The Cello Factory, London
2015
Because the Internet, The Rag Factory Gallery, London
2015
Pen Can Build Faster Than Hammer, Hackney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
2015
2015
2014
2012
DRAW, Hackney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
ShowRCA, Royal College of Art, London
Royal College of Art showcase, Science Museum, London
The Mysterious Event In That Year's Summer, photo show, 691 Yuanlin, Taiwan
Residency
2024
Artist in residence, 1B Window Gallery, London
2018-19
5th Illustrator in Residence, House of Illustration, London
2018
What is Drawing? - Ten years of Draw RCA, Pop-up Residency Artist, Temple Church Triforium, London
2012
Two Drawing works of Serra Shih, 691 Yuanlin, Taiwan
Judge
2022-23
2019
Gordon Peter Pickard Drawing Bursary panellist, Royal College of Art
6th Illustrator in Residence applications selection panellist, House of Illustration, London
Grant
2022
Develop Your Creative Practice grant, Arts Council England
2018-19
Residency artist grant, House of Illustration, London
2013-15
Scholarship for Postgraduate Oversea Study, Ministry of Education Taiwan, Taipei
2013
Project Tell Us Anything About Taiwan with artist Chi-Hang Chang, Sponsor by HelloCities, New York
Consultancy Work
2022-24
Artistic Programme Advisory Panel (APAP), Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, London
2023-
Art Review Consultant, London Art Collective, London
Academic Review
2019
Rabbrexit Means Brexit: Imperial Imaginaries, Foreign Guests, author Stephanie Polsky, Academia, 2019