YiMiao Shih (Taiwan, b. 1985) works and lives in London, UK.
Residency
2026
Artist in residence, Siliano Alto x Wilton Way Gallery, Chiusi, Italy
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
Solo Exhibitions
2025
2025
2024
2022
2019
2012
Pocket Fever: Working From Home, Findlay Property, London
Pocket Fever, Wilton Way Gallery, London
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
2026
The Other Side: Ten Years after the Referendum, Osh Gallery, London (upcoming)
2026
I'MTwenty One, IMT Gallery, London (upcoming)
2026
Sonder, Queen Alexandra's House, London
2025
Collect Art Fair, represented by Candida Stevens Gallery, Somerset House, London
2024
Small Works, represented by Candida Stevens Gallery, Online
2024
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
2023
2023
ARTE, Project Space, Blackhorse Lane Studios, London
ART HSINCHU, Formosa Art Fair, Taiwan
2023
2023
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
The Other Art Fair, Online Studio
2019
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
DRAW, Hackney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
ShowRCA, Royal College of Art, London
2014
2012
Royal College of Art showcase, Science Museum, London
The Mysterious Event In That Year's Summer, photo show, 691 Yuanlin, Taiwan
Selected Awards
2019​
2019​
Mall Galleries, Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, London
Poster Prize for Association of Illustrator, Finalist
2018
Cheltenham Illustration Award, Finalist
2015
Royal College of Art, ArtBar IPA Beer Label Design, Winner
2015
International Photography Awards, ONE-SHOT “HOME”, Honorable Mention
2013
International Photography Awards, Editorial Professional, Honorable Mention
2008
NTNU Department of Fine Arts Graduation Exhibition, Printmaking, Excellent Work
2008
NTNU Department of Fine Arts Graduation Exhibition, Graphic Category, Third Place
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
Judge
2025
Artwork selection panellist, ArtEvol 2025: Voices from the Undefined for Saatchi Gallery, organised by London Art Collective
2022-24
Gordon Peter Pickard Drawing Bursary panellist, Royal College of Art
2019
6th Illustrator in Residence applications selection panellist, House of Illustration, London
Consultancy Work
2025-
Advisor, Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, London
2022-24
Artistic Programme Advisory Panel (APAP), Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, London
2023-
Art Review Consultant, London Art Collective, London
Selected Articles
2019
Rabbrexit Means Brexit: Imperial Imaginaries, Foreign Guests, author Stephanie Polsky, Academia, 2019
2019
YiMiao Shih's embroidered epic imagines Brexit politics with bunnies, Peach Doble, It's Nice That, 2019
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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
Education
2013 - 2015
Royal College of Art, Visual Communication, MA, UK
2004 - 2008
National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Fine Arts, BFA, Taiwan