About
Xinyao Lan is a London-based illustrator and practice-based researcher currently pursuing her master's degree at Kingston School of Art. Her work explores relationships of graffiti/doodling and education, with a focus on using visual language to examine and critique political, social, and cultural phenomena in a contemporary context.
Illustration serves as a process, a research method, a teaching stratege, a tool for solving problems from real-world and amplifying some voices for certain audiences.
Research Interests
Pegagogy, participatory research, graffiti, illustration research methods & methodologies.
Education
2025-
2024-2025 MA Illustration, Kingston School of Art, Kingston University, London, United Kingdom
2020-2024 BFA Painting, Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication, Beijing, China
Short Program
2023.7 Tempera for illustration, Accademia di Belle Art di Firenze, Florence, Italy
Workshop
2022-2024 Learn From Masters, Tianlang Art, Beijing, China
Exhibition
2024 The 30th Beijing International Book Fair, Beijing, China
Award
Hiii Illustration 2023, China
Clients
National Centre of Performing Arts
Global Art Metaverse Exhibition (G.AM.E
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Kiko Milano
Tel: 86 13489666794 / 44 0793 5673402
Email: lanxinyao774@gmail.com
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