About  me

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Zoe Sijia Guo
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I am a London-based illustrator and graphic designer and and creative director specialising in blends fine art aesthetics with commercial design, creating distinctive visual identities for brands, publications, and creative projects. Grown up in Shanghai and Tokyo&Kyoto. My work is grounded in a consistent, design-led visual language, combining flat compositions, bold shapes, and high-saturation colour palettes to maintain clarity while supporting layered storytelling across sequences. 

I primarily work by hand, valuing the warmth and tactility of line, while using digital tools to explore color I approach natural balance between line, texture, and color, ensuring visual cohesion and emotional resonance throughout a narrative.

My visual language is warm, playful, and slightly surreal. I often use soft, cute, or humorous characters to hold more complex or quiet emotions, with subtle references to nostalgia that create a sense of familiarity.

I am particularly interested in projects that explore memory, childhood, and the subtle emotional landscapes of growing up.

I hold an MA in Visual Communication from the Royal College of Art, and a BA in Illustration from Kyoto Seika University.

Member of Association of Illustrators

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Education
MA Royal College of Art
Visual Communication  ( London, UK ) 
2023

BA Illustration
Kyoto Seika University ( Kyoto, Japan ) 
2021

BA Exchange in University of the Arts London ( London, UK ) 
Camberwell College of Arts 
2020

BA Sociology Nihon University ( Tokyo, Japan  ) 
2016

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Exhibitions  &  Price  
























































InterviewiJungle
ILLUSTRATION AWARDS
MERIT AWARD 2026

Hii Illustration Competition 2023 Unpublished Category
MERIT AWARD 2024

The Spectral Sublime Online Exhibition, Phantasmal Gallery 2024

ULTRA MODERN,  Fox Yard Studio - Art Galler Suffolk ( UK ) 2024

13th Dynamic Contemporary Artists Exhibition- Fukuoka Asian Art Museum ( Japan ) 2024

The Colour Show,  The Tabernacle, London 2024

Bologna Children's Book Fair, Virtual Illustrators Wall  2024

Pri’s Art Salon:METAMRPHOSIS, London 2023

‘Open Art’ Art Number 23 BCN Barcelona, Spain  2023

WAAITT2023 Group Show, Easter Gallery, London 2023

Aesthetics of Bliss, 67 York Street Gallery, London  2023

Death of the Spectacle, 37 Kensington High St, London 2023

Small House Gallery, London 2023

Global Talent Art Prize (4th edition) 2nd Winner 2023 International Art

Prize- TORAM General Incorporated Association , Japan2024


Room, kara-S Gallery (カラス) in Kyoto Japan 
2020

South London Lab in the Peckham town centre park in London 
2020

Picks kara-S Gallery (カラス) in Kyoto, Japan 
2021

The One Pound Super Short Film festival in London (2022)

The XP Awards in London 2022

Southwark Park Gallery Annual Open Exhibition, London 
2022

Global Talent Art Prize (4th edition) 2nd Winner 2023 

International Art Prize- TORAM General Incorporated Association , Japan 2024


Collect Art Sculpture & 3D Art/ Special Edition 2024

 Global Talent Art Prize (4th edition) 2nd 2023 

LandEscape Contemporary Art Review 2024

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Last Updated 14.04.2026  by zoe :)

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