Hello! I'm Pearl Au-Yeung ("Ow-Yerng")
   an award winning illustrator/toy designer based in Los Angeles

           • And aims to make approachable work for all ages
           • Is from Hong Kong but raised in Shanghai
           • Is passionate about sour foods and is planning to plan a pickle tasting tour of the world
  
 
   Contact me at pearlauyeungc@gmail.com for prints or enquiries 
   Visit here to order my book "THE BEST KIND OF MOONCAKE"
          For author visits for "THE BEST KIND OF MOONCAKE", I charge $100/hour. 
   I'm represented by Kelly Sonnack at Andrea Brown Literacy. Please contact her at  kelly@andreabrownlit.com  for book illustration enquiries

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   The seal on the upper left of my website means "pearl" and was done by PeiLing Tsai

   Awards  
  2023 Irma Black Silver Medal for "THE BEST KIND OF MOONCAKE"
   2023 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for "THE BEST KIND OF MOONCAKE"
   2023 International Literacy Association Children's and Young Adult Book Award (Primary Fiction Honor) for
       "THE BEST KIND OF MOONCAKE"

   Illustration West 57-59 Competition Show, Society of Illustrators  (2018-2021)
   Illustration West 58 Student Gold Award and Philip Hays "I love it. I think it's terrific." $1000
   Student Honor Roll, RISD Academic Affairs (2017-2021)
   International Advance Placement (AP) Scholar and AP Scholar with Distinction (2017)
   Scholastic Art &Writing Awards: Gold Key (Painting) Silver Key (Sculpture) Honorable 
       Mentions(Mixed media and Drawing and Illustration) (2016) 
   Group Exhibition, Oogie Art Studio, Busan, Korea  (2016)
   Group Exhibition, Love Rocks in Spring, Shanghai, China (2015)


   Features               
   "THE BEST KIND OF MOONCAKE" Kirkus Review, September 6 2022   
   “Blank Canvas: 美术作品”, JingKids Shanghai Magazine, October 2017, p. 44-45

   Wieting, Alyssa,  “Featuring Shanghai’s Young Aspiring Artists”, Urban Family, November
       30 2016, p. 28

   “Young Achievers Day 2015”, Urban Family, Holiday Special, November 30 2015, p. 32
   Huang, Lanlan, “Love Rocks in Spring”, Global Times Shanghai, April 20 2015, p. 6                         
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