About — XINGMING LI

Xingming Li

Picture-book author, painter, and designer

Born in Guangdong in 1993.

Graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

Currently pursuing a master’s degree at Tokyo University of the Arts.

Through art and storytelling, he explores emotional expression and visual narrative.

His delicate, warm images depict nature, life, and inner worlds, giving each scene a distinct sense of story.

His visual language conveys subtle emotions and reflections on life, offering an artistic perspective that is sensitive and rich in depth.

Selected for the Golden Pinwheel Illustration Exhibition, China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair
Clover Good Children’s Books of 2018

Selected for Shenzhen’s Annual Top 10 Children’s Books
Newcomer Prize, Dapeng Nature Children’s Book Award
Selected in the Professional Publishing Category, Little Cool Hat International Picture Book Award
Selected for China Education Daily’s Children’s Books Top 20
Top 10, Parents’ Must-Read and Red Mud Children’s Books
Selected for the Fu Lanya Chinese Original Picture Book Ranking
2019 Picture Book Award, Little Golden Lion Cup — The Rhino Horn of Sudan
Clover Story Family Top 100 Good Children’s Books of 2019
100 Beloved Children’s Books of 2019
Top 10 Original Books of 2019, Beijing Normal University China Picture Book Creation Research Center

Grand Prize, Feng Zikai Children’s Picture Book Award
Best Performance Award, CCTV Qiqiaoban’s Most Beautiful Chinese Story Painting
Annual Top 10 Outstanding Picture Books, Parents’ Must-Read and Red Mud Children’s Books
Top 100 Children’s Books Award, China Children’s Book List
Selected for the Mother Tongue Research Institute’s Graded Reading List for Chinese Primary Students
Selected for KFC’s Little Book Fans Kingdom Picture Book Reading List
Protect Mother Earth Award, 2nd Curious Story Festival

Annual Overall Top 10, Daxia Picture Book Aesthetics Chinese Original Picture Book Ranking
100 Books Teachers Loved, China Education Daily
Best Children’s Book of the Year — Picture Book Category, Literature Newspaper
Top 50 Nominee, Miracle Children’s Book Award
Selected for the Annual Original Picture Book Ranking
Third Prize, CCTV Children’s Most Beautiful Chinese Painting Puppet Picture Book Drama, 2022

Spring Recommended Reading List, National Library of China’s Four Seasons Children’s Reading
50 Most Recommended Children’s Books, Autumn List, China Publishing & Media Journal
Selected for the Recommended Book List in the Group Standard Guidance on Graded Reading for Children Aged 3–8
Selected for the 3rd Shutong Award
Annual Reading List Nominee, 3rd Tongdu China Original Children’s Books

Finalist, Unpublished Professional Category, 1st Little Cool Hat International Picture Book Contest
Jimu Parenting Picture Book Oscar Award
Shortlisted for Good Books in Mom’s Eyes, Magic Children’s Book Club
Selected for the Close to Mother Tongue Graded Reading List for Preschoolers

Window Exhibition — Design Studio 5, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
A Walk Through Light and Shadow by the Water and Woods — Granduo Tachikawa, Tokyo
Kunitachi Aquarium 2026 — Kunitachi Gallery, Tokyo
Everything Has Its Own Corner: Chinese Original Picture Books — Today Art Museum, Beijing
Colorful Imagination: Picture Books from the CAFA Art Museum Collection — CAFA Art Museum, Beijing
Shanghai International Illustration Art Festival — Shanghai

Childhood Cannot Be Without…: Original Works by Nine Chinese Picture-Book Artists, Inaugural Exhibition — Wen Weiqi Picture Book Art Museum, Shenzhen
Xingming Li Solo Exhibition — Ginza Chuo Gallery, Tokyo
Xingming Li Solo Exhibition — Yue Gallery, Tokyo
China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair — Shanghai

Hello, Childhood — International Picture Book Exhibition, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Bookstore, Beijing

Centennial Exhibition of Masterpieces — CAFA Art Museum, Beijing
A Thousand-Mile Journey: Outstanding Graduates from China’s Key Art Institutions — CAFA Art Museum and Tsinghua University Art Museum, Beijing