AS TENDER AS THUNDER

AS BRIERY AS FUR

Ray (雷) is a narrative artist and illustrator based in Taipei.

Wandering in and out, she has an innate longing for afar, and wishes to capture a personal timelessness from ephemeral moments in life.

From traditional to digital drawing, photography to embroidery, her ways of creating underlie the consistent motif of spiritual connection between nature and humans. She lives as an introspective prism, refracting the beams of shimmering light which come alongside the journey of being.

Her works explore the human-land relationship, fragmented musings of surroundings, and the original idea of ‘Inner-landscape’ within her consciousness.

• Education

2018 The University of Edinburgh, Illustration MA

2017 National Taiwan University of Arts, Motion Pictures BFA

• A-I-R

2023 Art Residency at SARUYA, Fujiyoshida, Japan

2021-2022 Art Residency at Maison de la BD, Blois, France

• Publications

2023 Graphic Novel Once Twice Deities II (Indie-published)

2022 Graphic Novel Once Twice Deities (Indie-published)

2022 Graphic Novel Syzygy (Published by Gaea Books Co., ISBN: 9789863196464)

2019 Webcomic Intertidal (Indie-published online)
- Finalists of 11th Taiwan Golden Comic Awards

• Selected Exhibitions

2023 Iki-iki, Fab Cafe Fuji, Yamanashi, Japan

2022 Taipei Illustration Fair, Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan

2022 ANIMA, uitshinn, Taipei, Taiwan

2022 Original Manuscripts of “Syzygy”, Basis Books, Taipei, Taiwan

2022 Angoulême International Comics Festival, Angoulême, France

2021 BD BOUM Festival, Blois, France 

2020 A Stroll Through the City, Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan

2019 Hiii Illustration International Festival, Nanjing, China

2019 Caress, Jia Cafe, Taipei, Taiwan