Li Qingyue is a Shanghai-born illustrator who creates illustrations for novels, and occasionally picture books, where she reinterprets folk stories through the language of contemporary art. In 2021, her picture book Magic Cloth was awarded Diploma under the Best Picture Books category in Image of the Book, an international contest for book illustration and design.
Lee Qingyue has held solo exhibitions including Magic Cloth (2021) and Records of the Buddha: Giugiu’s Travelogue (2016) at the Shanghai Mass Art Center, and An Old Picture Show at The Space, Shanghai (2016). She also participated in the Animamix Biennale at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), Shanghai (2013).