The poetry of everyday life, memories, and urban experiences
劉清華，生於香港，是繪本作者及視覺藝術家。
她著有誠品書店暢銷繪本《渡輪小星的秘密之旅》及《電車小叮在哪裡？》，曾入選金風車國際青年插畫家大賽（2026）美國《3x3》國際插畫展、BIBF 菠蘿圈國際插畫展、中文文學創作獎及香港出版雙年獎。她亦積極參與公共藝術與繪本教育計劃，包括「南丫說：」公共藝術計劃、船到橋頭生活節、桃園市立圖書館《超繪想像》、廉政公署「繪本傳誠」計劃，並曾為《明報周刊》繪製連載插畫。
其媒體藝術作品曾於國際展覽和影展放映，包括林茲電子藝術節（奧地利）、臺北市立美術館、Image Forum Festival（日本）、Animatou（瑞士）及大館當代美術館（香港）。
Jess Lau (劉清華) is a visual artist and picture book author based in Hong Kong. Drawing from everyday city life and personal memories, her detailed, poetic illustrations capture the subtle connections between people and places.
She is the creator of bestselling picture books including The Secret Journey of Ferry Star 《渡輪小星的秘密之旅》 and Little Big Tram《電車小叮在哪裡？》. Her work has been recognized by the Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition , 3×3 International Illustration Show, BIBF, the Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Awards, and the Creative Writing in Chinese Award. Alongside her publication work, Jess collaborates on community and public art initiatives, including the Lamma Mia Public Art Project, Interisland Festival, and Taoyuan Public Library’s Silent Book Programme
Her multi-disciplinary works have been exhibited and screened internationally at Ars Electronica (Linz), Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Image Forum Festival (Japan), Animatou (Switzerland), and Tai Kwun Contemporary (Hong Kong).
/ education
2025 Master of Fine Arts in Sinophone Literatures, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
2014 Bachelor of Arts in Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2008 Ist. Mag. Francesco De Sarlo, Lagonegro (Pz), Italy
/ award
2026 Merit Award, The 23rd 3×3 International Illustration Show, USA
2026 Shortlisted , Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF)
2025 Terayama Shuji Prize, The 39th Image Forum Festival, Japan
2022 南瀛獎 Nanying Award, Taiwan
2022 Gold Award, The 27th IFVA, Hong Kong
2019 Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Awards
2016 First Prize (Children Picture Category), Creative Writing in Chinese, Hong Kong
2015 Silver Award & Best Local Work, The 20th IFVA, Hong Kong
2014 Best of the Show, School of Creative Media Annual Show, Hong Kong
/ residency and exchange program
2020 Taikwun Contemporary, Hong Kong
2019 Vostok, Kyoto, Japan
2017 Arteles Residency Program, Haukijarvi, Finland
Shinano Primitive Sense Art Festival, Nagano, Japan The Key Vision of
2017 PicBookCamp, Yilean, Taiwan
2016 BiG-I Art Camp, International Communication Center for Persons with Disabilities, Osaka, Japan
2014 City University of Hong Kong's Extreme Environments program: Antarctica expedition
