Erin Jia/Yiran Jia is a New Jersey-based, Chinese-born artist and illustrator.  She draws inspiration from both real-life observations and imaginative contexts from reading.  With a background of graphic design, her style is infused with striking compositions and bold shapes, also with recognizable lines influenced by woodcuts.  She graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design with a degree in MFA Illustration. When she’s not working, she always strolls around and draws sketches.


Feel free to send an email to hello@erinjia.com for both commission inquiries and say hi!

 Represented by Morgan Gaynin in North America.

Partial Client List


Foreign Affairs/Nautilus/New Jersey Monthly/Penguin Random House UK/Popular Mechanics/Tor Publishing Group/The Atavist Magazine/The New Republic/The Hollywood Reporter/Wired/


Awards

Communication Arts 2025 Award of Excellence
Communication Arts 2023 Award of Excellence
Folio Book Illustration Awards 2022 Short List
World Illustration Award 2021 Short List
JIA Illustration Award 2022 Silver Award
JIA Illustration Award 2021 Bronze Award
Illustration West 59 Long List

Exhibitions/shows

Society of Illustrators The Art of Folio 2025
Gristle Gallery Deep within 2021






Features

Nautilus interview 2025