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Yao Xiao is a China-born illustrator based in New York City. Yao Xiao creates artwork depicting a poetic visual world where complex concepts and human emotions are examined, amplified, and given physical form.
Her work has helped people all over the globe connect at unique moments, from the celebration of the 20 Year Anniversary of the SXSW Interactive Festival, to the grand release of pop singer Katy Perry's single 'Dark Horse.' She has created deeply emotional and beautiful graphics for editorial print publications, pop music record covers, concert posters and book covers.
Yao Xiao's serialized comic Baopu currently runs monthly on Autostraddle. It is an original comic exploring the nuances in searching for identities, connections and friendships through the fictional life of a young, queer emigrant.
Baopu stands for 'holding simplicity,' a Taoist ideal of wishing to return to a simpler state.
Find her on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Etsy or her website.
Yao has written 134 articles for us.
Beautiful
this is so true about not wanting to be alone, and the coffee…you always hit the nail on the head
I love this
Just lovely!
Love this!!
This is lovely, and also I took your advice and it’s remarkable how much better I felt even after a pretty brief round of stretching!
I have been putting off stretching because I have lower back pain and it can trigger dysphoria. However, I went to AS (for the firs time in awhile!) and here this is with exactly the kick in the butt I needed to do it. Well!!! Just did and what a timely thing. TY, Baopu. This is not the first time you have brought me the exact medicine I needed in the moment. (Mostly it’s heart medicine but today this was body meds). TYTY