Dayeon Auh
Dayeon Auh, based in Leipzig, is an artist making books for adults and children. She catches small, quiet moments that people usually forget. Her work follows lost and forgotten things, giving them shape and a place to be held again, through the book as her medium. Dayeon Auh studied as a Meisterschülerin at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK Berlin). Her debut picture book, The Three-Year Tumble, was named one of The 2025 New York Times/ New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books.
Education

· Meisterschülerin Illustration, Visual Communication, University of Art (UdK), Berlin , July 2026

· Master in Illustration, Visual Communication, University of Art (UdK), Berlin

· Bachelor Communication Design, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design, Halle (Saale)

Publications

»Ooooh Shit, It's an Amusement Park« 2026, Self Published

»All The Games We Could Have Played« 2025, Looking for a Publisher

»Ein Berg Ein Sturz Ein Langes Leben« 2024, NordSüd Verlag

»Emotions, Plural and unrecognised« 2023, Self published

»Ruckediguh: Von Kopf bis Schuh« written by Kristin Schulz, Illustrated by Dayeon Auh. 2024, Carl-Auer Kids Verlag

»Form Research« 2022, Self Published

»Farbspiel« 2022, Self Publisehd

Workshops

· Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum mit Junges Literaturbüro Leipzig, Germany, 2026

· ILB international Literature Festival 25, Berlin, Germany 2025

· Kinder- und JugendKulturWerkstatt JOJO, Leipzig, Germany 2026

· Städtische Bibliotheken Dresden, Dresden, Germany 2026

· Krumulus, Berlin, Germany 2025

· Goethe institute Krakaw, Gdansk, Poland 2025

Selected Awards

· USBBY Outstanding International Books List, January 2026

· New York Times & New York Public Library – Best Illustrated Picture Books,November 202

· Sponsorship Winner, Stiftung Buchkunst 2025, June 2025

· Winner, Saxon Design Award, Category “Emerging Designers”, November 2025

· Luchs of the Month, from the DIE ZEIT and Radio Bremen, January 2025,

Festivals

· Fumetto, Luzern Swiss (22,23,24,25,26)

· Frame, Prague Czech Republic (2023)

· Unlimited Edition, Seoul Rep. Korea (25,26)

· Lustr, Prague Czech Republic (2025)

· Future Off, AngoulêmeFrance (23,24)

· Bergen Art book Fair, Bergen Norway (2026)

· Fanzinest Vienna, Vienna Austria (2026)

· Arc London, London England (2026)

· I nerver read basil, Basil Swiss (2025)

· Bords Perdus Festival, Brussels, Belgium (2026)

· Tokyo Art Book Fair (2027)

Exhibitions

· Lustr Illustration Festivals, Prague, Czech Rep. 2025

· Werkschau, Made in Sachsen , Chemnitz, Germany 2025

· Arsenal Book festival, Kyiv , Ukraine, 2025

· Fumetto Illustration Comic Festival, Luzern, Swiss 2025

· Basis Linie, Biel, Swiss 2025

· Emotions, Porto, Portugal 2025

· Einbuch.Haus, Berlin, Germany 2025

Skills

· Editorial Illustration

· Book Illustration

· Author

· Workshop

Languages

Korean

English

German

@2026 Dayeon Auh. All rights reserved.