Xinyuan Hou is a Chinese artist who lives and works in New York. She was born and raised in Beijing and studied abroad in Victoria Island, Canada.  Xinyuan is currently a BFA illustration student at the School of Visual Arts and strives to become a graphic novelist. 

Xinyuan gets in touch with art at a young age through children's books, comics, and anime, she liked to draw her surrounding environment in high school, and further developed her interest in pursuing a career as an autobiographic comic artist. She loves to travel while recording thoughts and scenery.