Artwork Collection

In Our Nature

"In Our Nature" is a series of illustrations that conceptually illustrate how culturally diverse communities worldwide recover and adapt to natural disasters, implying that resilience can emerge in the face of adversity. The title speaks to both the unstoppable forces of Mother Nature and the innate human instinct to adapt, rebuild, and rise again.

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Fight Fire with Fire
Fight Fire with Fire

Illustration

Fight Fire with Fire

This illustration depicts the reintegration of cultural burning, a First Nations Aboriginal practice that helps to maintain the health of the Australian landscape, combatting the risk of bushfires.

Floating Gardens
Floating Gardens

Illustration

Floating Gardens

Chinampas are small plots of land floating in the wetlands of Xochimilco, in the southern valley of Mexico City. They are an agricultural system created by the Aztecs and were brought back during the pandemic to help with food shortages.

Kintsugi
Kintsugi

Illustration

Kintsugi

The illustration highlights the aftermath of destruction to Japanese homes after an earthquake and the community togetherness that sprouts in the midst of it.

Sounds for Survival
Sounds for Survival

Illustration

Sounds for Survival

The island of Dominica is moving towards climate resilience as a country vulnerable to storm surges and hurricanes. With villages separated across the island, a mix of technological warnings and the sounds of conch shells are used to warn... More

Stronger Roots
Stronger Roots

Illustration

Stronger Roots

Similar to basket weaving, a common craft in African cultures, agroforestry is the concept of growing trees, ground crops, and raising livestock on the same land plot. Working off each other to create stronger and more reliable food security during... More

The American Green
The American Green

Illustration

The American Green

This illustration depicts how urban cities in America are combatting against heat island effect by implementing "green roofs", rooftop gardens and vegetation on top of buildings to provide shade, remove heat from the air, and reduce temperatures of... More

The Caribou Taste Different Now
The Caribou Taste Different Now

Illustration

The Caribou Taste Different Now

With permafrost thawing in Northern Canada, the reality of the earth's rising temperatures becomes clearer for Indigenous communities as they are displaced from their homes at risk of sinkholes. This piece reveals that human adaptation comes not... More

The Farming Architect
The Farming Architect

Illustration

The Farming Architect

A portrait illustration of Chinese urban planner and architect Yu Kongjian, who championed the "sponge city" concept to solve urban flooding in China. The illustration addresses his unique upbringing from a farming family that inspired his... More

Work by

Yani Feng

Illustration

“In an effort to avoid my mother's wishes to be an accountant, I pursued my childhood passion for art and storytelling, studying illustration and design. My artistic style blends digital and analog...” [More]