Monika Vaicenaviciene is an award-winning illustrator and picture book author. She was born in 1991 in Vilnius, Lithuania. After completing her illustration and printmaking studies at Vilnius Academy of Arts, she went on to study for a Master’s degree in Visual communication at Stockholm Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design.
Chenxino was born in China in 1993. She studied Cartooon Animation at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hubei, China, and Illustration at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. Her first book, La luce [The light], encapsulates her great passion and her love for drawing: picture books are for her "one of the purest and most beautiful kinds of art, like a lamp lighting up the darkness". Her style contaminates traditional Chinese painting with Western abstract art. Her works contain "the naive dreams of children”.
Francesco Chiacchio lives and works in Florence. His work ranges from collage to drawing. He has illustrated books, records, posters and he's also drawn short graphic stories. From 2010 to 2012 he illustrated the cultural pages of the national daily La Repubblica Firenze. In 2009 he created the graphics for a multimedia project, X (Suite for Malcolm), wich was composed by the saxophonist Francesco Bearzatti for his Tinissima Quartet and performed in Europe and in the United States.
Daniela Tieni was born in Rome in 1982. She graduated in scenography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. She also has a Masters Degree in Art-therapy from Roma Tre University. Currently, she works as a freelance illustrator for Italian and foreign magazines and publishers. Her work was selected by Ilustrarte Biennial in 2016, 2012, 2014, 2009; by Bologna Children's Book Fair in 2019, 2017 and 2012, and by the American contest 3X3 Magazine No.13. Since 2017 she has been teaching at Idea Academy Illustration Master.
Shin Sun-Mi graduated from the Ulsan University, and later from the Hongik Graduate School, majoring in oriental painting. She won a prize in the 2003 Art Concours of Korea, and has been active in and out of the country, participating in the Korea-Japan Exhibit (2007), and the International Art Fair in Korea (2008) as well as the SCOPE New York (2009). Since 2006, through several exhibitions, she has shared with the public a whole series of Ant-Fairies.
Christel Martinod è una visual designer nata e cresciuta in Valle d’Aosta. Vive e lavora a Torino.
Ángela León è nata in Spagna nel 1987. Dopo aver studiato Product Design a Madrid, si è trasferita in Brasile dove ha lavorato in progetti sociali e istituzioni legate al mondo dell’arte. Questa esperienza ha rafforzato il suo interesse per la città, da cui è nato il suo primo progetto editoriale, Guia Fantástico de São Paulo. Ha illustrato libri per musei come il MAXXI di Roma e i Musei Civici di Firenze. Attualmente concilia il suo lavoro editoriale internazionale con progetti per la collettività a Madrid.
Vessela Nikolova nasce a Pleven, in Bulgaria, nel 1975. Del suo paese conserva il sapore degli oggetti di legno e cuoio fatti a mano, e i libri illustrati degli anni 60-70-80, che ha ancora nella sua biblioteca.
Nel 1986 si trasferisce a Milano con la sua famiglia di origine.
Luca Di Sciullo, classe 1987, vive in un piccolo paese vicino alla splendida città di Urbino dove forma i suoi primi interessi artistici frequentando la Scuola del Libro e il biennio di specializzazione in Animazione e Illustrazione che influenzeranno la sua poetica. Deciso che la strada da percorrere è quella dell’illustrazione, si trasferisce a Bologna dove forgia il suo stile grafico. Frequenta l’Accademia di Belle arti, prende parte al fermento artistico bolognese con mostre e progetti di autoproduzione.
Daniela Iride Murgia is a visual artist with a degree in Oriental Art and a Master in Illustration. She stood out for prizes and awards such as: Selection at Illustrarte 2012, Portugal. Mention at the V Compostela International Prize for Picture Books, Spain. A la Orilla del Viento Award 2012, FCE, Mexico. Caniem Award, National Chamber of the Mexican Editorial Industry 2013. Selection at Illustrarte 2014. Finalist at Premio Andersen, Italy 2015. Premio Rodari 2017, Italy.