About

• 🏅 3×3 International Illustration Show 23, 2026, USA – two Merit Awards (Cheese on Trees, Sensitive Moose) and one Honorable Mention (Froggy and the Missing Moon), selected for publication in the 3×3 International Illustration Annual.
• 🌿 Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles – Illustration West 64 (SILA), 2026, USA – finalist with Sensitive Moose.
• 🏅 Hiii Illustration International Awards 2025 – two shortlisted projects (Cheese On Trees and Froggy and The Missing Moon).
• 🏅 iJungle Illustration Award 2025, EU – two Merit Awards for More Than Cheese and Sensitive Moose.
• 🌍 World Illustration Awards 2025 – shortlisted in the Children’s Publishing category with More Than Cheese.
• ✨ PBParty Finalist 2025, USA – finalist in the Illustration Showcase with A Wolf's Trouble.
• 📚 KeyColours Competition 2024, Belgium – selected among the world's 30 best unpublished picture books with A Wolf's Trouble and Raph the Giraffe.
• 🏆 Talent of the Year 2024, Czech Republic – awarded for debut author-illustrated children’s book Myšulek (Havlíčkův Brod Book Fest, Mám Talent).

I spent years pretending to be a serious person — earning a PhD in philosophy and teaching cultural studies for over a decade at the Academy of Art and Design. Now I draw robber mice and moose with existential crises — and I couldn’t be happier.

It took me 42 years and a winding road to get here, but when I started illustrating, I knew I had finally found my place. I love creating whimsical worlds, tiny details, and quirky characters that make little (and big) ones smile.