University of Wisconsin–Madison

People Type: Illustrator

Azim, Fahmida

Biography Fahmida Azim is an illustrator and author. She enjoys drawing real people living extraordinary lives, fictional people living beautifully ordinary lives, and food. Notable awards she’s won: 2022 Golden Kite award winner for her work in Samira Surfs 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Illustrated Reporting and Commentary for the comic “I Escaped A Chinese Internment …

Barron, Ashley

Biography I graduated from OCAD in 2007, and have been working with cut-paper collage ever since. I’ve illustrated over a dozen picture books, including Love You Head to Toe (Owlkids), My Forest is Green and My City Speaks (Kids Can Press) — a 2022 winner of the Young Children’s Schneider Family Book Award. In addition …

Ramchandran, Kavita

Biography Kavita Ramchandran is an illustrator and graphic designer based in New York City, though she is originally from Mumbai, India. Over the past decade she has art directed children’s magazines, designed elementary-school text books, illustrated the award winning app HangART and is creator of the animated shorts – MAYA THE INDIAN PRINCESS and HAPPY HOLI MAYA! …

Zohra, Sonali

Biography Sonali Zohra is an illustrator from Bangalore, India. Her work is inspired by her love of nature, history, mythology, philosophy, and spirituality—combined with her education in fine art and photography and a master’s in design. She has illustrated several children’s books over the years and has received awards for her work. Her illustrations evolve …