Hello!

My name is Aleksandra Artymowska.

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I'm illustrator and author of children’s books obsessed with labyrinths and puzzles. I love to draw lots of details and create mazes. 

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I adore travelling to unusual places. I lived in China and Israel for several years. Now I'm based in my hometown Warsaw in Poland.

 

My books have been published in over 20 countries around the world and won a few international awards:

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• winner of NAMI CONCOURS 2023 - Purple Island Award

• winner of Chalkdust Book of the Year 2020

• finalist of Illustrators Exhibition at Bologna Children's Book Fair 2021

• finalist of Silent Book Contest 2023

• finalist of Silent Book Contest 2016

• finalist of BIBF ANANAS Contest 2019

• title of Outstanding International Book of 2020 by the USBBY

• title of Honor Book for the Mathical Book Prize 2020 

• Merit Awards in iJungle Illustration Awards 2022

• Merit Awards in iJungle Illustration Awards 2020

• Merit Awards in Hiii Illustration International Competition 2021

• Merit Awards in Hiii Illustration International Competition 2020

• Merit Award in 3x3 The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration 2017