Marta Bartolj Illustration: Pust veselih ust/Carnival Vibes

I'm an illustrator and author from Slovenia, Ezra Jack Keats Honor Winner, rep by Stimola Literary Studio, US. The wordless book I made for my master's thesis in 2016 won a student Award at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana. It was published as ‘Kje si?’ by Miš Publishing in 2018, and received a special Prize as an outstanding wordless picture book at the 2018 Kristina Brenkova Awards and many other achievements around the world. The rights were sold to several countries abroad.

Selection of Achievements

Kje si?/Every Little Kindness:

(more on my website)

2025 Prix des Libraires du Québec 2025 winner, Les 400 coups.

2025 ELNIPLEX Golden List 2025, Ekdoseis Metaixmio.

2022 The BRAW Amazing Bookshelf, Bologna Book Fair, Chronicle Books.

2022 Ezra Jack Keats Honor Award, Chronicle Books.

2021 People Magazine, The Year's Best Books for Kids, Chronicle Books.

2021 Amazon Editor's Pick of the Month and Amazon Best Children's Books of 2021, ages 3-5, Chronicle Books.

2021 Finalist for the 55th Illustrators Exhibition Bologna.

2020 Finalist for the BIBF Ananas Illustration Awards/and on BIBF Ananas International Illustration Exhibition.

2019 IBBY Silent Books Collection 2019, and on the Honour list of the collection, Miš.

2019 The White Ravens, Miš.

2018 Nomination and Special prize for the book "Kje si?" as an outstanding wordless picture book at the 2018 Kristina Brenkova Awards, Miš.

2016 UL ALUO Student's Award for my Master's Thesis.

sobota, 21. februar 2026

Pust veselih ust/Carnival Vibes