EXHIBITION OF THE SHORTLIST FOR THE NOMINATION CHILDREN’S BOOK ILLUSTRATION
PICTORIC
Book Arsenal features the Pictoric Illustration Contest (PIC)—an international competition which holds a recognizable event in the field of illustration in Ukraine, that will help discover new talents and names for a wide global audience.
A special place is occupied by the nomination Children’s Book Illustration, which works with the art of visual storytelling for a young audience and supports illustrators who bring stories to life with the help of bright and captivating images. Such attention to children’s illustration is not exaggerated, as it is precisely the means that introduces readers to the world, its culture and art, and plays a significant role in shaping future generations.
The nomination provides illustrators with the opportunity to gain international recognition, join a global professional community and demonstrate their ability to create convincing visual stories for children.
The exhibition features participants, selected by an international jury, who will represent the contest at professional and cultural events in the future.
International jury: Katrin Stangl (Germany), Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv (Ukraine), Gosia Herba (Poland), Anna Sarvira (Ukraine), Flóra Peťovská (Hungary).
Сurators: Oleh Hryshchenko, Anna Sarvira, Olena Staranchuk.
Partners: Book Arsenal, National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture.
Pictoric is a community of illustrators, graphic designers and artists, founded in 2014 with the aim of promoting Ukrainian culture and heritage, creating and developing a modern visual language through illustration. Among the methods of project implementation there are active exhibition activities, lectures, workshops, participation in discussions and presentations, creation of unique publications, involvement of partners from various fields, cooperation with the cultural sector around the world.
Pictoric has organized more than 150 exhibitions all over the world and collaborates with organizations such as—Book Arsenal, Frankfurter Buchmesse, Ukrainian Institute of America, Pictoplasma Conference, Bologna Children’s Book Fair, International Comic Salon Erlangen, Troisdorf Bilderbuchmuseum and many others.