Illustration and book design on Ukrainian children’s book market

In this video Oleg Gryshchenko, Pictoric illustrators club co-founder, curator of the international illustration exhibitions, artist, illustrator, lecturer at the National Academy of Fine Art and Architecture, speaks on Ukrainian children’s’ illustration and book design of the recent years – trends, outstanding features, most prominent creative teams and artists, as well as focuses on the illustration in the times of full-scale Russian war in Ukraine.

List of references:

• On The Move, Romana Romanyshyn, Andriy Lesiv
• Reactors Do Not Explode. A Brief History of the Chornobyl Disaster, Kateryna Mikhalitsyna, Stanislav Dvornytskyi, illustrated and design by Seri/graph studio
• Zhuzha, Grasya Oliyko
• Maiechka’s Alphabet, Ila Varina, Olha Shtonda
• My Forced Vacation, Kateryna Yehorushkina, illustrations by Sonia Avdieeva
• How war changed Rondo, Romana Romanyshyn, Andriy Lesiv ◾️ The children of air raid warnings, Larysa Denysenko, illustrations by Olena London
• Apples of war, Nadiyka Gerbish, Illustrated by Sophia Tomilenko
• Silent Night, My Astronaut, Oksana Lushchevska, illustrated by Kateryna Stepanishcheva
• Letters on the War: Children Write to Soldiers, Oksana Lushchevska, designed by Olena Staranchuk
• Mriya. Sky Airlines, Zoriana Zhyvka, illustrated by Bohdana Bondar
• Gerard the Partizan, Ivan Andrusiak, illustrated by Anna Maita
• The Ghost of Kyiv, Matsuda Hi
• Battle for the City Volodymyr Chernyshenko, illustrated by Tetiana Kopytova
• Yellow Butterfly, Oleksandr Shatokhin
• She Did It
• Travelbook: Ukraine
• Independent
• The story of Ukraine. An anthem of glory and freedom, Olena Kharchenko, Michael Sampson, illustrated by Polina Doroshenko
• Malevich and you, Oksana Sadovenko Pictoric Illustrators club website with the collection of digital art on the war – https://www.supportukraine-pic.com/