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Sarah Wilkins is an illustrator who has lived and worked her way around the world. Her award-winning art includes editorial and children’s book illustration, posters, book covers, products and environmental design. Sarah's illustrations have appeared on buildings, buses, bags and many other curious places, but they feel most at home on the pages of beautiful books.
Sarah holds a Master of Science in Society and a degree in Visual Communication Design.
Awards:
- Finalist Bologna Children's Book Fair 2024 Illustration Exhibition.
- Selected for The dPictus Unpublished Picturebook Showcase 5, Bologna Children's Book Fair 2024.
- PANZ Scholastic NZ Award 2023.
- Sharjah Children's Book Illustration Award and Exhibition 2021.
- NZCYA Book Awards - Picture Book Winner 2020.
- Society of Illustrators 62 Exhibition, 2019.
- AOI World Illustration Awards 2019 & 2015 Shortlist and Exhibition.
- Storylines Notable Book Award 2018, 2014.
- LIANZA Russell Clark Award for Illustration.
Annuals:
- Communication Arts
- American Illustration
- Society of Illustrators
- 3×3 Magazine
- Print Magazine
- Society of Publication Designers
- Australian Illustrators
Book Festivals:
- 2024 Picture Me, New Zealand.
- 2022 Salon International du Livre Océanien, New Caledonia.
- 2019 Festival des Petits Kiwis, New Zealand.
- 2014 Taipei International Book Exhibition, Taiwan.
Clients include:
Thames & Hudson, L.A. Times, Barnes & Noble, UNESCO, United Airlines, Time Inc., American Express, Pfizer, The Smithsonian, XXI Magazine, Walker Books Australia, Penguin Random House, Macmillan, Yoga Journal, Coastal Living, Texas Monthly, Cooking Light, Saveur, Parents Magazine, Madame Figaro, O Magazine, Boston Globe, The Daily Telegraph, Town & Country, Charles Schwab, Causette, Laurence King Publishing, Edizioniel Publishing, Djeco, Little Tiger.