Maša P. Žmitek

Maša P. Žmitek (1985), working as an illustrator, graphic designer, curator, and producer, received her master’s degree from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design. In 2018, she took over the management of the Vodnik Homestead Gallery, later establishing and managing the Slovenian Center of Illustration within the framework of the Divja Misel Institute. She is interested in artistic illustration, but devotes most of her time to scientific illustration, with a recent focus on depicting creatures from antiquity. Her analogue interactive book Giants of Cenozoic (Miš, 2021) breathes life into Illustrations in one of the pre- cinematic techniques and was followed by Jurassic Dinosaurs (Miš, 2023). She has illustrated several literary projects for Slovenian and foreign publishers, and herillustrations have been featured in the Slovenian Biennial of Illustration and at numerous Slovenian and foreign galleries. She received the University Prešeren Award for her master’s thesis in the field of scientific illustration, the Graphis Silver Award in New York, the Brumen Award for Excellence in Slovenian Design, the Golden Pear Award, and was named to the IBBY Honour List. She is also a lecturer at the Illustration Department at  Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana.