Kristina Swarner

Since graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design, Kristina Swarner has created award-winning illustrations for books, greeting cards, magazines, packaging, album covers, and theatre posters, among other things. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Eric Carle Museum and the Society of Illustrators, most recently in the Original Art 2023 show.

Clients: Chronicle Books, Cricket Magazine, Graphic Artists Guild, Heathcote Vineyards, Marriott, National Geographic, Oxford University Press, Peachtree Publishing, Penguin Random House, Roaring Brook Press, Roots & Wings Foundation, Shanachie Records

Associations: Society of Illustrators, Graphic Artists Guild, The Association of Illustrators, SCBWI, magazine.tm

Awards: Creative Quarterly 76 Winner (2024), American Illustration 43 Chosen Winner (2024), 3x3 Honorable Mention (2021), American Illustration 40 Chosen Winner (2021), 3x3 Honorable Mention (2014), Sydney Taylor Book Award, Silver Medal (2013), Society of Illustrators 55 Annual (2012), 3x3 Directory Selection (2012 ), Moonbeam Children's Book Award, Gold Medal (2012), 3x3 Directory Selection (2011), Gold Medal (2011), National Jewish Book Award, Finalist (2008), Koret International Book Award (2006), How Magazine Outstanding Achievement Award (1997), Print Magazine Design Annual Selection (1997)