Bio:

About Katia Wish
Katia Wish is a professional illustrator based in Boston, MA. She is the winner of the 2011 Tomie DePaola Award from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Katia is currently teaching Illustration at the Massachusetts College of Art & Design. She is originally from Belarus, where she grew up. The influences and sensibilities of both her home country and her experiences in the United States contribute to Katia's work.

Partial Client List
Cengage/National Geographic
Heinemann
McGraw Hill
The Pet Gazette
Talking Writing: A Literary Magazine
New England Arts for Animals
Tufts University Publications
Weekly Dig Newspaper
My Interior Design Center

Awards
July 2012 • Runner up for Creative Quarterly Magazine's Competition
June 2011 • Runner Up for 2011 NJ SCBWI Annual Conference Juried Art Show
January 2011 • Winner of the 2011 Tomie dePaola Award • Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
September 2010 • Runner up for Creative Quarterly Magazine's Competition
May 2010 • Honorable Mention for Don Freeman Grant • Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
January 2010 • Certificates of Merit • Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles

Exhibits
October 2012 – December 2012 • Alice: 30 Years of the Pennyroyal Alice • R. Michelson Galleries, Northampton, MA
October 2012 • MassArt Illustration Faculty Exhibit • Gutman Library, Cambridge, MA
September 2012 – November 2012 • Picture This! • Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
June 2012 – August 2012 • Katia Wish: Artwork and Creative Process • Brookline Public Library, Brookline, MA
May 2012 • Tell Me a Story • Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI
November 2011 – January 2012 • The 22nd Annual Children's Book Illustration Exhibition • R. Michelson Galleries, Northampton, MA
June 2011 – August 2011 • Picture This! • Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
May 2011 – July 2011 • Town Hall Walls Exhibit • Town Hall, Brookline, MA
December 2010 • The Objects Show • Galatea Fine Art Gallery, Boston, MA
October 2010 – January 2011 • The Architecture Show • The Access Gallery at Brookline Access Television,
Brookline, MA
July – September 2010 • Emerging Artists in Massachusetts • Massachusetts State Transportation Building, Boston, MA
May – June 2010 • Malden Sketch Group Annual Commerce Place Exhibit • Malden, MA
May 2009 • NEAFA (New England Arts for Animals) 2010 Calendar Art Exhibit • New England Wildlife Center’s Catbird Café, South Weymouth, MA

Illustrator
Associate
Member since 2010
Region: New England: Central (Massachusetts)

Contact Information

Phone:   978-857-2390
Website:  http://www.katiawish.com

Published In Children's Market: No