Awards, honorable mentions:

Nagroda im. Ferdynanda Wspaniałego 2023 (Festiwal Literatury dla dzieci w Krakowie) — nomination | Świat Lema

Nagroda Krakowa MIasta Literatury UNESCO 2021 | Świat Lema

PTWK 2022, 2017 (Polish Book Publishers Association) The Most Beautiful Polish Books 2021 Award | Świat Lema, Pikusy

— The European Science Fiction Society (ESFS) 2022 | Award | The world of Lem

— IBBY 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2020, 2022 (The International Board on Books for Young People) | Distinctions

    The Pink Piglet, Tuwim. Poems for children. Great Dreams, Granny knits, Fryderyk Chopin & his music, Alphabet, Zamieniam się w słuch, Świat Lema

—  XIII INTARG® 2020 – SOCIAL INNOVATIONS – Gold medal Effective astonishment. Learning to read triggers thinking| Stories painted with sounds

—  World Invention Intellectual Property Associations WIIPA Prize 2020 | Stories painted with sounds
— The Book of the Year Prize by IBBY (The International Board on Books for Young People) 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017  - Graphic Award

     All Tuned up, A True Fairy Tale, Which way to the stars, Kern (group work), The ABCs of Polish Design

BIB 2017 (Bienniall of Illustrations Bratislava) Honorary Mention | Psikusy

Dobre Strony 2016 Award | Kern. Poems for children

— IBBY 2014 HONOUR LIST SELECTION | All Tuned up

— PICTURE BOOK AWARD 2014 of the Jury of Young Critics in Vienna | All Tuned up

— KTR 2014 for the best press illustations | Silver Prize | Illustrations from Kukbuk magazine

— DEUTSCHER JUGENDLITERATUR PREIS 2014 | Nomination | All Tuned up

— PROJECT OF THE YEAR by STGU 2013 (Association of Applied Graphic Designers) | Special Mention | A True Fairy Tale

— TIT 2013 (Triennale of the illustration in Tallin) | Special Mention | Chopin and his music
— MUST HAVE 2012, 2022 | Łódź Design Festival | All Tuned up | Świat Lema
— ED–AWARDS, EUROPEAN DESIGN AWARDS 2012
| Silver Prize: Book and Editorial Illustration | All Tuned up

— BOLOGNA RAGAZZI AWARD 2012, 2013 | Tuwim. Poems for children, All Tuned up
— Included among of 11 the best polish illustrators 2012 by Press Magazine

— The most beautiful book of the year by PTWK (Polish Book Publishers Association) 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016 | Special Mentions

   The Pink Piglet, Great Dreams, All Tuned up, A Girl out of the shade, Kern.Poems for children

— SEOUL International Book Arts Fair 2009 | Honorable Mention | Tuwim. Poems for children, Great Dreams

— WHITE RAVENS by Internationale Jugendbiblithek 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016 | Tuwim. Poems for children,  Great Dreams, Alphabet, A True Fairy Tale,

     Kern. Poems for children
— BIB 2009 | Honorary Mention | Tuwim. Poems for children.


Events:

Speaker of IRUDIKA Conference (Museum od Contemporary Art in Vitoria-Gasteiz) together with Iwona Chmielewska | 2023

— The ambassador of the campaign under the slogan EEA and Norway Grants in Poland „Drawing your better future” | 2020

— Jury Member KTR | 2019

— Abu Dhabi Book Fair 2018 | workshop and presentation

— Workshops with Zorka Wollny / Kibum Destiwal 2017 (Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst in Oldenburg, Germany)

— London Book Fair 2017 (Poland’s team on Market Focus Poland with Jacek Dehnel, Artur Domosławski, Jacek Dukaj, Marzanna Bogumiła Kielar,

Zygmunt Miłoszewski, Aleksandra Mizielińska and Daniel Mizieliński, Olga Tokarczuk, Ewa Winnicka)


Clients:

Agora, Biennale Warszawa, Bunkier Sztuki, Cosac Naify, Domański Zakrzewski Palinka Law Firm, Dwie Siostry, Earls Restaurant, Rouerque, Biruta, Ernst&Young, Galeria Studio, Gallimard, IDFX, Instytut Książki, Kids Love Design, Kultura Gniewu, Leo Burnett, LektorKlett, Lukullus, Media Vaca, Mixtvision, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Museum Wilanów Palace, National Centre for Culture, newspapers and magazines (Gazeta Wyborcza, Fashion Magazine, Foyer, Przekrój, Puls Biznesu, Rzeczpospolita, Wysokie Obcasy, Zwierciadło), Muchomor, OFF Festival, Orecchio Acerbo, Paweł Łoziński Film Production, Pinokio Theatre in Lodz, Polish Film Institute, Polkomtel, Ruch muzyczny, SAR, Sony, Fryderyk Chopin Institute, W.A.B., Wytwórnia, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Znak.


Drawings in collections:

—  Malopolska Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation

—  Sammlung Pastula


Education and employment:

— 2000 | 2005 studies at the Faculty of Graphic Design of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in the Multi-media Workshop of prof. S. Wieczorek (rector’s distinction) and the Workshop of Book Design of prof. M. Buszewicz

— 2006 | 2007 work as graphic designer in the Zachęta National Gallery of Art publishing house

— 2007 | 2008 work as art director in an advertising agency

— 2009 | 2024 freelance work in applied graphic design and illustration / co-owner Koktajl sp.z.o.o.

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Drawer and graphic designer, born in Lublin in 1978. After graduating from the Graphic Design Faculty of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in 2005 she designed children’s picture books. She has been awarded some of the most prestigious prizes in this field both in Poland and abroad: twice the Bologna Ragazzi Award and three times the IBBY Book of the Year. Books in her graphic interpretation have been listed as White Ravens by the Internationale Jugendbibliothek in Munich.

The justification of her IBBY 2022 distinction reads ‘for persistence in constant experimentation in the field of the graphic design of books’. She usually creates her images intuitively, employing a richly expressive aesthetic, and often quoting from pop culture and the history of art. She enjoys the space between word and image. Her illustrations are multi-layered in meanings, to be viewed by children and adults alike.

She lives and works in Warsaw.

Contact details:

— email: mi@martaignerska.art.pl

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