Maja Kastelic
Selection of exhibitions
2019 | Biennial of Illustration Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
2017 | Le Immagini Della Fantasia, Sarmede, Italy
2017 | International Biennial of Illustrations, Bratislava, Slovakia
2017 | Troisdorf Bilderbuchpreis, Troisdorf, Germany
2017 | 100 years of Slovenian picture books, Kongresni trg, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2016 | Sentieri Illustrati, International Exhibition of Illustrations, Sagittaria Art Gallery, Pordenone, Italy
2015 | Illustrators Exhibition 2015, Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Bologna, Italy
2015 | Silent Books: From The World to Lampedusa and Back, Italy and New Zealand
2015 | Maja Kastelic, The Boy and the House, Kresija Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2014 | 11th Slovenian Biennial of Illustration, CD Gallery, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Awards
2019 | BIB Plaque, Biennial of Illustration Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
2018 | Etisalat Children Literature Award; Best Production, UAE
2018 | Best Wordless Picture Books 2018, Kirkus Reviews, USA
2016 | IBBY Honorary List, Auckland, New Zealand
2016 | White Raven Award, The International Youth Library, Munich, Germany
2015 | White Raven Award, The International Youth Library, Munich, Germany
2015 | Kristina Brenkova Award for an original Slovenian picture book, Professional Association of Publishers and Booksellers of Slovenia
2015 | Levstik Award (Maja Kastelic, The Boy and the House, Mladinska knjiga publishing house)
2014 | Hinko Smrekar Plaque, The Slovene Association of Fine Arts Societies
2012 | Hinko Smrekar Award, The Slovene Association of Fine Arts Societies
Selection of published illustrated works
2021 | Jo Ellen Bogart, Anthony and the Gargoyle, Groundwood publishing house
2020 | Heinz Janisch, Hans Christian Andersen, The Journey of his Life, NordSüd publishing house
2020 | Maja Kastelic (priredba basni), Muren muzikant, Forum publishing house
2018 | Nadine Robert, Elsie, comme des géants, Varennes publishing house
2018 | Anastasia Qarawani, Koozi, Amman publishing house
2016 | Svetlana Makarovič, Korenčkov palček, Mladinska knjiga publishing house
2015 | Maja Kastelic, Deček in hiša (wordless), Mladinska knjiga publishing house
2014 | Brane Mozetič, Prva ljubezen, Škuc Ljubljana
The author regularly publishes in children’s magazines Ciciban and Cicido (Mladinska knjiga, Slovenia), Les Belles Histoires and Tralalire (Bayard, France).