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).