Awards
2023
5 Best Designed Estonian Children’s Books, Certificate of Merit (Indrek Koff. Daddy!)
2022Bologna Ragazzi Award, 100 amazing books (Indrek Koff.
Where'd the Kids Go?)
2021Karl Eduard Sööt Children's Poetry Award (Indrek Koff.
Where'd the Kids Go?)
Raisin of the Year Award (Indrek Koff.
Where'd the Kids Go?)
25 Best Designed Estonian Books, Certificate of Merit (Indrek Koff.
Where'd the Kids Go?)
Raisin of the Year award for the most remarkable children’s book of the year (Indrek Koff.
Where'd the Kids Go?)
Good Children's Book (Indrek Koff.
Where'd the Kids Go?)
20202021 5 Best Designed Estonian Children’s Books, Special Prize of the Jury (Kadri Hinrikus.
Dachshund and Dane)
2019The Knee-High Book Competition, 2nd place (Monika Undo.
The Scarecrow is Looking for Work); Prize for the Idea (Joonas and Elina Sildre.
Fourlegged Helper)
2013Ideas Competition for Scientific illustrations, 3rd place
20105 Best-Designed Estonian Children’s Books, Certificate of Merit, Special Prize of the Jury (Marta Sillaots.
Armi and the Old Crow)
2008The Knee-High Book Competition, honorary mention (Elina Sildre.
Dogs)
Exhibitions
2026Exhibition of illustrations from Estonian children’s literature "Children’s Rights: Protected Through Stories", United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA
2025Estonian illustration exhibition “Hello! Tere!”, Bologna International Children’s Book Fair, Italy
Illustration exhibition “City of Stories”, Bologna Palazzo d’Accursio, Italy; Estonian National Museum, Estonia
Illustration exhibition “Mycology, or the Secret Life of Fungi”, Estonian Children’s Literature Centre
2024TIT 2023 and TIT 2020 Estonian illustrators, Płock Art Gallery, Poland
2023
VII Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT 2023), Estonian Museum of Architecture
International exhibition of illustration "Fox Spirit. Fox Charm", Nadbałtyckie Centrum Kultury, Poland
2022International exhibition of illustration "Fox Spirit. Fox Charm", Estonian Children's Literature Centre, Estonian National Museum, Latvian National Library
Exhibition of Estonian illustrators "Leafing Through Estonian Children's Books", Viimsi Library
2021Tallinn Illustrations Triennial TIT 2020, Moscow, Krasnoarmeysk, Russia
Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava (BIB), Slovakia
TIT 2020 & "Leafing Through Estonian Children's Books IV", Mytishchi, Russia
Group exhibition of Estonian artists “Fox Spirit. Fox Charm”, Estonian Children’s Literature Centre, Tallinn; Central Library of Lääne County, Haapsalu, Estonia
2020Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT), Estonia
2019Spring exhibition of Estonian illustrators, Estonian Children’s Literature Centre, Tallinn
Exhibition of Baltic illustrators “Running with Wolves. Werewolf”, selected works, Pskov, St. Petersburg, Russia
Group exhibition of Estonian illustrators “Leafing Through Estonian Children’s Books II”, Moscow, Kolomna, Russia
2018Exhibition of Baltic illustrators “Running with Wolves. Werewolf”, Estonian Children’s Literature Centre, Tallinn
2017Spring exhibition of Estonian illustrators, Estonian Children’s Literature Centre, Tallinn
2013Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT), Estonia
2010Solo exhibition, Estonian Children’s Literature Centre, Tallinn
Estonian comics exhibition, Estonian Children’s Literature Centre, Tallinn
2002Illustration exhibition, Concordia International University Estonia, Viimsi, EstoniaYouth exhibition of the Estonian Academy of Arts, Pärnu, Estonia
Elina Sildre (1980) is an illustrator and comic artist who graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts in graphic design. She has illustrated over 50 children’s books and contributed to the children’s magazines Täheke and Mesimumm. Sildre has also created illustrations and comics for anthologies, textbooks, and activity books. The artist has been awarded in the 5 Best-Designed Estonian Children’s Books and the Knee-High Book competitions.
