Kristi Kangilaski

Kristi Kangilaski (1982) is an illustrator, book and graphic designer, author of children's books, and art teacher. She graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts in graphic design in 2013, and is member of the Estonian Graphic Designers Association. Kangilaski regularly collaborates with the Estonian magazine Ema. She has received numerous awards for the books she has written and/or illustrated, and was included in the 2015 White Ravens catalogue.

I start working in my head first. When the vision of a picture is complete, then I take a pencil and drawĀ it on paper. The biggest part of the process happens at a computer. Usually, I cutĀ the drawings up into pieces digitally, "glue" them back together, and then draw over them.

Profile photo: Piia Ruber

 

Illustrated books

Eureka!

2019

Translations

Aha!

2020

Aha!

2021

Ahaa!

2021

Awards

2023
Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT), Diploma of the Estonian Children's Literature Centre

2022
5 Best Designed Estonian Childrenā€™s Books, Special prize of the Estonian Graphic Designersā€™ Union (Kristi Kangilaski. The Good Feeling)
Good Children's Book (Kristi Kangilaski. The Good Feeling)

2019
The Knee-High Book Competition, 2nd place (Kristi Kangilaski. Suur rĆ¼Ć¼tel)

2017
Good Children's Book (Epp Petrone. Magic Words)
The Knee-High Book Competition, 2nd place (Els Heinsalu. Ahhaa!)

2015
The White Ravens (Kristi Kangilaski. Tiu and the Dove)
The Knee-High Book Competition, Honourable Mention (Lana Vatsel. Somebody Always Cares)

2014
5 Best Designed Estonian Childrenā€™s Books, Certificate of Merit (Kristi Kangilaski. Tiu and the Dove)

2013
5 Best Designed Estonian Childrenā€™s Books, Certificate of Merit (Kristiina Kass. Dream Birdā€™s Nest)
The Knee-High Book Competition, 2nd place (Epp Petrone. Take a Guess)

2012
5 Best Designed Estonian Childrenā€™s Books, Special Prize of the Estonian Childrenā€™s Literature Centre, Estonian Graphic Designersā€™ Associationsā€™ Special Prize for a young artist (Kristi Kangilaski. The Sun Goes on Holiday)
Good Children's Book (Kristi Kangilaski. The Sun Goes on Holiday)

2011
The Knee-High Book Competition, Honourable Mention (Kristi MƤgi = Kristi Kangilaski. Three Stories of the Sun = The Sun Goes on Holiday)

Exhibitions

2023
VII Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT 2023), Estonian Museum of Architecture
Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava (BIB 2023), Slovakia

2022
Exhibition of Estonian illustrators "It's Christmas time", Estonian Childrenā€™s Literature Centre
Exhibition of Baltic illustrators "Running with Wolves. Werewolf", Italy and Latvia
Tallinn Illustration Triennial TIT 2020, Centrum Kultury Dworek Białoprądnicki , Poland

2021
Exhibition of Baltic illustrators "Running with Wolves. Werewolf", Napoli, Rome, Frigento, Italy
Tallinn Illustrations Triennial TIT 2020, Moscow, Krasnoarmeysk, Russia
TIT 2020 & "Leafing Through Estonian Children's Books IV", Mytishchi, Russia
Exhibition of Estonian illustrators "Fox Spirit. Fox Charm", Estonian Children's Literature Centre, Central Library of LƤƤne County, Haapsalu
Spring exhibition of Estonian illustrators, Tapa Public Library
"Christmas Tale", Syktyvkar, Komi Republic
Solo exhibition "Pink lama", Staapli Gallery, Tallinn
Solo exhibition "PunamĆ¼tsikesed" (Little Red Hats), Kondas Centre, Viljandi

2020
Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT), Estonia

2019
Solo exhibition, Estonian Childrenā€™s Literature Centre, Tallinn
Spring exhibition, Estonian Childrenā€™s Literature Centre, Tallinn

2018ā€“2020
Exhibition of Baltic illustrators ā€œRunning with Wolvesā€, London, the United Kingdom; Estonian Childrenā€™s Literature Centre (ā€œWolf Runā€), Tallinn; Gdańsk, Wrocław, Białystok, Warsaw, Płock, Szczecin, Poland; Pordenone, Italy; Vilnius, Lithuania

2018ā€“2019
Exhibition of Estonian illustrators ā€œRunning with Wolvesā€, Estonian Childrenā€™s Literature Centre, Tallinn

2017
Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava (BIB), Slovakia
Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT), Estonia
Spring exhibition of Estonian illustrators, Estonian Childrenā€™s Literature Centre
Exhibition of Estonian illustrators ā€œA Window into the Fairy Tale Worldā€, Haapsalu Cultural Centre, Haapsalu Childrenā€™s Library

2016
Travelling exhibition of Estonian illustrators, ā€œA Walk on the Path of Fairy Tale Together with Charles Perraultā€, Moscow, Krasnoarmeysk, Mytishchi, Russia

2015ā€“2020
International illustration exhibition, ā€œItā€™s Always Tea-Timeā€, Estonian Childrenā€™s Literature Centre, Tallinn; Riga, Latvia; Uusikaupunki, Finland; Gdansk, Wrocław, Toruń, Elbląg, Poland; Berlin, Germany; Szczecin, Płock, Poland; Budapest, Hungary; Oxford, the United Kingdom; Moscow, Krasnoarmeysk, Mytishchi, Vyborg, St. Petesburg, Russia

2015ā€“2019
Exhibition of Estonian Illustrators, ā€œOnce Upon a Time...ā€ (Grimmā€™s Fairy Tales), Aosta, Anagni, Lagonegro, Bernalda-Metaponto, Corato, Matera, Roma, Lacco Ameno, Irsina, Siracusa, Sassari, Roma, Bologna, Italy; Estonian Childrenā€™s Literature Centre, Tallinn; Minsk, Belarus; KrakĆ³w, Łomża, Białystok, Szczecin, Płock, Warszaw, Elbląg, Gdańsk, Opole, Poland

2015
ā€œPicture Storyā€, Tallinn, Estonia

2013ā€“2014
Group exhibition ā€œThe Visions of Mother Goose. Tribute to Charles Perraultā€, Tallinn, Estonia

About the author

2020
Story time with Kristi Kangilaski (video)

2015
Estonian Books Chosen for the White Ravens Catalogue
Tiu and the Dove (The White Ravens)

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