Awards
2024
25 Best Designed Estonian Books, Certificate of Merit (Tuul Sepp.
The Order of Jackdaw)
2023
Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT), Diploma of the National Library of Estonia
2022
5 Best Designed Estonian Children’s Books, Certificate of Merit (
A Tiny Tree:Childhood songs and stories)
2020
Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT), Diploma of the Estonian Artists’ Association
2016The White Ravens (Kadri Hinrikus.
Daniel the Second)
2013The White Ravens (Kadri Hinrikus.
May the Good Fairies Watch Over You)
5 Best Designed Estonian Children’s Books, Certificate of Merit (
Birthday Stories)
2012Good Children's Book (Kadri Hinrikus.
May the Good Fairies Watch Over You)
20115 Best Designed Estonian Children’s Books, Special prize of Estonian Graphic Designers’ Union (Lauri Vahtre.
Our Great Achievers)
25 Best Designed Estonian Books, Certificate of Merit (Lauri Vahtre.
Our Great Achievers)
2003K. E. Sööt Children's Poetry Award, artist prize, Luunja (Jaanus Vaiksoo.
The Clockmaker’s Wife)
200125 Best Designed Estonian Books, Certificate of Merit (
Hi, School! Parts 1 and 2)
Exhibitions
2025
Estonian 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
Exhibition of Estonian illustrators "A Sound Mind in a Sound Body”, Estonian Children’s Literature Centre, Tallinn
2024TIT 2023 and TIT 2020 Estonian illustrators, Płock Art Gallery, Poland
Exhibition of Estonian illustrators "Tell Me a Fairy Tale!", Estonian Children’s Literature Centre
2023
Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT), Estonia
Solo exhibition "A Tiny Tree", Tampere House (Tartu)
2021Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT 2020), Moscow, Krasnoarmeysk, Russia
TIT 2020 & "Leafing Through Estonian Children's Books", Mytishchi, Russia
2020Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT), Estonia
2017Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava (BIB), Slovakia
Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT), Estonia
2015–2020International illustration exhibition, “It’s Always Tea-Time”, Estonian Children’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; Viljandi, Estonia
2015–2020Exhibition of Estonian Illustrators, “Once Upon a Time...” (Grimm’s Fairy Tales), Aosta, Anagni, Lagonegro, Bernalda-Metaponto, Corato, Matera, Roma, Lacco Ameno, Irsina, Siracusa, Sassari, Roma, Bologna, Italy; Estonian Children’s Literature Centre, Tallinn; Minsk, Belarus; Kraków, Łomża, Białystok, Szczecin, Płock, Warszaw, Elbląg, Gdańsk, Opole, Poland; Budapest, Hungary
2013Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava (BIB), Slovakia
2013–2015Exhibition by Estonian and Hungarian Illustrators, “Crisscross Stories”, Estonia, Hungary, the United Kingdom
2011–2018Exhibition of artists from the Baltic Sea countries, “Sea Fairy Tales”, Estonia, Finland, Russia, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Estonia
2010Solo exhibition; Estonian Children's Literature Centre
2006Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT), Estonia
Anu Kalm (1960) is a graphic artist, illustrator, and art teacher. She graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts as a printmaker and illustrator, and now teaches at the Tallinn Art School. Kalm has illustrated textbooks and more than 20 children’s books, and has collaborated with various Estonian children’s magazines. Her works have been included in the White Ravens catalogue twice. A strong sense for graphic art and classic drawing techniques are apparent in her works, which have a pleasant, childlike simplicity.
