Awards
2025
The Knee-High Book Competition, 1st place (Kristi Kangilaski.
Mia's Mini Muffins)
2023Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT), Diploma of the Estonian Children's Literature Centre
20225 Best Designed Estonian Children’s Books,
Special prize of the Estonian Graphic Designers’ Union (Kristi Kangilaski.
The Good Feeling)
Good Children's Book (Kristi Kangilaski.
The Good Feeling)
2019The Knee-High Book Competition, 2nd place (Kristi Kangilaski.
Suur rüütel)
2017Good Children's Book (Epp Petrone.
Magic Words)
The Knee-High Book Competition, 2nd place (Els Heinsalu.
Ahhaa!)
2015The White Ravens (Kristi Kangilaski.
Tiu and the Dove)
The Knee-High Book Competition, Honourable Mention (Lana Vatsel.
Somebody Always Cares)
20145 Best Designed Estonian Children’s Books, Certificate of Merit (Kristi Kangilaski.
Tiu and the Dove)
20135 Best Designed Estonian Children’s Books, Certificate of Merit (Kristiina Kass.
Dream Bird’s Nest)The Knee-High Book Competition, 2nd place (Epp Petrone.
Take a Guess)
20125 Best Designed Estonian Children’s Books, Special Prize of the Estonian Children’s Literature Centre, Estonian Graphic Designers’ Associations’ Special Prize for a young artist (Kristi Kangilaski.
The Sun Goes on Holiday)
Good Children's Book (Kristi Kangilaski.
The Sun Goes on Holiday)
2011The Knee-High Book Competition, Honourable Mention (Kristi Mägi = Kristi Kangilaski.
Three Stories of the Sun =
The Sun Goes on Holiday)
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
2024International exhibition of illustration "Magical Forest", Estonian Children’s Literature Centre; Jõhvi Art School Gallery
Exhibition of Estonian illustrators "Tell Me a Fairy Tale!", Estonian Children’s Literature Centre
TIT 2023 and TIT 2020 Estonian illustrators, Płock Art Gallery, Poland
2023VII Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT 2023), Estonian Museum of Architecture
Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava (BIB 2023), Slovakia
2022Exhibition of Estonian illustrators "It's Christmas time", Estonian Children’s Literature Centre
Exhibition of Baltic illustrators "Running with Wolves. Werewolf", Italy and Latvia
Tallinn Illustration Triennial TIT 2020, Centrum Kultury Dworek Białoprądnicki , Poland
2021Exhibition 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 Lääne County, Haapsalu
Spring exhibition of Estonian illustrators, Tapa Public Library
"Christmas Tale", Syktyvkar, Komi Republic
Solo exhibition "Pink lama", Staapli Gallery, Tallinn
Solo exhibition "Punamütsikesed" (Little Red Hats), Kondas Centre, Viljandi
2020Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT), Estonia
2019Solo exhibition, Estonian Children’s Literature Centre, Tallinn
Spring exhibition, Estonian Children’s Literature Centre, Tallinn
2018–2020Exhibition of Baltic illustrators “Running with Wolves”, London, the United Kingdom; Estonian Children’s Literature Centre (“Wolf Run”), Tallinn; Gdańsk, Wrocław, Białystok, Warsaw, Płock, Szczecin, Poland; Pordenone, Italy; Vilnius, Lithuania
2018–2019Exhibition of Estonian illustrators “Running with Wolves”, Estonian Children’s Literature Centre, Tallinn
2017Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava (BIB), Slovakia
Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT), Estonia
Spring exhibition of Estonian illustrators, Estonian Children’s Literature Centre
Exhibition of Estonian illustrators “A Window into the Fairy Tale World”, Haapsalu Cultural Centre, Haapsalu Children’s Library
2016Travelling exhibition of Estonian illustrators, “A Walk on the Path of Fairy Tale Together with Charles Perrault”, Moscow, Krasnoarmeysk, Mytishchi, Russia
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
2015–2019
Exhibition 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
2015“Picture Story”, Tallinn, Estonia
2013–2014Group exhibition “The Visions of Mother Goose. Tribute to Charles Perrault”, Tallinn, Estonia
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.
