Tiiu Kitsik

Tiiu Kitsik (1981) is a visual artist, illustrator, and childrenā€™s author. She graduated from Tallinn University in advertising and media and has worked in advertising. Kitsik co-founded the Estonian crowdfunding platform Hooandja, where she has worked for several years. She has written seven childrenā€™s books and contributed to the childrenā€™s magazines Hea Laps, TƤheke, and Mesimumm. She lives and works as a freelance artist in Berlin.

Profile picture: private collection

Bibliography

Treasure Hunt

2025

Brothers

2025

Striped and Swirly

2025

Muri's Trouble

2024

The Best Sandcastle in the World

2024

Our Road

2024

We're Moving Away

2024

Feet

2023

Emil, Sass and the Painted Stone Bugs

2022

The Crocodileā€™s Tail

2019

Translations

Paolo, Emilio e i sassi-insetto

2025

Twee filosoofjes over poten en benen

2025

Awards

2024
Good Childrenā€™s Book (Tiiu Kitsik. Our Road)
Good Childrenā€™s Book (Tiina Laanem. The Best Sandcastle in the World)

2023
5 Best Designed Estonian Childrenā€™s Books, Special prize of the Estonian Graphic Designersā€™ Union (Tiiu Kitsik. Feet)

2022
5 Best Designed Estonian Childrenā€™s Books, Certificate of Merit (Emil, Sass and the Painted Stone Bugs)

2019
First place in the II Salon international illustration competition

 

Ā 

 

Exhibitions

2025
Estonian illustration exhibition ā€œHello! Tere!ā€, Bologna International Childrenā€™s Book Fair, Italy
'Illustration exhibition ā€œCity of Storiesā€, Bologna Palazzo dā€™Accursio, Italy;Ā  Estonian National Museum, Estonia
Exhibition of Estonian illustrators "A Sound Mind in a Sound Bodyā€, Estonian Childrenā€™s Literature Centre, Tallinn

2024
TIT 2023 and TIT 2020 Estonian illustrators, Płock Art Gallery, Poland

2023
VII Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT 2023), Estonian Museum of Architecture

Contact info

tiiu[at]tiiukitsik.com

www.tiiukitsik.com