ABOUT
Margaryta Winkler is an illustrator and book cover designer from Ukraine. In 2023, she received the Fulbright grant to pursue a master’s degree in the US, which is what she is currently doing at Rhode Island School of Design.
With over 50 titles created, most of Margaryta’s illustration work has been in book cover design. She has also illustrated picture books, poetry, magazine articles, and music album covers.
She is drawn to capturing fleeting, quiet moments of beauty—grass swaying in the wind, sunlight flickering through leaves—that produce an intense feeling of being present and alive. Lately, she has been having a lot of fun exploring animation.
Margaryta’s debut book Homebound is set for publication in 2026 by Orecchio Acerbo (Italy).
If you’d like to work together or just want to say hi, please send an email at winklerita[at]gmail[dot]com.
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CV
WORK EXPERIENCE
Freelance illustrator and book cover designer
Februrary 2016–present
Art director at Brown Political Review
September 2024–present
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
Fulbright Graduate Student Award
2023–2025
RISD Academic Fellowship
2023–2025
RECOGNITION
The Unpublished Picturebook Showcase 2024
Slanted Magazine #43 — Ukraine
RISD Student Profiles
SELECT CLIENTS
Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
The Old Lion Publishing House
Laboratory Publishers
IlluSalon
Nash Format Publishers
Yakaboo Publishing
Knygolove
LocalHistory.org.ua
EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design
MFA, Illustration
2023–2025