BIO
I am an artist, illustrator and book cover designer from Lviv, Ukraine. Currently based in Providence, Rhode Island, where I am pursuing an illustration MFA degree at Rhode Island School of Design as a Fulbright grant awardee.
With over 50 titles created, most of my commercial work has been in book cover design, however, I have also illustrated picture books, poetry, magazine articles, and music album covers.
In my personal work, I love capturing fleeting, quiet moments of beauty—grass swaying in the wind, sunlight flickering through leaves—that evoke an intense awareness of being present and alive.
If you’d like to work together or want to say hi, please send an email at winklerita[at]gmail[dot]com.
CV
WORK EXPERIENCE
Freelance illustrator and book cover designer
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The Unpublished Picturebook Showcase 2024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
SELECT CLIENTS
The Old Lion Publishing House
Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
Laboratory Publishers
IlluSalon
Nash Format Publishers
Yakaboo Publishing
Knygolove
LocalHistory.org.ua
Brown Political Review
EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design
MFA, Illustration
2023–2025
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
MA, English
2013–2014
Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University
BA, English
2009–2013
RESIDENCIES
The Comic Continent at Internationales Bilderbuchfestival, Germany, November 2017
SHOWS
2024 Illustration Graduate Program Summer Show, ISB Gallery, Providence, RI
2024 RISD Illustration MFA Biennial, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
2017–2018 The Comic Continent on Tour, various locations in Georgia, Ukraine, and Lithuania