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About
In 2023 I received a Fulbright grant to pursue a master’s degree in the US, and in 2025 I graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with an MFA in Illustration. Homebound, a wordless picture book I created while studying at RISD, was published by Orecchio Acerbo (Italy) in 2026 and marked my debut as an author-illustrator.
I’ve been working professionally as an illustrator and book cover designer for nearly a decade, collaborating with publishers and organizations in Ukraine, the US, and internationally. I work both digitally and traditionally, with a special love for watercolor and colored pencils. In my work, I’m often guided by how something feels rather than what it looks like. I’m drawn to transitional states and things in motion. I also can’t stop drawing birds!
When I’m not making art, I love going on long walks, reading, and dancing.
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And you’d like to work with me or just want to say hi, please send an email at winklerita[at]gmail.com. I’d love to hear from you!
Recognition & Awards
2026 World Illustration Awards—Animation, Longlisted Artist
2026 100 Outstanding Picture Books by dPICTUS, presented at Bologna Children’s Book Fair
2026 Communication Arts—Illustration Winner
2025 3×3 International Illustration Show No. 22—Merit Award 2x
2025 American Illustration 44—Chosen Winner
2025 Northern Festival of Illustration Prize—Emerging Animator Shortlisted
2025 Muskie Professional Fellowship
2024 The Unpublished Picturebook Showcase #6 by dPICTUS, presented at Bologna Children’s Book Fair
2023–2025 Fulbright Graduate Student Award
2023–2025 RISD Academic Fellowship
Select Festivals
2026 Flatpack Festival, UK
2026 Filmfest Dresden, Germany
2025 ANIMAGE Festival, Brazil
2025 Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine
2025 Linoleum Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival, Ukraine
Select Clients
Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
The Old Lion Publishing House
Laboratory Publishers
Gallery Exhibitions
2026 Tornando a Casa, Palazzo Di Città, Zafferana Etnea, Italy (solo)
2025–2026 Collaborative Futures—Small Approaches, Gmünder Kunstverein Galerie, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany (group)
2025 Something Around Storytelling, Land to Sea, Brooklyn, NY, USA (group)
2025 RISD Grad Show, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI, USA (group)
2025 In-Between, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI, USA (group)
2025 11th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists’ Book Contest, Fleet Library, Providence, RI, USA (group)
2024 Illustration Graduate Program Summer Show, ISB Gallery, Providence, RI, USA (group)
2024 RISD Illustration MFA Biennial, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI, USA (group)
2017–2018 The Comic Continent on Tour, various locations in Georgia, Ukraine, and Lithuania (group)