BABA JAGA FEST 2024

Guests

Baba Jaga Fest brings together writers, illustrators, comic book creators, and a large community that shares the same commitment and passion for creating, sharing, and circulating stories.


Lucie Lučanská

Czechia

Czech illustrator, academic of risograph printing, experimenter in remote fields of application. In addition to numerous publications, she has…

Anna Ivanenko

Ukraine

Illustrator based in Kiev, Ukraine. She is the co-founder of Seri\graph, a studio involved in the creation of screen prints, zines and various visual…

Xhulja Liçaj aka Lurida Laida

Albania

Xhulja Liçaj, aka Lurida Laida, was born in 1994 in Vlora, Albania. As a young girl she moved to Italy. Here she attended the Venice Academy of Fine…

Serena Schinaia

Italy

Born in Taranto, she lives and works in Rome. With several publications in anthologies, she has participated in festivals such as Bilbolbul and…

Jenya Polosina

Ukraine

A Kiev-based illustrator, she works mainly on social issues, particularly those related to human rights: from investigations of torture in prisons to…

Jindřich Janíček

Czechia

Czech illustrator and co-founder of the Take Take Take publishing house. The love of travel and exploration, the fascination of discovery and the…

Veronika Kotyk

Ukraine

Ukrainian illustrator and designer who lives and works in Vancouver, Canada. Her work, which ranges from children's books and animated series to…

Croma

Albania

Claudia Romagnoli, aka Croma, is a street-artist, illustrator, and occasional cartoonist. Both painting on walls and drawing on paper, she talks…

Illia Ugnivenko

Ukraine

Kiev-based illustrator graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, worked as a teacher at the School of Art for Children and develops…

Igor Hofbauer

Croatia

Croatian illustrator and cartoonist, posterist for Zagreb's famous Klub Močvara, has established himself internationally with a style that mixes US…

Mari Kinovych

Ukraine

A Kyiv-based illustrator, her work ranges from lettering to advertising campaigns. Her work often addresses issues such as gender equality, human…

Bartosz Zaskorski

Poland

Polish artist. He draws, writes short stories, directs videos, composes electronic music under the pseudonym Porosty and hosts radio shows. His…

Yuliia Tveritina

Ukraine

Yuliia Tveritina is an artist born in 1986 in Kiev, where she graduated from the National Academy of Arts in 2011. In 2013 she received a scholarship…

Giulia Cellino

Italy

Giulia Cellino is a young author who is already well known thanks to the famous Povere puttane project. Her short stories and illustrations have been…

Olena Staranchuk

Ukraine

A Ukrainian illustrator, curator and graphic designer, she is a lecturer at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture and co-founder of the…

Jurijs Tatarkins

Latvia

As a Latvian artist, he has published with publishers and magazines such as Kuš! and Kuti. He is a member of Sābrs, a collective that produces the…

Jagoda Czarnowska

Poland

An artist from Wroclaw, she graduated from the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. She is an animator, drawer and painter. Her works arise…

Oleg Gryshchenko

Ukraine

A Ukrainian artist, illustrator, curator and art director, he is co-founder of the Pictoric Illustrators Club. He has received numerous international…

Anna Andreeva

Ukraine

A graduate of the Kiev State Academy of Decorative and Applied Arts and Design, her diverse creative portfolio boasts some 300 illustrations, which…

Miguel Angel Valdivia

Mexico

Born in Mexico City in 1979, he studied at the Royal College of Art with the master Andrzej Klimowski, with whom he would share many poetic and…

Zosia Dzierżawska

Poland

Specializing in children's picture books, Zosia Dzierżawska is a Warsaw-based comic book author and illustrator who divides her time between the…

Anna Sarvira

Ukraine

Ukrainian illustrator and curator living in Germany. Together with Oleg Gryshchenko and Olena Staranchuk, she founded the well-known Pictoric…

Andrzej Klimowski

UK

A Londoner of Polish descent, Andrzej Klimowski is Professor Emeritus at the Royal College of Art, where he headed the Illustration Department for…