Andriy Lesiv

Andriy Lesiv graduated from the Lviv National Art Academy. He works with Romana Romanyshyn in their personal art studio Agrafka in Lviv, Ukraine. Their picturebooks The Mitten and The Turnip were included to the White Raven Catalogue 2012 and 2013. The Mitten was also an honorary mention at Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava 2011. Stars and Poppy Seeds was awarded the Bologna Ragazzi Award 2014 in the section of Opera Prima. They also became finalists of the Sharjah Exhibition for Children’s Book Illustrations in 2014. Andriy and Romana are considered to be among Ukraine’s leading contemporary illustrators.