Joanna Rusinek
, b. 1978
A press and book illustrator, poster artist, book cover designer, creator of animated films. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow (Graphic Arts Department). She is particularly focused on children’s books illustrations – her work in this field includes graphics both to well-known classics (i.e. J. M. Barrie’s Peter and Wendy) and contemporary Polish texts (i.e. Jarosław Mikołajewski’s Wędrówka Nabu [Nabu’s Journey]). She illustrated a couple of books published in Literatura publishing house’s series Wojny Dorosłych – Historie Dzieci [Adult Wars – Children’s Stories]: her husband’s Michał Rusinek’s Zaklęcie na „w” [The “W” Spell] (2011), Dorota Combrzyńska-Nogala’s Bezsenność Jutki [Jutka’s Insomnia] (2012), Irena Landau’s Ostatnie piętro [The Last Floor] (2015), Andrzej Marek Grabowski’s Wojna na Pięknym Brzegu [War on the Beautiful Shore] (2016) and Rafał Witek’s Chłopiec z Lampedusy [A Boy from Lampedusa] (2016). Along with Michał Pawłowski, she runs an independent graphic design studio Kreska i Kropka [Stripe’n’Dot Studio].
Sources:
Cymer, Anna, Joanna Rusinek, 2013, available here (accessed: February 22, 2018).
Bio prepared by Maciej Skowera, University of Warsaw, mgskowera@gmail.com
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