Hi!
I am an illustrator from Mataró, a Mediterranean city near Barcelona.
Everything about illustration and storytelling fascinates me. From picturebooks to comics. Experimenting with traditional and digital art is a big part of my process, considering several techniques to find the one that matches the story.
For anything else, you can contact me at sonalbert@gmail.com or here in Catalan, Spanish or English. I also speak a bit of French and I’m learning German :)
Studies
MA Children’s Book Illustration in Cambridge School of Art, Cambridge (UK) qualified with distinction in 2020
Senior technician in plastic arts and design: illustration, La Llotja, Barcelona (Spain) qualified in 2014
Graduated in Audiovisual Communication in Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (Spain) qualified in 2009
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PROJECTS I’d love to work on:
Book cover desgin and illustration, book illustration, packaging illustration, pattern design and character design ︎
Illustrated Books
Fiction Picturebooks
An Altar for Abuelo written by Laurenne Sala, Candlewick Press (US), 2027
Non-Fiction Picturebooks
Cavalls written by Lucas Riera, Mosquito Books (Spain), 2026 - published also in Spanish, Italian and French
The Repair Shop Craft Book Walker Books (UK), 2023
Middle grade
Ella Josephine and the Perfectly Imperfect Day written by Nina Lacour, Chronicle Books (US), 2026
Ella Josephine: Resident in Charge written by Nina Lacour, Chronicle Books (US), 2025
Meg and Merlin - having fun written by Tanya Landman, Barrington Stoke (UK), 2025
Ajay and the Treasure of Thar written by Varsha Shah, Chicken House (UK), 2024
The Apartment House on Poppy Hill written by Nina LaCour, Chronicle Books (US), 2023
Winner in the LGBTQ+ Children’s Books Category for the Lambda Literary Awards 2024
¡Devuélveme mi cerebro! written by Israel Campos, Algar Editorial (Spain), 2023
Ajay and the Jaipur Moon written by Varsha Shah, Chicken House (UK), 2023
Meg and Merlin - running away written by Tanya Landman, Barrington Stoke (UK), 2023
Meg and Merlin - showing off written by Tanya Landman, Barrington Stoke (UK), 2022 - published also in Slovenian
Ajay and the Mumbai Sun written by Varsha Shah, Chicken House (UK), 2022 - published also in German and Portuguese (Brazil)
Meg and Merlin - making friends written by Tanya Landman, Barrington Stoke (UK), 2022 - published also in Slovenian
La xiqueta que volia arribar a la pau written by Adrián Novella, Edicions Bromera (Spain), 2021
La banda dels llunàtics written by Francesc Puigpelat, Edicions Bromera (Spain), 2021
Cuaderno de besos written by Alfredo Gómez Cerdá, Algar Editorial (Spain), 2019
El llop vençut i altres contes mig inventats written by Josep Antoni Fluixà, Edicions Bromera (Spain), 2019
Herbert Henry and Santa's Secret Society written by Amber Steward, Curiosity Books (US), 2018
Workshops
December 2024 ‘illustrating for books’ Talk and workshop focused on the pace when telling stories, for 14-15 years old students. At Escola Pia Santa Anna-Mataró.
Awards & Aknowledgements
2021 Shortlisted for the Illustrators Exhibition of Bologna Children’s Book Fair
2020 Shortlisted for the Sebastian Walker Prize
Exhibitions
2026 La màquina de fer imatges: La il·lustració com a espai entre l’art i la reproducció collective exhibition at La Sala, centre d’art contemporani, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain
2022 Imaginaris collective exhibition at La Carboneria, Mataró, Spain
2020 llustrators, Let’s meet in Taiwan! collective exhibition at Songshan Cultural Park, Taipei, Taiwan
+ Seny - Rauxa collective exhibition at La Destil·leria, Mataró, Spain
Senior Show 2020 collective exhibition at Light Grey Art Lab, virtual
MA Children’s Book Illustration Degree Show collective exhibition at Candid Art Trust, London, UK and at Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge, UK
Selected Clients
Walker Books
Candlewick Press
Chronicle Books
Hachette UK
HarperCollins
Oxford University Press
Mosquito Books
Barrington Stoke
Chicken House
Generalitat de Catalunya
Algar
Bromera
Petit Sàpiens
Huevocartoon studio
SpinMaster
The apple seed - BYU radio