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 visual development or character design work, 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 :)
Si esteu interessats en fer una xerrada o taller a Catalunya, em podeu contacter per email! ︎
If you have any questions or just want to say hello, feel free to get in touch!
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, surface design, character design, visual development and game Illustration! ︎
Books
Middle grade
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)
Non-Fiction
The Repair Shop Craft Book (Walker Books (UK), 2023)
Awards & Aknowledgements
2021 Shortlisted for the Illustrators Exhibition of Bologna Children’s Book Fair
2020 Shortlisted for the Sebastian Walker Prize
Exhibitions
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
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