Hi!

I am an illustrator from Mataró, a Mediterranean city near Barcelona.

I graduated from the Children’s Book Illustration MA at Cambridge School of Art in 2020.

I love everything about illustration and storytelling. From picturebooks to comics. I enjoy experimenting with traditional and digital art - considering several techniques to find the one that matches the story.

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I’m represented outside Spain by Pickled Ink. Please contact Amy Kitcherside for inquiries at amy@pickledink.com

For visual development or character design work, you can contact me at sonalbert@gmail.com or here

If you have any questions or just want to say hello, feel free to get in touch!

I speak Catalan, Spanish, English, a bit of French and I’m learning German :)

Studies

Graduated in Audiovisual Communication in Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (Spain) qualified in 2009

Senior technician in plastic arts and design: illustration, La Llotja, Barcelona (Spain) qualified in 2014

MA Children’s Book Illustration in Cambridge School of Art, Cambridge (UK) qualified in 2020

Illustrated Books

Ajay and the Treasure of Thar written by Varsha Shah, Chicken House (UK), 2024

The Apartment House on Poppy Hill by Nina LaCour, Chronicle Books (US), 2023
Winner in the LGBTQ+ Children’s Books Category for the Lambda Literary Awards 2024

¡Devuélveme mi cerebro! by Israel Campos, Algar Editorial (Spain), 2023

The Repair Shop Craft Book, Walker Books (UK), 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 in English and Slovenian

Ajay and the Mumbai Sun written by Varsha Shah, Chicken House (UK), 2022 - published in English and German

Meg and Merlin - making friends written by Tanya Landman, Barrington Stoke (UK), 2022 - published in English and 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

Awards & Aknowledgements

2021 Shortlisted for the Illustrators Exhibition of Bologna Children’s Book Fair

2020 Shortlisted for the Sebastian Walker Prize

Exhibitions

· Imaginaris collective exhibition at La Carboneria, Mataró, Spain 2022

· Illustrators, Let’s meet in Taiwan! collective exhibition at Songshan Cultural Park, Taipei, Taiwan 2020

· + Seny - Rauxa collective exhibition at La Destil·leria, Mataró, Spain, 2020

· Senior Show 2020 collective exhibition at Light Grey Art Lab, virtual, 2020

· MA Children’s Book Illustration Degree Show collective exhibition at Candid Art Trust, London, UK 2020 and at Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge, UK 2020

Ajay and the Mumbai Sun

by Varsha Shah, published by Chicken House

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