The 2019 edition of the China Shanghai International Children's Book Fair is in progress: in the meantime, the names of the 50 finalists of the Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition, the illustration competition completely dedicated to young talents of international illustration, were unveiled.
The jury, composed by Ivan Canu (Italy), André Letria (Portugal), Kiyoko Matsuoka (Japan), Yang Zhong (China) and Zhou Xiang (China), evaluated the works of about 2000 artists from 72 countries and more than 20 territories are represented in the final selection.
Name | Country/Territory |
Ximo Abadia | Spain |
Somin Ahn | Korea |
An Zhe | Taiwan, China |
Anna Aparicio Català | Spain |
Monica Barengo | Italy |
Dale Blankenaar | South Africa |
Beatrice Cerocchi | Italy |
Rômolo Eduardo D'Hipólito | Brazil |
Stefano Di Cristofaro | Venezuela |
Anna Fadeeva | Russia |
Philip Giordano | Italy |
Gua Jila | China |
Gui Tuzi | China |
Emily Haworth-Booth | UK |
He Xianrui | China |
Gosia Herba | Poland |
Parvin Heydarizadeh | Iran |
Guilherme Karsten | Brazil |
Puck Koper | Netherlands |
Kin-Choi Lam | Hong Kong, China |
Taltal Levi | Israel |
Li Jingxin | China |
Liang Linghui | China |
Lu Lili | China |
Eva Mastrogiulio | Argentina |
Laura Merz | Finland |
Paweł Mildner | Poland |
Daniel Montero Galán | Spain |
Veronica Neacsu | Rumania |
Miguel Pang Ly | Spain |
Marta Pantaleo | Italy |
Sabrina Pérez | Uruguay |
Tania Rex | Lithuania |
Zack Rock | USA |
Veronica Ruffato | Italy |
Felicita Sala | Italy |
Eva Sánchez Gómez | Spain |
Dani Scharf | Uruguay |
Marco Somà | Italy |
Vanina Starkoff | Argentina |
Maria Titova | Russia |
Vendi Vernić | Croatia |
Maria Vyshinskaya | Russia |
Martina Walther | Switzerland |
Wang Ning | China |
Wu Feifei | China |
Wu Peng | China |
Xu Yu | China |
Zhao Niaor | China |
Zane Zlemeša | Latvia |
Among these, also the winners of the Grand Award (China and International), the Publisher's Choice Award and the People's Choice Award, which will be revealed during the days of the China Shanghai International Children's Book Fair (November 15-17).