Biography
Tiiu Kitsik (1981) is a visual artist, illustrator, and children’s author. She graduated from Tallinn University in advertising and media and has worked in advertising. Kitsik co-founded the Estonian crowdfunding platform Hooandja, where she has worked for several years. She has written seven children’s books and contributed to the children’s magazines Hea Laps, Täheke, and Mesimumm. She lives and works as a freelance artist in Berlin.
Profile picture: private collection
2024
Good Children’s Book (Tiiu Kitsik. Our Road)
Good Children’s Book (Tiina Laanem. The Best Sandcastle in the World)
2023
5 Best Designed Estonian Children’s Books, Special prize of the Estonian Graphic Designers’ Union (Tiiu Kitsik. Feet)
2022
5 Best Designed Estonian Children’s Books, Certificate of Merit (Emil, Sass and the Painted Stone Bugs)
2019
First place in the II Salon international illustration competition
Good Children’s Book (Tiiu Kitsik. Our Road)
Good Children’s Book (Tiina Laanem. The Best Sandcastle in the World)
2023
5 Best Designed Estonian Children’s Books, Special prize of the Estonian Graphic Designers’ Union (Tiiu Kitsik. Feet)
2022
5 Best Designed Estonian Children’s Books, Certificate of Merit (Emil, Sass and the Painted Stone Bugs)
2019
First place in the II Salon international illustration competition
2025
Illustration exhibition “City of Stories”, Bologna Palazzo d’Accursio, Italy; Estonian National Museum, Estonia
Exhibition of Estonian illustrators "A Sound Mind in a Sound Body”, Estonian Children’s Literature Centre, Tallinn
2023
VII Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT 2023), Estonian Museum of Architecture
Illustration exhibition “City of Stories”, Bologna Palazzo d’Accursio, Italy; Estonian National Museum, Estonia
Exhibition of Estonian illustrators "A Sound Mind in a Sound Body”, Estonian Children’s Literature Centre, Tallinn
2023
VII Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT 2023), Estonian Museum of Architecture
