Eva Montanari
Eva Montanari was born in Rimini, five minutes from the sea. As a child, she loved reading and inventing stories with images and words. She is now an author and illustrator and lives between Rimini and Milan. Since 2000, her albums have been published in Italy, the United States, England, China, Taiwan, Brazil, Spain, France, Germany, Japan and also translated into Portugal, Korea, Croatia, Finland, Turkey, Thailand and Argentina.
He has produced drawings for calendars, magazines, covers, posters and wallpapers and exhibited in group and solo exhibitions in various countries.
He works with traditional techniques: pencils, chalks, oil paints, acrylic tempera and likes to create multi-material sculptures.
His works have been selected for the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, ‘Original Art’-Society of Illustrators (New York), Sarmede International Exhibition of Illustration, Croatian Biennal of Illustration, Nami Island Exhibition, Ilustrarte (Portugal), Sharjan Book Fair (UAE), Little Hakka international Picture Book (China).
He has been working in schools and libraries in Italy for about fifteen years.
Premio Alpi Apuane, Premio Primavera del libro,
Premio Sardegna, Premio Roberta Maloberti,
Premio Cassa di Risparmio di Cento,
Premio Fiera del libro di Torino,
Premio ministero della Cultura Spagnola,
Little Hakka prize.
She has held illustration courses for adults and aspiring illustrators in Italy: ARS in Fabula-Academia di Belle Arti (Macerata), Scuola Internazionale di Sarmede (TV), Associazione Illustratori (Milan), Artelier (Padua), IED (Milan), Illustramente (Palermo), OPENART (Cagliari); and abroad: Lebanese American University (SCBWI )- Beirut 2006, Belo Horizonte International Book Fair- Brazil 2007, Centro de Diseño Digital, Caracas 2009, Anglia Ruskin (lecture), Cambridge School of Art 2011, International School Yangon, Myanmar2011, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Budapest 2012, SUPSI (thesis advisor) Lugano 2014, Espacio dasTres, São Paulo, Brazil 2014.