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Katia Wish is an illustrator, author, educator and creativity coach based in Boston, MA. With over a decade of teaching college level art, writing and illustrating children’s books and comics, and designing numerous projects with her kids, she has developed an expertise in creative endeavors.

Katia is the winner of the 2011 Tomie DePaola Award from SCBWI. Katia teaches illustration at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

Industry Experience

Industry Experience
Illustrator • author • educator

Partial Client List – Children’s Books, Magazines
Sleeping Bear Press
Sky Pony Press
Boys Town Press
Ladybug Magazine
Spider Magazine
Cengage/National Geographic
Heinemann
McGraw Hill

Partial Client List – Editorial, Comics
The Boston Globe
Cup of Jo
Mutha Magazine
Literary Mama Magazine

Children’s Books
RACCOON’S PERFECT SNOWMAN, written and illustrated by Katia Wish, Sleeping Bear Press, 2020
SOPHIE’S ANIMAL PARADE, written by Amy Dixon, illustrated by Katia Wish, Sky Pony Press, 2015

Awards
Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles • Certificate of Merit • 2019
Picture This! Exhibit • Danforth Museum of Art • 1st Prize • 2015
3×3 Magazine Annual No.12 Picture Book Show • Honorable Mention • 2015
Creative Quarterly Magazine’s Competition • Runner up • 2012
2011 NJ SCBWI Annual Conference Juried Art Show • Runner Up • 2011
2011 Tomie dePaola Award • Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators • Winner • 2011
Creative Quarterly Magazine’s Competition • Runner up • 2010
Don Freeman Grant • Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators • Honorable Mention • 2010
Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles • Certificate of Merit • 2010

Interviews Mothers Who Make • July 2023[ Carol Baldwin’s Blog • November 2020|http://carolbaldwinblog.blogspot.com/2020/11/raccoons-perfect-snowman-picture-book.html]
Kathy Temean’s Blog • September 2020
KidLit 411 • August 2020
Boston Voyager Magazine • December 2018
Illustrator Saturday • February 2011
Brookline Tab • May 2011

Exhibits
November 2023 • Boston Art Book Fair • Boston, MA
May 2023 • LadiesCon • Somerville, MA
October 2022 • MICE (The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo) • Boston, MA
October 2022 • 6th Biennial Juried Alumni Exhibition: (RE)CONNECT • Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
May 2018 • Picture a Story: SCBWI New England Illustrators • Wedeman Gallery, Newton, MA
June 2015 – September 2015 • Picture This! • Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
March 2015 – April 2015 • Draw Me a Story: Tomie dePaola and Friends, Wenham Museum, Wenham, MA
December 2013 • Whimsy • Whitney Center for the Arts, Pittsfield, MA
October 2012 – December 2012 • Alice: 30 Years of the Pennyroyal Alice • R. Michelson Galleries, Northampton, MA
October 2012 • MassArt Illustration Faculty Exhibit • Gutman Library, Cambridge, MA
September 2012 – November 2012 • Picture This! • Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
June 2012 – August 2012 • Katia Wish: Artwork and Creative Process • Brookline Public Library, Brookline, MA
May 2012 • Tell Me a Story • Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI
November 2011 – January 2012 • The 22nd Annual Children’s Book Illustration Exhibition • R. Michelson Galleries, Northampton, MA
June 2011 – August 2011 • Picture This! • Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
May 2011 – July 2011 • Town Hall Walls Exhibit • Town Hall, Brookline, MA
December 2010 • The Objects Show • Galatea Fine Art Gallery, Boston, MA
October 2010 – January 2011 • The Architecture Show • The Access Gallery at Brookline Access Television, Brookline, MA
July – September 2010 • Emerging Artists in Massachusetts • Massachusetts State Transportation Building, Boston, MA
May – June 2010 • Malden Sketch Group Annual Commerce Place Exhibit • Malden, MA
May 2009 • NEAFA (New England Arts for Animals) 2010 Calendar Art Exhibit • New England Wildlife Center’s Catbird Café, South Weymouth, MA

Teaching
Massachusetts College of Art and Design • Illustration Department • Media Techniques, Sophomore Illustration, Junior Illustration • Fall 2011 – present
Harvard Square and Beyond • Urban Sketchbook Workshop • Summer 2023
Boston Seaport and Beyond • Urban Sketchbook Workshop • Summer 2023
Concord Center for the Visual Arts • Character Design for Children’s Books Workshop • Summer 2023
Massachusetts College of Art and Design • Continuing Education • Drawing Comics About Everyday Life Workshop • Summer 2023
Massachusetts College of Art and Design • Continuing Education • Urban Sketchbook Workshop • Summer 2023
Boston Common and Beyond • Urban Sketchbook Workshop • Summer 2022
Massachusetts College of Art and Design • Continuing Education • Urban Sketchbook Workshop • Summer 2022
Massachusetts College of Art and Design • Continuing Education • Children’s Book Illustration • Summer 2017, Fall 2017, Summer 2021
Massachusetts College of Art and Design • Summer Intensives and Summer Studios • Teach Illustration class to high school students • Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2017
Massachusetts College of Art and Design • Continuing Education • Character Design • Summer 2014
Massachusetts College of Art and Design • Xtreme!Week • Teach Illustration class to high school students • April 2014
New Art Center, Newton, MA • Teach Character Design, Mask-making and Studio Art classes to third through ninth graders • February 2013 – June 2013
Enrichment Program, Pierce School, Brookline, MA • Teach Cartooning, Pop up Books and 3D Drawing classes to first to fifth graders • January 2012 – June 2012
Enrichment Program, High Plain Elementary School, Andover, MA • Teach Story Illustration class to fifth graders • October 2011 – December 2011
Danforth Museum and School of Art, Framingham, MA • Teach Story Illustration class to fourth and fifth graders • October 2011 – December 2011
Danforth Museum and School of Art, Framingham, MA • Teach Illustration Survey class to high school students • August 2011
Enrichment Program, High Plain Elementary School, Andover, MA • Teach Story Illustration class to fifth graders • April 2011 – June 2011

School Visits/Presentations/Webinars
June 2023 • Author Visit, Hemenway Elementary School, Framingham, MA
March 2023 • Author Visit: Illustrate with Author Katia Wish, Framingham Public Library, Framingham, MA
October 2022 • Artist Demo: Children’s Books – From Inspiration to Publication, Concord Center for the Visual Arts, Concord, MA
June 2022 • Webinar: Professional Series: From Inspiration to Publication with Katia Wish, SCBWI New York Metro
March 2022 • Participated in Elementary Author Panel • NH School Librarian Conference, Concord, NH
March 2022 • Guest Speaker, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
February 2022 • Virtual Author Visit, Amigos School, Cambridge, MA
January 2022 • Webinar: From Inspiration to Publication: Writing and Illustrating a Children’s Book, Graphic Artists Guild
December 2021 • Virtual Author Visit, Lawrence School, Brookline, MA
April 2021 • Participated in The Harvard Radcliffe Institute’s Virtual Seminar: “Graphic Healthcare: Art, Science & Technology”
March 2021 • Virtual Author Visit, John D. Runkle School, Brookline, MA
March 2021 • Virtual Author Visit in Russian, Russian Book Club “Читай-компания”
February 2021 • Webinar: From Inspiration to Publication, The Writers’ Loft
February 2021 • Virtual Author Visit, Trust Center for Early Education, Brookline, MA
February 2021 • Creating a Picture Book + Storytime, Emerald Necklace Conservancy, Boston, MA
January 2021 • Virtual Author Visit, Lawrence School, Brookline, MA
October 2016 • Guest Speaker, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
March 2012 • Guest Speaker, Continuing Education, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
February 2012 • Guest Speaker, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
April 2011 • Artist in Residence/School Visit, High Plain Elementary School, Andover, MA
April 2011 • Guest Speaker, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
May 2011 • Portfolio Reviewer, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
June 2010 • Artist in Residence, Members Spring Garden Party, Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
March 2010 • Guest Speaker, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
December 2009 • Artist in Residence/School Visit, High Plain Elementary School, Andover, MA