Sabina is a London-based illustrator and graphic designer with a unique background in science and the arts. After earning her MSc in Molecular Biology from the Max Planck Institute in 2008, she later followed her creative calling, graduating with Distinction from the University of Hertfordshire with a Master of Arts in Illustration in 2019.

Her debut picture book, a retelling of On The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, was published by Penguin Random House and quickly became a bestseller. The book has been translated into 31 languages, shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2019 and the German Youth Literature Award 2020, and received a Highly Commended recognition from the Klaus Flugge Prize 2020.

Sabina is passionate about visual storytelling that bridges the gap between science and imagination.

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Selected Clients

Penguin Random House

Aquila Magazine

Flow Magazine

Anthropologie

Djeco

Studio Oh!

Larousse Jeunesse

Gallimard

Press

The Guardian - Children’s and teens roundup: the best new picture books and novels, 2019

The Telegraph - The 44 best children’s books and YA novels of 2019

The Bookseller - Non-fiction flies for PRH as Origin hits 20, 2019

The Observer 2019 - Children’s picture books of the month, March 2019

Girl Talk Magazine - Interview for their Youtube channel, 2019

Honors & Awards

The British Book Awards 2020 - shortlisted

German Youth Literature Award 2020 - shortlisted

Klaus Flugge Prize 2020: shorlisted

Best of 2019 LaCentral: Category Children and Youth Literature, won the readers vote for best children’s book

The CLIP Greenway Medal 2020: longlisted

Waterstones Book of The Year 2019: shortlisted

UKLA Book Awards 2020: longlisted

NSTBA 2019 Award: shortlisted

Flare Ignite Award 2019: nominated

AOI Sounds Of The City Illustration Awards: shortlisted

Publications

Wider Than the Sky: Poems to Heal the World, 2021 Puffin

Evolution Colouring and Activity Book, 2020 Puffin

Pionniers Fabuleux, Larousse Jeunesse 2020

On The Origin of Species Picture Book - 2019, Puffin

Public Speaking

Oct 2020 Göttingen Literature Festival - Speaker

Sept 2020 Sofia Science Festival - Speaker

2019 AOI Getting Published - Speaker

2019 National Freelancer Day - Crowdfunding Panel

Exhibitions

2020 The National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo

2020 Hyundai Museum of Kids' Books&Art, Seoul

2018 London Transport Museum