Mojca Osojnik (born 29 June 1970) is a Slovene painter and illustrator, best known for her children's books illustrations.
Osojnik was born in Kranj in 1970. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana in 1997 and obtained her Master's degree in 2001. From 2001 to 2003 she lived and worked in Los Alamos. She has participated at numerous art exhibitions in Slovenia and abroad. She also works as a children's book illustrator, some of which she has also written herself.
In 2003 she won the Levstik Award for her book HiÃ
¡a, ki bi rada imela sonce (The House That Wanted to Be in the Sun).
Published works
Author and illustrator
- To je Ernest (This Is Ernest), 1997
- HiÃ
¡a, ki bi rada imela sonce (The House That Wanted to Be in the Sun), 2001
- PolÃ
¾ Vladimir gre na Ã
¡top (Vladimir the Snail Goes Hitchhiking), 2003
- Kako je gnezdila sraka Sofija (How Sofia the Magpie Made Her Nest), 2005
Illustrator
- KoroÃ
¡ke ljudske pravljice in pripovedke (Carinthian Folk Tales and Fables) by Vinko Möderndorfer, 1992
- Moji pridni otroci (My Good Children) by Sonja Wakounig, 1992
- O mroÃ
¾ku, ki si ni hotel striÃÂi nohtov (About Little Walrus Who Didn't Want to Cut His Nails) by Peter Svetina, 1999
- ÃÂas je velika smetanova torta (Time Is a Big Chocolate Cake) by Miha Mazzini, 1999
- MroÃ
¾ek dobi oÃÂala (Little Walrus' New Glasses) by Peter Svetina, 2003
References