Martina Liebig is a freelance illustrator who lives and works in Hamburg. Specialized in Children’s Book illustration, she successfully completed her master’s degree at the University of Applied Science in 2017.
Her work is inspired by nature, and is an exploration of fauna, flora, and natural phenomena within the context of fictional stories. In her illustrations, she emphasizes composition, the relationship between line and shape, a selected color palette, and attention to detail.
Her first full-color picture book, "Flo, der Flummi und das Schnack", published by Kiepenheuer&Witsch in 2020, won several illustration awards in Germany and the US. Her work has been recently shown in exhibitions in New York, Tokyo and Bologna.
SELECTED CLIENTS
NordSüd Verlag, NorthSouth Books, Kiepenheuer&Witsch, Verlagshaus Berlin, Viva con Aqua, FC. St. Pauli, G31, Format Design, Volkswagen, Haldern Pop Raum 3, Walden Magazin, NIDO, Geo Magazin, Brigitte Magazin, Transform Magazin, Geolino Magazin, Geolini Mini, deinSpiegel, Stadtlichh
AWARDS & HONORS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2024 Society of Illustrators NY - 66th Illustrators
Exhibition & Annual
2022 Future Scholarship -
Hamburg Cultural Foundation
2021 1. Place Carl Buchpreis
Best Children’s Book Cover
3x3 Magazine of Contemporary Illustration
Bronze Medalist & Annual
Society of Illustrators NY - 63
Illustrators Exhibition & Annual
iJungle Awards - Merit Award& Annual
American Illustration 40 NY - chosen winner
Communication Arts CA - Shortlist
2018 German-French Youth Literature Prize - Shortlist
2014 Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Illustrators Exhibition and Annual
EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
Society of Illustrators - 66th Illustrators Exhibition & Annual 2024
Museum of Illustration, New York
Millerntorgallery #10 Fluxus - together we flow, Hamburg 2022
Society of Illustrators - 63 Illustrators Exhibition & Annual 2021
Museum of Illustration, New York
“Wünsch dir was - Weihnachtsausstellung 2020
Kulturreich Galerie, Hamburg
„Augen auf! Thomas Mann und die bildende Kunst“ 2015
Buddenbrookhaus, Lübeck
„Bologna Print Exhibition“, Art Facilities Managment Center
Taoyuan City, Taiwan
„Illustrators Exhibition Tour“, Nagashima Museum, Kagoshima Japan
„Illustrators Exhibition Tour“, Ishikawa Nanao Art Museum 2014
Ishikawa Japan
„Illustrators Exhibition Tour“, Ontani Memorial Art Museum
Hyogo Japan
„Illustrators Exhibition Tour“, Itabashi Art Museum
Tokyo Japan
„Luks3 Tabu“ Magazinrelease, Island, Hamburg
„Illustrators Exhibition 2014“, Bologna Children Book Fair
Bologna Italy
„Gourmandise“ Gruppenausstellung, Alliance française
Bologna Italy
