{"id":39610,"date":"2024-05-29T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kuvittajat.fi\/?post_type=news&#038;p=39610"},"modified":"2024-05-30T21:39:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T18:39:45","slug":"vuoden-kuvittaja-2024-on-rakastettu-monitaiteellinen-marika-maijala","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/kuvittajat.fi\/en\/news\/vuoden-kuvittaja-2024-on-rakastettu-monitaiteellinen-marika-maijala\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved, multi-artistic Marika Maijala is Illustrator of the Year 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"acf-block-69d4dd52709de\" class=\"block block-content-wrapper container-fluid \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 offset-lg-3\">\n                <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                    <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>Marika Maijala (b. 1974 in Haapaj\u00e4rvi) has been selected as Illustrator of the Year 2024.\u00a0This is the sixth time that the <strong>Finnish Illustration Association\u00a0<\/strong>(Kuvittajat ry) is awarding this recognition, which is the biggest prize in the Finnish illustration industry. The prize, worth \u20ac10,000, is funded from the copyright remunerations collected by\u00a0<strong>Kopiosto<\/strong>. The Illustrator of the Year is chosen by an expert jury convened by the association and composed of different members each year. This year\u2019s jury consisted of illustrator, graphic designer and AD\u00a0<strong>Sofia Pusa<\/strong>, Illustrator of the Year 2023\u00a0<strong>Antti Kalevi<\/strong>, Senior Lecturer of graphic design\u00a0<strong>Marion Robinson<\/strong>, graphic designer and AD\u00a0<strong>Tuukka Tujula\u00a0<\/strong>and Programme Manager at the Finnish Institute in Stockholm\u00a0<strong>Hilla Tuominen.\u00a0<\/strong>Producer\u00a0<strong>Veera Pekkinen<\/strong> acted as secretary of the jury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the jury, Marika Maijala\u2019s distinctive, unique visual language and casual line delight viewers time and time again, and her work has resonated with friends of children\u2019s books around the world.\u00a0The translation rights to the books, published by <strong>Etana Editions<\/strong>, a publishing house founded by\u00a0<strong>Jenni Erkintalo\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>R\u00e9ka Kir\u00e1ly<\/strong>, have already been sold to the United States, France, Italy, Spain and South Korea. Maijala has illustrated books by such authors as\u00a0<strong>Hannu M\u00e4kel\u00e4<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Tuula Kallioniemi<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Essi Kummu<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Riikka Ala-Harja\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Juha Virta<\/strong>, in addition to writing and illustrating three picture books of her own. Her latest works include illustrations for the walls of the children&#8217;s psychiatric ward at Satasairaala Hospital, built in Pori in 2023, and illustrations for the website of the Kone Foundation.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"acf-block-69d4dd5270df6\" class=\"block block-content-50-50 container-fluid \" style=\"\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row \">\n            <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 col-xl-5 offset-xl-1 image-wrapper\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kuvittajat.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1157175-683x1024.jpg\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" class=\"image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">                \n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kuvittajat.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1157175-683x1024.jpg\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" class=\"image-mobile\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">                \n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-5 offset-lg-1 col-xl-4 offset-xl-1 d-flex flex-column justify-content-center\">\n                <main class=\"entry-content \">\n                    <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>The new Illustrator of the Year will be celebrating her 50th birthday in June. She lives in Suomenlinna, works on the Harakka Island, is currently studying at the Free Art School and plays in a band. She has previously won e.g. the Rudolf Koivu award in 2008 and 2018, the State Award for Illustration Art in 2020 and the Grafia Gold Top Award in 2016 and 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite all her merits, winning the Illustrator of the Year 2024 award still came as a surprise to Maijala. She is delighted by the recognition given by her colleagues, which allows her to continue to focus on her artistic work. Marika Maijala\u2019s award exhibition will be on display in the Ahjo Gallery at the Espoo Cultural Centre in November and December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/marikamaijala.squarespace.com\">Marika maijala<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n                <\/main>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"acf-block-69d4dd52732d0\" class=\"block block-content-wrapper container-fluid \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 offset-lg-3\">\n                <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                    <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>The winner of the award was announced on the evening of 29 May, at the spring celebration of the Finnish Illustration Association in Lauttasaari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Further information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Veera Pekkinen, Producer &amp; Curator, Finnish Illustration Association <a href=\"mailto:veera.pekkinen@kuvittajat.fi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">veera.pekkinen@kuvittajat.fi<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>tel. +358 44 775 0509 (weekdays 12 noon \u2013 5 pm)<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2045,"featured_media":39603,"template":"","categories":[112,112],"class_list":["post-39610","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Beloved, multi-artistic Marika Maijala is Illustrator of the Year 2024 | Kuvittajat ry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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