About

Hi, my name is Renia and I'm an illustrator from Greece. I studied graphic design in the Athenian Design College (AKTO) and a few years later,  I studied fashion design, after winning a two-year scholarship.
Since 2014 I work as a full time illustrator, creating books for publishers in Greece and abroad.
I mostly work with pencils, ink and digital media but I also enjoy using gouache, watercolours and collage. 

I live a few miles away from Athens, in a small house by the sea, with my husband, our two children and lots of pets. 

I'm represented by the Bright Agency worldwide (ex. Greece and Cyprus).
http://thebrightagency.com
Please contact Anne Moore Armstrong (anne@thebrightagency.com)
for commissions or inquiries.

Awards/achievements:

2022 Hiii illustration Awards, Children’s Books Nomination List (For Meli and Melek, Dioptra Books GR)
2020 Moonbeam Awards Gold Medal for Picture Book, All Ages (For Willa’s House, PlumLeaf Press)
2019 Public book Awards / Books for Teens-Won (For Everything started the day they brought Zachary home! by Phychogios editions GR)
2018 Cypru’s National Literature Award for Young Children with special mention on illustration (For White Uniform by Teleia Editions).
2018 Little Hakka International Picture Book Award. Shortlisted for the professional group.
2017 World Illustration Awards 2017. Shortlisted for children's books category

Features:

Behance illustration Served 2014
Behance illustration Served 2013
Behance Graphicl Design Served 2012
Behance Graphicl Design Served 2013

EXHIBITIONS:

Illustradays 2022
Greek illustrators for the Bologna Book Fair (Ministry of Culture) 2022
Greek illustrators for the Hellenic Foundation of Culture, 2022
Illustradays 2021
Time, Greek illustrators for the Hellenic Foundation of Culture, 2020
Little french sweets, Greek illustrators for the Hellenic Foundation of Culture, 2018
Animasyros, 2017
Sun, Greek illustrators for the HellenicFoundation of Culture, 2017
A human word map/My favourite person in the word, 2017
Love is like H2O. 2015

I have worked with:

Wonderbly (UK)
Penguin Random House (UK)
Osborne Books (UK)
Little Tiger Books (UK)
Oxford University Press (UK)
Albert Whitman and Company (US)
Sleeping Bear Press (US)
Innovation Press (US)
Plum Leaf Press (CA),
Parga Editions/Teleia editions (CY-GR)
Susaeta Greece
Kalentis Books (GR)
Diaplous Books (GR)
Papadopoulos Books (GR)
Patakis Editions (GR)
Phychogios Editions (GR)
Polaris Editions (GR)
Minoas Books (GR)
Metaixmio books (GR)
Saitis Editions (GR)
IASON Books (GR)
Ianos Publishing (GR)
Dioptra books (GR)
EdVenture Books (Singapore)