© Cristina Sitja Rubio

Cristina Sitja Rubio

Author & Illustrator

Cristina Sitja Rubio (Venezuela) was born in Caracas and studied Fine Art in Montreal, specialising in printmaking. She later completed an MFA in colour photography, using homemade pinhole cameras. In 2007, she decided to become an illustrator, and has since created a number of successful picturebooks, such as ETRANGES CRÉATURES (Éditions Notari) and AMIS RETROUVÉS (Éditions Les Fourmis Rouges). Cristina lives and works between Berlin and Barcelona.