Fatima Ordinola was born in Lima, Peru in 1992. She studied graphic design at Pontifical Catholic University in Peru and illustration at Roldan Chair at the University of Buenos Aires. This experience opened her possibilities of storytelling, expressing through traditional media and drawing. In 2024 she did a Masters in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art, in the UK.
Her artwork mixes traditional materials such as chalk pastels, pencils, watercolours, ink, and collage. Her work has been awarded and recognised by Bologna Children's Book Fair, IBBY, The Batsford Prize, The Hamburger Bilderbuchpreis and The Unpublished PictureBook Showcase by dPictus. Her first author picture book 'Our Love' was published by Post Wave in 2025 and since then, working as a picture book maker has been a dream come true. Between her passionate work for illustration and children's books, she tries to find time to explore different things like reading, knitting, sketching around town and playing with her cat.
To work with me, please contact Susan Penny at The Bright Agency
Recognitions
2026 Selected for BOit! Competition at Bologna Children's Book Fair
2025 Selected for 7th Exhibition by IBBY 'Peace Should be Learned in Childhood' at Iran
2024 Finalist for the Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition
2024 Shortlisted for the Batsford Prize with the concertina book "Jump & Boom!"
2024 Selected for "The Unpublished PictureBook Showcase" by DPictus
2024 Selected for the 2024 IBBY Honour List
2023 Selected for the 14 Iberoamerica Illustration Competition in Mexico
2023 Shortlisted for the Hamburger Bilderbuchpreis with the project "Our Love"
2023 Visual identity of the 60 anniversary of the Bologna Children's Book Fair
2023 Selected for "The Unpublished PictureBook Showcase" by DPictus
2022 Winner of the XXIV Picture Book Contest in Mexico "A la orilla del viento"
2022 Illustrator Exhibition at the Bologna Children's Book Fair
2021 "The Children-Spectators" at the Bologna Children's Book Fair
2019 Illustrator Exhibition at the International Book Fair Peru
2019 Project Selected for the Nami Island International Album Book Illustration Contest
