Fatima Ordinola was born in Lima, Peru in 1992. She studied graphic design at Pontifical Catholic University in Peru and Picture Book illustration, Roldan Lecture 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by Bologna Children's Book Fair, IBBY, The Batsford Prize, The Hamburger Bilderbuchpreis, Iberoamérica Ilustra and The Unpublished PictureBook Showcase by dPictus.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.
For picture book commission, please contact Susan Penny at The Bright Agency
fatima.ordinolag@gmail.com
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Photos by Katie Hipkiss
Recognitions & Awards
2026 Selected for the Original Art at The Society of Illustrators, New York
2026 Winner of Early Childhood Category at Destacados CEDILI, Peru
2026 Winner of Translation Category at Destacados CEDILI, Peru
2026 Selected for 'BOit! International Illustration Competition', Italy
2026 Selected for '17 Iberoamerica Illustration Competition', Mexico
2025 Selected for 7th Exhibition by IBBY 'Peace Should be Learned in Childhood', Iran
2024 Finalist for the Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition, China
2024 Shortlisted for the Batsford Prize, UK
2024 Selected for 'The Unpublished PictureBook Showcase' by DPictus, UK
2024 Selected for the 2024 IBBY Honour List
2023 Selected for '14 Iberoamerica Illustration Competition', Mexico
2023 Shortlisted for the Hamburger Bilderbuchpreis, Germany
2023 Visual identity of the 60 anniversary of the Bologna Children's Book Fair, Italy
2023 Selected for 'The Unpublished PictureBook Showcase' by DPictus, UK
2022 Winner of the XXIV Picture Book Contest 'A la orilla del viento', Mexico
2022 Illustrator Exhibition at the Bologna Children's Book Fair, Italy
2021 Selected 'The Children-Spectators' at the Bologna Children's Book Fair, Italy
2019 Illustrator Exhibition at the International Book Fair, Peru
2019 Selected Nami Island International Album Book Illustration Contest, South Korea
Exhibitions
2026 'Our Dreams' Original Art at The Society of Illustrators, New York
2026 'Time for Tea' Illustration Exhibition by Post Wave, China
2026 'The City and the Water', BOit! at Bologna Children's Book Fair, Italy
2025 'Peace Should be Learned in Childhood' by IBBY, Iran
2025 'Our Love is everything, Our love is everywhere' by Shelf Editions, UK
2024 'Pathfinders' by Alliance Française, Italy
2024 'Books in Town' by La Compania Ilustrada, Spain
2023 Visual identity of the 60 anniversary of the Bologna Children's Book Fair, Italy
