Published Work & Recognition

Awards & Recognition

Published Books

Published Book Illustration

• ‘Madame Ortensja Paskwalina de Rohan’ - Merlin Publishers, 2023 (Winner of the Terramaxka Prize)

• ‘La Ragazza Mela’ - Casa Editrice Le Lettere, 2021

• ‘A Rent Seeker’s Paradise’ - Book Cover for author Mark Camilleri, 2021

• ‘Wild Girl, Wild Boy’ - AVC Publishers

• ‘Stellini Kursar Malti’ - Merlin Publishers, 2020

• ‘Beltin: Stejjer minn nies minsija’ - Merlin Publishers, 2019

• ‘Il-Vinkulari - Il-Muftieħ tal-Passat’ - Merlin Publishers, 2019

• 'Tikka Qari: Il-Misteru tal-Arlogg, it-tieni parti' - Merlin Publishers, 2018

• ‘Lorella u l-ġenju li ma kienx jaf jaqra’ - BDL Publishers, 2018

• 'Tikka Qari: Super Nina' - Merlin Publishers, 2017

• 'Tikka Qari: Il-Misteru tal-Arlogg' - Merlin Publishers, 2017

• 'Tikka Qari: Dar Gdida ghal Guzi' - Merlin Publishers, 2017

• 'Tikka Qari: Ir-Ragel tal-Mantell Iswed' - Merlin Publishers, 2017

• 'Il-Vinkulari - Il-Vjaggaturi taz-Zmien' - Merlin Publishers, 2017

• 'Patatinu - Il-Hmar ta' Qalbu Tajba' - Horizons Publishers, 2017

• "Tikka Kliem" - Merlin Publishers, 2016

• "Tikka Qari: Qum" - Merlin Publishers, 2016

• "Tikka Qari: Il-Hadd id-Dar tan-Nanna" - Merlin Publishers, 2016

• "Tikka Qari: Fejn mar Pippi?" - Merlin Publishers, 2016

• "Tikka Qari: Papa! Mama!" - Merlin Publishers, 2016

• "Tikka Qari: L-Annimali ta Ganni" - Merlin Publishers, 2016

• "Tikka Qari: Rota jew Ballun?" - Merlin Publishers, 2016

• "Tikka Qari: Il-Gelat" - Merlin Publishers, 2016

• "Tikka Qari: Mid-Djarju ta Tina" - Merlin Publishers, 2016

• "Tikka Qari: Aqrali Storja" - Merlin Publishers, 2016

• "Tikka Qari: Kemm Nixtieq" - Merlin Publishers, 2016

• "Tikka Qari: Noli" - Merlin Publishers, 2016

• "Min Qatta lil Orsinu" - Klabb Kotba Maltin, 2016

• "Niki Tibza fid-Dlam" - Klabb Kotba Maltin, 2016

• "Fejn Hu Roki?" - Klabb Kotba Maltin, 2016

• "Roki Jixtieq ikun Annimal iehor" - Klabb Kotba Maltin, 2016

Selected Published Editorial Illustration

• Illustrations for Women’s Running Magazine (US), October 2020

• Illustration for ‘A Broken Mirror’ published by the Commonwealth Writer on Adda Stories, 2020

• Cover Illustration for Business Agenda Publication (Malta), June 2019

• Cover Illustration for Business Agenda Publication (Malta), 2018

• Cover Illustration for Country Profiler - Cyprus Country Report, 2018

• Illustration reworked for ‘In the forest of our childhood’ published on ‘trees’ Journal of International Tree Foundation Volume 75 - Autumn 2018

• Illustration for 'In the forest of our childhood’ story published on Adda-Stories, 2018

• Cover Illustration and Editorial Illustrations for Malta Gaming Authority Annual Report 2016 - 2017

• Editorial Illustrations for Cyprus Investments Fund Guide 2016 - 2017

• "No Cause for Celebration" published on 'Pushing out the boat magazine' Issue 14, 2017

• Cover illustration for "Fittixni" a book by Antoinette Borg, published by Merlin Publishers, 2016

• Illustration for "Her Sister" story published on Adda-Stories, 2016

• Cover Art (2015) and Editorial illustration (2013) for Schlock Magazine - online

• Cover Illustration for Issues 8, 9, 10, 11 of Indulge Magazine, 2014

Selected Press

• ‘Exploring and Glorifying the Human Body’ collaborative exhibition with Kurt Paris, featured on The Times of Malta - March 2023

• Live Feature on ‘TVAM’ (TVM) on my new picture book, ‘Dar tal-Holm’ - December 2022

• The ‘From Illustration to Book’ Exhibition Opens the 2022 Malta Book Festival featured on Arts Council Malta - November 2022

• Artna.Online launched by The Malta Community of Illustrators (which I founded) features on Times of Malta - April 2020

• Featured on 'The Book Seller' for Winning the Kelpies Illustration Prize in 2018

• "Mile-stone Gender Equality Publication" - A feature on my book "Mama, Allura din Imhabba?" on The Times of Malta - June 2017

• "Malta's First Children's Book about Gay Love has just been Published" - feature on Lovin Malta - June 2017

• "A Space Boy Dream' webcomic featured as one of MaltaToday's Best Ideas in 2015

• "Colouring Outside the Lines" - Interview on MaltaToday Newspaper - September 2015

• Feature on my design for "Little Dudes" Berlin on Behance Toy Design Served - 2015

• Feature on 'Xebgha Nies' on 'Il-Bizzilla' Air Malta's In-flight Magazine - 2014

• "Malta Takes a 'cavalier' Approach to Art" - Feature on 'Xebgha Nies' Exhibition on Cassone Online Magazine - June 2014

• "What if the toddler were an insect?" - Interview on MaltaToday Newspaper - March 2014

• "Faces, faces everywhere" - Review on Xebgha Nies Exhibition on The Times of Malta - March 2014

• Feature on 'A Space Boy Dream' webcomic on 'Let's Go' Ryan Air magazine - 2013

• Comic Strip Artists and their "Space Boy Dream" on Malta Inside Out - 2012

Events / Workshops / Mentorship / Other Projects

• Founded Malta Community of Illustrators in 2020 and built a team of talented local illustrators to launch various local illustration projects and to create a space and online hub for Maltese illustration. Live updates on our Instagram.

  • ARTNA Exhibition (An online collaborative exhibition of illustrations about the destruction of Malta's environment)

  • Released our first Annual in 2020

  • Panel discussion at the Malta Book Festival 2020 on the business of Illustration

  • Kliem ix-Xjuh (An online collaborative exhibition celebrating the vulnerable and elderly) - we also distributed postcards of our illustrations to various homes.

  • Malta: A Meeting Point (A collaborative exhibition with the Maltese Embassy in Spain) 2021

  • Collaboration with Maltatoday newspaper where we feature one of our members’ work in their weekly culture section.

  • Arts Council Malta new office murals - an MCOI collaborative project 2021

  • Malta and our Way of Life (A collaborative exhibition with the Maltese Embassy in Spain) 2022

  • Launch of the second Malta Illustration Annual at the Malta Book Festival 2022

  • Panel discussion at the Malta Book Festival 2022 on Book Publishing and Illustration, 2022

• Awarded practice research funding from Arts Council Malta for 'Creative Maltese in Parallel' project 2018

• Artist in Residence (Illustration) at Edinburgh College of Arts 2017 - 2018

• Malta Arts Council Evaluator for Community Art Projects in 2016

• Behance Portfolio Speaker & Portfolio Reviewer in collaboration with Pure Concepts Design Agency - 2016

• Character Design workshop in collaboration with Mark Scicluna as part of the National Book Festival - University of Malta - 2016

• BPW Malta (Business and Professional Women) Careers Day Mentor - 2014 and 2015

Selected Writing & Research