Sarolta Szulyovszky is a hungarian illustrator born in Budapest and based in San Daniele del Friuli, a small town nestled between the Alps and the sea in North-Eastern Italy. She has been active for over twenty years, with more than thirty books published in Italy and abroad. Her works have been selected for prestigious international exhibitions, including the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava, the Tallinn Illustration Triennial, and the Budapest Illustration Biennial. In 2018 and 2019, she was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA).
In addition to her artistic practice, she has been teaching illustration courses since 2010. Since 2011, she has taught digital illustration at ENAIP FVG. Since 2017, she has been a faculty member at the International School of Illustration in Sàrmede, and since 2024 she has been teaching illustration at the Academy of Fine Arts G. B. Tiepolo in Udine (Italy). She also regularly leads workshops and gives lectures on illustration and visual storytelling.
Awards & Honors
2023 - selected for Tallinn Illustrations Triennial, Estonian Museum of Architecture, Estonia
2022 - selected for the "Annual 2022" (Italian Illustrators Annual)
2022 - selected for the "Annual 2022" (Italian Illustrators Annual)
2021 - selected for the28rd Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava, Slovakia
2020 - nominated to the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
2019 - nominated to the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award →Press: Ibby Italia | Gyerekirodalom
2018 - selected for the "Annual 2018" Italian Illustrators Annual
2016 - selected for the "Annual 2016" Italian Illustrators Annual
2015 - selected for the "Annual 2015" Italian Illustrators Annual
2014 - 2nd Prize, Illustration Contest Notte di Fiaba - MAG Museo Alto Garda, Riva del Garda
2014 - selected for the "Annual 2014" Italian Illustrators Annual
2013 - The cover of "Folyékony tekintet" (Libri, Budapest, 2013) selected of the magazine Wall Street Journal as one of the 12 Most Beautiful Book Covers of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2013
2012 - selected for the "Annual 2012" Italian Illustrators Annual
2010 - 1st Prize Category Children's Book, Marosvásárhely Book Fair Award (Romania)
2009 - 1st Prize ex-aequo, illustration contest "Aranyvackor" (Hungary)
2008 - 1st Prize Category Children's Book for 6-9 years - children's book competition "Syria Poletti: Sulle ali delle farfalle", Sacile (Italy)
2008 - 1st Prize, illustration contest "La Sirenetta", Accademia Pictor, Torino Book Fair (Italy)
2020 - nominated to the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
2019 - nominated to the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award →Press: Ibby Italia | Gyerekirodalom
2018 - selected for the "Annual 2018" Italian Illustrators Annual
2016 - selected for the "Annual 2016" Italian Illustrators Annual
2015 - selected for the "Annual 2015" Italian Illustrators Annual
2014 - 2nd Prize, Illustration Contest Notte di Fiaba - MAG Museo Alto Garda, Riva del Garda
2014 - selected for the "Annual 2014" Italian Illustrators Annual
2013 - The cover of "Folyékony tekintet" (Libri, Budapest, 2013) selected of the magazine Wall Street Journal as one of the 12 Most Beautiful Book Covers of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2013
2012 - selected for the "Annual 2012" Italian Illustrators Annual
2010 - 1st Prize Category Children's Book, Marosvásárhely Book Fair Award (Romania)
2009 - 1st Prize ex-aequo, illustration contest "Aranyvackor" (Hungary)
2008 - 1st Prize Category Children's Book for 6-9 years - children's book competition "Syria Poletti: Sulle ali delle farfalle", Sacile (Italy)
2008 - 1st Prize, illustration contest "La Sirenetta", Accademia Pictor, Torino Book Fair (Italy)
Selected Exhibitions
2025 - Fiabe nascoste fra i rami - Solo Exhibition -, Palazzo di Sopra, Spilimbergo, Italy
2023 - selected for Illustration Festival Budapest, MOME, Budapest, Hungary
2021 - selected for the28rd Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava, Slovakia
2021 - Esplorando la fantasia - Solo Exhibition, Villa Frova, Caneva (PN), Italy
2021 - selected for Illustration Festival Budapest, Hungary
2019 - selected in Shanghai on CICLA Original Exhibition 2019 Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award, Shanghai, China
2019 - selected for Illustration Festival Budapest, Hungary
2019 - RiVolti - Les libellules Studio, Bologna, Italy
2019 - Wonderland Festival - Budapest, Hungary
2018 - A zöld lábú angyal - Solo Exhibition - Kultúrkúria, Budapest, Hungary
2018 - Sentieri Illustrati, Pordenone, Italy
2018 - Az ismeretlen gyermek - Solo Exhibition - Virányosi Közösségi Ház, Budapest, Hungary
2018 - VERSKÉPEK - Balassi Intézet, Budapest, Hungary
2017 - MESÉK FÉNYE - Solo Exhibition - Csikóca Galéria, Győr, Hungary
2015 - L'INcanto Del Creato, Templum Pacis del Monte Terminillo, Rieti, Italy
2015 - Kosmos e Chaos, Galleria Furio del Furia, Foiano della Chiana, Italy
2013 - selected for the24rd Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava, Slovakia
2012 - selected for the 30th edition of the exhibition "Le immagini della fantasia" - 60 illustrators from all over the world, Sàrmede, Italy
2011 - selected for the23rd Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava, Slovakia
2007-2011 - selected for the "Le immagini della fantasia", Sàrmede, Italy
2021 - selected for Illustration Festival Budapest, Hungary
2019 - selected in Shanghai on CICLA Original Exhibition 2019 Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award, Shanghai, China
2019 - selected for Illustration Festival Budapest, Hungary
2019 - RiVolti - Les libellules Studio, Bologna, Italy
2019 - Wonderland Festival - Budapest, Hungary
2018 - A zöld lábú angyal - Solo Exhibition - Kultúrkúria, Budapest, Hungary
2018 - Sentieri Illustrati, Pordenone, Italy
2018 - Az ismeretlen gyermek - Solo Exhibition - Virányosi Közösségi Ház, Budapest, Hungary
2018 - VERSKÉPEK - Balassi Intézet, Budapest, Hungary
2017 - MESÉK FÉNYE - Solo Exhibition - Csikóca Galéria, Győr, Hungary
2015 - L'INcanto Del Creato, Templum Pacis del Monte Terminillo, Rieti, Italy
2015 - Kosmos e Chaos, Galleria Furio del Furia, Foiano della Chiana, Italy
2013 - selected for the24rd Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava, Slovakia
2012 - selected for the 30th edition of the exhibition "Le immagini della fantasia" - 60 illustrators from all over the world, Sàrmede, Italy
2011 - selected for the23rd Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava, Slovakia
2007-2011 - selected for the "Le immagini della fantasia", Sàrmede, Italy
Teaching
Enaip FVG, Udine, Italy
Interviews
Mesecentrum 2022
Photo credit: Gabriele Scrazzolo, 2022