- About the Artist -

Illustration Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION Bennington College, Vermont USA - BA in Liberal Arts - 2000 Studio Art Centers International, Florence ITALY - 1999 SF Art Institute, San Francisco USA - 1997 The Putney School, Vermont USA - 1996 Academic Focus: Painting & Children’s Book Illustration SCOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Pictor Association, Turin ITALY - 2002 Illustra la Leggenda 1st Prize, Canaveseweb, Turin ITALY - 2002 The Slotnick Scholarship: Exellence in Painting - 2000 The Park McCulla Award: Academic Excellence - 1998 PUBLICATIONS The second book of Little Dragon Mu, The Netherlands, EdizioniPlus, ITALY - 2007 Alice nel Paese delle Lettere, Campanila, Pisa, ITALY - 2007 Arcobaleno sul'Golden Gate, Sinnos Editore, Rome, ITALY - 2006 Goccetta, Torre di Legno, Torre di Lago, ITALY - 2006 The first book of Little Dragon Mu, Mu visits Europe, Edizioni Plus, ITALY - 2005 La Principessa Luna e il Pescatore di Perle, UNICEF, ITALY - 2004 Il Cerchio Magico, UNICEF, ITALY - 2004 Donkey Skin, Kyowon Co., Ltd KOREA - 2004 The Little Match Seller, Ta Chien Publishing TAIWAN - 2003 Gone with the Wind I & II, Ta Chien Publishing TAIWAN - 2003 Jane Eyre, Ta Chien Publishing TAIWAN - 2003 Briar Rose, Ta Chien Publishing TAIWAN - 2003 Illustrations, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Pictor Turin ITALY - 2002 Drawings, Silo Jounal of arts & letters Bennington College USA - 1997

Ursula Joell Mathers is a painter and children's book illustrator living in Italy. Her artwork has been exhibited in galleries nationally and internationally, and her children's books have been published by various international publishers and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All artwork on this website is copyright and may not be reproduced or used in any way without express permission from Ursula Mathers.