Lithuanian Culture Institute
Lithuanian Culture Institute
Illustrators

Rasa Joni

Lithuanian Culture Institute
Rasa Joni

Creating works for children is like eating tasty candies.

Born: August 21, 1984, Kaunas, Lithuania.
She studied at Kaunas Martinaitis Art School, graduated from Vilnius Academy of Arts, Department of Photography and Media (MA in Audiovisual Arts).
Since 2010 she is student of art education at the Art Education Centre of Vilnius Academy of Arts.

CONTACTS
Vilnius, Lithuania
E-mail: info@rasajoni.com
www.rasajoni.com
www.illustratingbooks.com
FIELDS OF ACTIVITY
Illustration, animated films.
EXIBITIONS
2006 Member of the national exhibition “Present and Future of Lithuanian Animation”, Lithuanian Theatre, Music and Film Museum, Vilnius.

2009 Exhibition “I love you. I love you, too”, gallery “Aukso avis‘” Vilnius.

2009 Book Art Exhibition “From Drawing to Book”, Graphic Unit of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association, Vilnius Graphic Art Centre, art gallery “Arka”, Vilnius.

2009 “Power of Pictures”, 3rd Tallinn Illustration Triennial, Tallinn.

“Illustrarium: Contemporary Lithuanian Children’s Book Illustration“, Bologna children’s book fair, Italy, 2011.
Travelling exhibition “Contemporary Lithuanian Children’s Book Illustration“, Italy, USA, Belgium, Luxembourg, 2013.
AWARDS
2008 The Most Beautiful Lithuanian Books Competition Award for the book The History of Lithuania (Lietuvos istorija), Vilnius, Lithuania.

2009 The Most Beautiful Lithuanian Books Competition Award for the book Once (Vieną kartą), Vilnius, Lithuania.

2010 The book A Starred Horse and a Panda (Žvaigždėtas arkliukas ir meškiukas panda) was recognised by the Lithuanian Section of IBBY as the most artistic children’s book of 2010.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
What Am I Riding?, South Korea: AGA WORLD CO, 2011.

Where Is It?, South Korea: AGA WORLD CO, 2011.

There Are so Many Things I Want to do…, South Korea: AGA WORLD CO, 2011.

I Want to be, South Korea: AGA WORLD CO, 2011.

On the track of Hannibal, Paolo Rumiz, Art festival Le Strade del Paesaggio, Italy, 2011. One of book illustrator.

Žvaigždėtas arkliukas ir meškiukas panda (The Starry Horse and Panda Bear): [fairy-tale], Rasa Joni, Vilnius: Kronta, 2010.

Vieną kartą (Once): [fairy-tales], Sigitas Poškus, Vilnius: Alma littera, 2009.

Lietuvos įdomybės iš serijos „Pradinukų enciklopedija“ (The Sights of Lithuania”, from the series “The Library of a Primary School Pupil”), Dangė Cebatariūnaitė Vitkienė, Vilnius: Alma littera, 2009.

Lietuvos istorija iš serijos „Pradinukų enciklopedija“ (The History of Lithuania, from the series “The Library of a Primary School Pupil”), Zigmas Vitkus, Vilnius: Alma littera, 2008.

Murkšlinas ir Turkšlinas (Märklin and Turbin): [short story], Ulf Stark, Vilnius: Nieko rimto, 2007.

Uodega (The Tail): [fairy-tale and animated film], Rasa Joni, Vilnius: Baltos Lankos, 2007.