Yevgenia Nayberg
Pomeranz Center, Room D309
Education
MFA, California State University
Biography
Yevgenia Nayberg is an award-winning author, illustrator, painter, and stage designer. She was born and raised in Kyiv, Ukraine. Her illustrations have appeared in magazines and picture books, and on theatre posters, music albums, and book covers. Her paintings, drawings, and illustrations are held in private collections worldwide.
As a set and costume designer, Nayberg has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Endowment for the Arts/TCG Fellowship for Theatre Designers, the Independent Theatre Award, and the Arlin Meyer Award. She has received multiple awards for her picture book illustrations, including three Sydney Taylor Medals and two Junior Library Guild Gold Selection Awards, most recently for her upcoming graphic memoir, Chernobyl, Life and Other Disasters. She’s a 2023 Eisner Awards nominee. You can see her latest commission, a poster for the MTA Arts, on your morning commute.
Selected Publications
Chernobyl, Life And Other Disasters, Neal Porter Books, 2026 (author and illustrator)
A Party For Florine, Neal Porter Books, 2025 (author and illustrator)
I Hate Borsch!, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2022 (author and illustrator)
A Visit To Moscow, Turner Books, 2023 (illustrator)
Mona Lisa in New York, Prestel, Jr 2020 (author and illustrator)
Typewriter, The Creative Company, 2020 (author and illustrator)
Anya’s Secret Society, Charlesbridge Publishing, 2019) (author and illustrator)
Martin and Anne, Creston Books, 2019 (illustrator)
Numbers in Motion: Sophie Kowalevski, Queen of Mathematics, Creston Books, 2020 (illustrator)
Drop by Drop, Kar-Ben, 2017 (illustrator)
The Devil’s Data Dictionary, Rising Media, 2015 (illustrator)
The Wren and the Sparrow, Kar-Ben, 2015 (illustrator)
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2019 Art, Books and Useless Things, Drop Forge and Tool Gallery, Hudson, NY
- 2013 The Hunting of the Snark, Chancery Art Gallery, Bracebridge, Canada
- 2011 New Hermitage Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- 2007 Role Play, Chancery Art Gallery, Bracebridge, Canada
- 2007 Lurie Gallery, Miami, FL
- 2006 Y. Theatre? Gallery XXI Century, Moscow, Russia
- 2006 Grant Gallery, New York City
- 2005 Grant Gallery, New York City
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2025 If Women Ruled the World, William Ris Gallery, Jamesport, NY
- 2025 The Original Art Show, Society Of Illustrators, New York, NY
- 2022 Ode to Butterfly, Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, NY
- 2016 Making Continuity Contemporary, Derfner Judaica Museum, New York City
Awards
Gold Selection, Junior Library Guild Award, 2025
Nominee, Will Eisner Award, 2023
The Original Art Show Selection, Society of Illustrators, 2024
Notable Book, Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2022
Honor, 3x3 Magazine Honor, 2021
The Original Art Show Selection, Society of Illustrators, 2021
Finalist, Nami Concours International Picture Book Competition, 2021
Northern Lights Book Award, 2020
Sustainable Arts Foundation Award, 2019
Gold Selection Award, Junior Library Guild, 2018
Silver Medal, Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2018
Notable Book, Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2016
COJECO Blueprint Fellowship, 2016
Magazine Cover, CASE Award for Excellence
Best Scenic Design, Ovation Award (nominated)
Best Scenic Design, Independent Theatre Awards
Best Scenic Design, Independent Theatre Awards (nominated)
Courses
- IL 491 Mentor/Specialization Projects
- IL 493 Illustration Portfolio Thesis
- IL 377 Book Illustration
- IL 306 Visual Storytelling For The Evolving Media I