I am Stina, I write and illustrate picture books, always thinking of the next story to tell. I live and work in Hamburg, northern Germany.

In 2022 I graduated in graphic design (BA) at the HAWK Hildesheim where I worked as a student assistant for animation and design. After my graduation I worked in the corporate design team at the university and had a teaching assignment for the typography class. I started my freelance illustration and design work in 2022. I am currently studying illustration (MA) with focus on book illustration at the HAW Hamburg. My first two picture books will be out this year.

Books

Als Rudi sein Herz verlor, Buchfink Verlag, published in September 2025 (Germany)

Beterraba, Pato Lógico, published in September 2025 (Portugal)

Awards

Selected for The Unpublished Picturebook Showcase 6 by dPICTUS, 2024

Winner of the Telling Images Contest by Pato Lógico, 2024

Nomination for the award of the Faculty of Design from HAWK Hildesheim, 2022

Exhibitions

On the edge, Alliance Française Bologna 2025

Rundgang Finkenau, HAW Hamburg 2024

Pathfinder, Alliance Française Bologna 2024

Collage, HAWK Hildesheim 2022

Talismanische Ereignisse, Hildesheim 2021