Canadian illustrator Katy Dockrill, is an honours graduate from OCAD. Using brush and ink, procreate and photoshop, she creates art that is both playful and reflective. Some of her clients include Orca, Porter Magazine, Callisto, Groundwood Books, NJ Monthly Magazine, Chudleigh’s Apple Farms, the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, New Trail Magazine, CBC, Second Story Press and Toronto Life. She’s a nerdy, wordy, cat-loving aquaphile who’s inspired by her city within a city (Leslieville), her friends, and her family. When she isn’t drawing (or reading, lets be honest), she loves to find & fix things, drink coffee and take walks in the neighbourhood (which usually leads to finding things to fix, or more realistically saving and displaying her finds.)

AWARDS

2024 World Illustration Award, longlisted, children’s publishing for ‘City of Neighbors’.

2021 Top Ten American Library Association’s Sustainability Round Table for ‘City of Water’.

2020 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection for ‘City of Water’, written by Andrea Curtis

2019 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection for ‘ A Voice for the Spirit Bears’, written by Carmen Oliver

2018 SPD (The Society of Publication Designers) Merit Winner for 'Parting Words' created for Middlebury Magazine, and designed by Carey Bass.

2018 Applied Arts Magazine Illustration Annual, winner for a series of editorial work created for NJ Monthly Magazine.

2018 Communication Arts Magazine, shortlisted for pieces created for CBC and Middlebury Magazine.

2015 Grand Gold CASE District Vlll Communications Awards winner for a series of illustrations for the University of Alberta's Alumni Magazine.

2015 Silver, Alberta Magazine Publishers Association, winner for illustrations for New Trail, Spring 2014, the University of Alberta's Alumni Magazine.

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