✴︎ABOUT✴︎

Vannysha, the illustrator, standing outside and smiling while holding her painting of three girls playing cards in a field.

Hi there.
I'm Vannysha—an Indonesian illustrator based in Cambridge, UK.

Painterly + dreamy but lively + stylish yet nostalgic = seems like a tall order, but honestly? That’s my sweet spot.

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Work with me

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I grew up on the island of Java. I moved to Vancouver, Canada in 2017 to study Communication Design at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

My design background gave me a keen eye for compositions—the key to creating interesting, unforgettable images.

In Canada, I fell in love with picturebooks and all the beautiful art that's coming out from this field.

Vannysha as a toddler standing outside her childhood home.
Vannysha wearing a green dress with pleats, standing in front of her work displayed at the V&A Museum in South Kensington.

I was (am) so in love with children's book illustration that I decided to move countries—again—and study it for my Master's degree at Cambridge School of Art. I graduated in 2025 and since then I've had the honour of receiving several awards for my work, including:

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  • The Sebastian Walker Award for Illustration 2025

  • V&A Illustration Awards 2026, Winner 

  • Macmillan Prize for Illustration 2026, Highly-Commended

  • Paper Bird and Thames & Hudson Illustration Awards 2026, Shortlist

  • Batsford Prize 2025, Runner-up 

  • Communication Arts Illustration Awards 2025 & 2026, Shortlist

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My work has also been exhibited at the V&A South Kensington, the Batsford Gallery in London, and the Moores Building Artspace in Fremantle, Western Australia.

What do you do?

  • My bread and butter. High-end, beautifully illustrated picturebooks, chapter books, book covers. If you’d like to work with me on a book project, email me or Neil Dunnicliffe at Spring Literary :)

  • I’m open for commissions! Portraits, pet portraits, landscapes, in my signature illustrative painterly style. Submit an enquiry here.

  • Illustrations that tell the story of your brand—campaigns, special edition items, print and digital materials, in that dreamy, painterly look. If you’re interested in collaborating, email me at hello@vannyshachang.com :)

  • Rewatching Veronica Mars, listening to podcasts (actually this one I do while I'm illustrating, my favs: Radiolab, Conan O'Brien, Armchair Expert, anything with my queen Brené Brown), browsing the M&S snack aisle.

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A colorful impressionistic painting of a lush green forest with trees and foliage, featuring a small clearing near the bottom with three red figures standing together.