Vannysha is an illustrator of children’s books.
She is also a painter.
Vannysha is from Central Java, Indonesia.
She currently lives in Cambridge, UK.
She loves to work with acrylic gouache and paint lively characters.
In 2025, she graduated from the MA in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art with distinction.
Before that, she studied Communication Design at Emily Carr University in Vancouver, Canada.
She is represented by Neil Dunnicliffe at Spring Literary
For literary enquiries, please email neil@springliterary.com
She has won and been shortlisted for several awards including:
Sebastian Walker Award for Illustration 2025, Winner
V&A Illustration Awards 2026, Emerging Illustrator, Winner
Communication Arts Illustration Competition 2025 & 2026, Shortlist
PRINT Awards 2025, Illustration Category, Student Third-Place
Batsford Prize 2025, Children’s Illustration Category, Runner-Up
Paper Bird Illustration Awards with Thames & Hudson 2026, Shortlist
Macmillan Prize 2026, Highly Commended