Maryana Mikitiuk

Maryana Mikitiuk

Illustrator

Maryana Mikitiuk is a Ukrainian illustrator. She began her career in graphic design after studying publishing and editing. She first took up illustration as a hobby, before it became her profession. She started with traditional techniques, gradually combining them with digital ones. She works mainly on book illustrations, materials for periodicals, and surface design. After the start of the full-scale invasion, she remained in Kyiv, where she lives and works. In her free time, she sews, grows plants, and takes care of her five birds and cat Moroka.

Publications

Near the frontline, a sense of closeness coming virtually out of nowhere
Near the frontline, a sense of closeness coming virtually out of nowhere

The theater director Pavlo Yurov, who serves in Ukraine’s National Guard, describes encounters near the frontline, and shared moments that forge a “second family”.