
ABOUT
Veruschka Guerra is an illustrator based in João Pessoa, a beautiful beach city in Brazil.
She was an art teacher for 14 years and specialized in children's illustration in Sarmede, Italy, at the Fondazione di Illustrazione per l'Infanzia Stepan Zavrel.
She takes inspiration from delicate details of nature, colors and patterns, in children's expressions and moments of tenderness and faith. When traveling, she loves the artistic diversity of each people, especially their crafts, clothing and architecture, which is why a large part of her work is focused on traditional and classic stories based on fairy tales and legends from different countries.
Veruschka has illustrated work for companies in Brazil, Canada, England, New Zealand, Portugal, South Korea and the United States in the areas of children's literature, religion, coloring books and licensing of images for puzzles and greeting cards.
Techniques: watercolor, acrylic, ink, colored pencil, pastel, collage, embroidery and digital (Procreate/ Photoshop).
CLIENTS
BRAZIL
Aletria Editora, Cortez Editora, Paulus Editora, Editora Santuário, Instituto Ricardo Brennand, Editora Imeph, Editora Mundo Educacional, Editora Petra, Editora Nova Alexandria, Mazza Edições, Conhecimento Editora, Planeta Jovem, Editora Ensinamento
CANADA
Bella Flor - NordCard Enterprises, Pauline Books and Media Publishing, Pearsons
ENGLAND
Puzzle WH Smiths
NEW ZEALAND
Puzzle Whitcoulls
PORTUGAL
Paulus Editora
SOUTH KOREA
Catholic Publishing House, Seed Media Inc.
UNITED STATES
Mondo Publishing, Pauline Books and Media Publishing, QBS Learning, San Antonio Zoo, SunsOut Jigsaw Puzzles, United Methodist Publishing House-Children's Church, Vesuvius Press
HIGHLIGHTS
AWARD
2015 | Finalist for the Jabuti Award in the Children's and Young Adult Book Illustration category with the author's wordless picture book “O Sonho de Karim”
SELECTED
2012 | The book “A Princesa, o Pássaro e a Sabedoria” by Alexandre Carvalho, was selected to be part of the Brazilian Catalog for the Bologna Children's Book Fair, Italy
2012 | | The book “A Princesa, o Pássaro e a Sabedoria” by Alexandre Carvalho, was selected to be part of the White Ravens Catalog, Munich Children's Library (Internationale Jugendbibliothek), Germany.
2014 | The book “A Princesa, o Pássaro e a Sabedoria” by Alexandre Carvalho, was selected as a sample of the literary production of Editora Paulus at the Frankfurt Book Fair
2014 | The book “Os Viajantes e o Sonhador” by Lenice Gomes was selected for the Exhibition of the Brazilian Chamber of Literature (CBL - Câmara Brasileira do Livro) at the Frankfurt Book Fair
2014 | The book “Contos de Grimm” by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm was selected as a sample of the literary production of Editora Paulus at the Frankfurt Book Fair
EXHIBITIONS
2014 | The illustrations of the book “Os Viajantes e o Sonhador” by Lenice Gomes were selected for the Exhibition "Traçando Histórias" (Tracing Stories), 60th Porto Alegre Book Fair
2014 | The illustrations of the book “Histórias de Fogo” by Flávia Savary were selected for the Exhibition "Traçando Histórias" (Tracing Stories), 60th Porto Alegre Book Fair
LICENSED PUBLICATIONS
“O Jardim da Senhora do Céu” | Our Lady’s Garden | 성모님의 정원 - 색칠 기도 컬러링 북 by Veruschka Guerra
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Editora Santuário, Brazil 2015
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Pauline Publishing House, United States, 2016
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Catholic Publishing House, South Korea, 2017
“Jesus, mensagens do filho de Deus” | Jesus, Speaks to You | 나에게 말을 건네시는 예수님 by Veruschka Guerra
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Editora Santuário, Brazil, 2016
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Pauline Publishing House, United States, 2017
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Catholic Publishing House, South Korea, 2018
“Bíblia para Crianças” | Bible for Children by Goretti Dias
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Editora Santuário, Brazil, 2019
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Paulus Editora, Portugal, 2020
“O Dia em que minha avó envelheceu” | El día en que mi abuela envejeció by Lúcia Fidalgo
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Editora Cortez, Brazil, 2013
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Octaedro Ediciones, Spain, 2014.