Biography
Reda Tomingas (1979) is an illustrator, author, and animated film director. She graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts in animation. Tomingas has illustrated more than 30 children’s books and novel covers in Lithuania and Estonia. She has collaborated with children’s magazines like Hea laps and Täheke, and with different museums and advertising agencies.
On 2023 she was among one of the winners of the Art of Book competition in Lithuania.
Profile photo: private collection
2023 The Knee-High Book Competition, 2nd-3rd place (Piglet's Great Big Wish)
2024 5 Best-Designed Estonian Children’s Books, Certificate of Merit (Piglet's Great Big Wish)
2024 5 Best-Designed Estonian Children’s Books, Certificate of Merit (Piglet's Great Big Wish)
2026
Exhibition of illustrations from Estonian children’s literature "Children’s Rights: Protected Through Stories", United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA
Illustration and puppet exhibition “All Feelings Are Valid”, Estonian Children’s Literature Centre
2025
Estonian illustration exhibition “Hello! Tere!”, Bologna International Children’s Book Fair, Italy
Illustration exhibition “City of Stories”, Bologna Palazzo d’Accursio, Italy; Estonian National Museum, Estonia
Illustration exhibition “Mycology, or the Secret Life of Fungi”, Estonian Children’s Literature Centre
Exhibition of illustrations from Estonian children’s literature "Children’s Rights: Protected Through Stories", United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA
Illustration and puppet exhibition “All Feelings Are Valid”, Estonian Children’s Literature Centre
2025
Estonian illustration exhibition “Hello! Tere!”, Bologna International Children’s Book Fair, Italy
Illustration exhibition “City of Stories”, Bologna Palazzo d’Accursio, Italy; Estonian National Museum, Estonia
Illustration exhibition “Mycology, or the Secret Life of Fungi”, Estonian Children’s Literature Centre
