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Hello! I'm an illustrator, comic artist and graphic designer from Rijeka, Croatia.

You can find additional information about my work below. Thanks for stopping by!

Short Biography

Korin(a) Hunjak is a visual artist focusing on illustration, comics, and design. They graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts at the University of Rijeka, where they currently work as an educator.

Their short comics have been collected and published in their solo comic anthology '18-'22 Brodski dnevnik Korine Hunjak (2023), many of which have also been published in numerous domestic and foreign comic publications. The following year they published a full-length comic book album Kaleidoskop in collaboration with the writer Zoran Žmirić. They have illustrated various children's books and book covers and have contributed with their illustrations and design to boardgames, mobile applications, and many other projects.

They have received several awards for their artistic work in illustration, comics and beyond, and their works have been exhibited in notable group domestic and international art exhibitions.

They are a part of the editorial team of the award-winning art and culture magazine Strip-PREFIKS and are involved in diverse events organized by the Hrvatski autorski strip association (Croatian Association of Comic Authors) to promote awareness of comic culture in Croatia and beyond.

In their work, they focus on humanizing narratives, experimenting with different styles, and exploring graphic drawing.

Selected clients

Vox Feminae

Plava Laguna

Meggle

CROZ

Školska knjiga / Modra Lasta

Sferakon / Sfera Mentor

Javna ustanova "Priroda"

City Museum of Rijeka

Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Coast

Academy of Applied Arts, University of Rijeka

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka

Selected awards

2024

Winner of the 2024 Kobo Writing Life Indie Cover Contest, in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy category, with the cover for the novel A River in the Dark by the author Igor Rendić, published by Shtriga Books

2023

Artefakt, award for best comic accomplishment, for the comic Dva je najsamotniji broj / Two is the Loneliest Number (published in the comic zine OHOHO #3), given by Fantasy Convention Rikon, Rijeka, Croatia

2022

Young artist of the year 2021., given by the Foundation of the University of Rijeka, Croatia

Best comic magazine award, with co-editors Marko Dješka, Mihaela Erceg and Saša Paprić, for the comic magazine Strip-PREFIKS #2 (published by the Croatian Association of Comic Authors), given by Supertoon Festival of Animation and Comics, Šibenik, Croatia

First Award for best science fiction comic, for the comic Rubedo, published in Strip-PREFIKS #1, given by Sfera Society, Zagreb, Croatia

2021

Finalist for the best children’s jury croatian picture book award Ovca u kutiji, with the picture book Zašto je Medo prestao uzdisati (published by Sipar Publishing), Croatia

Nominated for Achievements Awards – Best Work of Art, at European Science Fiction Society

2020

Diploma for best comic script at Balkan gathering of young comic authors, Leskovac, Serbia

2019

Finalist for the best croatian picture book award Ovca u kutiji, with the picture book Bogar i Gaguč imaju važan razgovor (published by Sipar Publishing), Croatia

Nikola Mitrović Kokan best young Balkans illustrator award, Leskovac, Serbia

2012

First Award for best black and white science fiction & fantasy illustration, (illustration published in Eridan #13, Treći zmaj, Rijeka), given by Sfera Society, Zagreb, Croatia

Selected group exhibition appearances

2023

The Island of Love as part of the Nova Festival 2023, gallery Milorad Bata Mihailović, Pančevo, Srbija

Godišnja izložba članova HDLU 2023., Dom hrvatskih likovnih umjetnika (Gallery Prsten and Gallery PM, Meštrović pavillion), Zagreb, Croatia

2022

Žene i stoljeća, Muzej primenjene umjetnosti, Beograd, Serbia

2021

Independent Illustration Biennial, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Nastavit će se… strip i vizualna kultura u Hrvatskoj, MSU Zagreb, Croatia

2020

Komikaze Femicomix 2020, part of Tinta festival, Ljubljana

2019

International travelling exhibition Wom@rts roaming exhibition (UGM Maribor Art Gallery, Slovenia, Viliniaus Rotušė, Lithua, Auditorio de Galicia, Spain, Akademija primijenjenih umjetnosti Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Rijeka, Communauté d’ agglomération du grand Angoulême, France, Fundación municipal de cultura Avilés, Spain, Limerick institute of technology, Limerick School of Art and Design, Ireland)

2018

Seventh Croatian Biennale of illustration, Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb, Croatia

Presence in selected publications

Stripburger (Slovenia)

CBA (Sweden)

Devetka (Macedonia)

Strip Pressing (Serbia)

Godišnjak (Croatia)

Modra Lasta (Croatia)

Strip-PREFIKS (Croatia)

Komikaze (Croatia)

OHOHO (Croatia)