Nathalie Dion
(She/Her) • Montreal, Canada
Biography
Nathalie Dion is a Canadian illustrator specializing in children’s publishing and editorial illustration. Her work is known for its expressive characters, rich textures, and strong sense of visual storytelling. Working primarily in Photoshop, she creates images that balance warmth, emotion, and a modern sensibility. Over the course of her career, she has collaborated with publishers, magazines, and newspapers including Tundra Books, Groundwood Books, Elle Québec, Flare, The Boston Globe, and The Globe and Mail.
Selected clients
Chronicle Books, Random House Publishing Group, Simon & Schuster, Éditions Hurtubise, Bayard Canada, Working Mother, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger, Coup de Pouce, Parents, Santé Inc., Redbook, Parents, Health, Best Health, Family Circle, HGTV magazines.
Awards
- 2023- Golden Kite Award 2023, SCBWI for Kumo the bashful cloud written by Kyo Maclear, Tundra Books
- 2022- Merit award, 3 X 3 International Illustration Annual no.19 pour I caught a rainbow written by Danielle Chaperon, Milky Way Picture Books
- 2022- Merit award, 3 X 3 International Illustration Annual no.19 for Kumo the bashful cloud written by Kyo Maclear, Tundra Books
- 2022- Prix Illustration Jeunesse /Salon du livre de Trois-Rivières, Les baleines et nous, India Desjardins, Éditions de la bagnole
- 2022- Prix des libraires du Québec -L’ébouriffée, Éditions de la bagnole (Finaliste)
- 2021- Prix Espiègle 2021 -Le Grand Méchant Loup dans ma Maison, Valérie Fontaine, Éditions les 400 coups
- 2021- Prix Littéraire du Gouverneur Général -Le Grand Méchant Loup dans ma Maison, Valérie Fontaine, Éditions les 400 coups (Finaliste)
- 2021- Prix Harry Black -Le Grand Méchant Loup dans ma Maison, Valérie Fontaine, Éditions les 400 coups (Finaliste)
- 2021- The Elizabeth Cleaver-Mrazik Canadian Picture Book award, Le Grand Méchant Loup dans ma Maison, Éditions les 400 coups (shortlisted)
- 2021- Prix du livre jeunesse des Bibliothèques de Montréal -Le Grand Méchant Loup dans ma Maison, Valérie Fontaine, Éditions les 400 coups (Finaliste)
- Communication Arts Illustration Annual 2021
- 3 X 3 International llustration Annual 2020
- American Illustration 2020
- Communication Arts Illustration Annual 2020
- Communication Arts Illustration Annual 2019
- Illustration Annual 2019
- 3X3 Illustration Annual 2018
- Communication Arts Illustration Annual 2017
- Applied Arts Illustration Annual 2017
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