I grew up in rural Kansas playing outside, painting, drawing, and playing sports. I studied Illustration at the University of Kansas and am currently living in Lawrence, KS with my family and our jungle of house plants.
I find inspiration in nature, animals, books, people, and traveling. My illustrations are made with a variety of materials. I love the mouthwatering juiciness of oil paint, the independence watercolor, the history of found paper, the simplicity of pencil and pen, and all the rabbit holes that are revealed by carving linoleum block to create pattern and repetition.
Making children's books is my way of combining all of my loves. I hope you enjoy.
Contact
For book projects please contact my agent at jessica@rootliterary.com
lindseyyankey@gmail.com
1-316-253-9415
Published by Beaming Books, Candlewick Press, Simply Read Books, and Donzelli Editore.
Honors/Shows
First Prize (tie) Alcuin Society Award for Book Design, Bluebird 2016
3x3 Picture Book Show, Honorable Mention 2016
Kansas Notable Book, Sun and Moon, 2016
Kansas Notable Book, Bluebird, 2015
Midwest Connections Pick, Midwest Independent Bookseller Association, Sun and Moon, 2015
American Illustration 33, selected for print edition, 2014
3x3 International Picture Book Show, Gold Winner, 2014
Illustrations exhibited at Bologna Children's Book Fair for the Opera Prima selection, 2014
Solo show Garvey Fine Arts Center, Topeka, KS 2015
Solo show Manhattan Art Center, Manhattan, KS 2015
Solo show WheatfFields Bakery, Lawrence, KS 2012, 2013, 2014
Group show Wonderfair Gallery, Lawrence, KS 2013
Group show, Honorable Mention UNESCO poster competition, Paris, FR 2010
Group show West London Synagogue, London, UK 2009
Group show Abecederian Gallery, Denver, CO 2008