Cleonique Hilsaca is a multidisciplinary artist and educator from Honduras based in St. Louis, MO. Her work as a visual and narrative storyteller uses design, illustration, cartooning, and animation to bring whimsical ideas to life. 
EDUCATION
Washington University in St. Louis
MFA Illustration & Visual Culture
Sam Fox Ambassador Fellow

Savannah College of Art & Design
BFA Illustration | Minor Graphic Design


RESUME | CV​​​​​​​
Select Client List
Adobe · Twitter · Penguin Random House · Candlewick Press · Pow! Kids Books · Callisto Publishing · Oni Press · Sesame Workshop · MTA Arts & Design · American Red Cross · Plansponsor · Scientific American · Il Corriere della Sera · Lake Coloring · Renegade Game Studios · Meitu · Revista Pantera · WashU
SELECT Awards and honors
Phillustration 17 | Philadelphia Sketch Club | 1st Place
American Advertising Awards STL | Best in Class
SLICE Local Best in Show Award
AIGA STL Design Showcase 28 | Print Design Student Award
SCBWI Portfolio Showcase | Silver Award
Bienal de Ilustración de Mexico | Winner
3X3 Professional Show | Merit and Honorable Mention
Spectrum Fantastic Art Volume 25, 26
Society of Illustrators of N.Y. 61, 64
SILA Illustration West 57 | Honorable Mention
Applied Arts Magazine | Young Blood Nominee
RECENT GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
La Voz que Clama en el Desierto · Angad Arts Hotel · St. Louis, MO
Phillustration 17 · Philadelphia Sketch Club · Philadelphia, PA
Monochromagic 7 · WOWxWOW Gallery · Online
Raku Gaki · Giant Robot Gallery · Los Angeles, CA
Salut! 11 Show · Gallery Nucleus · Portland, OR
Books & Games
Dream Submarine by Charlotte Gunnufson | Candlewick Press
Sleep, Little Dozer by Diana Murray | Penguin Random House
Artisans of Splendent Vale by Nikki Valens | Renegade Games
Rat Fair by Leah Rose Kessler | Pow! Kids Books
Warm Blood by Josh Tierney | Buño Books
Thriving with Autism by Katie Cook | Rockridge Press
Inspired: Modern Art Designs | Temescal Press
RECENTLY RELEASED
Home is a Dream by Cleonique Hilsaca | Self-Published
Learn from the Helpers by Betsy Coogan Miller | "I Love U Guys"
Memberships 
STL Latinx Artists Network
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators 
Kansas Missouri Chapter | Southern Breeze Chapter
The Cartoonist Cooperative