
About Me
Niyati Froind is an award-winning picture book writer-illustrator, based in Israel. She holds a Bachelor of Design (cum laude) from Shenkar College of Design and is a graduate of Alchimia School of Contemporary Art in Florence, Italy.
Niyati is the Illustrator Coordinator for SCBWI Israel and a founding member of the Midnight Inkers Illustrator Collective.
Her illustrations have been featured in exhibitions worldwide and recognized by multiple awards. Her debut writer-illustrator picture book is coming in 2026.
She is passionate about creating mixed media, reaching for whatever colors are lying around her desk,
And she is a complete fan of hedgehogs and any kidlit with no grownups in sight.
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first illustration, 1976, age 3
Awards & Exhibitions
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Pictoplasma Balkans - Finalist, Belgrade 2025
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Portfolio Showcase Award Honorable Mention, MayFest SCBWI San Diego, 2025
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Silver Medal - CYA Writers & Illustrators Conference, Australia 2025
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"The Feonix", The Israeli Museum Rabin Center, Tel Aviv, Israel 2025
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Hiii Illustration Award - Finalist 2024
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"Hatikva" group exhibition, Rali Museum, Caesarea, Israel, 2024
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Visual Art Magazine - Artist Interview, 2024
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"RESILIENCE & REFLECTION", David Benrimon Fine Art Gallery, New York, 2024
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"Iron strip" group exhibition, Rali Museum Caesarea & Yitzhak Rabin Center, Tel Aviv, 2024
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"Yahad – Together" group exhibition, Warehouse XI Gallery, Boston, 2024
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3X3 Illustration Annual, Merit Award, USA 2023
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Permanent exhibition with Shirley Waisman and Daria Dubrovin, at the Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute, 2023
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Best Illustration Winner, "Women's Right to Her Body" Israel, 2022
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"If walls could speak" group exhibition, Alfred Gallery, Tel Aviv Illustration Week, 2022
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Bibiana - Biennale of Illustrations, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2021
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"Form 17" Tel Aviv Illustration week, 2021
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"Identity Marks" group exhibition, Tova Ossman Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2013
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"Freedom" group exhibition, Periscope Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2009
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Best Design Winner, T.J.MAXX, USA, 2008
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B.Des. graduated Cum Laude, Shenkar College of Design, Israel, 2006
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Sylvia Neumann & Sydney Simon Excellence Award 2004
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Landa Award, Shenkar College of Design, 2004





