Ukrainian Illustrator Masha Foya Honored With Two Merit Awards at International Illustration Awards

Ukrainian illustrator Masha Foya has been recognized at the 23rd 3×3 International Illustration Awards Show, receiving two Merit Awards, she announced on Instagram on July 16.

Among the awarded works is a series of illustrations created for Touch me, a short story by Ukrainian writer Maksym Popil.

The story follows a young woman attempting to fulfill a long-standing promise, only to discover that the cost of doing so is far greater than she expected. The illustrated work was published in a magazine by Ukrainian publishing house ARK.UA.

Foya also received a Merit Award for an illustration created for the German newspaper Die Zeit.

About Masha Foya

Masha Foya is a Kyiv-based Ukrainian illustrator. She creates artwork for books, posters, and postcards, with her illustrations featured in publications by Ukrainian publishers Vivat and The Old Lion Publishing House. Foya has also collaborated with a range of international clients, including Adobe, The Guardian, The New York Times, and Scientific American.

Ukrainian photographer Roman Pilipey has been recognized as the National Press Photographers Association's National Photojournalist of the Year for 2026, receiving the award for a body of work produced in Ukraine for Agence France-Presse over the past year.

Commenting on the recognition, Pilipey said conditions in Ukraine had not improved during the past year. He recalled that the country had endured a winter of large-scale Russian attacks that left many civilians without heating or water, while the pace of strikes has since intensified amid a continuing shortage of air defense systems.

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