The preselection, April 2025

Bumi Cha (2004), South Korea; Stefania Serafinescu (1996), Romania; Booali Tooba (1996), Iran; and Lee Hsuan Jung (1994), Taiwan, were chosen from the candidates for the 59th edition of the Illustrators Exhibition. The theme we proposed was ‘faces’, not necessarily human ones, viewed from the front, direct gazes that represent the immersion in, and identification with, the stories they read.