Katia Bulbenko is an illustrator, painter and surface pattern designer based in Weehawken, NJ, a small town on the Hudson River near New York City, where she lives with her husband and piebald polydactyl cat, Cowgirl.

She has been drawing since she could hold a pencil, and now creates art for greeting cards, books, magazines and puzzles, and pattern designs for textiles and home goods.

Katia’s illustrations are a combination of digital, watercolor and gouache techniques. She loves gardening and collecting things like vintage pottery, jewelry and seashells, which are featured often in her work. Drawing recipes gives her an opportunity to combine a passion for cooking with fun everyday objects and hand lettering.

After receiving a BFA in Printmaking at Tyler School of Art, Katia turned her love of print and pattern to become a pattern designer working on silk in the women’s apparel industry in New York, painting fun “conversational” themes like coffee cups, donuts, dogs, etc. for pajamas. She worked in the gutta serti silk painting technique as well as with gouache on paper. Her current collection of fabrics is available in her Spoonflower shop.

Clients include:  Werkshoppe Puzzles, True South Puzzle Co., Design House Greetings, Camp North End, Amber Lotus Publishing, Edible Jersey, Flow, Metro, Inc., Fox Chase Magazine and Temple Health magazine.

Member of Illustrators For Hire, a curated group of professional freelancers from around the world.