Vali Mintzi

Vali Mintzi was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1971, and made Aliyah to Israel in 1989. Mintzi graduated from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Jerusalem. In 2009, Mintzi began illustrating for children’s books with Who is the Fairy Queen and was awarded the Israel Museum Ben-Yitzhak Award for Illustrations of Children’s Books in 2012 for Little One in the Park. Mintzi is also a successful graphic designer, having previously been Art Director for Haaretz’s children’s magazine, Einayim, and worked at the Israel Museum. Mintzi currently lives in Jerusalem with her partner and three daughters, and works as an illustrator, graphic designer and puppetry designer.