Shahar Kober
Shahar Kober is an Israeli illustrator, art director and lecturer. He lives in Kiryat Tivon, Israel.Biography
Kober was born in Kfar-Saba and raised in Ganei Am. He attended the Ami Assaf high school in Beit Berl and the University of Chicago Laboratory School. At age 21, he was admitted to Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, studying illustration and graphic design, graduating in 2005.
After graduating he persisted a freelance career in illustration, illustrating over 40 children's books, published in Israel, The United Kingdom, United States, and other countries. His work is regularly published in newspapers and magazines, and he also contributes art to animation projects.
His work on "The Ugly Dumpling" was reviewed favorably by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, and so was "Chicken in Space". His book "The Flying Hand of Marco B." was selected one of the best children's books of 2015 by the Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine. Among others, he illustrated books by former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo, Israeli poet Leah Goldberg, Israel's national poet Hayim Nahman Bialik, and award-winning children's author Adam Lehrhaupt.
His illustrations were displayed in exhibitions in Israel, China and South Korea.
Since 2013, Kober teaches Illustration in the WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education, in Haifa, Israel.Awards
2015 - Communication Arts Illustration Award of Excellence
2015 - 3x3 Magazine Book Show Merit Award
2014 - 3x3 Magazine Book Show Merit Award
2013 - Creative Quarterly 32 Professional Illustration runner-up
2011 - Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Younger Readers
2009 - Sydney Taylor Honor AwardPartial bibliography
- Aladdin by Anna Bowles, Little Tiger Press, UK, 2019
- Chicken On Vacation by Adam Lehrhaupt, HarperCollins, USA, 2018
- Grandpa's Back by Nevo Ziv, Yedioth Aharonoth Books, Israel, 2017
- The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, Usborne Publishing, UK, 2017
- Chicken in School by Adam Lehrhaupt, HarperCollins, USA, 2017
- Chicken in Space by Adam Lehrhaupt, HarperCollins, USA, 2016
- The Ugly Dumpling by Stephanie Campisi, Mighty Media Kids, USA, 2016
- The Flying Hand of Marco B. by Richard Leiter, Sleeping Bear Press, USA, 2015
- One Last Story by Eilam Ben-Dror, Matar Publishing House, Israel, 2015
- Noam's Shop of Words, by Ruvik Rosenthal. Keter Publishing House, Israel, 2014
- At the End of the Road by Iris Argaman, Matar Publishing House, Israel, 2014
- Snakes and Ladders, by Michael Morpurgo, Egmont Publishing, UK, 2012
- Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashanah Ride by Deborah Bodin Cohen, Kar-Ben Publishing, USA, 2008
