Doğum: İstanbul, 1989
Born in Istanbul, illustrator, animator, and multidisciplinary artist Merve Atılgan, after graduating with honors from Maltepe University Faculty of Fine Arts Department of Animation, focused on illustration and children's books. Simultaneously, she actively pursues her dance career as a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dance Ballet Department. In 2017, her illustrations and character designs for the Akbank Jazz Festival project "Jazz from Films" won the Bronze Stevie Award in the "Best Use of Instagram" category. That same year, she received an award at the Cheltenham Illustration Awards in the UK for her work on "The Masked Adult Museum." Atılgan has created illustrations for numerous children's books published worldwide and in Turkey, earning accolades along the way. Her illustrated book "Deep Forest," of which she is both the author and illustrator, published by Can Çocuk, was selected for Illustrofest in Serbia, exhibited in Belgrade, and subsequently showcased at the Shanghai Children's Book Fair after being nominated as a finalist for the "Shanghai Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators" awards. Atılgan conducts her productions and personal works for domestic and international publishers, magazines, and exhibitions in her studio.