Erie Sonoda

Erie Sonoda was born in 1981. She majored Architecture at university and then studied Graphic Design. In 2007 she was one of the selected artists for the Illustrators Exhibition (Bologna Children's Book Fair). In 2009 she published her first picture book, "Service de Nuit” (Night Shift) at Lirabelle, a French publisher. Her latest picture book is called "Kowakunai mon” (I'm not Scared!) published by Enbooks in Japan. She uses pencil and watercolor for her illustrations.
After the earthquake in 2011, Erie began to draw one sketch a day as a prayer for those who could not sleep in peace at night. Two of those one hundred drawings done between March 15th and August 10th is exhibited in FROM HAND TO HAND. This particular collection, entitled "Before Saying Goodnight", can be viewed at her website.