Naomi Canale is a writer and multidisciplinary artist drawn most to visual storytelling through children’s books and printmaking. Originally a self-taught artist always working with a mix of mediums; some of which she used for sculptures, large installations, murals, artist books, and paintings. She entered college for a degree in the arts after being diagnosed with dyslexia as an adult. The themes she uses throughout her work tie into community, memory, and lived experiences. For illustration, she uses traditional materials like colored pencils, pens, watercolor, and lately she’s experimenting with monoprint. She has also mentored with some wonderful authors and illustrators through The Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators. Her works have been shown on Magnolia Network’s Public Artist and Storefront Stories (including streaming platform HBO Max, Apple TV, and Discovery+), Fabled Bookshop, Dallas Contemporary Museum Book Art Fair, Art Center Waco, Martin Museum, Rochester Public Library, and Baylor Libraries. When she’s not making art, she works in a library and letterpress lab.

Prizes and Honorable Mentions:

2025 Martin Museum BASE exhibition, Highs and Lows selected for best in 3D Design/Sculpture

2024 Milkwood Residency

2024 Cynthia Leitich Smith Writing Mentor Award Nominee

2023 ARTprenticeship Mentor through Creative Waco

2023 Cynthia Leitich Smith Writing Mentor Award Nominee

2022 Grand Prize Portfolio Winner Austin SCBWI

2022 Emerging Voice Illustrator Mentorship Winner Austin SCBWI

2022 Public Artist, Magnolia Network

2017 Hood River Breakout Novel Intensive Full Scholarship Recipient

Exhibitions:

Art Center Waco - 2026 Exhibition Being Held with Ellen Mote, Spencer Welch, and Naomi Canale

Dallas Contemporary Book Art Fair with Texas Vignette - 2026 the idea of home

Rochester Public Library - 2025 juried exhibition Art of the Book

CAC Temple - 2025 Group Women’s Show curated by Phokus Lilly

Martin Museum BASE Exhibition - 2025 Highs and Lows

23 Ritual an international Juried Exhibition of Book Art,

Presented by 23 Sandy and Baylor University Libraries - 2025 Being Held; a ritual

507 Gallery - 2024 solo exhibition The Waiting Room

Art Center Waco - 2024 juried exhibition Eclipse: Shining Shadows

Art Center Waco - 2024 juried exhibition Small Works

Children’s Books:

Tiger’s Night Out - Fall 2027 with Little Brown Books for Young Readers

The Yellow Hat - (on submission 2026)

Education:

MCC - Associate of Arts

Baylor University - BFA Printmaking (in-progress)

Naomi is a member of SCBWI and represented by Timothy Travaglini of Transatlantic Agency If you’d like to work with her on a book, you can reach out to her agent at tim@transatlanticagency.com. For other inquiries you can contact her here.