Naomi Canale is an author and visual artist who explores narrative art, community, and the delicate mechanics of language. Her background as a writer deeply informs both her children’s books and fine art practice—which spans printmaking, murals, and installations. Rooted in her daily work in a library and letterpress lab, her creative practice holds a tactile connection to typography, print, and paper.
A longtime member of SCBWI, her debut author-illustrated picture book releases with Alvina Ling Books in Fall 2027. Her work has been featured on the Magnolia Network series Public Artist and Storefront Stories, and exhibited at the Dallas Contemporary Book Art Fair, the Martin Museum of Art, Art Center Waco, and Baylor University Libraries.
Naomi is 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.
Photos by Breanne Johnson Photography
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
One Shy Bear - (on submission 2026)
Education:
MCC - Associate of Arts
Baylor University - BFA Printmaking (in-progress)
