Andrea Bojkovska is an illustrator, visual artist and your visual partner who helps you communicate complex emotions and topics safely and humanely.

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I reduce emotional friction around sensitive topics, helping audiences engage without feeling overwhelmed, judged, or exposed. Best compliment that I received from a customer:
'My mum who is a therapist has your illustration on the wall in her office. She said that it's been helpful to many patients to express themselves in their sessions'.
Discover more about me, my mission and my work.

Andrea is often involved in projects around mental health and psychology, but with curiosity and room for other fields as well.She collaborates with organizations, practitioners, art directors, brands, writers, and podcasters who are committed to highlighting ideas that genuinely matter.

Her paintings explore the emotional landscapes of modern life, where vulnerability, humor, and tension intertwine.

Gentle art for stormy hearts — is a shop with limited edition prints designed to make you pause, smile or feel a little more at home in yourself.

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About / Mental health and psychology partnership / Editorial, advertising and publishing / Visual art

Andrea is an illustrator and visual artist specializing in mental health and psychology. She collaborates with publications, clinics, and wellness platforms to communicate complex inner experiences in a way that feels safe, human, and non-stigmatizing. Her work focuses on reducing emotional friction around sensitive topics—helping audiences engage without feeling overwhelmed, judged, or exposed. Through indirect metaphors and imperfect, humane compositions, she translates psychological states into visual narratives that allow recognition without confrontation. Andrea often works in long-term partnerships, supporting ongoing editorial content, campaigns, and evolving visual systems that build trust, emotional continuity, and care over time.Discover my work
Mental health and psychology partnership
Editorial, advertising and publishing
Visual art
Say hi!
hi@andreabojkovska.com
Location
(from) Macedonia, (based in) Slovenia
Clients
Upwork Inc, Wired UK, Dwell Magazine, BuzzFeed News, Berliner Zeitung, Bloomberg Businessweek, Cheese Magazine, New Degree Press, meduza.mk, publicateur, ExactPath, Inscale, Dovetail, BrightlyThrive, Cankarjev Dom, The American Psychoanalyst Magazine, 'All in the mind' Podcast, Psychiatric clinic for children in Slovenia
Exhibitions and awards
• Hiii Illustration Awards 2024 / Merit Award
• Biennial of Slovenian Illustration 2024, Ljubljana
• Ilustrofest 2024, Belgrade
• Ilustrofest 2023, Belgrade
• Ilustrofest 2022, Belgrade
World Illustration Awards 2022 / Longlisted Artist
ADC Awards 2022 / Silver Cube
• VII. December Illustration fair 2021, Ljubljana
• PDP Shift Risography exhibition 2021 / 3rd place
• Ilustrofest 2021, Belgrade
Features
Center ilustracije
upwork.com Behind the “Wake & Make” Campaign
umno.mk
Creative Talks
© 2019-2026 Andrea Bojkovska
all images on these pages are copyrighted, unless noted otherwise.

In BetweenIn Between marks the beginning of one of my most personal and ambitious projects to date. Inspired by the concept of the third space, it explores what it means to exist between two places—both emotionally and geographically.The work draws from the ongoing migration crisis in my home country and the complex feeling of loving it from afar.Through drawing, painting, and writing, I reflect on belonging, displacement, and the quiet strength it takes to stay connected to a place that is both home and memory.

Mental health and psychology communication requires care, continuity, and trust.
I work with clients as a long-term visual partner—who don’t need illustrations that just look nice, but need visuals that help people engage without feeling overwhelmed, misunderstood, or shut down. I partner with organizations or individuals who want a visual language that stays consistent, empathetic, and responsive over time.

Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescents and Children - A visual language that avoids triggering metaphorical imagery and supports ongoing educational materials and events, for the Psychiatric Clinic in Ljubljana. The system reframes the eating disorders through metaphor and experience, avoiding triggering images and offering multiple entry points for audiences over time.

Renegotiating Time — A speculative visual identity system developed for NGOs, advocacy campaigns, and public-interest podcasts addressing time management, societal pressure, and productivity norms. A visual module exploring internal time pressure, designed for editorial headers, report spreads, and conference banners.

Mental health communication isn’t a one-off event — it’s an ongoing conversation. Every article, campaign, social post, or educational material shapes how people feel about themselves and their experiences.Partnering long-term means building visual continuity that:
• Reduces emotional friction
• Supports audience trust and retention
• Prevents misinterpretation or triggering imagery
• Grows thoughtfully with your voice and goals

How can I help you as your visual partner?
• Monthly or quarterly illustration support
• Ongoing editorial or column partnerships
• Campaign-based collaborations with future extensions
• Conceptual development for sensitive topics
• Visual continuity across print, web, and social platforms
• Gentle evolution of existing visual identities without full rebrands

'You are already whole and complete' - Body&Mind Institute collaboration - Rooted in trauma-informed care and embodied self-acceptance. Built around the notion “Wholeness is not something to achieve. It is something to inhabit”, the project challenges performance-driven wellness narratives by replacing transformation imagery with visual metaphors of containment, presence, and coexistence. The expandable illustration system supports studio materials, workshops, and wearable applications, offering a calm, non-judgmental language that reinforces safety, sufficiency, and care across touchpoints.

Interested in a long-term visual partnership?
Let’s discuss how a visual system could support your next campaign or initiative.

About / Mental health and psychology partnership / Editorial, advertising and publishing / Visual art

''New year, old me.'
The 2025 no pressure calendar
New year, old me! The 2025 No Pressure Calendar is here to remind you that it’s okay to not fulfil all your new year resolutions. Filled with imperfectly charming illustrations and witty reminders, that some of those shi*ty situation happen to all of us.Flipping through the months, you’ll have 12 quirky situations that will serve you as this kind of reminder and bring a smile on your face!

About / Mental health and psychology partnership / Editorial, advertising and publishing / Visual art

Dealing with anorexia,
Illustrations and design of a guide - ongoing project
Commissioned by Psychiatry department for children and adolescents in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

TimeIn my project inspired by the concept of time,
I explore the relentless deadline culture of modern society that perpetually forces us to rush.
Through a series of dynamic and chaotic visuals, I depict how this incessant pressure can lead to overwhelming anxiety and a disconnection from the present moment. Each piece is a commentary on the need to reclaim our time and find balance amidst the haste.

About / Mental health and psychology partnership / Editorial, advertising and publishing / Visual art

About / Mental health and psychology partnership / Editorial, advertising and publishing / Visual art

Archive of illustrations done for different clients.

About / Mental health and psychology partnership / Editorial, advertising and publishing / Visual art

Her paintings explore the emotional landscapes of modern life, where vulnerability, humor, and tension intertwine.

A glimpse into my ongoing sketchbooks — raw drawings, fragments of poems, and visual experiments that capture the first pulse of ideas before they grow into larger works.

Andrea Bojkovska illustrates emotions, reflecting on the mental health struggles of modern life. Through her imperfect and witty compositions, she does both client collaborations and personal work, and she is the founder of the monthly letter Gentle art for stormy hearts. ◡̈

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