Gatis Šļūka is a professional cartoonist and illustrator from Latvia.
He works as a freelance artist and also works for the publishing house Latvijas Mediji. He has successfully collaborated for almost 20 years with many magazines, marketing companies and individual clients.
His cartoons have appeared in such publications as Washington Post, USA Today, Le Monde, China Daily, Politico, Courrier International, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Greenpeace and so on…
He has published 4 cartoon books – Gatis Šļūka Karikatūras (2006), Gatis Šļūka Karikatūras 2 (2015), Gatis Šļūka Karikatūra LV (2018) and Gatis Šļūka Karikatūras 3 (2022). The last two books were on the top 10 best seller list in Latvia, with the last one reaching the #1 best seller list.
Since 2001, Gatis has participated in many cartoon and print art exhibitions/conferences around the world. He has received Excellence Prize at the World Humor Awards (2021) in Italy, also Award of Excellence at the International Editorial Cartoon Competition of Canada. One of his cartoons was a finalist of the European Cartoon Award (2022) while another one was a finalist of the Libex (2022) political cartoon competition.
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