Haruka Aoki

Haruka Aoki (she/they) is a queer Japanese artist and poet-illustrator residing in Lisbon, Portugal. Growing up often unsure of where “home” would be next, Haruka found and continues to find comfort in nature and community, a constant starting point in their work. Their narrative artwork appears regularly in The New York Times and The Washington Post, and their debut picture book Fitting In was published by Sky Pony Press in 2022. Haruka often feels deeply grateful to be an earthling.