Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you the extraordinary Céli Lee, an artist who is building her own universe with unusual sensitivity towards nature, myth, and of course, graphite. –Interview by Heather McCalden Hello Céli! Thanks for taking the time to talk to us. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and what you do? I’m a London based multidisciplinary artist, working across the fields of drawing, s...
S J Harris is a London-based cartoonist and purveyor of all things fine and strange. His first graphic novel Eustace (published by Jonathan Cape) was drawn entirely in pencil and concerned a young boy and his tale of salvation by corruption. It has been described as ‘a clapped-out car pointed straight at a brick wall.’ Hallo there, Steven. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and what you do? Halloa. By day I work...
Ladies and gentlemen! Presenting printmaker, textile artist and comics creator Gareth Brookes. Gareth studied printmaking at the RCA and started making small press comics in 2006. His first graphic novel The Black Project was published by Myriad Editions in 2013. Hi Gareth! Could you tell us a bit about yourself and what you do? I guess I’m an artist and writer, I spend most of my time on graphic novels these days, b...
Ladies and gentlemen! Alexis Deacon’s musings on graphite, animals and meaning, and dancing… Alexis Deacon is a writer and illustrator of comics, picture books and children’s fiction. His books have twice been selected for The New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books Award. In 2008 he was chosen by Booktrust as one of the ten best new illustrators of the last decade. Hi Alexis! Could you tell us a...
Pablo Auladell is a multi-award-winning artist from Alicante working primarily in comics and illustration. Elegant, lyrical and delicate yet strong and disconcerting, his images suggest a particular dialogue between the traditional and the contemporary. Hi Pablo. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and what you do? I am a picture book illustrator and comic author. A beautiful, ridiculous profession so, it only m...
Ladies and Gentlemen! Presenting the curious creations of Céline Guichard’s “twisted psychology”… An interview with Céline Guichard by Heather McCalden. Hi there. Thanks for taking the time to talk to us about your work. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and what you do? Hi, I am Céline Guichard, I make images. I have published several books and participated to many exhibition. I live a...
Bene Rohlmann is a Berlin based illustrator. His work has appeared in exhibitions throughout Europe and the United States, and his clients feature The New York Times, Converse, and Mercedes Benz amongst others. Hi Bene! Thanks for taking the time to talk to us about your work. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and what you do? Hi, my name is Bene Rohlmann and I’m an illustrator and artists based in Berlin. Sin...
Laura Cochón is an illustrator from Spain whose delicate graphite works inhabit the page with an intimate rhythm and poetry all their own. A lover of literary things and the book as object and form, Laura’s work and methodology provoke a beautiful sense of layered narratives and tactile possibilities. Hi there. Thanks for taking the time to talk to us about your work. Could you tell us a bit about yourself an...
Interview by Vicky Woo Claudia Piras is 27 years old and drew her first doodle in Cala Gonone, Sardinia. She is currently living in Urbino, where she finished her studies at PERF in animation and cartoons last summer. Claudia is one of the ten young cartoonists behind the recently released GAP zine. Hi Claudia! It’s wonderful to have this opportunity to talk to you about your art! Your work often features portr...
Pablo Picasso would have been 133 years old today if he’d secretly been a vampire. The Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright spent most of his adult life in France and is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture (whatever that is), the co-invention of collage, and remains one of the greatest and most influential artists of...
