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Monica Auriemma

illustration of Highly Commended at World Illustration Award 2020. Purple Island Award at Nami Concours 2021

Detail of an illustration showing a group of Small People building a birdhouse for a blue tit, on a birch. The client observes the project, satisfied. Tiny human beings do great feats. 

WIA2020 Highly Commended, blue tit, builders, birch, vintage, bird feathers, autumn leaves, humans and nature, old photo style, digital painting.
illustration of My interpretation of the great Shakespearean tragedy. Series of illustrations.
illustration of A 224-page fully illustrated book about London and its many faces: History, places, traditions, music, celebrities, and curiosities. This is Elizabeth II, the much-loved queen.
illustration of The Small People, Detail, 02. Highly Commended at World Illustration Award 2020. Purple Island Award at Nami Concours 2021

Detail of an illustration showing a kitten surprising a group of Small Explorers looking for lost treasures (a mother of pearl button...) under an armchair. Tiny human beings do great feats. 

WIA2020 Highly Commended, explorers, hunting, vintage, cat, kitten, rug, old armchair, old photo style, digital painting.
illustration of A piece on the female condition in the Renaissance with arranged marriages at a very tender age.

Renaissance, historical, child bride, portrait, sad child, Renaissance costumes, decorations, blue, pearls, gold, lizards, precious fabrics.
illustration of The extraordinary feat of Nellie Bly in a picture book for Collins Big Cat.

World tour, steamship, ship, sea, travelers, journey, boarding, journalist, pioneer, 1800s, historical, heroine, vintage, flat colors.
illustration of Portrait of the unfortunate ghost who fails to scare.

Oscar Wilde, ghost story, humor, old man, angry, chains, white hair, vintage.
illustration of One of the illustrations for a personal project on the masterpiece of P. L. Travers.
Amazed children, magic bag, vintage, early 1900s, collage, paper cutouts, craft paper, white, earth tones.
illustration of Series of illustrations for a music history book.

Lucia bursts into the scene stained with the blood of her murdered husband.

Madness, tragedy, Donizetti, Opera, blood, Scottish castle, 1500s, portrait, young bride, murder.
illustration of Series of illustrations for a music history book.

The ice princess symbolically holds her suitor in her hand.

Puccini, Opera, China, gong, cruel woman, Chinese patterns, gold, dragon, jewels, profile portrait, classical music.

Profile

Born and grown in Naples, Italy and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, I started my career as a Set Designer, working mainly for theatrical plays and movies. Fifteen years later I finally decided to fulfil my dream, to become an Illustrator. My experience and my passion for stories flowed into picture books, the first of which came out in 2005. In 2012 I decided to move to the UK to boost my career and take new inspiration. Currently, I live nearby London, working mostly with British, US and Italian Publishers. In 2020 I was Highly Commended at the World Illustration Award with my project “The Small People” and in 2021 I won the Purple Island Awards at Nami Concours. My work is a mixture of stubborn attachment to hand drawing, enthusiasm for digital art, passion for collage, obsession with historical and artistic research, and endless love for telling stories through images. Represented by Silvie Poggio Artists https://sylviepoggio.com/wp/

Style/Techniques

Acrylic, Collage, Cut Paper, Digital, Figurative, Mixed Media, Painterly, Pencil, Realism, Texture

Subject/Specialties

Humor, Adventure, Animals, Architecture, Book Covers, Celebrities, Children, Children's Books, Education, Family, Fantasy, Historical, Music, Mystery, Nature, People, Portrait, Textiles, Travel, Wildlife, Vintage / Retro, Feminine, Masculine, Environmental