I’m an Italian-born, Brooklyn-based freelance illustrator with a background in graphic design and advertising.
Inspired by urban life, diversity and pop culture, my works span from commercial and editorial assignments to personal artistic explorations. My aim is to tell complex stories with simple shapes, and to speak to a broad audience through playful, inclusive and humorous illustrations.
SELECTED CLIENTS & COLLABORATIONS
Adobe, Sagmeister&Walsh, Coca-Cola, The New York Times, Target, IKEA, Snapchat, Italian Ministry of Culture, World Health Organization, Quartz, Teatro alla Scala, Link NYC, Corriere della Sera, Volkswagen, Logitech, Rizzoli, 826 Valencia, COOP Italia, Quarto Publishing, Lavazza, Advertising Week NYC, BBDO, Juventus FC, Kazoo Magazine, New York Ophthalmology.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 – Mind the Gap – Illustri Festival, Vicenza
2021 – Flags of the United Character Nations – Pictoplasma, Berlin
2020 – Visualize the Vote 2020 – Link screens, NYC
2020 – The Rockefeller Center Flag Project – Rockefeller Center, NYC
2019 – Chicken Brooklyn Art Show – Sena Art Gallery, NYC
2018 – Gallerie Summertime by Illustri – Gallerie d’Italia, Vicenza
2018 – Hope to Nope: Graphics and Politics – the Design Museum, London
2018 – How do You Say Pattern in Italian? – Appartamento Lago, Milan
2018 – Artists for Education – Mondadori Duomo, Milan
2014 – The Sky Belongs to All Eyes – Le Dictateur, Milan
2013 – Un homme juste est quand même un homme mort (fanzine exhibition) – Palais de Tokyo, Paris
AWARDS
3x3 Pro Show (No. 17, 19) – Merit Winner
3x3 Pro Show (No. 16, 17, 18) – Honorable Mention
American Illustration (No. 36, 39, 40, 41) – Chosen Winner
Autori di Immagini (2020) – Selected
Premio Illustri (2019) – Finalist
Premio Illustri (2018) – Selected
One Show College Competition (2010) – Merit
TALKS
2020 – AdobeLive Vector Art stream
2020 – Invited Artist at Selected Conference – Bilbao
2018 – AdobeLive Vector Art stream – San Francisco
2017 – AdobeLive at 99U Conference – New York
2015 – About side projects – Quasar Design University – Rome
︎︎︎ Go Back
Adobe, Sagmeister&Walsh, Coca-Cola, The New York Times, Target, IKEA, Snapchat, Italian Ministry of Culture, World Health Organization, Quartz, Teatro alla Scala, Link NYC, Corriere della Sera, Volkswagen, Logitech, Rizzoli, 826 Valencia, COOP Italia, Quarto Publishing, Lavazza, Advertising Week NYC, BBDO, Juventus FC, Kazoo Magazine, New York Ophthalmology.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 – Mind the Gap – Illustri Festival, Vicenza
2021 – Flags of the United Character Nations – Pictoplasma, Berlin
2020 – Visualize the Vote 2020 – Link screens, NYC
2020 – The Rockefeller Center Flag Project – Rockefeller Center, NYC
2019 – Chicken Brooklyn Art Show – Sena Art Gallery, NYC
2018 – Gallerie Summertime by Illustri – Gallerie d’Italia, Vicenza
2018 – Hope to Nope: Graphics and Politics – the Design Museum, London
2018 – How do You Say Pattern in Italian? – Appartamento Lago, Milan
2018 – Artists for Education – Mondadori Duomo, Milan
2014 – The Sky Belongs to All Eyes – Le Dictateur, Milan
2013 – Un homme juste est quand même un homme mort (fanzine exhibition) – Palais de Tokyo, Paris
AWARDS
3x3 Pro Show (No. 17, 19) – Merit Winner
3x3 Pro Show (No. 16, 17, 18) – Honorable Mention
American Illustration (No. 36, 39, 40, 41) – Chosen Winner
Autori di Immagini (2020) – Selected
Premio Illustri (2019) – Finalist
Premio Illustri (2018) – Selected
One Show College Competition (2010) – Merit
TALKS
2020 – AdobeLive Vector Art stream
2020 – Invited Artist at Selected Conference – Bilbao
2018 – AdobeLive Vector Art stream – San Francisco
2017 – AdobeLive at 99U Conference – New York
2015 – About side projects – Quasar Design University – Rome
︎︎︎ Go Back
︎ hello@giuliazoavo.com
︎ Instagram
︎ Hire me on Working Not Working
︎ Connect on LinkedIn
Represented by
Illozoo
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︎ Instagram
︎ Hire me on Working Not Working
︎ Connect on LinkedIn
Represented by
Illozoo
All images © 2014-2022 Giulia Zoavo