Federica Del Proposto is an Italian Illustrator, Cartoonist, Visual Artist, Author and, in her early career, Architect.
Her work ranges from editorial and publishing to advertising and visual communication. Her illustrations has appeared internationally in magazines, books, branding campaigns, posters and various other media.
Her editorial clients include, among others, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Monocle magazine, Les Echos, ELLE. She has as well illustrated books for various publishers such as Gallimard, Éditions First, De Agostini.
She has drawn illustrations for commercial clients such as Leroy Merlin, Lavazza, RedBull, RioMare, Airbnb, Hyundai, Diadora.
She has illustrated visual communication projects for various corporate and institutional clients, including Charles Schwab Group, Paris2024 Olympic Games, French Ministry of Economy, BPCE Bank Group and various museums. For the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris and for the Culturspaces Museums Circuit she has drawn the children's activity booklets collections, guiding young visitors to the museums' exhibitions.
Her Village Saint-Martin series brought her style and drawing technique to international attention, awarding her work in various contemporary illustration competitions, including American Illustration, London AOI World Illustration Award, 3x3 competition, Berlin Young Illustrators Award.
Her works have been exhibited internationally at galleries in Milan (BASE, Gallerie d'Italia, La Triennale), Paris (Galerie Robillard, Galerie Michel Lagarde, Cité Internationale des Arts de Paris) London (Somerset House), Berlin (Direktorenhaus).
Together with the works of Olimpia Zagnoli and Camilla Falsini, she has exhibited her illustrations and drawings at the KMCA Museum of Seoul.
She is the author of the comic strip Fumettisottovuoto.
Born in Rome, she graduated with honors in Architecture and after winning the EU Leonardo trainingship for young architects, she moved to Paris. After working for some important Parisian architecture studios she decided to focus on her art, that is currently her main activity.
Sardinian by her mother's side and Ciociarian by her father's, she currently lives and work in Rome, doing trekking in the surrounds of Ciociaria during the weekends and moving in the Sardinia seas during the summers.
Artworks on sale
Interviews, Press and Features
GalerieRobillard, AIAP, DesignPlayground, Picame, American_Illustration, Collater.al,DefuseDesign, BoBos, Artwort, CreativeBoom, Artwort, IllustrazioniSeriali, Ballpitmag, Coverjunkie, It'sNiceThat, IllustrationAge, organiconcrete, BoBos, Studio002, Fumettologica
Collective art books
Illustration Here (Korea), Kaleidoscope - The Art of Illustrative Storytelling (China), BananaSplit (France), Artless (United Kingdom), Le Eccellenze del Fumetto e dell'Illustrazione di Roma e Lazio (Italy)
Get in touch
federica.delproposto@gmail.com
Represented by Agent002 (FR) Kate Larkworthy (US) E&I Arts Media (APAC Region)
Extracts
- An architect turned into illustrator, her work is characterized by a vivid storytelling with simple, clear lines and warm colors that combine the Art Deco of the 20s with the French Ligne Claire comics style (KCMA Museum, Seoul)
- As a self-taught illustrator she didn't learn to draw in a conventional way. She drew on all her experiences to develop her style. Her work in contemporary architecture has led her to the minimalist style that defines her today. She usually makes her illustrations with thick outlines and a clear line. Her colors are pure, isolated from each other, and often reveal the texture of pencils (Galerie Robillard)