Federica Del Proposto is an Italian Illustrator, Cartoonist, Visual Artist, 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 Paris2024 Olympic Games, Charles Schwab Group, French Ministry of Economy, BPCE Bank Group and various cultural institutions. For the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris and for the French Culturspaces Museums Circuit she has drawn the children's guidebook collections, guiding young visitors and their families 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 Paris (Galerie Robillard, Galerie Michel Lagarde, Cité Internationale des Arts de Paris), London (Somerset House), Berlin (Direktorenhaus), Milan (BASE, Gallerie d'Italia, La Triennale).
Together with the works of Olimpia Zagnoli and Camilla Falsini she has exhibited her illustrations and drawings at the KMCA Museum of Seoul, South Korea.
She is also the author of the comic strip Fumettisottovuoto.
Born in Rome, she graduated with honors in Architecture and started to drawing comics and illustrations when she was a student. After winning the Leonardo European trainingship for young architects she moved to Paris and collaborated as a freelance illustrator for the French and US press while working as an architect. After signing two representation agreement both in France and in the USA she decided to focus on her art. Since 2013 she is a professional illustrator and cartoonist.
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 (South 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" (Italian Vibe exhibition, KCMA Museum, Seoul, 2023)
- "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" ("Lumière sur Federica Del Proposto", Galerie Robillard, 2022)
- "Spontaneus, playful, contemporary, simple, graphic, cartooning- and storytelling-like: Federica Del Proposto" ("Kaleidoscope,The Art of Illustrative Storytelling", Sandu Publishing, Gingko Press, 2018)