Artazart Edition

Charlotte Molas lives and works between Paris and Biarritz. Dedicated to her exhibitions, collaborations and press appearances, she is now a full-time illustrator. She joined the Illustrissimo agency in 2016. Numerous advertising agencies, brands and publications call on her services and her illustrations are regularly used on packaging, graphic charters, posters and textiles. In 2016/2017, she produced the illustrations for the Village Saint-Martin guide and will be working again in 2018, alongside Séverine Assous and Antony Huchette, on the 2018/2019 version.

“I’m a French illustrator based in Lyon. After studying graphic design at Duperré and type design at Estienne in Paris, I worked for several years as a graphic designer and type design teacher. I felt the need to travel to parallel lands by returning to drawing and painting, until this became my main activity. Today, my gouache work combines colourful, lush landscapes where imaginary architecture and dreamlike figures from everyday life coexist. I combine organic forms with geometric shapes, paying particular attention to detail and pattern. Influenced by my travels and my childhood on Réunion Island, my complex and joyful images are an invitation to escape and daydream, to safe and intimate places. They fit in perfectly with interior design, travel editorial and packaging design.”

Claire Goudeau is a French illustrator and painter who graduated in Printed Image in 2022 from the Arts Décoratifs de Paris and in Design from ENS Paris-Saclay. Her dual studies gave her a taste of the pleasures of the printed image, as she learned printing techniques such as engraving, screen printing and risography, and introduced her to the world of contemporary publishing. Gradually leaving design to one side, she found that illustration and the creation of printed images offered incredible narrative potential, rich in meaning. Inspired by the colours and patterns of her childhood in the Pacific, she illustrates her memories, faithfully transcribing or modelling reality according to her imagination.

Better known under the pseudonym Clara Super Duper, Clara Dupré is an illustrator and graphic designer who lives and works in Angoulême. A graduate of the Institut Supérieur des Arts Appliqués in Paris, her passion for illustration stems from her childhood in Dieppe, where she took drawing and painting classes. She finds her inspiration in the little things of everyday life: funny situations, people she meets in the street or random searches on the internet. Working digitally, her illustrations transform everyday life with curved shapes and a palette of pop colours.

Clémence Monnet, a graduate of ESAD Orléans, lives and works just outside Paris. An illustrator for the publishing and press worlds, she is also developing a more personal body of work in which the inspirations of Marie-Laurenci, Apollinaire and Sempé are palpable. Her highly poetic work in Indian ink and watercolor has already been published many times. “Hector et les bêtes sauvages”, published by Seuil Jeunesse, has become a classic in children’s illustration. She exhibited at Artazart in winter 2019 as part of the “Nuits vagabondes” exhibition, in a duo with ceramist Elise Lefebvre.

A graduate of ECV Paris, Cosmo Danchin-Hamard is a young illustrator who lives and works in Le Havre. Her graphic universe, both pop and retro, oscillates between the ligne claire of comics, 50s drawing and Pre-Raphaelite influences. Featuring women in particular, his illustrations always tell a story, filled with a thousand funny and colourful details and often supplemented by a comic bubble with a sarcastic comment. Cosmo’s work shows an overflowing, quirky and unique imagination. “Be yourself, everyone else is already taken” (Oscar Wilde) is her favourite quote, and she embodies it to perfection.

Guillaume Denaud is an illustrator based near Nantes. After several years working in children’s ready-to-wear, he launched his own business under the pseudonym “Dans Les Dents” to develop a more personal universe: colorful, naïve and dreamlike. Strongly inspired by music and pop culture, his work attempts to instill a quirky, optimistic touch in the subjects he deals with.

Diane Cartron is an illustrator who lives and works in Paris. A graduate of the École nationale supérieure d’architecture Paris-Val de Seine, she has, since childhood, had a passion for images that convey emotions and scenes from everyday life. Her work, created mainly in coloured pencil, draws inspiration from movement, nature and the aquatic world. She creates sensitive and narrative illustrations, where observation of reality blends with a subtle poetry, whether for the press, publishing or personal commissions.  

Doriane Millet is a young French artist from Nancy. After studying applied arts in Paris at the Olivier de Serres and Duperré schools, she joined the illustration department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. She now lives and works in Marseille, where her studio is located. Passionate about narrative images, her universe plays on the themes of fairy tales and fantasy, which she twists to create a dialogue between mythical characters (the mermaid, Little Red Riding Hood, etc.) and the contemporary.

A French graphic designer and illustrator, Elisabeth Fernandes lives and works in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 2021, she created the Bez brand, which combines colour, femininity, commitment, quirkiness, impertinence and astonishment. Her illustrative work is as decorative as it is humorous. Her favourite subjects? Women and food, which she likes to combine in strange, offbeat representations.

Elsa Martino is a French visual artist based in Paris. Her works, built around bold colours and pared-down compositions, offer an experience that is both visual and sensitive. In 2017, she graduated in graphic design from the École d’Arts Appliqués de Condé in Lyon. Through her paintings, murals and textile works, she favours an approach that invites feelings rather than simple interpretation. Her interest in fashion and architecture feeds her exploration of line, pattern, structure and the body in space, enriching her approach to art. She has collaborated on numerous projects including creations for Studio 13/16 at the Centre Pompidou, in situ works for Adidas, and a monumental fresco created at the Forum des Halles as part of the 4ᵉ edition of Art sous Canopée. She has also worked with the City of Paris on an advertising campaign and created murals for the French Institute in Singapore and India.

Émilie Bernstein, aka EMS, graduated in fashion design in 2014 and spent eleven years in fashion before making a 360° turn to devote herself fully to illustration. Originally from the Drôme, a sunny region bursting with flavoursome fruit and vegetables, she draws her inspiration from local produce, gourmet recipes and everyday scenes. Her work, vibrant with colour and joy, comes to life on a variety of media: the iPad for her posters, cards and personalised illustrations, acrylics for her wall murals, and pencil for her sketchbook. A lover of good food, wine, life, family and friends, she composes her works like a fine table: with generosity and warmth.

Enikő Katalin Eged is a Hungarian illustrator, graphic and textile designer who lives and works in Budapest. A graduate of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, her works create illustrated narratives with powerful guidelines and strong atmospheres. Her favourite subjects are women, nature and animals, which she works on with a simple graphic language, a juxtaposition of details and a certain symbolism.

Specialising in illustration for young people, Fanny Ducassé lives and works in Paris. After graduating with a degree in modern literature, she spent two years studying fashion at the Chambre syndicale de la couture, where she developed an interest in illustration and the world of children. In 2015, she published her first book: De la tarte au citron, du thé et des étoiles (Thierry Magnier). Since then, Fanny Ducassé has published several books, each one a testament to her long and painstaking work. Her fine black felt-tip illustrations, coloured with Promarker, are as precise and full of detail as the work of a seamstress. Each of her illustrations takes us into a dreamlike, poetic and tender world.

Florian Gallou is a young illustrator based in Nantes. He develops a geometric, colourful and abundant graphic universe. Through his compositions, he brings together plants, animals, architecture and everyday objects, drawing inspiration from tattoo culture and South American aesthetics.