Bianca Bagnarelli (born 21 May 1988 in Milan, Italy) is an Italian-French artist, writer, illustrator and cartoonist. In 2015, the Society of Illustrators awarded her the gold medal in the short form category of their juried Comic and Cartoon Art Competition for her short graphic novel Fish.[1] In 2016, she won the Lorenzo Bartoli prize for the most promising Italian cartoonist.[2]
Bagnarelli was raised in Milan, and then spent a year studying comics and illustration at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna.[3] In 2010, Bagnarelli founded Delebile, a small independent label that publishes short comic stories by Italian and foreign artists.[4]
Bagnarelli regularly contributes illustrations to The New York Times[3] and The New Yorker.[5][6][7] In 2017, she provided the cover art for the fiftieth issue of McSweeney's,[8] and her work was chosen for The New York Times collection "The Year in Illustration 2017".[9] In 2018 she provided illustrations for, among other things, Haruki Murakami's story "The Wind Cave"[10] and an Italian version of Kazuo Ishiguro's story "Crooner"[11] (from his short story collection Nocturnes). In 2020 she contributed a comic and two illustrations to an article in a special issue of National Geographic.[12]
In 2023, Bagnarelli's work first appeared on the cover of The New Yorker.[13][14]
References
edit- ^ "Society of Illustrators recognises Bagnarelli, Huston, Tsurumi, Kyle, Schrauwen, & more, at annual Comic and Cartoon Art awards". www.comicsandcola.com. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ Lamola, Giuseppe (22 May 2016). "Bianca Bagnarelli vince il Premio Lorenzo Bartoli ad ARF". Lo Spazio Bianco (in Italian). Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Bianca Bagnarelli - Vogue.it". www.vogue.it (in Italian). Vogue Italia. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "Nobrow – Fish". www.nobrow.net. Nobrow Press. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ ""Aspic" - The New Yorker". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "A Small Flame - The New Yorker". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "Smithereens - The New Yorker". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "McSWEENEY'S ISSUE 50". Archived from the original on 2017-09-03. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
- ^ "The Year in Illustration 2017". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ Murakami, Haruki (3 September 2018). "The Wind Cave". The New Yorker. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Venezia disegnata, in un racconto di Kazuo Ishiguro". Il Post Libri (in Italian). 7 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ Clack, Zoanne (January 2020). "How Women's Health Gets Shortchanged". National Geographic: 76, 77, 80, 84.
- ^ Mouly, Françoise (25 December 2023). "Bianca Bagnarelli's "Deadline"". The New Yorker.
- ^ "La prima copertina di Bianca Bagnarelli per il New Yorker". Fumetto Logica (in Italian). 26 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.