Event

Illustration powerhouse and residency alumnus Eugenia Mello will discuss process, projects and the pursuit of color with Viktor Koen, Chair, BFA Cartooning and BFA Illustration with a Q&A to follow.

Eugenia Mello (MFA 2017 Illustration as Visual Essay) is an illustrator and graphic designer from Buenos Aires, Argentina currently living and drawing in NYC. She studied graphic design at the University of Buenos Aires, where she also taught design and typography courses for several years. Her work has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators (NYC), American Illustration, The Art Director’s Club of New York, Latin American Illustration, The Society of Illustrators of LA, Creative Quarterly and 3x3 Magazine. In 2017, she was awarded a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators for her illustrated moving piece, Hope for the Day and in 2019 she received a silver medal for Why Are We Still Dismissing Girl’s Pain?, an op-ed illustration for the New York Times. In 2020, her recently published first picture book Moving was awarded a Silver Cube by the Art Directors Club of New York.