VILLA ELISABETH - BERLIN
16 OCTOBER - 01 NOVEMBER 2009
Paris, Zurich and now Berlin: ILLUSTRATIVE 2009 will return to the creative capital to celebrate
the cutting-edge works of contemporary graphic art for the fifth time around. From the 16th of
October to the 1st of November, works ranging from drawing, graphic prints, painting and
monumental mural collages to graphically inspired 3D-illustrations, book art and animation will
be on show. With more than 60 artists from all across the world, ILLUSTRATIVE brings together
an inspiring cornucopia of visual contemporary culture in the Villa Elisabeth located in the heart
of Berlin.
ILLUSTRATIVE showcases an international scene of artist-designers, whose works have been
inspired by subculture movements like comic and graffiti as well as by applied arts like illustration
and book art.
The exhibition explores the merging of infinite materials and techniques in widely
unprecedented combinations, which challenge learned ways of seeing – e.g. the latest
development, where illustration and graphics are translated into the third dimension, or new
narrative strategies in 3D-animation.
New Artists in the Exhibition
Over 60 artists were selected for this year’s exhibition. This includes among others Erik Mark
Sandberg (US), Tomer Hanuka (ISR), Olaf Hajek (GER), Diego Lorenzini (CHIL), Christobal Leon
(CHIL), Nigel Evan Dennis (USA), Tim Dinter (GER), Roman Bittner (GER), Yoh Nagao (JP), Christian
Montenegro (ARG), Jesse Auersalo (FIN), Matt Furie (USA), Siggi Eggertsson (ISL), Jörn Kaspuhl
(GER), David O’Reilly (IRL), Lorenzo Petrantoni (IT), Martin Haake (D), Luke Best (GB), Eva Han
(KOR), Antti Uotila (FIN), Daniel Stolle (GER), Gregori Saveedra (ES), Pixelgarten (D), Vincent Hui
(USA) and Edwin Ushiro (USA).
Swatch Young Illustrators Award
The Swatch Young Illustrators Award exhibition showcases the newest artist generation. The prize
annually awards extraordinary new talents, handpicked by an international jury. It encourages and
supports illustrators and graphic designers in their personal work and offers them an international
platform. Members of the jury include, among others, Julius Wiedemann (Publisher „Illustration
Now“), Olaf Hajek (Illustrator), Jennifer Helfand (Design Observer) and Keiichi Tanaami
(Illustrator). The winners of the Young Illustrators Award 2008 were illustrators Rebecca Manley
(GB), Miriam Frei from Switzerland, Christian Montenegro (ARG) as well as Jenny Rope from
Finland with her animation work.
Background
ILLUSTRATIVE Berlin 2009 is a project of Illustrative e.V., a non-profit organisation based in Berlin.
The project is led by Katja Kleiss und curated by Pascal Johanssen. Following the success of the
first exhibition, ILLUSTRATIVE 2007 was held in Berlin and Paris. In 2008, the fourth Illustrative
took place in Zurich.
http://www.illustrative.de
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