International Workshop 2022: The artists of the 20th edition

Our campus in Marseille, which opened in September 2021, welcomes two international artists while our campus in Paris welcomes six artists in order to give rewarding workshops and creative for a special week for our 2nd and 3rd year students. Small presentations:

Sarah Boris is an artist and designer based in London. After having worked for more than ten years in places such as the Institute of Contemporary Art in London (ICA), Phaidon or the Barbican, she founded her creative studio in 2015 around visual identity, design editorial, publishing and graphic exhibits. His works oscillate between pop art and concrete poetry. Sarah Boris gives regularly conferences of design in universities and is notably part of the jury of the Design Week Awards. In parallel with his projects, the artist produces serigraphs and participates in artist residencies. His work has been exhibited at the Design Museum in London and has entered the collections of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Frac Normandie in Rouen and the Center of Book Arts in New York.

In his workshop Alphadots" in Marseille, the designer pushes our students to create in a new way and to find their visual language by imposing the use of round stickers. With these stickers, each group imagines 4 letters of the alphabet before they are put together to form a complete alphabet. A collective work presented in the form of a publication afterwards. 

Photo credits :

1/ Sarah Boris Instagram 2/ Love screenprint © Sarah Boris (Instagram) 3/ Poster A graphic season in Le Havre © Sarah Boris (Instagram)

Bruno Reis Santos AKA Mantraste is a Portuguese illustrator and graphic designer. A fan of nature and popular mysticism, he has produced more than a hundred covers for authors such as JG Ballard, Ali Smith and Michel Rio. His drawings, his formatting and his typography have a colorful and generous approach and are enriched by printing processes such as risography or stamping. The designer has also taught illustration and risography in Brazil, Spain and Portugal, and participated in exhibitions for contemporary art centers and major international brands.

The Mantraste workshop in Marseille is divided into two moments: the first is to draw small characters using red clay, which together evoke the traces of an ancient civilization. The second is to collect the pieces of ash and then put them together before documenting the ceramic pieces through drawings and short texts. In a collective publication where each student has his own chapter, they thus create a dreamlike memory of a civilization. 

Photo credits :

1/ Mantraste Instagram 2/ “My mother always wanted to go to Brazil” risography for Fotokino during the Laterna Magica festival in Marseille © Mantraste (Instagram) 3/ Cover of the book “António Variações. Fora de tom » © Mantraste(Instagram)

Half Brazilian, half Italian, Barbara Malagoli is a multidisciplinary and visual artist based in London. Freelance illustrator, she works with major brands around the world such as Nike, Google, Samsung or the New York Times. Her work is characterized by thick forms and vibrant textures to deal with subjects such as the feminine world and the mystical aspects of nature to life.

In her illustration workshop “Exploring the Feminine”, students have the opportunity to rethink how we perceive the female form through an illustrated poster or a fanzine.

Photo credits :

1/ Barbara Malagoli Instagram 2/ Paradise, personal project © Barbara Malagoli (website) 3/ Illustration for Nike © Barbara Malagoli (website)

Any support and technique are used by Isidro Ferrer, Spanish designer, to express through the image, his passion for the theater of life. Winner of the Spanish National Design Award in 2002 and the National Illustration Award in 2005, this tireless traveler covers a vast physical and emotional geography with his work. 

With the experimental workshop “Praise of Disorder” in Paris, students only know the instructions from the beginning but not the end. You have to like surprises.

Photo credits :

1/ Isidro Ferrer  2/ Zinentiendo, Muestra De Cine Lgtbqi, Zaragoza, 2019 © Isidro Ferrer  3/ Red of municipal libraries, Huesca, 2020 © Isidro Ferrer

Artistic and creative director, Chaittali Patel who is based in Mumbai, is specialized in brand identity, in bespoke packaging and digital asset. His work has a strong cultural influence and targets niche audiences. Having lived in North America and India, she aims to infuse her teachings with a global perspective of artistic practices. 

With the brand workshop “Creating a concept for a nation city”, students imagine a nation city that would be symbolic for a better world.

Photo credits :

1/ Chaittali Patel  2/ Clovers Irish Orchard Cider © Chaittali Patel

A freelance animator and illustrator based in London, Bianca Beneduci Assad has more than ten years of experience in the creative industry. She had the opportunity to work around the world for Nexus, Studio AKA, Moth or Hornet, but also for several television shows. In recent years, she has broadened her horizons towards commissions illustrations editorial and commercial. His creations are recognizable by their bright colors, their simple shapes, with a touch of humor around personal stories. 

The illustrator's “Visual Journaling” workshop allows students to explore visual storytelling inspired by everyday life experiences. Work takes the forceme from a comic strip or an animated gif.

Photo credits :

1/ Bianca Beneduci Assad (website) 2/ Illustration © Bianca Beneduci Assad (Instagram) 3/ Illustration for She Drew That © Bianca Beneduci Assad (Instagram)

After studying at the International Center of Photography in 2013, Daniela Ometto specialized in product photography for galleries and artists. The Brazilian photographer, now based in Paris, deconstructs her images using manual techniques such as collage, tearing and overlays. His experimentations are his way of seeking to redefine the traditional language of photography.

Photo credits :

1/ Daniela Ometto self-portrait 2/ Photo concert © Daniela Ometto (website) 3/ Personal project photo © Daniela Ometto (website)

Italian photographer Giovanni Manetti began his career between Spain, Milan and New York producing shots for fashion brands like Lacoste, Etro and Tommy Hilfiger. His involvement as a musician in the indie rock scene, alongside his training in the cinema, brought him closer to the photography of the great portraitists of rock'n'roll and cinema of the 50s and 60s.

Daniela Ometto and Giovanni Manetti are at the helm of the photographic workshop “Documenting life through music” where students must create an editorial series of photographs capturing music in a post-lockdown context.

Photo credits :

1/ Giovanni Manetti portrait (Instagram) 2/ Photo © Giovanni Manetti (website) 3/ Photo © Giovanni Manetti (website)