International Workshop 2022: The artists of the 20th edition

Our Marseille campus, which opened in September 2021, is hosting two international artists, while our Paris campus is welcoming six artists to lead enriching and creative workshops during a special week for our second and third-year students. Here's a brief introduction:

Sarah Boris is an artist and designer based in London. After working for over ten years at institutions such as the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Phaidon, and the Barbican, she founded her own design studio in 2015, focusing on visual identity, editorial design, publishing, and graphic exhibitions. Her work oscillates between pop art and concrete poetry. Sarah Boris regularly lectures on design at universities and is a member of the jury for the Design Week Awards. Alongside her studio projects, she creates screen prints and participates in artist residencies. Her work has been exhibited at the Design Museum in London and is included in the collections of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Frac Normandie in Rouen, and the Center for Book Arts in New York.

In her " Alphadots" workshop in Marseille, the designer encourages our students to create in a new way and find their visual language by requiring them to use round stickers. With these stickers, each group imagines four letters of the alphabet before they are combined to form a complete alphabet. This collaborative work is then presented as a publication.

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, also known as Mantraste, is a Portuguese illustrator and graphic designer. A fan of nature and popular mysticism, he has created over a hundred book covers for authors such as J.G. Ballard, Ali Smith, and Michel Rio. His drawings, layouts, and typography have a colorful and generous approach, enriched by printing techniques such as risography and stamping. He 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 visual artist based in London. A freelance illustrator, she works with major brands worldwide, including Nike, Google, Samsung, and The New York Times. Her work is characterized by bold shapes and vibrant textures, exploring themes such as the feminine world and the mystical aspects of nature and 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 de bibliotecas municipales, Huesca, 2020 © Isidro Ferrer

Art director and creative director Chaittali Patel, based in Mumbai, specializes in brand identity , custom packaging, and digital assets. Her work has a strong cultural influence and targets niche audiences. Having lived in North America and India, she aims to infuse her teaching with a global perspective on 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

London-based freelance animator and illustrator Bianca Beneduci Assad has over ten years of experience in the creative industry. She has had the opportunity to work internationally for Nexus, Studio AKA, Moth, and Hornet, as well as on several television programs. In recent years, she has expanded her work to include editorial and commercial illustration commissions . Her creations are recognizable for their vibrant colors, simple shapes, and a touch of humor often woven into personal stories.

The illustrator's "Visual Journaling" workshop allows students to explore visual storytelling inspired by everyday life experiences. The work takes the form of 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/ Concert photo © 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)