name: Kristina Gehrmann
location: Florence, Italy / Meerbusch, Germany
occupation: freelance illustrator, art student
e-mail: maidith (at) hotmail.de
Since I can remember, I’ve loved drawing and painting. My strong sides are story illustrations and character concepts, in both realistic and manga style. Since October 2008 I am studying at Angel Academy of Art, Florence; and in my spare time I work as a freelance illustrator.
Features
- Advanced Photoshop magazine (Germany) issue 4/2009
- Amazing Events issue #002, by Fantasyana Publishing
- Rheinische Post: Meerbusch; February 3, 2009
- O. und I. Wunsch-Stiftung Foundation Scholarship (for 2 years at Angel Academy of Art, Florence)
- Art Scene International, issue 2/2008
- Art & Prose Magazine issue 7, December 2007
- Rheinische Post: Meerbusch; October 31, 2007
- ImagineFX Excellence Award (feature in magazine issue 024)
- ForbiddenWhispers Magazine, issue 004
- Westdeutsche Zeitung: Meerbusch/Rhein-Kreis Neuss Aktuell; July 2, 2007
Works
- Card illustrations for Fantasy Flight Games
- Book cover for Das Spielmannslied by Susanne Pavlovic
- Freelance graphics work for Virgin Lands Inc.
- Epilogue.net art editor
– Illustration for “Girls Kissing” book by Paul Mallinson
- CD cover illustration for Cephyrius
- Various private commissions
Work Exhibitions (*single):
- 2010 Annigony’s Legacy, May 13-30, Villa Bardini, Florence (Italy)
- 2009 Angel Academy of Art, Student Show, Florence (Italy)
- 2008 Märchen meets Manga, Grimm Brothers Museum, Kassel (Germany)
– 2008 Ausstellung der Sommerakademie, Teloy-Mühle, Meerbusch (Germany)
- 2007 Düsseldorf ist ARTig, Düsseldorf (Germany)
- 2006 Celeste HS Art Show, Celeste (USA)
- 2005 Art Contest of the Japan Day 2005, Goethe-Institut, Düsseldorf (Germany)
- 2005 *The 1st Bank of Celeste, exhibition of paintings, Celeste (USA)
- 2004 Manga Magie IV, Buchhandlung Ludwig, Köln (Germany)
- 2003 Ausstellung der Sommerakademie, Teloy-Mühle, Meerbusch (Germany)
For more information, feel free to contact me at: maidith (at) hotmail (dot) de
