'floating between contemporary illustration, art nouveau and Victorian lowbrow'
Martine Johanna is aiming for an artisan craftsmanship that reflects her individual handwriting and personality.
The beauty of plain graphite, paper and an emotional breath is sometimes all it needs to make it work.
Creating a unlikely universe in the shape of sometimes dark feminine fairy tales, where a deep bond with her inner world comes to life.
Martine Johanna; 'I grew up in a small village, dreaming of other realities than mine, my fantasy rescued me then. Since I slowly found my way back to my pencils in 2006, I again get lost in this other reality. When I draw or paint, the world becomes translucent and fluid. Like the tale of Alice, but I am not a lost girl, I am the dark wanderer over rooftops, sliding into your dreams'.
Martine Johanna
Academy of arts Arnhem, graduation title; Master of arts
Paintings or prints are available at: some work & commissions:
Burney cd cover art
'140 hits in art'
Semi-Permanent book 2009
VIEW2 magazine (spread)
SHYLO project 2009
BLEND magazine (spread)
Glamcult magazine (illustration)
Playboy (illustration)
Hide&chic (illustration)
sev private portraits
Club8 (Mural)
Stills (Illustrations)
Microsoft (temporary murals)
Sid Lee collective (Chalk mural)
Concrete canvas book (illustration)
Katja Schuurman/BNN (Table tennis table)
Faith21 (surfboard)
Gsussindustries (womens fashion designer, junior line graphics, instore murals 2004-08)
O'Neill (hang tags illustrations)
Carlin Paris(forecasting illustrations)
associated with: shop around
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