Mattia Bombelli
I was born in Magenta, a little town in the countryside a stone's throw from Milan, in 1993. Italy is an everlasting love for me: popular traditions and folklore take a tremendous part of the illustrations that I paint and the stories that I write.
My research brought me to the exploration of the French Expressionism and the illuminated manuscripts of the Gothic era, which I implement in my imaginary in various ways. I mainly focus on picture books and posters.
After spending my entire life in the countryside around Milan, in 2017 I moved to Vancouver, Canada, where I still live and work.
Acknowledgments
2018
- Third place at Un Prato di Fiabe by Associazione Culturale Marginalia.
2017
- Selected for Concurso Internacional de Álbum Ilustrado Biblioteca Insular de Gran Canaria 2017 by Cabildo de Gran Canaria with the book Jinete Cola de Cangrejo.
2016
- Selected for Autori di Immagini, Annual 2016 by Autori di Immagini.
2015
- Honor mention at Premio Fedriani "La vita è sogno" by Associazione Culturale Sergio Fedriani.