Malika Favre facts for kids
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Malika Favre
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| Born | December 14, 1982 Paris region, France
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| Nationality | French |
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Malika Favre is a talented French illustrator and graphic artist. She was born on December 14, 1982, and now lives in Barcelona. Her art style is very special. It mixes Pop art and Op art with a simple, clean look. She uses bold colors and shapes, playing with empty and filled spaces to create unique designs. Her work often shows elegant shapes, especially of the human body.
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Early Life and Art Education
Malika Favre grew up in the Paris region, France. Her mother was a painter, which might have inspired her. At first, Malika thought about studying science. But she soon realized her true passion was art. She decided to go to a famous art school called Olivier de Serres. After finishing her studies there, she moved to London. In London, she continued to study illustration at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College.
Malika Favre's Career Journey
After her studies, Malika Favre worked at a British design studio called Airside. She started as an Art Director in 2006. This job allowed her to work with many well-known magazines and clients. Some of these included Wallpaper magazine and The Sunday Times. In 2011, she decided to become an independent illustrator. This meant she could work on her own projects and choose her clients.
Famous Works and Projects
As an independent illustrator, Malika Favre has worked on many different types of projects. Her unique style, which blends Pop and Op art, is very popular. You can see her art used by big companies like Sephora and Le Bon Marché. She has also created designs for book publishers like Penguin Books.
Her illustrations have appeared in many famous newspapers and magazines. These include Vogue, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Sunday Times, and Vanity Fair.
In 2017, Malika Favre designed the official poster for the Montreux Jazz Festival. She continued to create posters for this festival in the years that followed. In 2021, she also illustrated the poster for Barcelona's big annual festival, La Mercè.
Book Cover Illustrations
Malika Favre has designed many eye-catching book covers. Here are some of them:
- With Bags and Swags: Around Australia in the Forties (2008, by Wendy Suart)
- London at home (2010, by Magda Segal)
- ... (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition), (2012, by Vatsyayana)
- When the Rains Come (2012, by Tom Pow)
- The Burgermat Show (2013, by Burgerac)
- Stickyscapes Paris (2015)
- Illustration: A Theoretical and Contextual Perspective (2017, by Alan Male)
- This Impossible Light (2017, by Lily Myers)
- Love by the Book (2017, by Melissa Pimentel)
See also
In Spanish: Malika Favre para niños
