Malika Favre

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Malika Favre
Born (1982-12-01) December 1, 1982 (age 42)
Paris region, France
NationalityFrench
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Website malikafavre.com

Malika Favre (born 14 December 1982) is a French illustrator and graphic artist based in Barcelona. [1] Her style of works could be characterized by pure minimalism within Pop art and Op art, where it sometimes described as 'Pop Art meets Op Art'. She combines simple illustrations with geometric patterns and has developed a unique style of illustration by using positive and negative space and colours, elegant layouts, especially of the female body and its curves. [2]

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Early life and education

Malika Favre was born on 14 December 1982 in the Paris region, France, and grew up there. Her mother was a painter. [3] After high school Favre went to a science prep school because she thought that she wanted to become a quantic engineer. [3] But later decided to enroll in École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art, which is often known as Olivier de Serres. [3] She graduated from Olivier de Serres, [4] and moved to London, to study illustration at Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College in Farnham. [4]

Career

Start your engines, cover of Arab News by Malika Favre in 2018. Arab News - Start your engines - Malika Favre.jpg
Start your engines, cover of Arab News by Malika Favre in 2018.
Favre's art "Behind the Lens", cover of The New Yorker, February 2020 The New Yorker - February 2020 - Behind the Lens by Malika Favre.png
Favre's art "Behind the Lens", cover of The New Yorker , February 2020

Favre did an internship for three months at Airside, [3] a British design studio which closed in 2012. In 2006, she started work as an Art Director at Airside, which led to collaborations with numerous high-profile magazines and clients including wallpaper and The Sunday Times. [5] She also worked for UNIT9 in 2006. [6] [7] In 2011 she left Airside to set herself up as an independent illustrator. [3]

Works

Favre is an independent illustrator and has worked on a variety of projects spanning editorial, advertising and publishing. [5] Her unique graphics style, mixing Pop and Op art, [8] is featured by companies such as Sephora , Le Bon Marché , Penguin Books , [9] [10] and newspapers such as Vogue , The New York Times , The New Yorker , [11] The Sunday Times , and Vanity Fair .

In 2017, she created the poster artwork for the Montreux Jazz Festival, [12] and continued to work with the festival in subsequent years. [13]

In 2021, Favre illustrated the poster for Barcelona's annual La Mercè festival. [14]

Cover Illustrations

Publications

In October 2019, Malika Favre released her first monograph. Published in the UK by Counter-Print, it divides her work into seven key themes with commentary by the artist. [23] In 2022, an expanded edition was published. [24]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jasanada, Alicia (21 September 2021). "Malika Favre, el universo femenino, poderoso y a todo color de la autora del cartel de la Mercè 2021". La Vanguardia. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. ↑ Savić, Vesna (23 April 2018). "Pop Art meets Op Art by Malika Favre". popwebdesign. Archived from the original on 24 February 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Malika Favre" (Interview). Interviewed by Ryan & Tina Essmaker. New York: The Great Discontent. 10 April 2012. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  4. 1 2 Zack (11 November 2011). "Illustrations par Malika Favre : La Mode en Vectoriel". Maxi Tendance (in French). Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  5. 1 2 Guardian Masterclasses (21 May 2013). "What every illustrator should know". The Guardian . Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "Malika FAVRE". journaldunet.com. JDN. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  7. ↑ Cowan, Katy (4 February 2016). "Malika Favre on bright colours, drawing naughty things and how to grow as an illustrator". Creative Boom . Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "Malika Favre, une illustratrice à la Une" (in French). 10 January 2017. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  9. 1 2 Vatsyayana (31 January 2012). Kama Sutra (Paperback) (Penguin Classics Deluxe ed.). Penguin Classics. ISBN   978-0-14-310659-3 . Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  10. ↑ Hu, Ray (27 January 2012). "Malika Favre Takes On the Kama Sutra for Penguin". core77. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  11. ↑ Mouly, Françoise (12 September 2016). "Cover Story: "In the Shade," by Malika Favre". The New Yorker . Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  12. ↑ "Malika Favre". Communication Arts. 2017-11-30. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  13. ↑ "Marylou Faure takes on poster design for Montreux Jazz Festival following the likes of Andy Warhol and Malika Favre". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  14. ↑ "The Mediterranean Queen". today.in-24.com. Today in 24 English. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  15. ↑ Suart, Wendy (2008). With Bags and Swags: Around Australia in the Forties. Dingo Books. ISBN   9780955603815. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  16. ↑ Segal, Magda (1993). London at home (illustrated ed.). Cornerhouse. ISBN   9780948797088. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  17. ↑ Pow, Tom (2012). When the Rains Come (illustrated ed.). Birlinn Limited. ISBN   9781846972065. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  18. ↑ Burgerac, ed. (2013). The Burgermat Show (illustrated ed.). Nobrow Limited. ISBN   9781907704697. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  19. ↑ Magma (2015). Stickyscapes Paris (illustrated ed.). Laurence King Publishing. ISBN   9781856699563. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  20. ↑ Male, Alan (2017). Illustration: A Theoretical and Contextual Perspective. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   9781474263047. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  21. ↑ Myers, Lily (6 June 2017). This Impossible Light. Penguin Young Readers Group. ISBN   9780698188846. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  22. ↑ Pimentel, Melissa (2017). Love by the Book (reprint ed.). Penguin Books. ISBN   9780718186852. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  23. ↑ "Malika Favre". Communication Arts. 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  24. ↑ "New and expanded Malika Favre monograph is a minimalist marvel". Creative Boom. 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
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