I’m Lorena Spurio, Italian illustrator and comic artist.
I was born in Reggio Calabria and then moved
around Rome, Madrid, Barcelona, Turin and Milan.
I studied literature and art history and then I fell madly in love with illustration.
Proud alumna of Mimaster Illustrazione 2022 (Milan).
Things that make me happy: slow breakfasts, natural wines that smell horrible, reading books at the beach, peanut butter and jelly sandwich, comics, the first dip in the sea of the year, yoga, birthday cakes, staring at the moon.
*photo credit: Chiara Lombardi
Say hi:
spurio.lorena@gmail.com
CLIENTS / PUBLICATIONS
The New Yorker / New York Times / Financial Times / Vox / Los Angeles Times / The Atlantic / Figma / De Morgen / Lucy - Sulla Cultura / Flow Magazine / Little White Lies Magazine / Anorak Magazine / Magazine Georges / Uppa Magazine / La Revue Dessinée Italia / Mondadori / HarperCollins Italia / DeAgostini Libri / Edizioni SUR
AWARDS / EXHIBITIONS
2026 / Society of Illustrators 68 - Book and exhibition (New York)
2025 / Road to Gaza - Group exhibition (Turin, Bologna, Bari)
2025 / Society of Illustrators 67 (New York)
2024 / Bologna Children's Book Fair - Finalist
2024 / Society of Illustrators 66 - Book and exhibition (New York
2023 / Posterheroes 12th edition - First prize and Special Mention by Favini Papers - Exhibition and calendar (Turin, Italy)
2023 / 3×3 Annual 20 - Merit award
2023 / Premio Livio Sossi - Special Mention and exhibition
2023 / Bologna Children’s Book Fair
“Italian Excellence. Illustrations for Italo Calvino” Exhibition (Melbourne, Nairobi, Ankara and Istanbul, Beijing, Cairo and Alexandria, Kinshasa, Washington, Sao Paulo, New York, Canberra, Beirut, Chicago, Bratislava, Montreal).
WEB FEATURES
Creative Boom
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