Hi, I’m Davide Spelta.

I’m an Italian illustrator based in Castelleone, a small town near Cremona. I graduated in "Visual Design - Illustration" at IED Milan (2018). In 2020 I attended Mimaster Milano, a one-year master in illustration, and at the same time I started working as a freelance illustrator for different types of clients such as magazines, newspapers, publishing houses and creative agencies.

Selected clients: Mondadori Libri, Electa Mondadori, Feltrinelli, DeAgostini, Il Battello a Vapore, Wired, Les Echos, La Repubblica, L’Express, Il Sole 24 Ore, BISS Magazine, Quotidiano Nazionale, Vita, Liber Magazine, Jacobin Italia, Picame.

Featured: Picame - Indiscienza e altre storie illustrate di Davide Spelta

Awards:

• 3x3 Annual 18 Merit for Books, Cover and Editorial (2021)

• Society of Illustrators Annual 64, Book Covers (2021)

• Gold medal Annual Autori di Immagini, Editoria(2022)

• World Illustration Award 2022 longlisted artist (2022)

• Annual Autori di Immagini for Magazine and Advertising (2023)

• Communication Arts shortlisted artist (2024)

Exhibition:

• Pencil in talented young hands, Frankfurt/Guadalajara/Taipei, 2024

• Born in MacMahon, Milano, 2024

• TILT - Tapirulan, Cremona, 2023

• Inchiostro Festival, Alessandria, 2023

• Society of Illustrators Annual 64 Exhibition, New York, 2022

• Autori di Immagini 22, Bologna, 2022

• Ripido Festival, Brunico, 2022

• 3x3 Show 18 Exhibition, Shenzhen, 2022

• STOP - Tapirulan, Cremona, 2022

• Habitat - Ludicomix, Empoli, 2019