Ana Curbelo
Ana Curbelo is an award winning illustrator and artist.
She has worked as an illustrator internationally with clients such as BBC, Microsoft and Vice, creating characters with a very distinct personal style. Her most notable work are her illustrations for The Tampon Book, which helped change German law and won several awards at all the major award festivals including a White Pencil in Impact at D&AD, and a Grand Prix at Cannes Lions, attracting worldwide press interest.
About the work
The characters in her work are almost always depicted naked, with the intention of showing the vulnerability of the human being and prompt self reflection. Their openness and vulnerability endows them with a humorous and tender dignity, and, though disenchanted, their attitude is not detached or indifferent.
The characters in her work are almost always depicted naked, with the intention of showing the vulnerability of the human being and prompt self reflection. Their openness and vulnerability endows them with a humorous and tender dignity, and, though disenchanted, their attitude is not detached or indifferent.
Curbelo grew up in the Canary Islands, studied graphic communication at Loughborough University, and now works from her studio in Stoke Newington, London.
Get in touch - anacurbelo.hi@gmail.com
Selected press:
Creative Boom - A guide to 2021 Christmas cards by independent artists, designers and illustrators
Common Exception - Creative Ana Curbelo on experimenting and adapting
Common Exception - Creative Ana Curbelo on experimenting and adapting
Digital Arts - The art projects making this 2019 General Election more bearable
Digital Arts Online - Amazing illustrators on the body-positive art breaking female taboos
Creative Boom - The creative team railing against the tampon tax by hiding sanitary products in a beautifully illustrated book
The Guardian - No luxury: book containing tampons is runaway hit
El País - Un libro lleno de tampones para pagar un IVA reducido
Vogue - Why This Protest Tampon Book Is Flying Off The Shelves
Stylist Magazine - A book with 15 free tampons inside it has sold out for this political reason
The Irish Times - Book containing tampons becomes a bestseller
Melville House - Packaging tampons as books: the subversive new way to avoid a sexist tax
Design Calendar - April Issue 2019
Design Calendar - November Issue 2019
Digital Arts Online - Amazing illustrators on the body-positive art breaking female taboos
Creative Boom - The creative team railing against the tampon tax by hiding sanitary products in a beautifully illustrated book
The Guardian - No luxury: book containing tampons is runaway hit
El País - Un libro lleno de tampones para pagar un IVA reducido
Vogue - Why This Protest Tampon Book Is Flying Off The Shelves
Stylist Magazine - A book with 15 free tampons inside it has sold out for this political reason
The Irish Times - Book containing tampons becomes a bestseller
Melville House - Packaging tampons as books: the subversive new way to avoid a sexist tax
Design Calendar - April Issue 2019
Design Calendar - November Issue 2019