Illustrator, Designer

Ivan Canu

Rep: Richard Salzman
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Mimaster Illustration

Born in Alghero, graduated in Modern Literature – history of spectacle in Florence.
From almost 8 years I worked as critic, graphic designer and il...lustrator for the magazine Hystrio and I cured the imagine of the International Balzan Foundation.

Since 2009 I’m one of founders and the director of Mimaster Illustrazione, Milan, Italy. Since 2017 I'm the curator of The Illustrators Survival Corner at the BCBF (Bologna), CCBF (Shanghai) and MICBF (Moscow)

Awards:
AI website, 2008, 2016; Annual 2019, 2020
Communication Arts Award of Excellence, 2008;
NY SOI Annual and exhibition 58, 59, 60, 61;
3x3 Annual No.13, 2016 Honorable Mention No.15, 2018 Book, No 16, 2019 Book, 2020 Book
CQ 50 online gallery, 53, 2018 Journal

Since February 2016 I've been represented by Salzman International agency Show more

Images
Galleries

Ivan Canu

Paul Auster

portrait of the author Paul Auster, 2011 - digital Client: The New York Times Book Review

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Ivan Canu

haters' wave

Cover for Z-Die Zeit weekly, an homage to Hokusai, about the power of web haters. AD: Bettina Theuerkauf, Ellen Dietrich, Malin Schulz Nominated to German Design Prize, 2016. Selected into NY SI 59, exhibit and book, 2017

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Ivan Canu

15 portraits

2017 series for Il Sole 24 Ore, for the column "At table with" by Paolo Bricco, Stefano Salis (ad. Adriano Attus)

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Ivan Canu

new Middle-Age

On the Italian newspaper La Repubblica David Quammen talks to Luca Fraioli about the new Middle-Aged dictionary of Trump (page design: Stefano Cipolla - AD: Angelo Rinaldi)

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Ivan Canu

portrait of Ta-Nehisi Coates

The afro-american Author Ta-Nehisi Coates has written an article from his last memorial book on weekly Tuttolibri of La Stampa newspaper(AD Cynthia Sgarallino)

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Ivan Canu

cinema

portraits of the Italian director and Oscar winner Vittorio De Sica and the Italian actress and Oscar winner Anna Magnani, for "Italy of the Resistance in 50 portraits", Centauria, 2020

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Ivan Canu

Leopardi

portrait of the Italian Romantic poet Giacomo Leopardi, for "Very Italians" picture book, Adriano Salani publisher, 2020

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Ivan Canu

Merkel

cover portrait of the German former Prime Minister Angela Merkel, L'Espresso magazine, 2022

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Ivan Canu

Gramsci

cover book portrait of the Italian politician and philosopher Antonio Gramsci, Laterza, 2021

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Ivan Canu

Liberation

series of illustrations for Paolo Mieli's "Italy of the Liberation in 50 portraits", Centauria, 2021

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Ivan Canu

Montalbán

Series of cover for the Italian paperback edition of Manuel Vázquez Montalbán's novels, Feltrinelli, 2015-2021

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Ivan Canu

Baresi

cover portrait for the Italian football's champion's autobiography Franco Baresi, Feltrinelli, 2021

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Ivan Canu

Darth Machiavelli

editorial illustration on the actuality of Machiavelli's philosophy, for L'Espresso magazine, 2019

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Ivan Canu

Dracula

editorial illustration about the actuality of the vampire's myth, for L'Espresso magazine, 2022

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Ivan Canu

Indiana Jones

The actuality of Indiana Jones and the new historical museums, for L'Espresso magazine, 2021

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Ivan Canu

Kong economy

On L'Espresso interview to the sociologist Richard Sennett about the liquid society (AD Stefano Cipolla)

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Ivan Canu

Gym alone

illustration for The Wall Street Journal Life & Arts (AD Lisa Dilillo) done with @procreate: as home workouts rise during Coronavirus, gyms sweat (by Avantika Chilkoti)

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Ivan Canu

Math is politics

Illustration for the Sofia Ventura's article about Chiara Valerio's book "Math is politics", L'Espresso magazine, Sept. 13th 2020 (AD Stefano Cipolla, design Alessio Melandri)

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Ivan Canu

Marcel Proust

open spread for L'Espresso magazine, Feb. 28 2021 (AD Stefano Cipolla), digital.

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